Dunlop Racing 5-Stud

Vintage Dunlop Racing 5 Stud

Vintage Racing Tires

• The Dunlop Racing 5-Stud is one of the only genuine pre war vintage racing tires still in production.
• The only other genuine pre war racing tire produced today is the Pirelli Stella Bianca.
• The 5-Stud Dunlop Racing tire was developed in 1934.
• The previous Dunlop 3-Stud tire of 1924 was only really suited to racing on loose surfaces, hence the improved better structured tread of the 5-Stud.
• Initially vintage racing took place on loose surface public roads, which by the mid 1930s were now predominantly Tarmacadam.
• Through out the 1920s on concrete banked vintage race tracks like Brooklands and Montlhery ribbed tires were often used.
• Today Dunlop’s vintage racing tire range is very limited in the 5-stud tread pattern with just 5.00-19 and 6.00-19 vintage racing tire sizes of the 1920s.
• Other vintage racing tire sizes of the 1930s by Dunlop; 7.00-19, 5.50/6.00-18 & 7.00-18 are made in the Dunlop Racing R1 tread pattern of 1946.
• Worth noting that in some sizes these vintage racing 5-Stud tires were still in common use in post war racing in the 5-stud tread pattern.
• All of Dunlops vintage racing tires in 19” and 18” for pre war cars are road legal.
• All vintage racing tire, including the Dunlop Racing 5 – Stud tires should be used with inner tubes.