STOPTECH

StopTech was founded in March of 1999 with a singular mission: Become the leading manufacturer and supplier of high performance brake components and systems. United by their passion for racing and high performance vehicles, the founding staff sought to challenge the status quo in known brake technology, and set new paradigms for brake upgrade systems.

In service of the mission, and as a direct result of our ongoing brake research, StopTech has to date received three patents in brake technology and has one patent currently pending.

StopTech is the first aftermarket brake company to offer balanced front brake upgrades, engineered to dramatically improve overall braking performance while remaining compatible with the stock OE rear brakes. This has significantly advanced the state of art in aftermarket brake upgrades.

StopTech is now the worldwide leader in Balanced Brake Upgrades™ for production cars, with over 277 platform offerings. The company consistently wins braking contests performed by independent publications, and is now the dominant, preferred brake system in the SPEED World Challenge® Touring Car Series, the most competitive, production based sprint race series in North America. The company also participates in Grand-Am® Cup, the premier production based endurance racing series in North America.

Core competencies: StopTech engineers and manufactures high performance brake rotors, calipers, DOT compliant stainless steel lines, and brake upgrade systems for the racing and performance street markets. The company distributes OE aftermarket rotors, brake pads and brake fluid. StopTech's ST-40 and ST-60 calipers are manufactured using a squeeze-forged process at Sanyco, a 34-year old company that is CNS, QS 9000, and ISO 9002 certified. Mitsubishi®, Volkswagen® and Toyota® are among their top customers.

StopTech racing AeroRotors® are cast at Pilenga S.p.A., a world class fifty-six year old rotor foundry that is ISO9002 and Vision 2000 certified, and the second largest rotor manufacturer in Europe. Other caliper models, hats, and brackets are also machined to these same ISO standards at StopTech's manufacturing facilities in Torrance, California using the latest CNC machines that feature active tooling.

StopTech has received the prestigious TüV approval in Europe for a number of its offerings, and has been selected as the exclusive brake supplier by a major OE aftermarket division.
The future vision of StopTech is to maintain focus on its original mission. In doing so, the company will continually innovate significant improvements to brake technology for street and racecars, for enthusiasts and professionals alike.

September 2005 — After the Phoenix race the Turner Motorsport's StopTech equipped BMW E46 M3 is leading the team championship with:
- 5 Race Wins
- 5 Poles
This series requires use of the stock master brake cylinder and stock rear brakes. The Turner BMW is out braking Porsche 996 and 997, Cadillac CTSV and a Ford Factory backed effort in two Ford Mustangs with a 332mm/4 piston off-the-shelf big brake kit from StopTech.

October 2004 — Bill Auberlen in the #1 Turner Racing BMW 325i won the 2004 World Challenge Touring Car Championship running a completely standard StopTech Big Brake Kit. This was in spite of 250 pounds of “Reward Weight” having been added to his car. Weight is added to keep the series competitive making the championship come down to the last race.

“I needed consistent and reliable equipment to win this championship,” said Auberlen. “And that is exactly what StopTech gave me. I won the Championship running the same StopTech brake system you can purchase for your street car.”

Infineon Raceway, California July 2005 — StopTech cars grabbed the pole and the race win in GT, and in the Touring Car event scored the pole, the race win, and a sweep of all top five places. It was a gratifying confirmation for the innovative Torrance, California firm, to see such flattering results at the Infineon road course, which is known to place a stout premium on braking performance as a key element to fast lap times.

GT: Lou Gigliotti gets pole and first SPEED GT win since ’97, with StopTech’s new C5/C6 4-wheel kit featuring six-piston front calipers and four-piston rear calipers

Touring Car: Pole for Pobst, 3rd consecutive Infineon win for Auberlen, top-5 sweep for StopTech

Capping off the stellar weekend’s results, Seth Thomas, of Cumming, Ga., in the StopTech-equipped No. 38 BimmerWorld/BMW 325i, earned the Sunoco Hard Charger Award for finishing eighth after starting 15th.

St. Petersburg, Florida, April 2005 — Randy Pobst powered his StopTech-equipped Mazda 6 over the finish line in 1st place at the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED Touring Car event in St. Petersburg, Florida, and swept the field with a raft of awards.

Pobst kicked off the event by claiming the Air Force Reserve Pole Position Award, after a blistering qualifying lap of 1:22.98, with an average lap speed of 78.08 mph. Pobst later claimed the Lap Leader award for fronting the pack in laps 1-26, and the UrbanRacer.com Hot Lap award with a lap time of 1:23.77, and an average speed of 77.34 mph.

Beaming after the race, Pobst said, "The Mazda 6 makes a great racecar, and it has an exceptionally good braking package with the StopTech brakes. The car fits like a glove."

Bimmerworld BMW 325i drivers, Matt Richmond #37 and James Clay #36, finished in the 4th and 7th places, respectively, and Jeff Altenburg brought his #72 Mazdaspeed/Tri-Point Motorsport Mazda 6 over the finish line in 5th place

. Petersburg, Florida, April 2005 — Lou Gigliotti, in the #28 LG Pro Long Tube Headers Corvette C6, also triumphed in the GT Championship race, by pulling out of his 8th position start to cross the finish line in 3rd place, earning his third straight podium at St. Petersburg since 1996.
"It was a lot of work, and we had to get by some pretty good cars," said Gigliotti. "As I moved up through the pack, I was able to make several key passes under braking, thanks to StopTech."

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, March 2005 — StopTech's Balanced Brake kit ™ provided the performance braking advantage needed by Bill Auberlen and Justin Marks, to earn the pole and win the Miller Grand-Am Cup 200 race, held at the Las Americas Autodromo in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

"The StopTech brakes allowed me to consistently brake deep and contributed significantly to my fast lap times.”
- Justin Marks

"The car got very hot soon after I got in, and I quickly ran out of water. The track was hard on brakes, but StopTech brake system never faded and was strong at the end of the race."
- Bill Auberlen, who also commented that the race was tough in the oppressive Caribbean heat.

Daytona Beach, FLA, February 2005 — At the prestigious Rolex 24 at Daytona, the Doran Racing team, changed many things, including drivers, tires and brake pads throughout the race; but one thing that they did not change was the StopTech front and rear AeroRotors®.

“StopTech rotors performed well during the race and gave us an advantage by having one set go the full 24 hours,” stated Kevin Doran Team owner. Doran Runs StopTech AeroRotors® on the front and rear of the Doran Daytona prototypes with StopTech AeroHats®.

Road America, September 2004 — Through some talented driving, Jeff Altenburg diced through the pack from ninth place to fourth at the finish line, while setting the second fastest lap time during the Road America race in the SCCA Speed World Challenge Touring Car Series.

“It was awesome, great pedal feel, braking capability, and the brake system was rock-solid consistent throughout the entire race,” exclaimed Altenburg. “At Road America with a race that had no yellows, that is saying something!”

Altenburg went on to say, “There was never a question of how the car was going to feel when braking at the threshold. NOBODY was out braking me, especially into Turn Five, running from top speed of around 140MPH to a slow second gear turn braking downhill, it was awesome and consistent every time!”