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Discount Tire serves more than 40 million customers and
has built its success on the motto, “Be fair, be truthful, work hard, be there
on time and help people.”
1960: First Store Opens
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1960 Founder
Bruce Halle opens the first Discount Tire store in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- 1966
Discount Tire purchases their first automatic tire changer.
1970: 7 Stores and Growing
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1970 Arizona region opens. The first Discount Tire Road Hugger
brand is sold.
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1975 Discount Tire’s Little Old Lady is created for the “Thank
You” TV ad.
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1979 Indiana opens first store.
1980: 36 Stores and Growing
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1980 Colorado region opens.
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1983 San Diego, Nevada, Oregon, Houston, New
Mexico and Dallas stores open for business.
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1985 Utah becomes a region.
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1986 San Antonio opens it first stores.
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1987 Corporate headquarters relocated to Scottsdale, Arizona.
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1987 Washington stores open for business.
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1988 Los Angeles stores open for business.
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1989 Florida stores open for business.
1990: 209 Stores and Growing
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1993 Northern California begins as a new region.
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1994 Our web store, Discount Tire Direct, opens for business.
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1995 Illinois stores open for business.
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1997 Ohio stores open for business.
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1999 Carolina stores open for business.
2000: 418 Stores and Growing
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2001 Georgia, Minnesota and South Carolina regions open.
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2001 Michigan grows with two regions, opening offices in Lansing
and Detroit.
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2002 Store #500 opens. New corporate headquarters opens in Scottsdale,
Arizona.
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2002 New prototype store is launched.
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2002 Mobile service begins.
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2004 Discount Tire goes NASCAR racing as it sponsors the No. 41
Dodge.
2005: 600 Stores and Growing
- 2005 Orange County,
CA is named our newest region.
- 2005 Store #600 opens in Acworth,
Georgia.
2006: 650 Stores and Growing
- 2006 Discount Tire employs over 10,000 employees.
- 2006 Discount Tire grows to 650 locations in 19 states.
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2006 Discount Tire announces new
NASCAR racing team and sponsors No. 6 Discount Tire Ford Fusion with Roush
Fenway Racing.
2007: 20 States and Growing
- 2007 Wisconsin opens first store.
- 2007 Tennessee opens first store.
- 2007 Discount Tire expands operations to 20 states.
- 2007 Discount Tire No. 6 Driver David Ragan Wins
Nationwide NASCAR Series Rookie of the Year.
2008: Approaching 700 stores
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