{"id":3047,"date":"2018-01-24T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shortcourseracer.com\/?p=3047"},"modified":"2018-01-24T08:22:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T16:22:00","slug":"grc-teams-with-continental-tire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shortcourseracer.com\/grc-teams-with-continental-tire\/","title":{"rendered":"GRC teams with Continental Tire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Los Angeles, CA\u00a0<\/strong>(January 23, 2018) \u2013 Red Bull Global Rallycross (GRC) and Continental Tire of the Americas will debut their multi-year partnership with the start of the 2018 season. Continental Tire will be the exclusive tire provider for competitors in the Supercars, GRC Lites and Polaris\u00a0<em>RZR<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0categories, in addition to electric vehicles debuting in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContinental Tire is an industry leader in technical tire development.\u00a0 Their experience in developing tires that work in both pavement and non-pavement situations, as well as their ability to develop race tires for a wide variety of vehicles, tracks and circumstances make them the ideal partner,\u201d said Red Bull GRC CEO Colin Dyne.\u00a0 \u201cAs the official tire supplier for the Red Bull GRC series, they will bring a new level of excellence and high performance to the events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of the new relationship, and its entry into the sport of rallycross, Continental Tire will develop brand new tires for Red Bull GRC competition that will debut in the 2018 season opener in Louisville, Kentucky. Supercar and GRC Lites vehicles will use one compound, while a second tire will be developed for the Polaris\u00a0<em>RZR<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0side-by-side class. In addition to serving as the series\u2019 exclusive tire provider, fans can expect a number of exclusive Continental-themed promotions at events and on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to add Global Rallycross to our motorsports portfolio,\u201d said John DeSalle, president of Continental Tire Motorsports. \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to providing a tire that will give the fans the great racing they expect while also making it fun for the drivers. This series is action-packed and we can\u2019t wait to get on track!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 Red Bull Global Rallycross season features twelve rounds across eight events which are televised on NBC. More information about the 2018 Red Bull Global Rallycross season will be made available in the coming weeks. 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Continental Tire will be the exclusive tire provider for competitors in the Supercars, GRC Lites and Polaris\u00a0RZR\u00ae\u00a0categories, in addition to electric vehicles debuting in 2019. \u201cContinental [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,41],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortcourseracer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3047"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortcourseracer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortcourseracer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortcourseracer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortcourseracer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shortcourseracer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortcourseracer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortcourseracer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortcourseracer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortcourseracer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}