Mike Johnson and Radar Tires Racing Earn 12th Place Finish at LOORRS Round 8

UTV Weekly | July 4, 2013

Singapore, 23 June 2013 – Looking to shake the gremlins from Saturday’s Lucas Oil Off Road Racing (LOORRS) Round Seven, Mike Johnson and Radar Tires 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 Tires 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 Tires 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 Tires 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 21-22.

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.

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. The BCRF is a New York-based non-profit organization that funds clinical and translational research worldwide into finding a cure for breast cancer. For more information, visit www.omni-united.com.

ABOUT OMNI UNITED / RADAR TIRES

Radar Tires is the flagship tire brand of Omni United (Singapore) – an established global tire designer and manufacturer. It offers a complete range of passenger car, SUV, truck, bus, and farm tires that are marketed under its own four brand names: Radar, Goodride, Roadlux and Corsa. Besides designing and manufacturing tires, Omni provides unparalleled customer service and its state-of-the-art logistics and supply chain management systems, which are the cornerstones of their success.

Omni was founded in 2003 by Singapore-based entrepreneur G. S. Sareen. From its headquarters in Singapore, Omni provides the full spectrum of supply, distribution and sales services to over 80 countries around the world. The USA, Omni’s largest market, accounts for 70% of the company’s business. Omni has 10 offices throughout the USA, including Florida, California, Michigan and Colorado. Other important fast growing markets are the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Middle East, South East Asia, Australia and Japan.

Omni has been rated as the fastest growing company in Singapore. A major percentage of Omni’s products (including Radar Tires) are designed in Singapore and manufactured in modern, high-tech, state-of-the-art production facilities in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and China. All products are compliant with all the most stringent USA and EU tire regulations.

For further information about Omni and Radar, please visit www.omni-united.com and www.radartires.com