Toyo Tires® Signs Team USA -- Off Road

CYPRESS, CA -- Toyo Tires® announces the sponsorship of Championship Off Road Racing (CORR) team, Team USA -- Off Road. Team USA -- Off Road consists of Pro 2 category truck racers Kevin Probst and Larry Gourlie. Both trucks will compete on street legal Open Country M/T™ tires from Toyo Tires®.

Based out of New Lenox, Illinois, Probst pilots the U.S. Army #99 Chevy Silverado. Probst has twenty-four years of off-road racing experience, and is a top competitor in the sport. For 2005, Gourlie of Mountlake Terrace, Washington, will campaign his #27 U.S. Marines Chevy Silverado out of Probst’s Illinois-based operation. According to Probst, “Toyo is bringing a very aggressive approach to the CORR Series. Larry and I are glad to be part of Team Toyo”.

Team USA -- Off Road will bring some 1,500-horsepower of Chevy Thunder to CORR spectators. Delivering that horsepower to the ground is the Toyo Tires® Open Country M/T™ which provides maximum off-road grip with its “Attack” tread and its aggressive silhouette extending onto the sidewalls. Toyo’s computer design technology delivers quiet operation on the highway for lifted pickups that serve double-duty hauling “toys” to your favorite outdoor activities.

For more information on Team USA -- Off Road, log onto www.teamusaoffroad.com. For information on the Open Country M/T™ and Toyo’s full line of light truck and SUV tires, log onto toyo.com. During 2005, Toyo Group celebrates its 60th Anniversary. Toyo manufactures and distributes a complete line of high performance and original equipment replacement tires for passenger car, light truck, commercial truck, bus, off-road and construction applications.