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2000

Team Taisan competed at Le Mans for the first time this year using ADVAN tires. The firm had been developing an ADVAN tire for this race for the past year. The team made a great accomplishment by winning in its category at this first attempt.

  • ADVAN A036, a sports-specific tire for exclusive use in ultra-hard flat dirt, is launched.
  • ADVAN A031, a sports-specific tire for exclusive use in soft dirt, is launched.
  • ADVAN A048, a tire for autocross and circuit driving, is launched.
  • ADVAN A039, a sports radial tire, used as standard equipment in LOTUS EXIGE.
  • Supplies racing tires for F4 on an exclusive basis.
  • Wins a class at the Le Mans 24 Hours Endurance Race.
  • Becomes a champion in Class C in the All Japan Rally Championship.
  • Wins championship in the GT300 Class of the All Japan GT Championship.
  • Wins championship in Classes 2 and 4 of the Super Taikyu Race Series.
 

1999

  • ADVAN A038, a radial tire for sports driving, is launched.
  • ADVAN A039, a radial tire for sports driving, is launched.
  • ADVAN A035, a radial tire for rally dirt trials, is launched.
  • ADVAN A038LTS, a sports radial tire, is used as standard equipment in the LOTUS ELISE.
  • Wins the Asia Pacific Rally Championship.
  • Becomes a series champion in Classes C and A of the All Japan Rally Championship.
  • Supplies official tires for the First International F-3 Korea Grand Prix.
 

1998

Becomes overall champion in the Daytona 24 Hours.
 

1997

  • ADVAN A032RS, a radial tire for sports driving, is launched.
  • Becomes a back-to-back winner in the GT300 Class of the All Japan GT Championship.
  • Becomes a champion in Class A and Division 2 Class B of the All Japan Rally Championship, in Classes D and CII in the All Japan Gymkhana Championship, and in Classes CI and AII in the All Japan Dirt Trial Championship.
  • Wins British Rally Championship.
 

1996

  • ADVAN A032R, a radial tire for sports driving, is launched.
  • Comes top in the GT300 Class of the All Japan GT Championship.
  • Wins in Classes B and C of the All Japan Rally Championship.
  • Comes first in Classes CI and D of the All Japan Dirt Trial Championship.
  • Comes top in Classes CII and D of the All Japan Gymkhana Championship.
  • Comes first in Group N of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship.
 

1995

  • ADVAN NEOVA, a tire using a new tread pattern with no straight groove, is launched.
  • Becomes a champion in Division 1 Class A and Division 2 Classes A and B of the All Japan Rally Championship, and Classes D, CI and AIII of the All Japan Dirt Trial Championship.
  • Wins the GT2 Class in the 63rd Le Mans 24 Hours Endurance Race.
  • Becomes an overall champion in the 73rd Pikes Peak International Hillclimb.
 

1994

  • ADVAN A032R, a radial tire for sports driving, is launched.
  • Comes top in Class A of the All Japan Rally Championship. Also comes first in Classes AI, AII, CII and D of the All Japan Dirt Trial Championship.
  • Wins championship in the GTS, GTU and FIA-GT2 Classes of the IMSA held in the U.S.
 

1993

  • Wins the touring car championships in UK and Italy.
  • Holds the top three positions in the Nurburgring 24 Hour Race.
 

1992

  • ADVAN NEXUS, a new performance radial tire focusing on speed, is launched.
  • Comes top in Division 2 in the All Japan Touring Car Championship.
  • Comes top in the touring car championships in UK and Australia. Also completes a one-two-three finish in the 24hour race at Spa-Francorchamps.
  • Comes first in the GTS Class of the IMSA held in the U.S.
  • Wins the Cote d'Ivoire Rally in the World Rally Championship.
  • Wins the Asia Pacific Rally Championship.
 

1991

  • ADVAN HF Type F-TU, a high-performance radial tire, is launched.
  • ADVAN HF Type D-EM, a high-performance radial tire, is launched.
  • ADVAN A029R, a radial tire for sports driving, is launched.
  • Wins a title in the GTU Class of the IMSA held in the U.S.
  • Wins the touring car championships in the UK and Australia.
  • Wins the Asia Pacific Rally Championship.
  • Becomes the first Japanese to win the World Rally Championship in the Cote d'Ivoire Rally.
  • Comes first in Classes C and A of the All Japan Rally Championship.