For me the US Tire Industry became a reality in June, 1970, when I graduated with a newly minted Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering that emphasized vehicle and tire dynamics, and reporting for work at Firestone Central Research Laboratories to determine the dynamic response properties of radial tires when impacting road discontinuities. The US Tire Industry was the largest of any in the world and radial ply tires were on-the-horizon for the US tire markets, verging upon acceptance by both the OEM and replacement tire customers.
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