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  Toyo® Proxes® R1R™ Extreme Performance Tire Scores Double Victory at SCCA® Fort Worth National Tour Event
May 8 , 2008 – ROANOKE, TEXAS -- The Proxes® R1R™ extreme performance tire by Toyo® scored two more 2008 SCCA® Solo National Tour wins this past weekend during the Fort Worth Texas National Tour event at Texas Motor Speedway. Andy Hollis of Austin, Texas, scored a double victory by dominating the Street Touring S2 class all weekend, winning two-consecutive days with his 1993 Mazda Miata.

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Forty-One New Passenger Car and Light Truck Tires Have Been Rolled Out by Toyo®
May 1 , 2008 – CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA -- Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. announces it has rolled out forty-one new tires covering everything from economy to premium car drivers, performance car enthusiasts, to highway and hard core applications for light trucks.

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Joe Jordan Returns to Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. as National Sales Manager for High Performance and Specialty Light Truck Tires
April 29 , 2008 CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA -- Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. announces it has hired Joe Jordan as National Sales Manager for High Performance and Specialty Light Truck Tires. Jordan is a veteran of the tire industry, having worked for Toyo® from 1991 to 2000 before operating his own tire and wheel accessory store in North San Diego County.

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Curt LeDuc Wins Second Consecutive 2008 Best In The Desert Race on Toyo® Open Country M/T® Tires
April 18 , 2008 – PRIMM, NEVADA -- Curt LeDuc of Cherry Valley, California, scored his second consecutive Class 8000 Best In The Desert series win during the Terribleís "250" at Primm piloting his Rockstar / Makita / Kal Gard Lubricants Ford truck on Toyo® Open Country M/T® tires this past weekend in Primm, Nevada. With co-driver, Macrae Glass of Kingman, Arizona, LeDuc started in 84th place and finished the three lap race 12th overall and was the fifth truck across the line with a time of 4:54:27.

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Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. Extends Contract with Thomas Bayer for 2008
April 15 , 2008 – CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA -- Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. announces it has extended its contract with Thomas Bayer of Thomas Bayer Racing for 2008. Bayer competes in various NHRA® classes including Top Alcohol Dragster, Super Comp and the Super Gas categories and has been a long time member of Team Toyo™.

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Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. Extends Contract with Papadakis Racing
April 11 , 2008 – CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA -- Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. announces they have extended their contract for 2008 with the drifting team of Papadakis Racing. The team includes Stephan Papadakis, team owner and driver of the Rockstar® Energy Drink/AEM®/Toyo Tires™ Honda S2000 drift car; and Tanner Foust, 2007 Formula Drift® Champion with his Rockstar/AEM/Toyo Tires Nissan 350Z. Both cars are equipped with Toyo® Proxes® R1R™ extreme performance tires, the tires that won the 2007 Formula Drift championship.

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Travis Coyne to Run on Toyo® Open Country M/T® Tires in SCORE-International and CORR Racing
April 9 , 2008 – CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA -- Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. announces the company has signed Travis Coyne as the newest member of Team Toyo™ Off-Road. Coyne competes in both SCORE-International with a Trophy Truck, and CORR (Championship Off-Road Racing™) with a Pro 4™ class racing truck. Both desert and short course #5 Pro Comp Suspension/KMC Wheels/Monster Energy/Toyo Tires™ Ford trucks now run on Toyo® Open Country M/T®-R tires, the same tire that won the 2006 Baja 1000.

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Ramses' Rally Journal to Provide Ongoing Coverage of Central Europe Rally
April 7 , 2008 – CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA -- Toyo Tires®, Robby Gordon and Team Dakar USA return to Europe April 19-26 to compete in the Central Europe Rally, the first event to be run under the "Dakar Series" certification by the Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.). Beginning in Budapest, Hungary, the Central Europe Rally will cover 2,972 kilometers, approximately 1,846 miles, with seven stages over an extremely varied and technical route. The competition vehicle for this event is a specially prepared Hummer H3 racer equipped with 35x12.50R17 Toyo Open Country M/T®-R race tires, the tires that won the 2006 Baja 1000.

