an interesting fact about OZ Wheels
05-25-2006, 12:05 PM
#1
Former Vendor
Thread Starter
an interesting fact about OZ Wheels
we will see alot of OZ Racing wheels at this weekends Indy 500
27 of the 33 cars will be running on OZ Racing wheels.
Here is a list of the drivers using OZ.
Sam Hornish Jr. Team Penske
Helio Castroneves Team Penske
Dan Wheldon Chip Ganassi Racing
Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing
Vitor Meira Panther Racing
Kosuke Matsuura Super Aguri Racing
Scott Sharp Fernandez Racing
Danica Patrick Rahal Letterman
Tomas Scheckter Vision Racing
Ed Carpenter Vision Racing
Buddy Rice Rahal Letterman
Townsend Bell Vision Racing
Max Papis Cheever Racing
Eddie Cheever Jr. Cheever Racing
PJ Chesson Hemelgarn Racing
Felipe Giaffone AJ Foyt Racing
Jeff Bucknum Hemelgarn Racing
Larry Foyt AJ Foyt Racing
Buddy Lazier Dreyer-Reinbold
Jeff Simmons Rahal Letterman Racing
Al Unser Jr. Dreyer-Reinbold
Airton Dare Curb Agaganian
Stephan Gregoire Beck Motorsports
Arie Luyendyk Jr. Luyendyk Racing
PJ Jones Curb - Agaganian
Thiago Medeiros PDM Racing
An interesting side note is that the entire field of the Indy Pro Series (Jr series for the IRL) is competing on OZ Racing wheels as well.
The balance of the field is on BBS.
27 of the 33 cars will be running on OZ Racing wheels.
Here is a list of the drivers using OZ.
Sam Hornish Jr. Team Penske
Helio Castroneves Team Penske
Dan Wheldon Chip Ganassi Racing
Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing
Vitor Meira Panther Racing
Kosuke Matsuura Super Aguri Racing
Scott Sharp Fernandez Racing
Danica Patrick Rahal Letterman
Tomas Scheckter Vision Racing
Ed Carpenter Vision Racing
Buddy Rice Rahal Letterman
Townsend Bell Vision Racing
Max Papis Cheever Racing
Eddie Cheever Jr. Cheever Racing
PJ Chesson Hemelgarn Racing
Felipe Giaffone AJ Foyt Racing
Jeff Bucknum Hemelgarn Racing
Larry Foyt AJ Foyt Racing
Buddy Lazier Dreyer-Reinbold
Jeff Simmons Rahal Letterman Racing
Al Unser Jr. Dreyer-Reinbold
Airton Dare Curb Agaganian
Stephan Gregoire Beck Motorsports
Arie Luyendyk Jr. Luyendyk Racing
PJ Jones Curb - Agaganian
Thiago Medeiros PDM Racing
An interesting side note is that the entire field of the Indy Pro Series (Jr series for the IRL) is competing on OZ Racing wheels as well.
The balance of the field is on BBS.
05-25-2006, 01:58 PM
#3
Former Vendor
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by yellow01
ah yes, but would oz wheels be good enough for my HPDEs?
no way ... I'm sure you put much more stress on a wheel than a 200+ mph 500 mile race would ....
[/sarcasm off]
just jokin' around
05-25-2006, 04:19 PM
#4
Le Mans Master
In a recent thread - Corvette Team Back on BBS Wheels
This remark was made:
Do you happen to know whether OZ HAS departed? If yes, maybe there
are a lot of cars this year because designs were finalized prior to the
pull-out and if so, then it will be more interesting to see how cars are
shod next year.
(Incidently - thanks, TR & UPS. I received an international order today
that arrived in less than one week. First order with TR - VERY unusually
fast delivery for UPS ground service.)
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This remark was made:
Originally Posted by TLGunman
I wonder if this had anything to do with OZ closing up shop in the US?
A month or two ago, their facility in Miami closed up. So you have to
source OZ from Italy now (if you go factory direct).
A month or two ago, their facility in Miami closed up. So you have to
source OZ from Italy now (if you go factory direct).
are a lot of cars this year because designs were finalized prior to the
pull-out and if so, then it will be more interesting to see how cars are
shod next year.
(Incidently - thanks, TR & UPS. I received an international order today
that arrived in less than one week. First order with TR - VERY unusually
fast delivery for UPS ground service.)
.
05-25-2006, 05:38 PM
#5
Former Vendor
Thread Starter
OZ wasn't very well represented in the US and the people in Italy realized that and that their reputation was dwindling .... So, they had to make a change and that change was to find a better distribution method for North America. One that would give them high visibility, technical expertise, top notch customer service (their words not mine) and efficient distribution. So, now the exclusive importer of entire OZ Racing product line to the North American continent is The Tire Rack
05-26-2006, 12:16 PM
#6
Le Mans Master
That's a nice feather in TireRack's cap. A win-win-win situation for
the mfr, vendor and customer.
Will you be primarily handling OZ road wheel retail sales and perhaps
acting as a stocking/distribution point for race teams while Italy provides
racing wheel design and tech support? Or will TR also be providing some
level of technical support for the racing community, too?
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the mfr, vendor and customer.
Will you be primarily handling OZ road wheel retail sales and perhaps
acting as a stocking/distribution point for race teams while Italy provides
racing wheel design and tech support? Or will TR also be providing some
level of technical support for the racing community, too?
.
05-26-2006, 01:03 PM
#7
Former Vendor
Thread Starter
primarily road wheels with a little technical support for smaller race teams .... it's not like I can teach the engineers at Penske a whole lot