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Centric Parts, which includes the StopTech and Power Slot divisions, is a leading manufacturer and supplier of aftermarket brake components and systems for everyday cars, performance duty vehicles and ultra performance vehicles.
Centric continually innovates significant improvements to brake technology for the street and track, having earned four patents along the way. Centric’s brake pads, such as the PosiQuiet line of premium Metallic, Ceramic and Extended Wear formulas, provide superior performance, quality and value.
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STOPTECH BRAKES BRING CELEBRITIES TO A STOP AT THE TOYOTA PRO/CELEBRITY RACE IN LONG BEACH
LOS ANGELES (April 2009) – All of the drivers participating in the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race as part of the 35th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach will compete in a race ready Scion tC with brakes from StopTech, a leading innovator of world-class brake components and systems for production-based racing cars and high performance vehicles on the street and track. The Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race on April 18, 2009, will feature a wide range of celebrity drivers “getting racy” to raise funds for charity including Keanu Reeves, Adrien Brody, Alex Trebek and Carlos Mencia.
“StopTech is focused on giving production vehicles like the Scion tC extra stopping power through patented innovations for track and performance driving conditions such as the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race,” said Dino Crescentini, CEO of Centric Parts, which includes the ultra-performance StopTech division. Crescentini also drives for GMG Racing and will participate in the SCCA SPEED World Challenge Series race, which is the final event of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach weekend.
As the world’s longest-running and most prestigious celebrity racing event, the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race has introduced more than 500 celebrities to the sport of real race car competition. Pitting popular personalities against professional racers, the 10-lap sprint around the 1.97-mile downtown Long Beach street circuit gives celebrities the chance to put the pedal to the metal from behind the wheel of race-ready Scion tCs.
Each Scion tC in the 2009 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race will benefit from StopTech’s patented caliper bridge design along with two-piece rotors that make use of StopTech’s patented AeroHat and AeroRotor technologies. The rock solid calipers and dramatically increased cooling airflow provide shorter stopping distances, better brake modulation, and virtually eliminate brake fade. StopTech was the first to offer balanced brake upgrades for production cars and remains the worldwide leader with more than 700 platform offerings to dramatically improve overall braking performance.
This year’s field is comprised of 18 drivers including Hollywood superstar Keanu Reeves, Academy Award winner Adrien Brody, Raven-Symoné from “That’s So Raven” five-time Emmy award winning “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, Mary Lynn Rajskub from the FOX television series “24,” Tim Daly from ABC’s “Private Practice,” Eric Close from “Without a Trace” on CBS, comedian Carlos Mencia, two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser, Jr., and more.
This year’s event will benefit Miller Children's Hospital at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, California’s largest full-service children's hospital, and Children's Hospital of Orange County, which was the county’s first children’s hospital. The Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race is just one of six races that are part of the 35th Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, which runs from April 16-19 and also includes two free concerts, lifestyle events and more. Visit www.lbgp.com for race weekend information.
Posiquiet Brake Pads
PosiQuiet brake friction features either precision cut or shaved backing plates and mechanically attached shims; these small details ensure proper fitment in the caliper and virtually eliminate noise associated with pad vibration. In addition to these features Centric Parts has added a scorching process to all of its PosiQuiet brake pads. This additional process forces any impurities out of the friction material and pre-burnishes the pads to greatly accelerate the break-in process.
Centric Premium Brake Pads
- 100% scorched for easy bed-in.
- 100% shimmed.
- Linear response both cold and hot; never “grabby.”
- Quiet Engineered™ to reduce noise
- Less dust than factory NAO pads or harsh aftermarket semi-met materials.
C-Tek Brake Pads
C-Tek brake pads feature a specially formulated metallic friction compound and are available for most applications import and domestic.
Street Performance Brake Friction
StopTech Street Performance brake Pads are engineered to meet the
demands of high performance driving situations while maintaining their ability to work in normal driving conditions. StopTech brake pads combine the benefits of premium street brake pads with aggressive friction formulas suitable for track day and autocross use. Para-Aramid composites deliver optimum stopping performance over a wide temperature range and are specially formulated to deliver linear response in both cold and hot conditions. All StopTech Brake pads are 100% positive molded and include OE designed shims to eliminate noise associated with brake pad vibration. In addition each StopTech brake pad is scorched to remove any impurities in the friction material. While this does not eliminate the need to bed-in new pads it does provide improved stopping power right out of the box.
Original Equipment Brake Pads
Centric Parts carries a complete line of Original Equipment brake pads. We source all O.E. friction from leading suppliers including Sumitomo, Nissin, Textar, Pagid, DanBlock and Jurid. Each pad is manufactured utilizing O.E. processes and materials.
- O.E.M. or O.E.M. equivalent material formulations
- Fine blank backing plates for proper caliper fitment.
- Notched for shims.
- Correct hardware installed including sensor wires.
- 100% Positive Molded
Centric Premium Brake Disc
Centric premium rotors feature a double disc ground, taper free finish. Double disc grinding ensures parallelism, eliminates run out and provides near perfect disc thickness variation (DTV). Double disc grinding leaves a non-directional finish on the friction surface area for more effective pad-rotor break in. This special finish also provides quieter and smoother stops.
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