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UFC® Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson to Make Appearance during Round 1 of Formula Drift® Championship at Long Beach
April 2 , 2008 – CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA -- UFC® Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson will make a special appearance during Round 1 of the Formula Drift® Pro Championship in Long Beach, California. In addition to his championship title, Rampage is now appearing on season 7 of The Ultimate Fighter® on Spike TV. Rampage coaches a team of 8 middleweight fighters competing against a team lead by his next championship title opponent, Forrest Griffin. This season's theme for The Ultimate Fighter is "Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest".

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Toyo® Introduces New M154™ Ultra-Premium
Regional Highway Truck Tire
March 28 , 2008 – CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA -- Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. introduces the new M154TM ultra-premium, all-steel regional highway tire for medium trucks. The Toyo® M154 was created using e-balance™, Toyoís new proprietary design technology for commercial truck tires that focuses on a stiffer belt package, stiffer bead construction and optimization through computer simulation technology.

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Toyo® M137 Premium High Performance
Steer Radial for Long Haul
March 27 , 2008 – CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA -- Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. introduces the M137ú premium high performance steer radial for long haul, over-the-highway applications. This tire is designed to deliver more miles per 32nds to operators driving coast-to-coast.

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Toyo Tires™ Awards Scholar-Athlete Award for
Pac-10 Men’s Basketball

March 13
, 2008 – During the Pac-10 men’s basketball tournament last night at STAPLES Center in downtown Los Angeles, Toyo Tires™ presented the Pac-10 Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award for men’s basketball. Robbie Cowgill of the Washington State University Cougars was presented this prestigious award during halftime by Julie Sediq, director of marketing communications, Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp.

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Desert Specialist Scott Kincaid Joins Team Toyo™ Off-Road
February 13
, 2008 – Desert off-road racing specialists, Scott Kincaid and Jeff Quinn along with co-driver Gary Kincaid, have become the newest members of Team Toyo™ Off-Road. Piloting their blue number 57 Kincaid Racing Ford truck in both the SCORE-International “Trophy Truck” and Best In The Desert “Trick Truck” classes, the team relies on 37x13.5R17 Toyo® Open Country M/T®-R tires to keep them up front.

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Toyo® Introduces 30 New Passenger Car and Light Truck Product Sizes in Last Three Months
February 7
, 2008 – Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. announces the availability of 30 new sizes of passenger car and light truck tires, for applications ranging from racing to luxury, and from utility to value. New sizes are available in several of the Toyo® product lines including: Proxes® (high performance and racing for passenger car and light truck), Open Country® (light truck and SUV) and Versado™ (premium luxury passenger car).

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Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. to Increase Prices March 1st
February 4
, 2008 - – Effective March 1, 2008, Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. will increase pricing on consumer and commercial products up to 6-percent.

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Toyo® signs as a 2008 Contingency Sponsor for the Redline: Time Attack! Series
February 1
, 2008 - Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. announced its contingency sponsorship for the 2008 Redline:Time Attack! season. Participants competing on Toyo’s Proxes® R1R™, R888™ or RA1™ performance tires have an opportunity to win up to 500 dollars worth of “Toyo Bucks” per event, good towards the purchase of Toyo® product.

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Toyo® Becomes Contingency Sponsor for 2008 SCCA Solo National Tour Cars Running on Proxes® R1R™ Extreme Performance Tires
January 27
, 2008 - Following its release in 2007, the Toyo® Proxes® R888™ will replace the Proxes RA1™ as the official tire of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Championships at the start of the 2008 season.

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Toyo Proxes R888 Makes SPEED World Challenge
Debut in 2008

January 17
, 2008 - Following its release in 2007, the Toyo® Proxes® R888? will replace the Proxes RA1? as the official tire of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Championships at the start of the 2008 season.

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Toyo® Introduces a Proxes® R888™ Fitment for
Lotus Exige and Elise

January 14
, 2008 - Toyo® introduces two new sizes of their Proxes® R888™ D.O.T.-approved R-compound tire specifically for fitment on both the Lotus Exige and Elise automobiles. These are the first D.O.T. approved competition tires that Toyo has offered in sizes suited for the Lotus. Already known for their razor sharp handling, both Lotus models receive even greater cornering performance with direct fit, 195/50R16 front and 225/45R17 rear Proxes R888 tires.

