In the mid 1970s Tyrrell, a British constructor, brought a revolutionary and atypical racing car to Formula 1: a 6 wheel single-seater featuring two rear and four front wheels, the latter being much smaller in dimension and connected between themselves. After a few seasons this approach was abandoned and the standard 4 wheels setup were adopted again.

Unused tires were placed in the storage facilities of its manufacturer, Good Year, until utilized on “500” cars in a number of championships. Performance proved excellent but supplies soon ran out - no more were manufactured. Owners of these cars were forced to change their wheel size to accommodate 13” tires sizes readily available on the market. Performance, however, was inferior to such an extent that many teams gave up and disposed of their cars.

In 1995, during a trip to the United States, Mr. Lauria became aware of the popularity of car racing amongst Americans and the many companies involved. He started looking for one that would be able and willing to reproduce tires featuring the same characteristics of the ‘vecchie Tirrelline’ (old, small Tyrrells) but making the most of new technologies. After three years research and development the project was successful and production of 10” tires started, built to specification by HOOSIER, a leading American manufacturer. Subsequently Mr. Lauria’s company, AutoMotoSport, was chosen as the official distributor for Italy of its products.

In 2003 Mr. Lauria decided to support cars with 13” tires too, as performance for the 10” ones proved to be very good. These new tires were chosen as standard by CSAI and named “MONOGOMMA” for the Italian ASSO MINICAR championship.