Motorsport Mugs
Description: Stock car racer Robert Newton wanted to design a tire compound to gain an advantage against fellow racers. This was done by retreading street tires in order to obtain a compound that would adequately gain enough traction. Using an abandoned barn in his home state of Indiana to start his business, he began sales to local racers, making him the first producer of specialty tires for competition use.
Description: William Jahns Sr. founded W.H. Jahns Co. in 1912 in Los Angeles where he turned out pistons for literally every application. When Jahns Sr. retired in 1948, he left the business to his son, William Jahns Jr., though Junior had already started his own business on the side under the name of Jahns Racing Pistons a year prior. Being much more interested in racing applications, William Jahns Jr. continued to operate W.H. Jahns Co., though now under the Jahns Racing Pistons banner, while reducing their vast catalog to include only the most profitable products. He simultaneously pushed forward with his racing piston development, becoming a leading of early high performance pistons that drove many cars of the day to win races and set records.
