However, unless the company is found to be liable for compensation under the law, Rays accepts no responsibility and offers no warranty in the event of accidents or deformed or cracked wheels caused by any of the following circumstances: driving the car in places where motor vehicles don't usually go driving the car on a racing circuit using the car to race in a rally or for similar purposes that will exceed the limits on its use by modifying the car illegally and by failing to perform everyday maintenance checks that would have identified the defect responsible for the issue. Furthermore, having passed the rigorous tests conducted by the Automotive Light Alloy Wheel Testing Council, these wheels also carry the VIA mark. The custom wheel companies would them chrome plate these centers, press them into a chrome plate steel rim and then weld them together.Īs outlined above Centerline morphed into a supplier of the Centerline Drag Racing Wheels.All of the aluminum wheels listed on this website comply with the Technical Standards for Automotive Light Alloy Disk Wheels (JWL for passenger cars and JWL-T for trucks and buses). Centerline stamped many different styles and supplied them to the various custom wheel companies in a raw, unplated state. It was owned at the time by a man named Ray Lipper. Many people don't know the origin of Centerline.Ĭenterline Stamping was a business in Los Angeles that actually stamped most of the styled steel centers for many, many manufactures. Later on Centerline came out with additional styles of wheels and still does today. To make things clear.Cragar Supertricks were ALWAYS bolted together and Centerline AutoDrag wheels were ALWAYS riveted together. The Centerline wheel was 2 halfs RIVITED together and many racers thought it was just a better wheel so Centerline took a huge chunk of the drag racing market. The Cragar Supertrick, as you know, was a 2 piece wheel bolted together. At the time Centerline came into the picture Cragar basically owned the drag racing market. But.to put due where due it due.it was that small company (Monocoque Wheel) that started the whole Super Trick business.Ĭlick to expand.Best I can remember is that Centerline came into the picture with their Drag Racing Wheels (Called the AutoDrag) in the middle 1980's. About the only racers not using our wheels were Sox& Martin, Bill Jenkins and Dick Landy were all under contract with either Cragar or Keystone. Top racers including Don Nicholson, Don Carlton (Mopar Missile), Mancini (Gratiot Auto Supply), Bill Bagshaw (Red Light Bandit) just to name a few. Before the advent of the Cragar Super Trick 99% of all drag racers were using our lightweight 15x3.5 aluminum slot wheel (called the Gyro) on the front of their drag race cars. This wheel immediately took over as the absolute most popular wheel for drag racing because of it very light weight.Īs stated above, I was with FENTON WHEEL COMPANY during all this time. Part Number Example: '76016HD164250DBL' 760 Series Wheel 16 for 16' Diameter Wheel HD for Top Fuel SFI 15.4 (H3 for high horsepower SFI 15.3) 16 for 16' Wide Wheel 42 for 4. It was made in 2 halfs and then bolted together. 760 Series Heavy Duty 16' Diameter Wheels Available with 4.25' Back Spacing 24 bolt Bead Lock System SFI 15.3 or 15.4 Rear Wheels 3pcs 16' Wide. They then started producing the CRAGAR Super Trick Wheel. CRAGAR WHEEL picked up on the coming demand for such a wheel made exclusively for drag racing. Monocoque Wheel was the true originator or the lightweight spun aluminum wheel. In the mid 1980's the forerunner to Bogart Racing Wheels was a company named Monocoque Wheel in the San Diego area. Click to expand.I was in the custom wheel manufacturing business from 1970 thru 1990.
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