In a rare show of accord, the NASCAR drivers testing tires at Darlington Raceway this week agreed that Goodyear is making progress on the most thankless task in racing.

Three state highway workers cleaning up litter picked up an abandoned tire _ and found about $100,000 inside.

Tire and auto parts-maker Continental AG announced Saturday that its board chairman was stepping down.

Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. has settled a lawsuit against one of Mississippi’s top legal firms as it was scheduled to go to trial in federal court in Oxford.

Just like usual in early January, Kurt Busch was back in the cockpit of a car at a track doing testing.

Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. said Wednesday it will close its plant in Albany, Ga., cutting 1,300 jobs.

Tire and auto parts-maker Continental AG said Wednesday the downturn in the auto industry has forced it to revise its pretax profit margin downward, and that it would refrain from investments and possibly a dividend for 2008.

The government is investigating more than 1 million Ford Motor Co. vehicles after receiving reports of tires leaking from faulty valve stems made by a Chinese company.

The government is investigating more than 1 million Ford Motor Co. vehicles after receiving reports of tires leaking because of faulty valve stems made by a Chinese company.

Goodyear may have an answer for one of Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s toughest challenges: softer tires.