RECENT NEWS

Zircotec is continually finding new applications for its high temperature coatings, heat barriers and thermal management services.  Please find all the latest news about new developments and events that Zircotec is attending...

Zircotec to support Historic Road Sports Championship 2009

21st April 2009

Zircotec is now able to announce that it will be working with the Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC) through its support to the HSCC's Historic Road Sports Championship 2009, a race series run by the HSCC for classic production sports cars.   The next race meeting of the series will form part of the Silverstone International Race Meeting scheduled for the weekend of the 9th & 10th May 2009, and Zircotec's heat management speciallists will be on hand at Siverstone throughout the weekend to provide advice and support.

Zircotec's technology and products are directly applicable to the HSCC and its members. Our coatings help to provide modern comfort, performance, reliability and durability, whilst also providing a long-lasting period look for classic vehicles. "Because of age, design and traditional materials, most classic cars have poor thermal management, and this is especially critical when racing," explains Zircotec managing director Terry Graham. "As extra championship points are awarded for cars driven to and from the circuit on the road, reliability can be enhanced with our products." Zircotec is therefore ideally placed to work with the Historic Sports Car Club and its 2009 race series.

 

Zircotec's zirconia-based ceramic coating offers racers a robust, easily packaged solution that can dramatically inhibit the transfer of heat from exhausts, retaining the heat inside the system to protect surrounding components. Originally developed by the Atomic Energy Authority for the nuclear energy industry, the coating has demonstrated exhaust system surface temperature reductions of almost one third, and under bonnet temperature reductions in some applications of as much as 50ºC, helping to eliminate fuel vaporisation and damage to surrounding paintwork and sensitive electrical parts such as alternators or wiring.

 

The coatings are proven in motorsport to increase performance and come in a range of colours allowing racers to replicate period finishes such as white asbestos, suiting the looks of the championship's sports and GT cars. "We are proud to support the HSCC's prestigious and popular classic cars series," continues Graham. "Zircotec's technicians will also be on hand to help drivers with their heat management issues, offering advice and recommendations at each race."

 

Click here for further deals of the Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC) and the HSCC Historic Road Sports Championship 2009 Supported by Zircotec.   Click here for details of the Silverstone International Race Meeting now scheduled for the 9th and 10th May 2009.