On and off the track, around the world, BFGoodrich Tires have set the pace in tyre innovation and technology since 1870. Our range of performance, off-road, passenger, SUV and light truck tyres have carved names for themselves as the ones to beat. Our can-do, try-anything attitude has earnt us an all action, all fun reputation. We’re totally serious when it comes to playing to win. Success hasn’t gone to our heads, its gone straight back into making world beating tyres. Check out the milestones that make us who we are today.
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TECHNOLOGY FIRSTS
| 1870 | Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich established BFGoodrich Tires in Akron, Ohio as the first rubber company in America. |
| 1910 | BFGoodrich Tires introduces carbon black into rubber compounds to improve abrasion resisdance and add tread life. Overnight tyre colour changes from white to black. |
| 1947 | BFGoodrich Tires revolutionised the tyre industry by inventing the first tubeless tyre. |
| 1976 | World's first light truck performance radial tyre, BFGoodrich Radial All-Terrain T/A®™. |
| 1977 | First test flight of NASA Space Shuttle on BFGoodrich Tires. |
| 1980 | First light truck radial mud tyre, BFGoodrich Radial Mud-Terrain T/A®™. |
MOTORSPORT HERITAGE
| 1972 | BFGoodrich Tires had the first street tyres to qualify on GT pole in 24 Hours of Le Mans. |
| 1988 | First American tyres selected as origional equipment on Porsche (BFGoodrich Comp T/A). |
| 1995 | First radial DOT-approved drag racing tyre, BFGoodrich Comp T/A® Drag Radial. |
| 1998 | BFGoodrich Tires becomes the official tyre sponsor of the SCCA Trans-Am Series with the introduction of the BFGoodrich g-Force T/A® race tyre. |
| 2002 | BFGoodrich Tires achieves 17th consecutive Baja 1000 win, and with record breaking lap times dominated the Series 300 JGTC in tis debut season. BFGoodrich Tires achieves 5th 4x4 Rally Raid win. |
| 2003 | BFGoodrich Tires achieves 4 Paris-Dakar win. |
| 2004 | BFGoodrich Tires achieves 20th consecutive Baja 1000 win, and 5th Paris-Dakar title. |
| 2005 | BFGoodrich Tires achieves 7th Paris-Dakar win. |
