Yokohama Tire Corporation-sponsored Drivers Red Hot at Redline Time Attack Race at Spring Mountain

FULLERTON, October 1, 2009: The weather was hot, but Yokohama Tire Corporation-sponsored drivers were on fire, scorching the competition with two first-places finishes, three second-place finishes and the overall event title at the Redline Time Attack race at Spring Mountain Motorsports Park in Pahrump, Nevada, September 26-27. Yokohama drivers competed at the 3.1-mile track on ADVAN A005® and new ADVAN Neova® AD08 tires.

The Redline Time Attack series, which features purpose-built 600-horsepower race cars and highly tuned street-legal vehicles, awards points and names winners based on which driver achieves the fastest lap time during competition.

Winners in Yokohama Tire-shod cars included: -- Billy Johnson, Unlimited RWD Class, FX Motorsports Acura NSX (on Yokohama ADVAN A005 slicks), 2:13.057, a track record and besting second-place driver Mike Cronin Jr. (also on Yokohama A005s) by more than 9 seconds (2:22.982 in the Fontana Nissan 350Z).

-- Jeremy Toye, Street AWD Class, Reese Tuning/Robispec Mitsubishi Evo X (on Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08s), 2:33.485, beating second-place driver Stephen Ruiz (also on Yokohama AD08s) in the StopTech/AMS Performance Mitsubishi Evo X, 2:34.868.

“Another great day for Yokohama Redline Time Attack racers,” said Mark Chung, Yokohama director, corporate strategy and planning. “Billy Johnson is simply amazing. Yokohama’ tires have been dominating the series and we’re looking forward to ending the season at Fontana with even more first-place finishers.”

The Redline Time Attack series concludes its season at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California, November 14-15.