Tire Selection

Tire Rack One Lap of America competitors can select tires from the participating tire brands listed below in 2009:

Each vehicle is required to be equipped with tires from a single brand.

Offering these multiple tire brands should reduce the difficulties of finding appropriately sized tires to fit unique vehicles, as well as minimize problems due to availability from the tire manufacturers.

Because many vehicles entered in the One Lap of America (OLoA) are fitted with different tire sizes on their front and rear axles and due to the fact that tag-a-long trailers are permitted to carry tools and spares, each team will be restricted to using a maximum of six tires during the event (unless additional tire changes are deemed necessary for safety reasons and authorized by the event organizers).

Regardless of which tires were fitted to the vehicles as Original Equipment, only street legal tires with a minimum UTQG Treadwear Rating of 140 will be allowed.

No racing slicks or DOT-legal Track & Competition tires will be permitted.

Tire shaving is not permitted and all tires, including spare tires, must begin the event with a minimum of 8/32-inch tread depth (to be confirmed during pre-event vehicle inspection) and complete the event with a minimum of 2/32-inch of remaining tread depth (to be confirmed during post-event vehicle inspection) at no less than 2 points around the tire's circumference that are approximately 180-degrees apart.

In order to assure that all tires are standard street legal tires as sold by their manufacturers to the general public, all participants are required to purchase the tires they use during the event directly from Tire Rack.

The 2009 One Lap of America tires will have unique identification permanently branded to their sidewall to clearly identify their origin. Vehicles will not be allowed to participate in the event unless their tires have the required identification branding. Because of this unique branding, tires must be purchased and installed on the vehicle before competitors arrive in South Bend for registration and tires purchased through this program are not returnable, even if they have never been mounted.

Competitors who wish to use tires left over from the 2008 OLoA event (unused spare tires, for example) will be allowed to do so provided that:

• • the tires are of a brand participating in the 2009 event (see list above).
• • the tires are identified with their "OLOA 08" branding
• • have at least 8/32-inch of remaining tread depth at the beginning of the 2009 event.

If you have any doubts about the eligibility of your '08 tires, contact Tire Rack.

Since the team's cumulative track time is used to determine the winner, most One Lap of America competitors will be best served by tires from the following Tire Rack tire categories:

Extreme Performance Summer

Max Performance Summer

Ultra High Performance Summer

Street/Sport Truck Summer

With Tire Rack approval, teams may select tires from other tire categories manufactured by the participating tire manufacturers.

If none of the participating tire brands offers a tire size appropriate for the vehicle, then Tire Rack will consider approving alternate street tires.

Tire Sponsorship

The participating tire manufacturers have agreed to sponsor all 2009 One Lap of America teams using their product by supporting a 25% rebate fulfilled by Tire Rack for tires purchased directly from Tire Rack. The 25% rebate applies only to the cost of tires and is not applied to the cost of any other products, taxes or shipping costs.

Entered teams can purchase a total of 10 tires for their OLoA registered vehicle that will be eligible for the rebate (four tires are suggested for pre-event testing with the remaining six tires for use during the event). If a tire order is placed by a team that is not yet registered, the rebate will not be processed until the event organizers confirm the team's entry in the event.

The 25% rebate will be based on the selling price identified on www.tirerack.com at the time of purchase. In order to process tire orders quickly, the team representative will ultimately receive multiple invoices, one for the tires and shipping, and another for the rebate.

While teams may desire to compare tires from different manufacturers in their pre-event testing regardless of which tires are selected, only the first 10 tires per registered vehicle will receive the 25% discount. Additional tires for use in the event must be bought through Tire Rack to receive the required tire identification branding and will be sold at our everyday low prices. They will not be eligible for any discount or rebate.

Participant Order Processing

Only a team representative whose name appears as a driver on the OLoA website's entrant list will be allowed to order tires eligible for the rebate. The team representative should call toll-free (888) 541-1777 between 8 am and 8 pm (EDT), identify themselves as a One Lap of America competitor and provide entrant and vehicle information.

NOTE: Competitors cannot place One Lap of America tire orders through tirerack.com because the website cannot implement the unique identification branding required by the program rules or process the competitors' rebate.

UPS or FedEx Ground Service is the most cost-effective method available to you and usually results in one to three day deliveries. Overnight service is available but expensive due to the weight of tires.

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