Juratek has once again teamed up with Stuart Oliver, to supply brake discs and pads for the 2014 season. Truck racing is simply one of the most unique forms of motorsport in the world, and are the real heavyweights of the racing world. Despite their weight and size, trucks are incredibly agile and are capable of rubber burning power slides, especially when blasting out of a hairpin!
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\nDue to the size and weight of a modern\u00a0two axle\u00a0race truck all the manufacturers involved today acquire the 1,200\u00a0bhp\u00a0plus, performance from a 13\u00a0 litre maximum size six cylinder inline diesel\u00a0turbo intercooled engine, with a torque output of a staggering 5,000 newton metre, this power is transmitted via a manual shift gearbox into a locked rear drive axle.<\/p>\n
With a\u00a0minimum dry weight of 5500kgs (3,300kgs on the front axle\u00a0and 2,200kgs on the rear axle) this is enough to propel these machines from a standing start up to 60mph\u00a0quicker than a Porsche 911, albeit the regulations\u00a0only allow a\u00a0maximum speed\u00a0on track\u00a0of 100mph (160km\/h) this is controlled strictly by way of a sophisticated GPS tracking system.<\/p>\n
To slow a 5,500kgs truck\u00a0from\u00a0100 mph in racing style, at\u00a0nearly every\u00a0corner of\u00a0a race track consistently on\u00a0every lap during a 20 minute long race the air brake system\u00a0and brake components have to be\u00a0of the highest standard, to assist\u00a0and keep\u00a0the performance over a full race duration each brake disc is internally sprayed with a\u00a0fine mist of water to\u00a0help to dissipate the enormous heat\u00a0generation.\u00a0One of the most common reasons for a truck retiring or crashing during a race is generally due to brake component failure!<\/p>\n
As well as the loyal team personnel\u00a0Team Oliver Racing’s\u00a0main sponsors and partners such as Juratek (the team’s preferred brake component supplier) have supported the team for a number of years. The superior performance and stopping power of the brakes supplied by Juratek, gives Stuart a great advantage, when entering a corner, with the ability to stop the truck later, sometimes by up to two truck lengths.<\/p>\n
For the 2014 season the team has some very different and exciting plans to unveil that will without doubt cause concern in and around the race paddock! But one thing remains constant, that is the reliability and stopping power of Juratek\u2019s braking components.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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