-Terry Johns wins the Tighe Hillclimb Series (Australia) setting several lap records in the process. Terry also won the "Best Sports Car" award.
-ACME Racing wins a 1-2 championship MSA. #19 Trent Stephens is 2011 Champ and #49 Lou Ciccone/Dave Shullick Jr. share 2nd
-2010 Champ Dennis Long wins the 2011 CMS Late Model championship.
-"Superman" Jonathan Davenport in the BWRC house car wins over $50,000 in October including the Raye Vest Memorial and Cotton' Pickin' 100. Jonathan also won $10,000 on Friday and placed 3rd Saturday at the WoO Lowes Food World Finals. -The "Prodigy" Brady Smith leads every lap of the Legendary 100 -Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth wins the 7th annual Bama Brawl
Shannon Scott and the Henryetta Ford team finish a record season! -NASCAR Whelen Dirt Series DivII Champion
-Outlaw Motor Speedway track champion
-26 wins in 51 starts for 2011
-Jamie Mills wins the 2011 Delaware State Dirt Track Championship -Ryan Godown wins the $10,000 Coalcracker 100
-Brad Prout wins Man of The Mountain fast lap and overall win at the Milbrodale Classic -Brad Prout wins the Taupo 1000, the longest race in the southern hemisphere -2010 AORC Champions Dave Fellows and Peter Kittle Motorsports repeat with a 2011 AORC championship
Brake Pad Selection
BRAKE PADS: GENERAL INFORMATION:
Brake pads from The Brake Man, are the most advanced available. These pads have been specially formulated to correct the common problems experienced by the serious racer every day.
The two main factors are 1; the stability of the pads provide much greater predictability for the driver, thereby increasing driver confidence, and 2; all pads are far more rotor friendly than those available from our competition. Even with this in mind, it is still important that you understand your particular needs, and select the correct compound by reading the following information.
SELECTING THE RIGHT COMPOUND:
It is extremely important to understand which compound is the best for your particular application. Read the following section careful to determine which of the following descriptions comes the closest to your needs. If you are still unsure, go to the "Ask The Brake Man" page for further information.
The most important item to remember is that our pads are made to work for a specific heat range. We have temperature paints available that can be painted on your rotors to help you determine your operating range. If you have wondered whether you could use a lighter rotor such as our REVOLUTION to save unsprung weight, these paints used on your present rotors will help us determine whether a lighter rotor is appropriate.
Compound #1 The characteristics are an extremely high coefficient of friction (approximately .65) at lower temperatures, (under 500 degrees Fahrenheit). This will offer superior performance for drag racers both to hold the car on the line, as well as excellent deceleration at the other end of the track for short shut-off areas. Lightweight oval track cars, such as mini-sprints and midgets using steel or cast iron rotors will appreciate this pad for its incredible pedal ease, but do not use on extremely hard braking tracks or by drivers whose driving style creates excessive heat from over usage. This pad works excellent cold, with no warm up period required. Not recommended for aluminum rotors, although this pad is far easier an rotors than some compounds being touted by other pad manufacturers.
Compound#2 As with all pads for The Brake Man, this pad has a high, stable coefficient of friction or "mu", (approximately .54), but also can tolerate much higher temperatures than the #1 compound. This compound is effective up to 900 degrees Fahrenheit and although it will take even higher temperatures, the wear rate will increase dramatically. The best applications for this pad are: dirt applications up to the point where a driver has glowed the rotors red, or asphalt cars where the driver wants and extremely aggressive pad,brake temperatures are low and the cars are lighter, (usually under 2500 pounds). This pad is widely used on sprints, midgets, late model dirt and Northeast Modifieds with fantastic results. The longer you use this pad, the more you are impressed with its amazing consistency to deliver balanced braking lap after lap.
Compound#3
For those severe duty conditions encountered on all cars being run on hard braking tracks, or cars being driven by drivers whose style demands the most from the brake system, we have developed a pad that can handle temperatures including the glowing red rotor conditions, (1200 degrees Fahrenheit). At the same time, the coefficient of friction stays high (approximately .48) and is very consistent throughout the temperature range. If you want true control and to get rid of the "on-off" light switch characteristic found in many pads, then the #3 is perfect for you. This pad is ideal for asphalt applications on all cars including Grand National applications and will yield better, more consistent lap times if you learn that slamming the nose down on corner entry may fell good, but hurts lap times. It also works great on aluminum rotors , in fact THIS IS THE BEST PAD AVAILABLE TODAY FOR ALUMINUM ROTORS!
Compound#84 This pad has a high tip-in, and although the friction is high (approximately .56), this pad maintains a consistently friction with minimal drop all the way to 1500 degrees Fahrenheit. You will get amazing consistency and repeatability, while watching your rotors live longer than they do now with the competition's high torque pad. For applications where very high temperatures are present or lower temperatures where the driver requires more bite than the #2/#3.
Compound #85 Very advanced compound. For qualified users only. Call for more information.
Compound#61 No longer available in most applications. Call for information on this compound if needed.
Compound#82 .45 c/f. This is an ideal street/ limited track pad, and what is used as standard on all of our Storm street kits. Minimal dusting and no noise with good cold performance that increases with heat up to 900 degrees F.
Compound#9 series
The #9 series pad [91, 92, 93, 94]are our SuperBrake pad for all upgraded rotor/pad applications. Each compound tailored to a specific neeed for our SuperBrake users.Matched with our SuperBrake rotors, the benefit is a 30% increase in stopping distance while greatly improving pad life in severe street duty applications.
"Brake pads are very confusing for the average racer. A simple reminder that may help you avoid some of the confusion is to remember that there is a very definite reason that brake pads have a big variation in price. Wear, coefficient of friction and the rate of abrasives varies greatly. Our pads may cost a little more, but actually cost less to use because of less damage to your rotors while adding superior performance."
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