Mickey Thompson’ s street, strip and off-road tires and wheels are now rolling out of a new facility in the company’ s hometown of Stow, Ohio.

Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels opened its state-of-the-art headquarters and warehouse in September. The new location covers 200,000 square feet, including 20,000 square feet of office space.

The facility serves as the eastern distribution center and corporate headquarters for Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels, which includes both the Mickey Thompson and Dick Cepek brands.

“ We are excited to expand into a new facility, including our new ultramodern warehouse, which will allow us to continue to provide exceptional service and the best racing and off-road tires and wheels to our customers,” said Dominick Wycoff, president of Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels.“ Furthermore, we’ re thrilled to be able to do this in our hometown of Stow, Ohio.”

Max-Trac Tire Co., Inc., DBA Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels, markets racing and high-performance tires and wheels for street, strip, truck, and off-road applications. The company was founded in 1963 by racing legend Mickey Thompson and is headquartered in Stow, Ohio, USA.

Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels’ new headquarters can be found at: 4651 Prosper Drive, Stow, Ohio, 44224.

For more information, visit www. mickeythompsontires. com.

DRC Race Products is proud to announce the availability of their Spark Plug Indexing Tool. For those looking to assure adequate spark plug clearance, indexing the plugs in an engine is a must. However, screwing plugs in and out of an engine takes time and patience. Using the DRC Spark Plug Indexing Tool, once you’ ve found eight plugs which fit your cylinder heads, you simply screw them into the corresponding hole on the Tool, marking the bottom side. The next time you need new plugs, it becomes as easy as sitting on a stool using the marked Tool to find eight which fit. Manufactured from aluminum and black anodized for looks an durability, the Tool will also double to safely store a complete set of plugs. Works with both gasket and tapered seat plugs.

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The PDRA is proud to announce a multiyear deal with Liberty’ s Gears as the title sponsor of Extreme Pro Stock( XPS). This announcement comes with obvious changes in the class that has been solely contested with Lenco transmissions.

Starting with the 2018 season, Liberty transmissions will also be allowed in XPS. Cars running a Liberty must weigh 2435. Cars running a Lenco must weigh 2400.

“ I’ m excited to begin this relationship with PDRA. The PDRA has a lot to offer,” stated Craig Liberty.“ I believe this will truly help the class, which is beginning to see a resurgence. The class is intriguing, always fun to watch. It’ s a class of innovation and, by adding another trans to the mix, I believe we’ ll see that innovation explode in coming years.

“ We have a technically advanced component to offer the class. The American way is competition and I love competition. We make each other stronger. Competition is what drives you to make a better product. We’ ve spent the last 10 years making sure our transmission is a good fit for any class and I’ m excited to see what a Liberty trans can do behind a mountain motor.”

On the heel of this announcement, there are a good handful of competitors who have expressed plans to use Liberty transmissions this year.

“ We believe this is the right time to introduce a new dynamic to the class,” Bob Harris stated on behalf of the PDRA.“ We’ re thrilled to have Craig and Liberty’ s Gears come on board as the title sponsor of Extreme Pro Stock. We have several new teams coming to race with us this year and now with the inclusion of Liberty transmissions, the class has a lot of exciting things to look forward to for years to come.”

In addition to sponsoring the class, Liberty’ s Gears introduces Liberty’ s Three Second Club for Extreme Pro Stock. The first five cars- regardless of transmission used- to dip into the three second zone will receive special recognition from Liberty’ s Gears. All five will receive a ring and a jacket commemorating the historic marker. The first Pro Stock car to make a sub four second run will also receive a trophy and a gift certificate to Liberty’ s Gears.

“ We want to see three second mountain motor Pro Stocks,” Liberty emphasized.“ They’ ve been in the 4.0s for many years now. Hopefully we’ ll see a few of those this year.

“ We’ re here for the betterment of the class. Nobody is forced to run a Liberty trans. I do believe that a second major option on a drivetrain component is a good thing for the racer. I’ m proud to be a part of Extreme Pro Stock.”

Based in Pittsboro, North Carolina, the Professional Drag Racers Association is the top sanctioning body in the United States for the sport of eighth-mile drag racing. The PDRA’ s professional categories include Pro Extreme, Pro Nitrous, Pro Boost, Extreme Pro Stock and Pro Extreme Motorcycle along with several sportsman and various exhibition categories. The 2017 PDRA schedule consists of eight national events. For more on the world’ s premier eighthmile drag racing organization visit www. pdra660. com. Follow the PDRA: Facebook, Instagram, Youtube.

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