Firestone Adds New Sustainably-Sourced Raw Materials to Race Tires for 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500
- Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 race tires for this year's event include two ISCC PLUS-certified monomers produced from waste residue of palm oil processing.1
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All Firestone Firehawk race tires are produced at
Bridgestone 's ISCC PLUS certified Advanced Tire Production Center (ATPC).1 - The new Indy 500 race tires are the latest example of Bridgestone's efforts to prove and accelerate the use of more sustainable materials and technologies through motorsports.
As its Firestone brand celebrates 25 consecutive years as the exclusive tire supplier of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES and
"Our racing heritage with Firestone dates back more than 100 years to the very first Indy 500 in 1911, and we remain focused on helping sustain the sport we love for future generations," said
The Firestone Race Tire Engineering team and nearly 60 race tire production teammates will produce more than 5,000 Indy 500 race tires for use in practice, qualifying and competition at
Advancing Sustainability Through Motorsports
Using the sustainably-sourced monomers in this year's Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 race tires is the latest example of Bridgestone's efforts to prove and accelerate the use of sustainable materials and technologies through motorsports and the NTT INDYCAR SERIES.
- All Firestone Firehawk race tires for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES are manufactured at Bridgestone's ISCC PLUS-certified Advanced Tire Production Center (ATPC) in
Akron, Ohio . The facility was awarded the certification in 2022 for its transparency and traceability of sustainable raw materials including bio, bio-circular, and circular-based synthetic rubber.1 - Bridgestone is once again partnering with
Penske Truck Leasing and IMS to transport all Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 tires to the track using electric-powered Freightliner eCascadia trucks. - Outside of the Indy 500, Bridgestone uses guayule-derived natural rubber in the sidewalls of the Firestone Firehawk alternate race tires made for NTT INDYCAR SERIES street course races. Guayule is a desert shrub grown at Bridgestone's research facility in
Arizona that is being explored as a potential alternative source of natural rubber.
Bridgestone continues to use world-class racing as both a global co-creation platform and a proving ground for delivering the values of the Bridgestone E8 Commitment. This corporate commitment outlines eight areas where the company is focused on contributing to a more sustainable world. Bridgestone's sustainability commitments surrounding the 108th Running of the
1 The recycled material is allocated using the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) mass balance approach. Find out more about ISCC and our ATPC ISCC PLUS certification at: www.iscc-system.org.
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