Toyo Tires Extends Sponsorship Of Robby Gordon

Gordon will continue to represent Toyo Tires and its Open Country products in legendary international races such as the Baja 500, Baja 1000 and Dakar.

The 2009 SCORE International Overall Point Champion and 2009 SCORE Trophy-Truck Champion will continue to represent Toyo Tires and its Open Country products in legendary international races such as the Baja 500, Baja 1000 and Dakar. Gordon’s team features the new SPEED Energy/Toyo Tires livery and will be a major presence at each race.

Leading the charge for Toyo Tires in desert racing, Gordon has competed on Toyo Open Country M/T-R tires since 2005. He has delivered several victories for Toyo Tires including the company’s first Baja 1000 win in 2006, the first Dakar stage win in January of 2007 and our first SCORE Overall Championship in 2009. Gordon has also captured numerous SCORE desert racing victories over the last five years and in 2009, he finished third overall in the grueling Dakar.

“I’m excited about expanding this relationship for another three years. Toyo Tires makes a wonderful product. – Toyo is the best tire in the business that I have ever been involved with,” said Gordon. “And, it is the best tire company as far as making stuff happen and building the best product possible to win races. I can’t say enough about it and how excited I am for the next three years of our relationship.”

“Robby Gordon is an icon in the sport of racing, and has filled many pages of the history books thanks to his talent and determination to win,” said Yasushi Takagi, president and CEO of Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. “He has helped to bring international recognition to the Toyo Tires brand in off-road racing, and we are excited to have him as a long-time member of Team Toyo.”

Gordon relies on the Open Country M/T-R for its excellent combination of toughness and off-road traction. The results speak for themselves, with race drivers scoring numerous wins in the desert, on short courses and in rock racing competition.

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Permalink Reply by nickspeed on December 15, 2010 at 11:37pm

Awesome news! I got Toyo's on my ride!!!

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Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on December 16, 2010 at 12:22am

As soon as my 35in B_______are done, TOYO will be under my F-350!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Tooltime on December 16, 2010 at 12:30pm

Because of RGM, I purchased a nice sticky set of TOYO Proxes4 on my Charger SRT8...

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Permalink Reply by Sean O'Neill on December 16, 2010 at 1:40pm

Good stuff. It's a good fit for both sides. I put Toyo Tires on my truck last June because they are a sponsor of Robby as well. I try to support all of RGM's sponsors the best way I can. Unfortunately, I can't buy SPEED here in Canada yet. I'll do the $$$$$hipping thing I guess.

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Permalink Reply by Tooltime on December 16, 2010 at 2:22pm

I plan on painting my 1/10 scale short course off road trucks with the SPEED paint and logo's here very soon. The funny thing is, my truck was already orange black from the factory, and my son's truck is black and orange from the factory. I painted my beadlocks on both trucks orange waaaaaay back in March. And look now, RG's trucks are orange and black with orange beadlocks...Im almost there. I will try and post some pics of the trucks on my page.