Welcome to the Next Instalment of the Yokohama ADVAN EDM. I?m sure you?re all settling back into your routines after the excitement of World Time Attack, however we?ve been busy behind the scenes. Be sure to regularly check the ADVAN website for all the latest updates in the world of ADVAN.
CyberEvo overcomes blown engine
The Cyber Evo is one of the World?s most famous Time Attack cars. In practice, the day before World Time Attack, at Eastern Creek the car broke a camshaft and destroyed the head. The team worked throughout Thursday night to fix the engine. Unfortunately, the replacement head didn?t work. During Friday, the first day of competition, the team fitted a new head from a generous Australian competitor.
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ADVAN dominates all classes at World Time Attack
Pro Class was won on ADVAN A050 tyres with a record-breaking time of 1:30.58 set by Tarzan Yamada in the Cyber Evo from Japan.
Open Class was won on ADVAN A050 tyres by a margin of over 2.5 seconds by regular ADVAN driver Steve Glenney in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo tuned by Sydney?s Pulse Racing.
Clubsprint, the class for regularly driven road-registered vehicles, was won and dominated by ADVAN Neova tyres. Four of the top five competitors used ADVAN Neova AD08 tyres.
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ADVAN Neova Proves it can ?win on Sunday, drive to work on Monday?
Drivers in the Clubsprint Class at the World Time Attack Challenge at Eastern Creek last weekend commented that ?The ADVAN Neova feels like an R-Spec tyre?. At Eastern Creek Raceway, Wakefield Park and Winton competitors have commented that in a back to back comparisons with the ADVAN A050, the ADVAN Neova was less than a second slower.
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World Time Attack, A Personal Account
While we?ve all read the reports of World Time Attack on various sites of like of Speedhunters and The Octane Report, Eric of Yokohama?s Marketing team gives a behind the scenes account of what it was like to make the event happen and all the quirky mishaps encountered along the way.
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