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Toyo® Embeds Staff Member in Dakar® 2008 for
Daily Reports on toyo.com

December 19
, 2007 - Team Toyo’s very own Ramses Perez has been accredited to be a part of the official press corps traveling with the upcoming Dakar® endurance rally. He will follow the grueling race in its entirety, both journeying on special aircraft which land at remote encampments, and sharing seat time in a Team Dakar USA chase vehicle in order to post daily blogs and photos, with videos and a “Twitter” IM feed provided by Team Dakar USA, all accessed through the “Dakar Rally” link on www.toyo.com.

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Toyo Tires™ Presents the Pac-10 Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards, First Recipients Have Been Honored
December 11
, 2007 - Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corporation announces it is the presenting sponsor of the Pac-10 Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards. Working in cooperation with the Pac-10 Conference, these awards have been established to honor collegiate student-athletes that are standouts both academically and in their sports discipline.

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Toyo® Presents Six Scholar-Athlete Awards at John R. Wooden Classic
December 10
, 2007 - This past weekend, six outstanding Southern California high school students were acknowledged as recipients of the John Wooden Scholar-Athlete Award presented by Toyo Tires™ during the 14th Annual John R. Wooden Classic presented by Toyo Tires™ at Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Toyo® has provided a scholarship of $500.00 to each individual student, and $500.00 to each of their high school athletic departments.

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Team Honda Research - West Wins 2007 NASA Western Endurance Racing Series Championship on Toyo® Proxes® RA1™ R-Compound Tires
December 6
, 2007 - Team Honda Research – West, piloting their Acura RSX Type-S racecars, won the 2007 NASA (National Auto Sport Association) Western Endurance Racing Series Championship while competing on Toyo® Proxes® RA1™ D.O.T. approved, R-compound tires. The team finished second in class by less than three seconds during last weekend’s grueling 12 Hour endurance race at Thunderhill Raceway in Willows, California, while accruing enough points to secure their 2007 championship.

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LeDuc’s and Toyo Tires™ Capture 2007 Best In The Desert Series Class 8000 Championship
December 6
, 2007 - The ROCKSTAR Energy Drink/Toyo Tires/Skyjacker Ford truck team of Curt and Todd LeDuc, with co-drivers Brent Wendt and Thomas Andreoli, finished third in class 8000 during last weekend’s “Henderson’s Terrible 400” to capture the 2007 Best In The Desert Series Class 8000 Championship. This finish capped off a remarkable season for the team, which competes on 37X13.50R17 Toyo® Open Country M/T®-R tires.

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TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD. Appoints New President/CEO
December 5
, 2007 - TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD. of Osaka, Japan, announces that Kenji Nakakura has been appointed the company’s new President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Nakakura will also serve as Representative Director for the company and will continue to serve as a member of the board. He will assume all responsibilities effective January 1, 2008.

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Toyo Tires™ Returns As Presenting Sponsor of the 14th Annual John R. Wooden Classic
November 29
, 2007 - The 14th annual John R. Wooden Classic will once again be presented by Toyo Tires™. This marks the second straight year in which Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corporation has presented the event which is co-produced by, Anaheim Arena Management, LLC and Pantheon International, LLC.

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Toyo®, Original Equipment on All-New 2009 Nissan Murano
November 26
, 2007 - Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corporation announced today that the Toyo® Proxes® A20 tire will be fitted as original equipment on Nissan’s all-new 2009 Murano crossover vehicle. The 2009 Murano will be available starting in January of 2008.

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Glen Greer Wins Class 8 of the 40th Anniversary Tecate® SCORE Baja 1000 on Toyo® Open Country M/T® D.O.T. Tires
November 16
, 2007 - Glen Greer, driver of the Greer Bros. Racing / Toyo Tires™ Dodge truck, won Class 8 of the 40th Anniversary Tecate® SCORE Baja 1000 on off-the-shelf 37X13.50R17 Toyo® Open Country M/T® tires. Starting last in his class, Greer passed all of his competitors during an extended mileage race spanning a suspension pounding 1,296 miles across the harsh terrain of the Baja California peninsula.

