StopTech Rotors Enable a Class Win

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Torrance, CA - It took five drivers and only one set of StopTech AeroRotors for Bullet Performance of Costa Mesa to win their class and place 8th overall in the ultimate endurance race - the 25-Hours of Thunderhill. Seventy-five race cars, including top teams from around the country, took on the challenge of the race dubbed the new king of enduros.

Bullet Performance ran StopTech's World Challenge 322x28mm brake upgrade on their #56 1996 BMW 328is. At the 12-hour mark, the team was leading their class and 7th overall. The StopTech brake system performed great the entire race with negligible brake fade. We were able to continuously brake deep into turns, said Chris Welch, one of the five drivers of the Bullet team and co-owner of Bullet Performance.

It was unbelievable that not once did we have to change our rotors or pads during the 25 hours of non-stop racing, and this reliability allowed us to save time and increase our lead. According to Mickey Miller, driver and co-owner, they completed 560 laps in the race and 100 laps of practice and qualifying on the same StopTech rotors.

After starting the race at 11:00am on Saturday, Bullet Performance took the checkered flag the next day at 12:00pm. StopTech's front-only World Challenge brake upgrade kit includes two-piece floating directional AeroRotors with directional AeroHatstm, ST-40 4-piston calipers with patented bolt-in bridge, and StopTech stainless steel brake lines. The team ran Hawk HT-10 track pads in the front and had a third of the pad remaining after the race. The low pad wear evident in this grueling race was a direct result of StopTech's superior AeroRotor design. The tremendous air flow through the patented internal vanes and directional hats allowed the rotors to stay cool enough to keep pad wear to a minimum.

The World Challenge brake upgrade is designed for 55 minute sprint races and the rotor is smaller than the standard StopTech 332x32mm BMW E36/E46 3-Series brake upgrade. Despite the use of the smaller components, the brakes performed flawlessly during the much longer 25-hour enduro event. According to Steve Ruiz, StopTech Engineering Manager, This successful result once again shows the benefits of the StopTech AeroRotor and AeroHat design in racing applications.