ALMS

BAM! to drive on Yokohamas

FULLERTON, CA (February 2, 2005) - Yokohama Tire Corporation is pleased to announce the signing of BAM! (British American Motorsports), which will compete with its ...

Edited: Feb 13, 2005, 3:35 PM

Copy link

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

FULLERTON, CA (February 2, 2005) - Yokohama Tire Corporation is pleased to announce the signing of BAM! (British American Motorsports), which will compete with its #43 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR in the 2005 American Le Mans Series (ALMS) and in the 24 Hours of Le Mans on ADVAN racing slicks.

BAM!'s Porsche factory-supported team will have as its primary ALMS drivers Tony Burgess of Toronto, Canada and Porsche factory-driver Mike Rockenfeller of Neuweid, Germany. Joining those two drivers at the 24 Hours of Le Mans will be Leo Hindery, Jr. of New York.

In addition to the Team competing in the ALMS and at Le Mans on ADVAN tires, Yokohama's partnership with BAM! establishes a research and development program for its racing products, and provides a strong marketing platform for its ADVAN line.

"Everyone at BAM! is honored to now be part of Yokohama's rich history of international sports car racing," said Tim Munday, owner and technical director of BAM! "The ADVAN racing slicks have already proven their competitiveness in pre-season testing, and the team and drivers are tremendously excited about running them in the races ahead."

"Yokohama is very pleased to be able to give a top GT team our dedication to unbeatable performance on the track," said Art Michalik, director of marketing communications for Yokohama Tire Corporation. "We're also pleased to be able to work with such a highly-regarded racing team as we step up our efforts to target Porsche owners with our new ADVAN line."

Yokohama Tire Corporation manufactures markets and distributes a complete line of products for high performance, light truck, passenger car, commercial truck and bus, as well as off-the-road mining and construction applications. Yokohama supports the tire care and safety guidelines established by the Rubber Manufacturer Association (RMA) and the National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration (NHTSA). For more information on these guidelines check "Taking Care of Your Tires" information at www.yokohamatire.com.

-yokohama-

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Viber

Previous article ALMS/ACO Maserati compromise close

Next article SpeedQuest Racing gears up for 2005 season

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

Latest news

Andrew Patterson crashes into Homestead sand barrels, red-flags NASCAR O’Reilly finale

NASCAR O'Reilly

NOAP NASCAR O'Reilly

Homestead-Miami

29 min

Andrew Patterson crashes into Homestead sand barrels, red-flags NASCAR O’Reilly finale

Liam Lawson rues Brazilian GP qualifying mistake despite third-place grid start

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Sao Paulo GP

2 h

Liam Lawson rues Brazilian GP qualifying mistake despite third-place grid start

George Russell's Brazilian GP qualifying fury explained: "Pole was there for the taking"

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Sao Paulo GP

2 h

George Russell's Brazilian GP qualifying fury explained: "Pole was there for the taking"

F1 Brazilian GP: Sunday schedule, weather forecast and how to watch

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Sao Paulo GP

2 h

F1 Brazilian GP: Sunday schedule, weather forecast and how to watch

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Become a subscriber.
Disable your adblocker.

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts