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Hello Corvette Forum. I am Forgeline global sales manager Steve Schardt, posting here for the first time on behalf of Forgeline Motorsports. Along with my cohort, Brandon Girod, we hope to start sharing some content and information here more frequently.
Some of you may know that my brother, Dave, and I quite literally grew up in the wheel business, as our father, Jim Schardt, owned Dayton Wire Wheel throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. We also grew up at the racetrack, as our dad was an avid club racer, so Dave and I started racing at a young age. Dave ended up having some success as a professional racer in the Speedvision World Challenge series, and I am still serving as a national-level instructor.
Because of our unique experience blending wheel manufacturing with competitive motorsports, we launched Forgeline Motorsports in 1994 to manufacture lightweight forged racing wheels in the United States. Over the 30 years since, Forgeline has continued to grow into a highly-respected manufacturer of custom wheels, and our extensive racing experience has led to the opportunity to manufacture wheels for some of the fastest vehicles on the planet, including the Hennessey Venom F5, Ford GT Mk IV, and Ford Mustang GT4, plus three decades worth of various professional GT-class and countless club-level racecars.
More recently, we were asked by Chevrolet and Pratt & Miller to engineer a wheel for the new C8 Corvette Z06 GT3.R global motorsports platform that could achieve a very demanding set of metrics for deflection stiffness, fatigue strength, and low weight. The result of that effort is our one piece forged monoblock SS1R-GT wheel, and every C8 Corvette Z06 GT3.R competing anywhere throughout the world will be equipped with a 18x12.5/18x13.0 fitment of the Forgeline SS1R-GT
The new C8 Corvette GT3.R made its racing debut at the 2024 Rolex 24 at Daytona, but there are several teams who will be racing the GT3.R throughout the world in a variety of different sanctioned racing series. We're looking forward to watching them compete, and we plan to share more about their efforts here in the forum.
Though we have grown significantly since 1994, We continue to manufacture our forged wheels in Dayton, Ohio. And we continue to utilize exclusively U.S.-sourced parts, including our industry-leading APP aluminum forgings that meet the most stringent aerospace and defense industry specifications. We are certain that our very high standards for raw materials, manufacturing quality, and customer service are not only business attributes but also performance factors that lead directly to success on the racetrack and better experiences for our customers.
There really is a Forgeline difference when it comes to performance, quality, safety, and customer service. These differences matter, not just on the racetrack, but also on the street and in your garage too.
Forgeline Racing and Performance Wheels
