an interesting fact about OZ Wheels
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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.
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Interesting Info Indeed
Surprisingly, that racing technology never translate into the street as OZ are their forging street wheels are heavier and no stronger than the BBS that I currently riding on.
The racing are one piece mag wheel which we can never afford. It's especially interesting that I do not even recall OZ making any lightweight wheels other than the fragile superleggera. I would like to see them making something like a one piece forged like the SSR Comp or lighter multi piece.
