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Ãâ·Ñ»ÆƬ racers Shumake, Nataas, Handras visit Goodyear race tire plant in Ohio

With the Ãâ·Ñ»ÆƬ Mission Foods Drag Racing Series in Norwalk this weekend, Ãâ·Ñ»ÆƬ racers Travis Shumake, Julie Nataas, and Michael Handras visited Goodyear Tire’s Global headquarters in Akron, Ohio,Ìýto see how Goodyear’s racing tires are made.
27 Jun 2024
Phil Burgess, Ãâ·Ñ»ÆƬ National Dragster Editor
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With the Ãâ·Ñ»ÆƬ Mission Foods Drag Racing Series in Norwalk this weekend, Ãâ·Ñ»ÆƬ racers Travis Shumake, Julie Nataas, and Michael Handras visited Goodyear Tire’s Global headquarters in Akron, Ohio,Ìýto see how Goodyear’s racing tires are made.

Nataas is the defending Ãâ·Ñ»ÆƬ Top Alcohol Dragster world champion who plans a Top Fuel future, while Shumake is competing in his rookie season in Top Fuel. Handras is a standout competitor in Ãâ·Ñ»ÆƬ's Sportsman racing ranks, with a win and a runner-up already this season.

The trio, accompanied by Nataas’ father, Thomas, himself a European Top Fuel star, witnessed the creation of a D2747 Top Fuel rear tire. The Goodyear plant annually manufactures approximately 100,000 racing tires for Ãâ·Ñ»ÆƬ, NASCAR, and other racing applications.

The group also visited the Goodyear blimp hangar and checked out the iconic Wingfoot 3 blimp.

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