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Bisi Ezerioha at the top of his game winning the All Motor class at the 2007 IDRC International Finals using Toyo® Proxes® Drag Slicks
November 14
, 2007 - Despite multiple mechanical difficulties at last month’s NHRA® XPlod® Sport Compact™ finals, Bisi Ezerioha brought his 2006 Honda Insight back to the track with its freshly rebuilt transmission and his Toyo® Proxes® Drag Slicks to take top honors in this year’s IDRC International Finals in Fontana, Calif.

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Josh Baldwin Triple Podiums and Kyle LeDuc Wins on Toyo® Open Country M/T® Tires During CORR™ Weekend at Las Vegas International Off-Road Raceway
November 6
, 2007 - Josh Baldwin, driving the 850+ horsepower Baldwin Racing / Toyo Tires™ Ford F-150 truck, demonstrated his podium finishing consistency in the Pro 4™ category during the Championship Off-Road Racing™ (CORR) 2007 series final weekend on the newly constructed Las Vegas International Off-Road Raceway at Primm, Nevada.

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Robby Gordon Selects Dakar Veteran Ronn Bailey to Drive 2nd Hummer for Team Dakar USA
October 31
, 2007 - Team Dakar USA, the elite off-road racing group established to operate Gordon’s Dakar efforts, announced today the addition of Dakar veteran and off-road driver Ronn Bailey to its racing platform. The announcement was made at the Toyo Tires booth at the SEMA trade show, the premier automotive aftermarket industry event

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Toyo® Introduces 26 New Passenger Car and Light Truck Product Sizes since August
October 31
, 2007 - Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corporation announces the availability of 26 new sizes of passenger car and light truck tires, for applications ranging from racing to luxury, and from utility to value. New sizes are available in several of the Toyo® product lines including: Proxes® (high performance and racing for passenger car and light truck), Open Country® (light truck and SUV) and Versado™ (premium luxury passenger car).

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Toyo® Introduces the Proxes® R1R™ Designed For Extreme Performance
October 30
, 2007 - Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corporation introduces the Proxes® R1R™, an extreme performance tire for sports coupes and sedans. The Proxes R1R provides the ultimate dry weather traction for the enthusiast driver who wants maximum performance from his/her car.

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Rick Huseman Scores Another Victory with Toyo® Open Country M/T® Tires, This Time at the Texas Motor Speedway
October 22
, 2007 - Rick Huseman, driver of the Fabtech / Toyo Tires Toyota Tundra truck, won the Jason Baldwin Memorial Cup Pro 4 Qualifier this Saturday during the Championship Off Road Racing™ (CORR) weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Driving on Toyo® Open Country M/T® tires, Huseman beat an 11-truck field at CORR™’s first-ever event in Texas.

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Tanner Foust and Toyo Tires™ Win the 2007 Formula Drift® Championship
October 16
, 2007 - Tanner Foust, driver of the AEM/Memphis Car Audio/Toyo Tires™ Nissan 350Z riding on Toyo® Proxes® R1R™ tires, was crowned the 2007 Formula Drift® champion this past weekend during the Formula Drift Championship Finals at Irwindale Speedway in California. Leading the championship by 23-points and only having to finish in third place or better, Foust put an exclamation point on his championship by winning the final event overall.

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Toyo® Launches Second Major Ad Campaign in 2007
October 11
, 2007 - Following their successful second quarter ad campaign to coincide with the launch of the company’s new Versado™ LX luxury passenger car tire; Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corporation has launched a second major ad campaign in the fourth quarter of 2007 to promote their Open Country® line of light truck and SUV tires. Open Country products by Toyo® include the Open Country® H/T (premium replacement highway tire), the Open Country® A/T (versatile all terrain tire), and their Open Country M/T® (high traction mud terrain tire).

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Team Toyo™ Drift’s Tanner Foust Leads Championship Points Entering the 2007 Formula Drift® Series Finals
October 8
, 2007 - Tanner Foust, driver of the AEM/Toyo Tires™ Nissan 350Z riding on Toyo® Proxes® R1R™ tires, leads the 2007 Formula Drift® pro championship by 23-points coming into the October 13th finals at Irwindale Speedway near Los Angeles, California. Known as “The House of Drift” for its close-up action and packed grandstands, the Irwindale event is the seventh and deciding round of this exciting series.

