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Wide 5 Race Hubs - Recommended Fastener Torque

Wide 5 Race Hubs - Recommended Fastener Torque

Wilwood's innovative Wide 5 Starlite "bubble" hub is lightweight, strong, and affordable, which is why it is the standard used in many forms of motorsports and much imitated by our competitors.... Read More

Wilwood Users Dominate at King of the Hammers

The King of the Hammers (race? festival? party? all of the above?) gets bigger every year. Besides the Nitto Race of Kings and 4WP Every Man Challenge main events, a... Read More
Wilwood Users Dominate at King of the Hammers
Gigglepin Racing's New Ultra4 4400 Off-Road Racer from the UK

Gigglepin Racing's New Ultra4 4400 Off-Road Racer from the UK

Wilwood has worked with Jim Marsden from Gigglepin Racing for years on their off-road program. They recently debuted their new Ultra4 4400 Miller Motorsports Pro Chassis race car, dubbed "Mistress",... Read More

Grassroots Motorsports Upgrade a 2004 Chevy Corvette Z06 Track Car With Wilwood Brakes

Recently, J.G. Pasterjak at Grassroots Motorsports upgraded his 2004 Chevy Corvette Z06 track driven car to Wilwood brakes front and rear. The front is a 14” floating rotor kit with... Read More
Grassroots Motorsports Upgrade a 2004 Chevy Corvette Z06 Track Car With Wilwood Brakes
Wilwood at Formula Drift 2022 on the Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit

Wilwood at Formula Drift 2022 on the Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit

In the early hours, the roar of race engines shook the street of Long Beach. As drivers warmed their cars up for practice, the excitement in the air meant it... Read More

4 Out of Top 5 at 2022 Chili Bowl with Keith Kunz Motorsports Team

The annual Chili Bowl in Tulsa, OK, is a week-long series of Midget races that draw in drivers from all sorts of other racing series. The temporary 1/4 mile oval... Read More
4 Out of Top 5 at 2022 Chili Bowl with Keith Kunz Motorsports Team
Wilwood at Performance Racing Industry Show 2021

Wilwood at Performance Racing Industry Show 2021

The biggest auto racing trade show each year is the Performance Racing Industry Show in Indianapolis, IN, and Wilwood has been exhibiting there for more than 30 years. The show ran from... Read More

Wilwood at Formula Drift 2021 on the Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit

(The Long Beach Grand Prix typically runs in April, and Formula D runs the weekend before, but in 2021 it was pushed back until Fall because of concerns about Covid-19)... Read More
Wilwood at Formula Drift 2021 on the Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit
Single Master Cylinders from Wilwood

Single Master Cylinders from Wilwood

The Department of Transportation required street-driven vehicles to have two redundant hydraulic brake systems in 1967, so all street cars in the US use a tandem master cylinder. Single outlet... Read More

Ford Broncos Dominate 4400 and 4600 Class in Ultra4 San Felipe 250

When the stock 4600 class Ford Bronco race truck was shown at King of the Hammers earlier this year, we noted that they had upgraded to Wilwood brakes. When you have the... Read More
Ford Broncos Dominate 4400 and 4600 Class in Ultra4 San Felipe 250