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Radar Tires Racing & Mike Johnson Finish 11th At LOORRS Round Seven

Singapore, 23 June 2013 – Looking to shake the gremlins from Saturday’s Lucas Oil Off Road Racing (LOORRS) Round Seven, Mike Johnson and Radar Racing battled through the highly-competitive and aggressive ProLite Unlimited class on Sunday to earn a 12th place finish at Miller Motorsports Park.

Following Saturday’s action-packed and truck-damaging event, driver/owner Mike Johnson and the team worked late Saturday and early Sunday morning repairing the front end damage incurred to the No. 31 Bronson Motorsports Toyota Tacoma sponsored by Radar Tires. The efforts paid off as Johnson and the team showed to be a powerful force during Sunday’s 14-lap event.

Johnson, aboard the Radar Racing machine, started 23rd of the 25 ProLite Unlimited competitors. On the opening lap, he was spun by one of his competitors in turn four. Johnson’s quick reaction and recovery enabled him to rejoin the race and was quickly chasing down the pack. In six laps, Johnson reached the 15th position.

He remained competitive and cautiously aggressive throughout the 14-lap event. Johnson ran a race-high position of 10th place but finished in 12th position after struggling with brake issues.

“The Radar Racing Toyota was on a charge today despite starting back in the field,” Mike Johnson said. “We started 23rd, got spun on the first lap, and worked our way into 15th position in six laps! We continued our forward progress and made it as far as 10th place on lap 12. If we didn’t have those brake issues near the end, we would have had a top-10 finish. The truck was hooked up and we were showing our potential until the brake pedal went soft.” The two-day event at Miller Motorsports Park featured Lucas Off-Road Racing Round 7 Saturday and Round 8 on Sunday. Radar Tires, Bronson Motorsports and Johnson competed in both races and earned 11th and 12th place finishes, respectively.

The team is steadily making progress during the LOORRS races this season. One objective the team has is to test and develop a new chassis during the month-long break.

The next race for Radar Racing and driver Mike Johnson is the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Rounds 9 and 10 at Glen Helen Raceway Park in San Bernardino, CA on July 26-28.

The size 32X11.50R15 Radar Renegade R5 tires this weekend will feature the Breast Cancer Research Foundation pink ribbon logo. For every Radar tire sold, Omni United will donate $5 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) with a minimum annual donation of $200,000 and a maximum donation of $250,000.

Off-road motorsports was chosen by the newly-formed Radar Racing team to showcase the Renegade R5 M/T tire, which features open blocks for mud dispersion, deep tread blocks, and reinforced shoulders. This tread pattern and rigorous construction is ideal for the surfaces encountered on short course tracks such as Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, California and Firebird Raceway in Chandler, Arizona as well as the open desert of Baja California in the legendary SCORE Baja 1000, the most iconic of all off-road races.

 

About Omni United

Omni United (S) Pte. Ltd is a tire designer, manufacturer and distributor. The company offers a complete range of consumer and commercial tires marketed under the brand names: Radar Tires, Patriot Tires, American Tourer, Tecnica, Agora, Corsa and RoadLux. Singapore headquartered Omni United was founded in 2003 by entrepreneur G.S. Sareen. As a reliable business partner with innovative products, unparalleled customer service and logistics solutions, Omni United has a global footprint and is selling products in more than 50 countries. Omni United’s flagship brand Radar Tires has been manufactured Carbon Neutral since 2013. Further information on Omni United is available by calling 1-855-906-6646, by emailing info@omni-united.com and online at www.omni-united.com.

 

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