Michelin Veteran Clark Brings Decades of Tire Industry Experience to America’s Leading Independent Online Tire Retailer.
SOUTH BEND, IN – February 24, 2025 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Today Tire Rack named Scott Clark to be its new CEO, effective April 21, 2025. Clark transitions from a career with Michelin, previously as CEO of Michelin North America and most recently based at Michelin headquarters in Clermont Ferrand, France as Executive VP and member of the Group Executive Committee and responsible for worldwide car, 2-wheel, and motorsports tire businesses. During his three-decade career he has successfully led U.S. and global teams through periods of tremendous tire and automotive industry changes, expertise that will contribute greatly to Tire Rack’s growth and continued success.
“I am extremely grateful for the 29 years I spent with Michelin and have the utmost respect for the people, values, and products that make Michelin unique,” said Clark. “I’m very excited to join the Tire Rack team and am passionate about what they have been doing for 45 years: helping consumers make informed choices about the best tire for their needs and then providing them unparalleled product availability and an outstanding experience. I look forward to working with the Tire Rack team to build on such an incredible foundation.”
Current CEO Michael Joines will continue to have a leadership role with the company, transitioning to the role of executive chairman, with a focus on strategies that will help expand and accelerate the growth of the business. “We’re so pleased to have Scott join the team because in addition to his exceptional leadership skills and industry knowledge, he has really been a valued Tire Rack friend for many years,” Joines said. He will work closely with Clark as he oversees Tire Rack’s day-to-day operations.
Joines along with Peter and Wilma Veldman founded Tire Rack nearly 45 years ago in Indianapolis, Ind. Today the company is among the most trusted and respected online independent and brand-agnostic tire testing and information sources with a vast and ever-growing tire, wheel, and accessories portfolio.
Clark will relocate to work at Tire Rack’s South Bend, Ind., headquarters, officially taking the reins on April 21, 2025. Additionally, Scott Clark will join The Reinalt-Thomas Corporation Board of Directors.
“Tire Rack’s continued success and leadership position in online tire shopping as well as research and testing are critical to ensuring we deliver on our promise to make dreams come true. Tire Rack consistently provides customers the tires they want — whenever and wherever they need them. Scott joining Mike and the Tire Rack team will continue to strengthen the partnership between our leadership teams that has flourished the last three years,” said Michael Zuieback, executive chairman of The Reinalt-Thomas Corporation, which does business as Discount Tire.
As a leading online tire retailer Tire Rack offers an easy online purchasing experience, extremely competitive pricing, and convenient installation through its wide network of more than 10,000 authorized installers or brings installation directly to shoppers through its Tire Rack Mobile Tire Installation program.
About Tire Rack
Tire Rack, family-owned and headquartered in South Bend, Ind., is a leading independent tire tester and consumer-direct source for tires, wheels, and performance accessories. Their team tests tires from every major tire manufacturer at the company’s 12-acre test facility on the headquarter campus, at Treadwell Research Park in Pearsall, Texas, and winter test facilities in Northern Michigan. Findings are published on the company’s website, www.tirerack.com, where consumers can make an educated decision on their purchase. Tire Rack has also collected the largest known cache of consumer ratings and reviews anywhere, with more than 200,000 consumer surveys representing over 2.9 billion miles of real-world tire data. Its testing and informational videos are available online in their Video Center at www.tirerack.com/videos.
Since 1979, Tire Rack has grown from a single-point retail store in Indianapolis, Indiana to encompass over 2.9 million square feet of space in 12 distribution centers across the country. A diverse and broad in-stock inventory from 26 major tire and nearly 60 wheel brands can be delivered most anywhere in the country in one business day. A national network of over 10,000 independent Recommended Installers is available to assist customers across the country with installation of their purchases. Tire Rack continues to revolutionize the tire buying process with their mobile tire installation option in many areas that will install tires in your driveway, at work, or wherever you are.
In 2021, Tire Rack was acquired by privately owned The Reinalt-Thomas Corporation, which does business at more than 1,200 retail locations as Discount Tire and America’s Tire and owns full-service auto repair operations of Dunn Tire, Suburban Tire, and Ellisville Tire & Service.
Source: Discount Tire
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