 |
 |
 |
“Innovators in fuel systems” is more than
just a by-line. Quick Fuel Technology since it’s
inception in 1998, has grown exponentially in its
11 years of business culminating into the benchmark
by which performance carburetors are measured.
The growth and success of Quick Fuel Technology is
attributed to the strength and determination of its
staff. All of the innovations you see on this website
are the product of a team that is both experienced
and involved in motorsports. We continue to develop
new products so that we can stay on the forefront
of innovation. Over the years Quick Fuel Technology
has made considerable strides to become a stand-alone
carburetor manufacturer. This increase in efficiency
and capability has allowed us to continuously upgrade
our products while keeping the prices low. View
Website |
 |
 |
The
company was founded in 1964 by 24-year-old hot rodder
and drag racer, Joe Hrudka. Called "the epitome
of the blue-collar hero" in a 1984 “Cleveland
Magazine” profile, Hrudka dropped out of college
after a semester to drag race with his brother, Tom.
In the course of winning back-to-back National Hot
Rod Association championships in 1961 and 1962 in
their trademark Willys gassers, the Hrudka brothers
realized that faulty exhaust gaskets were a big problem
to many racers – hurting performance and requiring
frequent replacement. Upon investigating the problem,
young Hrudka created the durable exhaust gasket that
launched the company, and gave it the name. Joe and
Tom started selling the parts under the Speed Specialties
name in the early 1960s and incorporated his company
as Mr. Gasket in 1965 in Parma, Ohio, a suburb of
Cleveland.
Another racer-founded company, the Hrudkas and Mr.
Gasket grew because the racing legacy served to gain
the respect of fellow racers who understood that the
company cared about building products which would
fit their needs with performance and durability.
The company grew, moving into a wide range of aftermarket
marketplaces – clutches (Hays), safety and suspension
parts (Lakewood), plus manufacturing and marketing
a wide range of products under the Mr. Gasket brand
(mostly engine appearance accessories).
The company’s ownership has changed periodically
over the years, but the Mr. Gasket name has always
been an icon in the high performance aftermarket.
Today, it is covered by the Prestolite Performance
umbrella, but remains true to the core roots of the
brand. Racers and street performance enthusiasts still
turn to the Mr. Gasket name as the source of engine
gaskets and other components in their quest for power
and performance. View
Website |
|
 |
Mallory
Ignition has been a mainstay of the automotive industry
– both the OEM market as well as the performance
aftermarket – for generations. Formed in Toledo,
Ohio in 1925, the company grew quickly, and to be
closer to the automakers, and Ford Motor Company in
particular, founder Marion Mallory, Sr., moved the
company to Detroit, Michigan ten years later. “Boots”
Mallory, son of the founder, moved the company to
Carson City, Nevada in 1969.
Marion Mallory, Sr. was a prolific inventor, specializing
in the automotive market. It is reported at one time
Mallory held the second largest number of patents
in the world, and only Thomas Edison held more. His
major focus was ignitions and fuel timing systems,
but he also invented a breakerless magneto plus improved
distributors and coils.
It was not too long before Mallory magnetos found
their way into motorsports. For many years, nearly
every Indianapolis 500 winner used a Mallory ignition
on the Meyer-Drake/Offenhauser engines. The company’s
mags were found on winning sprint cars, and Mallory
distributors and coils were in NASCAR’s winner’s
circles with great regularity. Drag racing used Mallory
ignition products heavily, and it was in the fuel
and alcohol classes where the company’s Super
Mag II dominated for over 20 years.
Sold to the W.R. Grace conglomerate in 1976, the Mallory
brand joined Mr. Gasket and several other premium
performance brands, which as a group were known as
The Performance People, and the Race Services trailers
were fixtures at major motorsports events across North
America. When Grace divested its automotive brands,
Mallory moved through several owners, and today is
again paired with Mr. Gasket under the Prestolite
Performance umbrella. View
Website |
|
 |
Lori
Johns was an immediate fan and media sensation when
she burst onto the Drag Racing Scene. Lori was one
of the most popular drivers and was featured on
television programs and covered in many publications
never before reached in the sport of Drag Racing.
Visit Lori Johns online |
|
 |
Moroso
Performance Products began in 1968, when founder Dick
Moroso, one of drag racing’s most successful
modified production class campaigners began to manufacture
products which were needed by racers for improved
performance and reliability. The company’s success
brought Dick’s racing career to a close, but
opened a new chapter to build his company to be a
leader in the growing performance aftermarket. His
on-track experience led him to design, test and manufacture
all-new or dramatically improved products –
all aimed at meeting the racer's needs.
The racing and the growing street performance markets
appreciated the fact Moroso products were designed
and built for racers - by a racer! The racers bought
Moroso products, won with them and the guys on the
street bought them because they were race-proven…a
recipe for success.
Dick Moroso was also responsible for many innovations
in the structure of the high performance industry.
He was one of the early manufacturers instrumental
in nurturing the warehouse distribution (WD) network.
He realized the distribution system was critical to
getting his products to the local speed shops and
into the hands of the racers and street enthusiast
customers.
As a racer and businessman, Dick Moroso exemplified
the spirit of the pioneers of the sport and the industry
it built. Unfortunately, Dick lost a gallant fight
to cancer in 1998, and today his son, Rick leads the
company from its headquarters in Guilford, Connecticut.
View
Website |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
