Aerospace Components Plays Large Role in NHRA, NMCA, and NMRA

When it comes to components for your race car, not many companies have as many parts and pieces available for it as Aerospace Components does. Many people think of them as a brake manufacturer, but the company also has water pumps, vacuum pumps, shifters, fuel pumps, nitrous bottle brackets, and more. If you walk through the pits at any drag racing event you’ll see Aerospace Components brakes on every other car; the other components we speak of are getting more popular every day.

In 2015, the company has a huge presence within the NHRA, NMCA, and NMRA sanctioning bodies. Aerospace sponsors the Excellence in Engineering Award in NHRA competition, and is the official Winner’s Circle sponsor at each NMRA and NMCA race, including the NMCA West events.

So far, the NHRA Excellence in Engineering award has been given to Pro Mod racer Mike Knowles at the Gatornationals; Bryan Broaddus won the award at the NHRA Winternationals at Pomona.

Broaddus runs a ’12 Camaro in NHRA Super Stock competition. The car is actually a body-in-white that he also races in PSCA, NMCA, and Summit Racing Series events. The Camaro has a Whipple 4.0L-supercharged 327-inch LS with a Callies crank and rods, CP pistons, a Bullet Racing cam, Curtis Boggs-prepped cylinder heads, T&D rockers, and a Holley Dominator EFI system. Behind the LS is a Rossler Turbo 400 with an ATI Performance Products converter. A Ford 9-inch with a Lamb aluminum center section and Mark Williams axles lives out back.

PMR Race Cars out of Rancho Cucamonga, California did the chassis work on the car and built the rear end housing. Broaddus gets most of his parts from Performance Speed, which is located in the same building as PMR.

For Broaddus, racing is a family affair. He’s raced with his brother Doug for years, and his nephew (Doug’s son) Broc races Stock Eliminator. Speaking of family affairs, Todd and Don Barton did the Camaro’s paint, which is obviously an eye-catcher on its own. The Bartons also race, with a ’56 Chevy Super Gas car and a Super Comp dragster.

However, the car’s performance catches everyone’s attention, as well. Its best time is an 8.31 at 162 mph, but “I expect to run in the 7s when it’s all sorted out,” Broaddus adds.