Greer Enterprises and Nokian Tyres  - 2008 Sno*Drift Contingency / Worker Awards program.

Greer Enterprises and Nokian Tyres are pleased to announce the 2008 Sno*Drift Contingency / Worker Awards program.

 

 The 2008 Awards program will be identical to the 2004, 2005 and 2006 programs with 6 sets of Nokian tires awarded to competitors and 2 sets awarded to workers. Three years ago the then new Nokian Hakkapeliitta RSi was tested by Mark Utecht three weeks prior to the rally -the article describing his results appears later- [see endorsement below - Nokian Tyres Hakkapelitta RSi Tire Test:.). In 2006 we achieved our greatest results in the 4 years of our program- Nokian Tyres equipped cars won all three rallies! Andrew Comrie-Picard won the National rally using Hakka C2's and Robert Borowicz won both Regional rallies on one set of Hakka RSi's! Other notable National Nokian equipped 2006 overall finishes were Travis Pastrana-2nd, Ken Block-4th, Chris Gilligan- 7th and Andrew Pinker- 9th ! 2007 award winners are listed below. Last year a record 66% of the 2007 starting field was on Nokian Hakkapelitta's. Many thanks and congratulations to all the Nokian equipped competitors for their efforts and results over the last five years! So if you haven't already joined the Hakka Group, why not join the winners on Nokian Hakkapeliitta Tyres this year? See the Sno*Drift Competitor / Worker Promotion below.  

  
6 sets of Nokian Tires will be awarded to the best finishers on Nokian Tyres as follows:

                        

Competitor Contingency Awards

Sno* Regional Rally:        One set of Nokian tires to the best Nokian Tyres equipped AWD finisher.                                         One set of Nokian tires to the best Nokian Tyres equipped 2WD finisher. Drift Regional Rally:         One set of Nokian tires to the best Nokian Tyres equipped AWD finisher.                                          One set of Nokian tires to the best Nokian Tyres equipped 2WD finisher.  Sno*Drift National Rally:  One set of Nokian tires to the best Nokian Tyres equipped AWD finisher.                                         One set of Nokian tires to the best Nokian Tyres equipped 2WD finisher.   Greer Enterprises/Nokian Tyres Regional Performer Award In addition to the Contingency program announced above, Greer Enterprises will award one (1) set of Nokian tires to the Regional competitor who has the best aggregate score for both Sno and Drift Regional Rallies. The following conditions apply: Competitor must be entered only in the Regional rallies (no dual entries allowed). Competitor is defined as a driver and car. The co-driver need not be the same for both Regional rallies. Competitor must fill out Contingency form at Registration and display at least two (2) Nokian Tyres stickers on the car for the entire duration of the events. Competitor is not required to run any portion of the rallies on Nokian tires. Any competitor who has won a 2008 Nokian Contingency award in either Sno or Drift is ineligible to receive this award.

 

Worker Award

One set of 4 Nokian Tires will be awarded to each of  two lucky workers [one set each] at the Awards ceremony in Hillman after the rally by a lottery to be determined by the Sno*Drift Organizers. Details will be provided at worker registration. Any tire[s] in the Nokian line are available for this promotion and will be shipped to the winner anywhere in the U.S. at no charge.

 

Rules- IMPORTANT! - New Procedure:  

At least one set of 4 Nokian tires must be run on at least one stage on each day of the rally to qualify for this program.At least 2 Nokian Tyres stickers must be displayed on the rally car for the entire duration of the event, including Parc Expose', practice, during the rally, post-rally celebration and media display. Upon completion of filling out a Contingency form at Registration, each competition team will receive 2 Nokian Tyres stickers which must be applied [one to each side of the car ] by the competition team and checked at Scrutineering. Note: Failure to fill out Contingency Form and/or apply Nokian Tyres stickers prior to the rally will result in ineligibility for a Contingency Award. A team may only win one set of tires for the duration of this event. If a team's finishing position would qualify for more than one set of tires, the next best Nokian Tyres equipped finisher will be awarded the prize. The decision of the Greer Ent.Rep.on site will be final. These Rules may be amended by Greer Ent. and it's rep. at any time.

     

 

Sno*Drift Competitor / Worker Sales Promotion:        

       Any competitor, service crew member, rally worker, organizer team member, or event sponsor may purchase any Nokian Tyres from Greer Ent. at the special Sno*Drift Promotional [dealer] Price at any time prior and for the two months following the rally. To inquire and/or purchase tires please contact Dave Parps at : (414) 640-0693 or dparps@wi.rr.com . All tires can be picked up at Greer Ent. in Milw., Wi., or will be shipped via SpeeDee or UPS from our warehouse. Please place your orders ASAP to insure delivery before the rally!

