ALV Sponsors

Tire Rack, family-owned and headquartered in South Bend, Indiana, is America’s largest independent tire tester and consumer-direct source for tires, wheels and performance accessories.  Their team of 90-plus test drivers (their sales team) tests tires from every major tire manufacturer on the company’s state-of-the-art, 10-acre test facility.  The findings are then posted on the company’s website, where consumers can make an educated decision on a tire, wheel or performance accessory purchase.  Tire Rack has also collected results from more than 150,000 consumer surveys representing over 2.6 billion miles of real-world tire data, the largest known cache of such information anywhere.  In addition various testing and informational videos are available online in their Video Center.

Tire Rack Test Track

Since 1979, Tire Rack has grown from a single-point retail store in Indianapolis to encompass over 1.8 million square feet of space in six distribution centers across the country.  A diverse and broad in-stock inventory from 17 major tire and 41 wheel brands can be delivered anywhere in the country in two days or less.  A national network of more than 5,000 independent Recommended Installers are available to service customers’ local installation needs.  

Dedicated to the improvement of sustainable mobility, Michelin designs, manufactures and sells tires for every type of vehicle, including airplanes, automobiles, bicycles, earthmovers, farm equipment, heavy duty trucks, motorcycles and the space shuttle. The company also publishes travel guides, maps and atlases covering Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. Headquartered in Greenville, S.C., Michelin North America employs approximately 20,900 and operates 18 major manufacturing plants in 16 locations.

As North America’s largest motoring and leisure travel organization, AAA provides more than 50 million members with travel, insurange, financial and automotive-related serves. Since its founding in 1902, the not-for-profit, fully tax-paying AAA has been a leader and advocate for the safety and security of all travellers. AAA clubs can be visited on the internet .