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Frank A. Filipponio
As the 2012 racing season kicks off, StopTech is prepared to do battle in Grand-Am, World Challenge, SCCA, NASA, off-road, USAC and several other racing series. Building on our successes from last year, we are now being sought out by dozens of top teams to supply unique braking solutions for a wide variety of racing disciplines...
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Frank A. Filipponio
There's been quite a lot of buzz surrounding the all new Toyota/Subaru/Scion rear-drive sports coupe since the concept cars starting appearing at major auto shows a couple of years ago. Last month at the LA Auto Show, Scion showed off the production version of its FR-S derivative, the first model expected to reach dealerships i...
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Frank A. Filipponio
Sunday, December 4 was the day of the 8th annual Motor 4 Toys event - organized as in past years by Dustin Troyan and his merry band of car-crazy elves. Dusty has been the driving force behind this event since the beginning and his passion for cars and for doing good have made it easy for StopTech to participate in this cause...
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Frank A. Filipponio
The LA Auto Show is kicking off this weekend at the LA Convention Center, so we stopped by on the first press day to check out the new model debuts. Manufacturers are showing a ton of new 2012 and 2013 models this month in LA, with nearly 50 North American debuts and over 30 world debuts. Below are some of our favorites.
ZL1 Ca...
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Frank A. Filipponio
Besides our Centric Parts President winning Person of the Year from the AIA, a number of vehicles wearing Centric, Power Slot and StopTech brake components took home honors at SEMA 2011, held in Las Vegas the first week of November. Although we are still a relatively young company, it was interesting to note the number of hig...
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Frank A. Filipponio
The StopTech-sponsored Cayman Interseries made its inauguralRennsport Reunion appearance last weekend with its largest field ever and a full schedule of on-trackaction and off-track promotions at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.Friday’s practice wasdominated by championship-winning pro driver and Porsche stalwart DavidDonohue, driving...
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Frank A. Filipponio
Team StopTech Scores Several Podium Spots in World ChallengeLaguna Seca Team StopTech extends well beyond the StopTech-liveriedPorsche driven by our CEO. In fact, looking at the podium at Sunday's WorldChallenge race would have shown at least five other drivers who run Centric,Power Slot or StopTech equipment. Five spots...
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Frank A. Filipponio
Team StopTech extends well beyond the StopTech-liveried Porsche driven by our CEO. In fact, looking at the podium after Sunday's World Challenge race would have shown at least five other drivers who run Centric, Power Slot or StopTech equipment. Five spots on the podium? Well, there are three classes that run in the SCCA Pro Pir...
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Frank A. Filipponio
Thispast Saturday, September 10, 2011, the 7th Annual Japanese Classic Car Show was held atthe Queen Mary Harbor in Long Beach, California. Hundreds of beautifully restoredand well kept Japanese vehicles from the 1960s through the '80s were on display, amid dozens of sponsor and vendor tents.Thiswas the first time that our ...
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Frank A. Filipponio
After a hard-fought sixth place finish in the first half of this weekend’s double-header, GMG’s James Sofronas scored a third place finish in Sunday’s Cadillac Grand Prix of Sonoma. The third place result keeps Sofronas within striking distance of points leader Patrick Long with two races left in the season.Long won both halves ...
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