 

Note: I will not be at Tech. this year prior to S*D due to the recce on Thursday, so be sure to fill out the Contingency Forms at Registration, pickup and apply the Nokian Tyres stickers and get them checked by the crew at Scrutineering. 

Last year, Cary kendall and Robert Borowicz both experimented with cuts on the angled tread blocks flanking the central rib of their Hakka RSi's- both reported significant performance gains from this modification. Feel free to contact me or stop by Car# 646 to view this mod. and discuss Nokian Tyres.       

Contact me at 414 640-0693 or dparps@wi.rr.com for more info, pricing and availability.

Press on,

Dave Parps

Greer Ent.-Sales

Co-Driver- Car# 646.

 

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2007 Greer Ent. / Nokian Tyres Contigency and Worker Awards program results: 

Statistics:      Sno *Drift National and Regional Rallies combined- 66% of the starting field equipped with Nokian Tyres.          [ New Record- previous record was 65%]       Sno*Drift National Rally- 57% of the starting field / 52% of finishers equipped with Nokian Tyres.        Sno* Regional Rally- 68% of the starting field / 65% of finishers equipped with Nokian Tyres.      Drift Regional Rally- 65% of the starting field / 70% of finishers equipped with Nokian Tyres.

Award winners:      Sno*Drift Nat. Rally - Best AWD Nokian equipped finisher, 12th OA: Chris Gilligan / Joe Petersen - Mitsubishi EVO IV.      Sno*Drift Nat. Rally - Best 2WD Nokian equipped finisher, 18th OA: Cary Kendall / Scott Friberg - Dodge SRT4.        Sno* Regional Rally - Best AWD Nokian equipped finisher, 4th OA: Tom Ottey / Pam McGarvey - Mazda 323GTX.      [Note: Zenz / Parps finished 3rd OA but not eligible for promotion due to affiliation with Greer Ent.]      Sno* Regional Rally - Best 2WD Nokian equipped finisher, 6th OA: Joel Sanford / Scott Sanford - Chevy Cavalier.        Drift Regional Rally - Best AWD Nokian equipped finisher, 2nd OA: Piotr Wiktorczyk / Martin Brady - Subaru Impreza.      Drift Regional Rally - Best 2WD Nokian equipped finisher, 7th OA: Evan Moen / Daniel Victor - Acura Integra   Workers:       Todd Campau.      Tim Carmean.

 
 

Nokian Tyres Hakkapelitta RSi Tire Test:         I recently had the opportunity to compare the Nokian Hakkapeliitta Q with the new Nokian RSI.  The Q has been a great tire.  We ran the Q on our Group N WRX at the Sno*Drift rally the last 4 years, winning our class 3 of those 4.  I had heard that the new RSI was better than the Q but I was skeptical.  The Q is a great tire and I thought it would be very difficult to make a better tire.  So... we arranged a test!   The test car was a 2004 Subaru Forester base model with an automatic transmission.  The tire size was 215/60/16 on 7 inch wide rims.  The testing surface was a frozen lake with about 2 inches of snow cover.  The course had very tight esses sections and high speed sweeping corners.  In some corners on the course, previous cars had blown the snow clear and polished the ice.  Basically, we had all the usual Sno*Drift conditions.   First, we ran the car with the Qs.  They performed great as usual.  You could exceed the grip the tire provided by throwing the car around or overcooking a corner.  The Q is very predictable and reacquires grip when lost easily by reducing the control inputs in the car.  The Qs are the same great tire I remembered.  We ran three runs trying three driving styles, max attack, slow and steady and then the compromise between those two.  The compromise style yielded the best time.   Next, we mounted the RSIs.  Within 100 feet of the start line, I could feel the difference in the seat of my pants.  The tire had more grip in all circumstances.  The first run, we did the slow and steady method.  It did not yield a faster time than the Q but was much more controllable.  The second run was max attack.  The car was even more predictable than on the Qs.  Because of that, I pushed the pace even more.  Unfortunately, my enthusiasm sent me far off course in one corner and the time clearly showed my mistake.  Finally, we ran the compromise pace.  After having less than 2 miles experience with the RSI, I was able to shave two seconds per mile off my best time with the Qs as timed from inside the car.  The higher level of grip made the car much more stable.  It was harder to get the tires to break traction and they came back much quicker.  The biggest change was under braking.  The RSIs made braking on snow covered ice feel like wet pavement in warm weather.  There was enough grip that we actually got weight transfer to the front end and I had to counter steer to keep the rear end behind us.   Overall, I was very impressed with the new RSI.  I will be running them at Sno*Drift and will recommend them to anyone that asks my opinion.   Mark Utecht