FIREHAWK INDY 500 Tires by FIRESTONE®. Season: Summer. Type: Performance. The Firehawk Indy 500 tire ensures ultra-high summer performance at a great value. Proprietary Pulse Groove™ technology improves water evacuation and helps increase resistance to hydroplaning for more control on wet roads. So, if you’re a car enthusiast looking for a tire that can provide extreme performance and extreme fun, this is the tire for you.
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Ensures exceptional performance in summer conditions.
Ultra-high performance with bold design.
Wide shoulders that increase the tire’s stiffness to provide dynamic cornering.
Pulse Groove channel helps reduce the risk of hydroplaning.
Improved water evacuation for more control on wet roads.
Enhanced rubber compound and tread design.
20% shorter stopping distance on wet roads.
Firestone tires made their first official racing appearance in 1909 when company founder Harvey Firestone put a set on a car driven by Barney Oldfield in the Indianapolis 300. During a test run for that competition, Oldfield told the assembled onlookers “my only life insurance is Firestone tires.” He and Firestone later had the phrase painted on the side of his racecar, and he toured the country “performing amazing feats of speed.” Firestone is the only tire brand to have appeared in every Indy Racing League contest, and has provided tires to 14 IZOD IndyCar Series champions. The IZOD IndyCar Series and the Firestone Indy Lights provide Firestone, known as “America's Tire Since 1900,” excellent showcases to demonstrate technology, along with the world's largest laboratory for testing and evaluating new materials and construction processes for street and highway tires. They also allow the brand to create more wins and more championships, contributing to the growing success of Firestone Racing.
Bridgestone Americas' corporate family traces its roots to two distinguished companies - The Firestone® Tire & Rubber Company, which Harvey Firestone formed in Akron, Ohio in August 1900, and the Bridgestone Tire Company Ltd. which Shojiro Ishibashi started in Japan in 1931. Bridgestone Corporation purchased Firestone in 1988 for $2.6 billion, transforming the companies' combined operations into the world's largest tire and rubber company. The operations in the Americas were renamed Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. and became the largest subsidiary of Bridgestone. As part of its integration with Bridgestone's existing U.S. operations, Bridgestone/Firestone moved its headquarters from Akron to Nashville in 1992.
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FIRESTONE® - FIREHAWK INDY 500
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1-2 of 2 Reviews
5 of 5
Looks Great and Handles Florida Rain Well
FIRESTONE® - FIREHAWK INDY 500
4/5 * for wet traction and corner handling. Looks absolutely great. Would definitely buy again.
Posted by Leonard (Lake Wales, FL) / January 16, 20212012 Buick Regal
5 of 5
Great Traction and Looks.
FIRESTONE® - FIREHAWK INDY 500
I bought rims and these tires from CARiD. They looks absolutely great, 4/5 for traction in rain, and corners. Trying to convince wife to get set for her car. CARiD is trustworthy buying site as well.
Posted by Leonard (Lake Wales, FL) / January 16, 20212012 Buick Regal
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Question:
is this a directional tire?
Posted by Customer / April 04, 2022
CARiD Answer:
Hello, please give our Wheel & Tire department a call at 888.903.4350 for assistance