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Team Toyo™ Off-Road’s LeDucs Enjoying a Perfect Season Winning their Fourth Consecutive Best In The Desert Race
October 9
, 2007 - Scoring a perfect season in any sport is truly remarkable, especially in the inhospitable realm of off-road racing where both man and machine can easily falter while negotiating the punishing terrain. So far in 2007, Curt LeDuc and sons Todd and Kyle with navigator, Brent Wendt; have won their class in every desert race they have entered while driving their ROCKSTAR Energy Drink/Toyo Tires/Skyjacker Ford truck, including last weekend’s Las Vegas 300.

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Toyo® Announces a New Size for Their M320™ Wide Base Super Single Tire for Tough On/Off Highway Use
October 8
, 2007 - Toyo® announces a new 425/65R22.5 size for their M320™ wide base super single tire. Designed for tough on/off highway use in applications such as dump trucks, concrete mixers and refuse trucks, the M320 is the ideal solution for durability in construction and refuse hauling applications.

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Todd LeDuc Wins on Toyo® Open Country M/T® Tires At Chula Vista International Raceway
October 2
, 2007 - Todd LeDuc, driver of the ROCKSTAR / Toyo Tires Ford truck, won the Jason Baldwin Memorial Cup Pro 2 Qualifier on Saturday during the Championship Off-Road Racing™ weekend (September 29 & 30) while competing on Toyo® Open Country M/T® tires in Chula Vista, California. LeDuc was quick all weekend, finishing third in the regular Pro 2™ race on Saturday, and then running for the lead during Sunday’s race until an equipment failure dashed his hopes for a repeat win.

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Toyo® Signs Three-Year Deal to Sponsor PAC-10 Men’s Basketball
September 26
, 2007 - Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corporation announced it has finalized a three-year deal to sponsor the Pac-10 men’s basketball regular season and conference tournament, all telecast on Fox Sports Net (FSN). Comprised of numerous national title contenders, the conference draws top television ratings from the season’s opening tip-off through the crowning of its conference champion.

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Toyo® Rated #1 Consumer & Commercial Product by Independent Tire Dealers… Again!
September 25
, 2007 - For 2007, Toyo® has once again been selected “#1 Overall Brand” for both consumer and commercial tires in Tire Review Magazine’s annual Tire Brand Study of North American tire dealers. Conducted by Babcox Research for Tire Review for the past 15-years, this prestigious survey measures tire dealer opinions and perceptions about the brands they carry and sell. Toyo has received this honor a remarkable seven out of the past eight years for consumer products (passenger, performance and light truck/SUV) and four of the last six years for commercial products (medium truck).

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Ben Wandahsega Wins First-Ever 2007 WSORR Super Stock Truck Class Championship While Other Drivers Win on Toyo® at the Series Finals Weekend
September 24
, 2007 - Ben Wandahsega, piloting his Forest County Potawatomi / Toyo Tires Chevy Silverado, won the first-ever 2007 Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing championship in the Super Stock Truck class this past weekend. Competing at the Nissan “Show Down at the Show-Me State” event, which is the WSORR series finals held in Wheatland, Missouri; Wandahsega secured his championship while driving on Toyo® Open Country M/T® tires.

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Toyo®, Exclusive Tire of 2008 Toyota Highlander Hybrid, Limited Grade
September 20
, 2007 - Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corporation announced today that the Toyo® Open Country® A20 is the exclusive tire of Toyota’s all-new 2008 Highlander Hybrid, Limited grade. In addition, the Open Country® A20 is original equipment on several other models of the 2008 Toyota Highlander, both hybrid and gas.

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Rick Huseman Wins First-Ever CORR™ Pro 4™ Victory For Toyo® at Antelope Valley Fairgrounds
September 18
, 2007 - Team Toyo™ Off-Road’s Rick Huseman scored the first-ever Pro 4™ class victory for Toyo® in Championship Off Road Racing™ (CORR) this past Saturday at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds in Lancaster, California. Competing on Open Country M/T® tires, Huseman from Riverside, California; powered his four wheel drive Fabtech / Toyo Tires Toyota Tundra truck to a decisive victory over the 12-truck field. At the checkered flag, Huseman lead by more than three-seconds over the second place finisher.

