Podcasts Technology What’s Treading with Tire Review Making Race Tires for Formula Drift with Giti Tire USA's Dave Poling

Making Race Tires for Formula Drift with Giti Tire USA's Dave Poling

Published: July 10, 2023, 7:44 p.m.

A cloud of smoke arises from the GT Radial Champiro SX2 RS tires as Formula Drift Driver Odi Bakchis brakes to a halt. The tires are hot and worn after a few laps drifting, but they\u2019ve kept Odi on the track for the full afternoon. So, what does in to the technological marvel that is race tires?

To answer this, David Poling, Giti Tire USA\u2019s director of tire development and product marketing, sits down with us on this episode of What\u2019s Treading with Tire Review, presented by AAPEX. Dave not only explains the technology that goes into race tires, but also how GT Radial\u2019s tires for Formula Drift are built for the conditions and how this racing circuit serves as a proving ground for the company\u2019s technology at a dealer\u2019s counter.

  • How motorsports is the ultimate proving ground for tire technology (1:02)
  • The history behind GT Radial\u2019s Formula Drift partnership (2:15)
  • What GT Radial need to consider in making a tire for Formula Drift (5:55)
  • How GT Radial\u2019s Formula Drift partnership influences its brand awareness and can be a selling point for dealers at the counter (9:00)
  • Ways race tire technology can influence the compounding and construction of other performance tires (12:22)
  • Major advances in race tire technology in the market today (17:22)
Subscribe to the audio podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts and find the video version on YouTube.