Drag racing brakes are used for more than just stopping; they help hold the car while staging and need to be accurate at the top end when trying to take the stripe. Putting quality braking components on your racecar will help all of these phases of the race, and that’s why TBM Brakes developed their 10 lobe Revolution rotor. The TBM Revolution rotor is designed to look good behind any wheel, and provide some serious stopping power when needed.

The Revolution rotor was originally designed by TBM to be a braking solution for sprint cars due to their extreme braking needs. The company turned its sights to the drag racing world in 2016 and decided to apply this knowledge to a new market, according to Randy Cotteleer of TBM brakes. “We took our experience from sprint cars, monster trucks, dirt late models and Baja 1000 vehicles and developed a lightweight and low-drag brake kit.”

Besides making the rotor look more visually appealing with the 10 lobe design, TBM added some solid performance and durability benefits to the Revolution unit. The circular plate-style rotor that many cars at the track have uses a series of holes or slots machined into the rotor’s surface — this can lead to heating and cooling issues.

“The problem with the plate-style rotor is that the outside edge of the rotor heats up quicker because it’s moving faster in relation to the inside edge of the rotor. This uneven heating causes the outside edge to expand faster than the inside, the result is beveling of the rotor which causes drag, reduced braking force and early replacement of rotors. Because the Revolution rotor has a different shape, it provides unique heating and cooling properties to prevent warping issues,” Cotteleer says.

If you need to up your brake game at the track, take a look at TBM’s website to see all the packages they offer with the Revolution rotor.