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Team Toyo™ Off-Road’s Glen Greer Wins at the SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300
September 13
, 2007 - Team Toyo™ Off-Road driver Glen Greer clinched the Class 8 class victory in the SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300 off-road race on Toyo® Open Country M/T® tires this past weekend in Primm, Nevada.

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Vicky Johnson Wins Quick 32 on Toyo® Proxes® Drag Slicks During “All Star Chevy Weekend” at Bandimere Speedway
September 6
, 2007 - Vicky Johnson, driver of the Toyo Tires™/Fineline Graphics/Madcap Racing Engines 2001 Cameron chassis dragster, won the Quick 32 class of the “All Star Chevy Weekend presented by Stevinson Chevrolet” on August 18th at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Colorado. Providing consistency and race-winning launches were Johnson’s 33x16-15 Toyo® Proxes® Drag Slicks, the same brand that allowed husband, Steve Johnson to win the track’s 2006 Super Gas Championship.

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Toyo® to Increase Prices October 1st
September 5
, 2007 - Effective October 1, 2007, Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corporation will increase pricing on Consumer Products by 3.5-percent.

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Team Toyo’s Curt LeDuc, Dave Waldvogel and Mike Vanden Heuvel Win at the BorgWarner World Championship Off-Road Races® at Crandon
September 4
, 2007 - Team Toyo™ Off-Road drivers competing on Toyo® Open Country M/T® tires had a great Labor Day weekend during the BorgWarner World Championship Off-Road Races® at Crandon International Raceway in Crandon, Wisconsin. Considered one of the biggest events on the 2007 Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing calendar, Team Toyo Off-Road drivers Curt LeDuc, Dave Waldvogel and Mike Vanden Heuvel all won races over the course of the weekend.

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LeDucs Score Third Consecutive Best In The Desert Series Victory During the TSCO “Vegas to Reno” Endurance Race on Toyo® Open Country M/T® Tires
August 28
, 2007 - Curt and Todd LeDuc, father and son racers from Cherry Valley, California, with navigator Brent Wendt; captured their third consecutive Class 8000 Best In The Desert racing series win on Toyo® Open Country M/T® tires during the TSCO “Vegas to Reno” race this past weekend.  Billed as “The Longest Off-Road Race in the United States”, the Las Vegas-to-Reno race is 565-miles in length over a variety of punishing terrain across the vast Nevada desert.

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Bisi Ezerioha Wins the Pro Street Class of the Battle of the Imports and Sets a New All-Time Best E.T. of 9.60-Seconds on Toyo® Proxes® Drag Slicks
August 14
, 2007 - Piloting his Bisimoto 2006 Honda Insight while running on 26X10.5-15 Toyo® Proxes® Drag Slicks, Bisi Ezerioha of Hacienda Heights, California, won the Pro Street class of the Battle of the Imports “North versus South” at Sacramento Raceway this past weekend while shattering the track record and setting a personal best E.T. of 9.60-seconds.

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Team Toyo™ Off-Road Drivers Continue Strong Performances at Bark River During Rounds VII, VIII & IX of the Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing
August 14
, 2007 - Competing on Toyo® Open Country M/T® (mud terrain) tires, Team Toyo™ Off-Road drivers scored podium finishes during Rounds VII, VIII and IX of the Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing this past weekend at the WSORR Boss Snowplows Off-Road Challenge at the challenging 1.5-mile Bark River International Raceway.

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Toyo’s Steve Weinger to be Grand Marshall of Toyo Tires™ NHRA® Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway
August 13
, 2007 - Toyo’s own Steve Weinger will serve as Grand Marshall for the upcoming Toyo Tires™ NHRA® Nationals, a key event in the NHRA® POWERade® Drag Racing Series. Weinger is senior vice president of sales and marketing for Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corporation and is a 25-year veteran of the company.

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Toyo Tires™ Big Rig Featured in New Jada Toys® Die Cast Collection
August 8
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