Bridgestone’s roots in racing date back more than a century through the Firestone brand. Since Ray Harroun’s Firestone-equipped Marmon Wasp won the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911, the brand has been synonymous with open-wheel racing and delivered leading-edge tire technology that has pushed the sport forward. In this first episode of season two, THRIVE host Keith Cawley takes us to the track for a conversation with Cara Adams, Director of Race Tire Engineering and Manufacturing for Bridgestone Americas. Then Keith goes behind the scenes with John Larkins, a cureman at Bridgestone’s Advanced Technology Workshop in Akron, Ohio, where a team of dedicated professionals is building tires by hand to meet the intense demands of one of the world’s fastest racing series.