National Staff Jeremy C. Posted April 20, 2011 National Staff Share Posted April 20, 2011 http://www.nasaproracing.com/2011/04/toyo-modifies-nasa-contingency.html Toyo Modifies NASA Contingency Program April 20, 2011 12:52 PM — NAPA VALLEY, CA (April 19, 2011)- Toyo Tires is pleased to announce that the Toyo Regional Contingency Program will remain in effect for NASA classes that specified the Toyo brand at the beginning of the 2011 racing season. Due to the devastating effects of the earthquake... ...in Japan, some of the NASA classes were forced to allow additional tire brands due to production limitations at the Toyo plant in Sendai, Japan. Toyo Tires remains supportive to the NASA racer and will reward contingency based on the highest finishing driver on the Toyo brand. This means that if a racer finishes 3rd in a race but is the top finisher using a Toyo, that driver will qualify for the 1st place Toyo contingency reward. Motorsports Manager Stan Chen said, "we are very appreciative of our NASA racers and we want to reward them for continuing to support our brand." Toyo Tires reports that production is back up to about 70% of the level prior to the earthquake. The plan for the future is to step up the rate of operations in stages while responding flexibly to supply and logistical issues, so that by May, operations may resume at full capacity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm577 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 cool ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterswarts Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Toyo Tires remains supportive to the NASA racer and will reward contingency based on the highest finishing driver on the Toyo brand. This means that if a racer finishes 3rd in a race but is the top finisher using a Toyo, that driver will qualify for the 1st place Toyo contingency reward. Motorsports Manager Stan Chen said, "we are very appreciative of our NASA racers and we want to reward them for continuing to support our brand." Does this mean that R888's would qualify for the contingency since it is a Toyo tire? Also so how does the rest of the field work? So with the above example, we have 5 starters with the first 2 using Hoosiers and the rest running Toyos. So 3rd place get's first for contingency. Does 4th and 5th places get the 4th and 5th contingency or would they also move up to 2 and 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdisco69 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Very classy move, thanks Toyo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H4CRXSi Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Jeremy, Let's say that there are 5 starters in class, but only 3 of them are on Toyos. Per the modified claim form if I win I would get 1st place Toyo bucks, but only for 3 starters in class, not the actual 5, correct? http://www.nasaproracing.com/contingency/toyo_tires/2011%20NASA%20Rebate%20Award%20Application-Regional%20Races_AI_HC_944.pdf Regards, Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdcrsx Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 I have 2 sets of very good condition RA1's in 235/40/17 & 7 888's in ok condition for sale. PM me if interested for pictures/pricing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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