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April 22, 2008
Curt LeDuc Wins Second Consecutive 2008 Best In The Desert Race on
Toyo® Open Country M/T® Tires
PRIMM, NEVADA – Curt LeDuc of Cherry Valley, California, scored his
second consecutive Class 8000 Best In The Desert series win during the
Terrible’s “250” at Primm piloting his Rockstar / Makita / Kal Gard
Lubricants Ford truck on Toyo® Open Country M/T® tires this past weekend
in Primm, Nevada. With co-driver, Macrae Glass of Kingman, Arizona,
LeDuc started in 84th place and finished the three lap race 12th overall
and was the fifth truck across the line with a time of 4:54:27.
During the race, the team changed only the rear tires at the second lap
pit stop, experiencing no tire failures throughout the event. The
remarkable performance of Toyo’s Open Country M/T has contributed to
LeDuc’s domination, as he defends his 2007 Best In The Desert Class 8000
championship on Toyo tires.
“These Toyo Tires are hard core,” stated an elated Curt LeDuc. “We had a
five minute lead by the end of the first lap, a 12-minute lead at the
end of the second, then broke something in the engine like a connecting
rod on the third and were running against 50-mph head winds. We still
won our class with a 19-minute lead over the second place finisher
thanks to Toyo.”
“We congratulate Curt LeDuc on his truly remarkable win streak since
teaming with Toyo Tires at the beginning of last year in desert racing,”
said Stan Chen, manager of events and motorsports, Toyo Tire U.S.A.
Corp. “The combination of Curt LeDuc and Toyo Tires has proven to be
unstoppable in this form of racing.”
To learn more about Team Toyo™ Off-Road drivers such as Curt LeDuc, and
about the competition proven Open Country M/T which is ideal for light
trucks, log on to toyo.com. Toyo manufactures and distributes a complete
line of replacement tires for high performance cars, luxury vehicles,
light trucks and SUVs as well as tires for commercial trucks, buses and
off-road and construction applications.
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