BFGoodrich® Tires Offers a Larger Krawler™ T/A®KX Tire

The BFGoodrich® Tires Krawler™T/A®KX tire is the most dominant rock-crawling tire ever made. For 2006, the Krawler T/AKX is available in a larger size - 39x13.50R17. The large 39-inch Krawler T/AKX tires feature large tread blocks that allow additional grooving, providing a customized performance to suit almost any application.

Since its introduction in 2002 the Krawler T/AKX tire has won more rock-crawling events than all other tire brands combined. In fact, the Krawler T/AKX tire's 51 wins in 2004 is more than the total number of competitor wins from the last three years. No other tire comes close to delivering the championship-quality performance of the world's toughest rock-crawling tire.

″The Krawler T/AKX tire was a labor of love for BFGoodrich Tires,″ said Gary Enterline, light-truck category manager for BFGoodrich Tires and inventor of the Krawler T/AKX tire. Many dedicated people worked tirelessly to ensure the Krawler T/AKX would be the brawniest, beefiest, most bulletproof tire BFGoodrich has ever made.

The ″KX″ in Krawler T/AKX tire translates to ″Key Feature: Xtreme,″ which describes the lengths BFGoodrich Tires' went in engineering the tire and the punishing, brutal and demanding terrain for which the tire was designed. The Krawler T/AKX tire boasts a specially formulated tri-polymer tread compound, tuned for exceptional traction and toughness, to help optimize grip and control, while large, deep lugs provide tremendous traction through rocks, mud and dirt.

With four nylon sidewall plies, a race-spec carcass borrowed from the company's Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) series tires and a soft tread compound evolved from years of off-road experience, the Krawler T/AKX tire quickly conforms to uneven surfaces for extreme traction. In aired-down situations, the tire maintains its incredible strength while delivering excellent puncture resistance on the toughest of trails or obstacles.

The BFGoodrich Tires Krawler T/AKX tire is also available in two smaller sizes, 35x13.50R15 and 37x12.50R17.

In developing the Krawler T/AKX tire, BFGoodrich Tires worked closely with rock-crawling enthusiasts to create the toughest, most flexible tire possible while also offering the ultimate in grip. BFGoodrich Tires engineers gathered rock crawling pioneers to first test the tires and used their feedback to tailor the tires' performance.

In 2004, the Krawler T/AKX tire helped capture every class championship in competitive rock-crawling, including the UROC Pro-Nationals, Eastern Extreme, Western Extreme, Cal ROCS and ProROCK series championships.

BFGoodrich® Tires combines technological expertise with vast motorsports experience, delivering a high-performance tire for every type of vehicle from ultra-high performance tuner vehicles, sports cars and SUVs to the hottest sport trucks, pickups and rock-crawling rigs in the world. For more than 30 years, BFGoodrich Tires has used motorsports as a proving ground.
Success on the street begins with winning on the track and BFGoodrich Tires is involved in every type of racing, including oval, sports car, drag, desert and extreme rock-crawling. With 19 consecutive Baja 1000 wins, the most wins in rock-crawling history, and an unmatched record on pavement, BFGoodrich Tires has proven the only records it breaks are its own. Visit BFGoodrich Tires online at www.bfgoodrichtires.com.