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MOORESVILLE, N.C. (August 20, 2024) – Team Penske announced today that Tire Rack will increase its visibility across the team’s NTT INDYCAR SERIES program by becoming the primary sponsor of the No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet, driven by two-time and reigning Indianapolis 500 Champion Josef Newgarden, for the upcoming race at Portland International Raceway (PIR). Tire Rack previously joined the organization as an associate partner across the Team Penske Chevrolets in the INDYCAR SERIES prior to the 2022 season, with 14 visits to Victory Lane in that span.

“We are really proud to have Tire Rack on board for the upcoming IndyCar race in Portland,” said Team Penske President Tim Cindric. “They have been a great partner of ours over the last three years and it is exciting to see our relationship continue to grow."

Tire Rack is America’s largest independent tire tester and consumer-direct source for tires, wheels, and performance accessories. The South Bend, Ind.-based company offers an easy online purchasing experience, extremely competitive pricing, and convenient installation through its wide network of authorized installers or brings installation directly to shoppers through its Tire Rack Mobile Tire Installation program.

“To us it was a no-brainer to expand this partnership. We’re in Indiana and as such, the INDYCAR SERIES is embedded in our DNA,” said Woody Rogers, Tire Rack senior vice president, Marketing. “This high-profile relationship fits like a glove. We’re well known among motorsports fans and driving enthusiasts, as well as thousands of consumers who rely on our independent tire testing results and advice, always a free resource for Tire Rack shoppers.”

Newgarden is a 31-time race winner in INDYCAR SERIES competition, earning back-to-back wins in the Indianapolis 500 in 2023 and 2024 with the Tire Rack logo adorning the front wing of the No. 2 Chevrolet. The 2017 and 2019 INDYCAR SERIES Champion has eight career wins on road courses similar to PIR. He is currently eighth in the INDYCAR SERIES championship standings following last weekend's victory at Worldwide Technology Raceway near St. Louis.

The NTT INDYCAR SERIES has four races remaining on the 2024 schedule. Following the Portland weekend, the series visits the Milwaukee Mile for a doubleheader before the season finale at Nashville Superspeedway. The Portland event can be seen live on the USA Network beginning at 3 pm ET on Sunday, August 25.

About Tire Rack

Tire Rack, family-owned and headquartered in South Bend, Indiana, is a leading independent tire tester and consumer-direct source for tires, wheels, and performance accessories. Their team tests tires from every major tire manufacturer at the company’s 12-acre test facility on the headquarter campus, at Treadwell Research Park in Pearsall, TX, and winter test facilities in Northern Michigan. Findings are published on the company’s website, www.tirerack.com, where consumers can make an educated decision on their purchase. Tire Rack has also collected the largest known cache of consumer ratings and reviews anywhere, with more than 200,000 consumer surveys representing over 2.9 billion miles of real-world tire data. In addition, various testing and informational videos are available online in their Video Center at www.tirerack.com/videos.

Since 1979, Tire Rack has grown from a single-point retail store in Indianapolis, Indiana to encompass over 2.9 million square feet of space in twelve distribution centers across the country. A diverse and broad in-stock inventory from 26 major tire and nearly 60 wheel brands can be delivered anywhere in the country, most in one business day. A national network of over 10,000 independent Recommended Installers is available to assist customers across the country with installation of their purchases. Tire Rack continues to revolutionize the tire buying process with their mobile tire installation service, using a growing fleet of nearly 100 custom service vans and expert technicians that install tires in your driveway, at work, or wherever you are.

In 2022 Tire Rack was acquired by Discount Tire, a private family-owned company based in Scottsdale, Arizona with 1,200+ retail locations across 41 states. Tire Rack continues to operate independently, and this new combination has provided opportunities to pair Tire Rack’s online presence with Discount Tire’s expansive service location footprint, creating a unique and exceptional purchase-to-installation experience.