TATNEFT's Tires Presented by the First Russian Woman Drifter Print version

17.08.2010

Yanina Alekseeva, the first Russian woman drifter who represented the KAMA Trading House ( General Distributor of "Nizhnekamskshina") joined the top six of 33 participants of the fourth stage of the drift competitions "Russian Drift Series".

The fourth stage of the Russian Drift Series was held on July 23-24, 2010 in Nizhny Novgorod at the new racetrack Nring (Nizhegorodskoye Kol'tso) of the Auto Sports Complex. The new loop racetrack is located 22 km away from Nizhny Novgorod. Pilots from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan and Samara participated in the Russian Drift Series competitions.

The more smoke there is, the steeper the angle is and the greater the duration of the car skidding is, the higher its speed is, so much the better: such are the rules of the drift competition. Each of the participants turned into smoke about 12 pairs of tires on this hot day. The asphalt coverage of the racetrack warmed up to 70 degrees Celsius.

Given the high temperature of asphalt pavement (and the temperature at the points of contact rockets during the drift), not all tires could withstand the test of heat-and-run.

The tires of OAO Nizhnekamskshina demonstrated their best performance characteristics. They had a steady track adhesion in case of the heated, as well as overheated rubber, which allowed Yanina Alekseeva accelerating at the moment of the drifts and performing worthily.

By the results of the competitions the first female drifter joined the top six among 33 participants, beating many famous grand masters.

After completion of the event many participants expressed a desire to experience the KAMA-EURO 129 tires with their cars.

Reference Information.

OAO Nizhnekamskshina is a member of OAO TATNEFT's Tatneft-Neftechim Management Company. In recent years, OAO TATNEFT has implemented such large investment projects in this sector, as production of the Kama-Euro passenger and light truck tires under Pirelli technology and construction of a new rubber compounding facility. The Company has developed and is implementing a strategic investment program up to 2013, providing for a further increase in production of the Kama-Euro model tires. The Company has also launched one of the most up-to-date tire manufacturing works in Europe: Solid Steel Cord tire factory.

KAMA Trading House, General Distributor of TATNEFT's tire manufacturing complex, has started selling the enhanced versions of tires 9.00 R20 KAMA CRF IN-142BM, 10.00 R20 KAMA CRF 310 and 10.00 R20 KAMA CRF-OI 73Б in August of this year. New reinforced tires have several advantages compared with conventional serial bus tires. They allow increasing the load on the wheel up to 12% and the service life up to 15%.

Drift (drifting) refers to a driving technique of passing the turns and to a motorsport discipline, where the driver intentionally over steers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels through turns, while maintaining vehicle control and a high exit speed.

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