Indy 500 tires, the crucial link between asphalt and speed, are made by hand. 'It's an art form'

This year's Indy 500 tires have recycled steel bead wire in all right-side tires and two monomers made from palm oil waste ...
RACER

Firestone Firehawk INDY 500 V2: There’s more to it than a name

The year was 1911 when a local Indianapolis sales manager suggested to Harvey Firestone that Firestone Tire, eight years on from manufacturing its first tires, should back a driver in the Indianapolis ...
Forbes

Bridgestone’s Motorsport Pipeline To Greener Tires

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Firestone tires at an INDYCAR race Racing improves street vehicles by serving as an ...
RACER

Head-scratching tire wear day for IndyCar teams in Detroit

The story so far with IndyCar tires in 2026 across the three street course races at St. Petersburg, Arlington and Long Beach has been one of greater durability with Firestone’s quicker alternate ...

Drivers tested Firestone tires, brakes, shocks and Indy 500 Turn 2 repave. What did they think?

Alex Palou, Pato O'Ward, Alexander Rossi and Takuma Sato were at IMS this week to test a variety of possibilities for the ...
IndyCar

INDY NXT by Firestone Providing Wide Pipeline of Talent to Indy 500

The path from INDY NXT by Firestone to the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge has never been clearer entering Sunday’s 110th Running of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” This year’s field ...