November 16, 2007

Glen Greer Wins Class 8 of the 40th Anniversary Tecate® SCORE Baja 1000 on Toyo® Open Country M/T® D.O.T. Tires

CABO SAN LUCAS, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO – Glen Greer, driver of the Greer Bros. Racing / Toyo Tires™ Dodge truck, won Class 8 of the 40th Anniversary Tecate® SCORE Baja 1000 on off-the-shelf 37X13.50R17 Toyo® Open Country M/T® tires. Starting last in his class, Greer passed all of his competitors during an extended mileage race spanning a suspension pounding 1,296 miles across the harsh terrain of the Baja California peninsula.



Greer’s win is the second this year in the SCORE-International off-road racing series, as he also won the Class 8 truck category in the SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300 in September.



Starting fourth in the trophy truck class, Robby Gordon, driving his Monster Energy / Toyo Tires Chevy truck, hoped to win a second consecutive Baja 1000 for Toyo. Gordon was strong until a miscue during a crucial pit stop left the truck running in the darkness for more than an hour, guided only by a hand held light. During that time, Gordon dropped to seventh in class. Once the problem was resolved, Gordon and co-driver Dale Ebberts made a remarkable charge to finish third in class. Finishing the race in 27 hours 12 minutes and 14 seconds, Gordon’s truck was equipped with special 37X13.50R17 Open Country M/T-R tires by Toyo.



Additional Team Toyo™ Off-Road drivers that competed in this year’s Baja 1000 were Jesse Jones driving his Fabtech / Toyo Tires Ford trophy truck, also Scott Steinberger and David Sykes who teamed up in Steinberger’s Fabtech / Toyo Tires / PCI Race Radios Ford trophy truck. Jones finished tenth in class, while Steinberger had to replace a faulty alternator to ultimately cross the finish line at 4:24 in the morning.



“We congratulate Glen Greer on his Class 8 victory during the 2007 Baja 1000 as this demonstrates the durability of our Open Country M/T tires,” said Ramses Perez, project manager of events, Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corporation. “All of our Toyo-equipped entries demonstrated the abilities of our tires in the most punishing terrain.”



Toyo’s Open Country M/T has an Attack Tread Design™ with hook-shaped center blocks to provide excellent traction in a variety of surface conditions. A silhouette of its tread extends onto the sidewall to further aid with traction in sand or mud while helping to protect the tire from rock punctures.



To learn more about Team Toyo Off-Road drivers and the remarkable Open Country M/T from Toyo, 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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