Pfadt Race Engineering

Pfadt Race Engineering, from Salt Lake City, Utah, has been attending events at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch since 2005. In fact, almost all of its products have been tested and developed on Spring Mountain’s 3.1 mile course! Prior to the launch of any of Pfadt’s products, their suspension components are put through the paces of rigorous track and street use. According to Robbin Pfadt, co-owner of Pfadt Race Engineering, “Spring Mountain offers a unique testing ground with the famous “drop,” challenging tight turns and long fast straight-aways.”

Pfadt Race Engineering is a well-respected engineering firm that designs, tests, and manufactures suspension and race components for C5, C6 and C6 Z06 Corvettes, with a C4 line in the works. Products include adjustable sway bars, adjustable coil overs, inverted shock absorbers, bushings, camber kits, race seat mounting kits and much more. The Company focuses on building product lines both for the serious racer and the daily driver “enthusiast.” Chief Engineer and President, Aaron Pfadt, is a formally trained Mechanical Engineer and spent 10 years in Detroit working for General Motors and Chrysler. Those skills are now put to work pursuing his love of racing and Corvettes in his own company.

Pfadt has contributed to many success stories from their happy clients. One of their favorite customer stories is from a Club Spring Mountain member who decided to purchase and install Pfadt’s coil-overs and sway bars. Aaron and Robbin had met club member Bob Evans several times at events at Spring Mountain and at their local track, Miller Motorsports Park. Bob quite possibly has more time on the Spring Mountain track in a Corvette than any other Club member. Always friendly and interested, Bob had been considering Pfadt’s suspension package for quite some time and after finally taking the plunge, he had the opportunity to run his C5 Z06 through the paces on the 2.2 mile course. Robbin recalls a moment that made their day, “At about 2:00 in the afternoon, our phone rang and on the other end was an ecstatic Bob. He was happy to call and report that after adding our suspension and making no other chassis or engine changes, he suddenly took 3 seconds off of his personal best time!”

Aaron Pfadt summarizes, “We couldn’t ask for a better testimonial, or a happier customer.”

We are honored to work with Pfadt Race Engineering as a valued partner.

For more information about Pfadt Race Engineering, visit their website or call the company TOLL FREE at 888-972-2464.

Chevrolet News

By Janet Curran

What a great time everyone had at Corvette Track Days on February 9 and 10! There were 123 registered drivers and about 250 people for our fabulous dinner. Art Spong, Corvette Brand Quality Manager and Kirk Binnion, Lead Corvette Designer spent the weekend chatting with attendees, answering questions and even some time driving on the track. Raffle prizes were donated by Spring Mountain, Pfadt Engineering, Stop Tech, Innovative Automotive Products, Pahrump Nugget Casino & Hotel and CORSA Exhaust. Kirk Binnion donated one of his very special, limited edition, autographed ZR1 prints to the raffle. Photos by Charles Adamson.
Jim Browning and Jim Browning Jr.
from CORSA journeyed out to Spring Mountain to visit with all of the Corvette Track Days participants. During Saturday’s lunch break Jim Jr. and Spring Mountain’s Tony Johnson installed a CORSA exhaust on a Spring Mountain 2008 Z51 to show the attendees just how quick and easy the installation can be.This was the first time that Corvette Track Days was held in the new Corvette building and it exemplified just how far Corvette Track Days has come in the last 9 years. Spring Mountain Corvette Track Days was the first regularly held, non-competitive, Corvette only, road track event in the United States. This is where the Corvette Family comes together from all over the United States and Canada for camaraderie and to learn about our fabulous Corvettes.