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BFGoodrich's 2008 competition record
IRC champion: Nicolas Vouilloz (Peugeot-BFGoodrich)
- A 10-round championship in 2008
- 9 wins from 10 starts for BFGoodrich
- Drivers' Champion: Nicolas Vouilloz (Peugeot-BFGoodrich)
>> More Final IRC standings after 10 rounds:
Drivers:
| 1 - N. Vouilloz / N. Klinger | Peugeot - BFGoodrich | 58 points |
| 2 - F. Loix / Robin Buysmans | Peugeot - BFGoodrich | 48 points |
| 3 - G.Basso / M. Dotta | Fiat Abarth - BFGoodrich | 46 points |
Manufacturers:
| 1 - Peugeot | BFGoodrich | 106 points |
| 2 - Fiat Abarth | BFGoodrich | 74 points |
| 3 - Mitsubishi | Pirelli | 28 points |
2008 saw BFGoodrich take on a new challenge in association with Kronos Racing: the BFGoodrich Drivers Team.
This operation took the form of an entry for a local driver in a Peugeot 207 S2000-BFGoodrich:
- The BFGoodrich Drivers Team programme featured 5 rounds (Portugal, Belgium, Czech Republic, Spain and Italy)
- M. Campos (finished 8th overall in Portugal)
- P. Snijers (finished 5th overall in Belgium)
- P. Valouzek (finished 4th overall in the Czech Republic)
- S. Vallejo (finished 7th overall in Spain)
- A. Torlasco (finished 10th overall on the Rallye Sanremo in Italy)
DAKAR SERIES: 2 wins from 2 events (with VW and Mitsubishi)
- Following the cancellation of the 2008 Dakar for safety reasons, ASO launched the Dakar Series which featured two events:
- The Central Europe Rally (Romania/Hungary)
- The PAX Rally (Portugal)
- Central Europe Rally: 1st, Carlos Sainz (Volkswagen-BFGoodrich)
- PAX Rally: 1st, Stéphane Peterhansel (Mitsubishi-BFGoodrich)
>> More 2008 Central Europe Rally – final positions:
| 1 | Sainz/Périn | Volkswagen/BFGoodrich |
| 2 | Peterhansel/Cottret | Mitsubishi/BFGoodrich |
| 3 | Depping/Gottschalk | Volkswagen/BFGoodrich |
2008 PAX Rally – final positions:
| 1 | Peterhansel/Cottret | Mitsubishi/BFGoodrich |
| 2 | Sainz/Périn | Volkswagen/BFGoodrich |
| 3 | Alphand/Picard | Mitsubishi/BFGoodrich |
BFGoodrich is seen as cross-country rallying's benchmark tyre brand. More than 80% of the car entries compete on BFGoodrich tyres.
FIA CROSS-COUNTRY RALLY WORLD CUP: Nasser Al Attiya (BMW) claims BFGoodrich's 11th title.
- 4 wins from 4 events for BFGoodrich
- Winner: Nasser Al Attiya (BMW-BFGoodrich)
>> More - The significantly modified calendar featured.just 4 rounds.
- The favourites (Mitsubishi, Volkswagen, Schlesser Ford and BMW X-Raid) were all BFGoodrich partners. They did not contest every round, however, and rarely competed on the same events.
- Dominique Housieaux and his Schlesser buggy won the Rallye de Tunisie (Tunisia)
- Luc Alphand won the Rali Transiberico with Mitsubishi (Portugal/Spain)
- Volkswagen's Giniel De Villiers won the Rally Sertoes in Brazil
- The UAE Desert Challenge was won by Nasser Al Attiya driving a BMW
- BFGoodrich won the FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup for the 11th time
BAJAS, RALLY-RAIDS
- FIA INTERNATIONAL CUP FOR CROSS-COUNTRY BAJAS: Title for Nasser Al Attiya (BMW-BFGoodrich).
- BAJAS AND AMERICAN SCORE SERIES: Victory on the Baja 500 and BFGoodrich's 22nd victory on the Baja 1000. BFGoodrich's record exceeds 200 individual event wins.
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FIA International Cup for Cross-Country BajasWinner: Nasser Al Attiya (BMW-BFGoodrich)
- Baja Espana: 1st, N. Al-Attiya (BMW X3) with the new BFGoodrich All Terrain tyre
- Italian and Hungarian Bajas: 1st, N. Al-Attiya (BMW X3).
- Baja Portalegre 500: 1st, S. Peterhansel with the Mitsubishi Lancer which made its debut on the Portuguese event.
- Baja 500: 1st, B. J. Baldwin
- Baja 1000: 1st, Roger Norman
// 10 wins in Cross-Coutry Rally World Cup
// 4 titles WRC in two years
// 21 Baja 1000 Wins
// IMPORTANT DATES //
2007 //
10 WINS IN CROSS-COUTRY RALLY WORLD CUP
// 2007
4 TITLES WRC IN TWO YEARS
1999 //
1st VICTORY FOR BFGOODRICH IN DAKAR
// 1998
TRIOMPH FOR BFGOODRICH IN THE CROSS COUNTRY WORLD RALLY CUP
1994 //
BFGOODRICH AT THE PEAK
// 1989
SUCCESS AT DAYTONA
1984 //
AN AMERICAN IN RALLYING, VICTORY FOR BFGOODRICH IN CYPRUS RALLY
// 1977
THE FIRST BFGOODRICH ENTRY IN AMERICAN OFF-ROAD COMPETITION
1972 //
A LEGEND IS BORN , BFGOODRICH WINS THE BAJA 1000
// 1972
BFGOODRICH RADIAL TECHNOLOGY AT LE MANS
1915 //
BFGOODRICH RADIAL TECHNOLOGY AT LE MANS