ACER Racing

ACER Racing is a large OEM manufacturing company specializing in precision high performance racing parts and is one of the pioneers of modern remote controlled car racing. It was founded in 1989 in Santa Monica California USA. It is a manufacturer of high performance precision ceramic ball bearings and ceramic silicon nitride balls as well as performance products for model car racing, skateboarding, roller skating and other precision industries. Its products are distributed nationally and internationally by Great Planes Model Mfg.
History
ACER Racing was founded in 1989 and introduced Silicon Nitride balls to the racing scene that same year. Their Ceramic Nitride Pro Series balls made from pure silicon nitride material were a huge contrast to earlier ceramic balls made by Dan's RC Stuff from white aluminum oxide which were not as hard but were very lightweight. Racers were complaining of brittle differential balls. Silicon nitride changed that. It was unbreakable and harder than traditional tungsten carbide balls yet weighed 79% less and lasted forever. This reduction in rotational mass in the differential contributed to faster lap speeds and quicker acceleration.
The 1996 release represented an improvement for ACER Racing as their Ceramic Nitride Pro Series ceramic ball bearings were released to the public. They incorporated diamond polished silicon nitride balls inside the ceramic ball bearings, used specific internal bearing tolerances, applied their SIN synthetic lightweight ball bearing oil to the ceramic balls in a proprietary process, engineered an HSR inner ball bearing cage and sealed the bearing with no contact dual seals. The HSR ball bearing cage tolerated much higher bearing RPMs with minimal friction and low heat and noise. It also allowed for precision ball alignment inside the ball bearing.
ACER Racing Team
* Greg Degani
**2002 IFMAR World Champion driving his Kyosho MP 7.5 with OS engine
* Andrew Smolnik
**ROAR 1/10 Pro Stock Buggy Champion and CEN Racing Engineer
* Chad Bradley
**Nevada State Champion
* Jeremy Kortz
**Placed third at 2004 IFMAR World Championships
**Overall winner at the Best of the West Championships
*Swiss Driver Shasa Lackner
**Current European Champion
**Youngest A Main driver at age 11
**Youngest expert driver at age 12
*Lee Martin
**UK Champion and NEO Finalist
Current Releases
2008
A Line of Pro Ceramic skateboard bearings
2009
ACER SK8 Pro Skating ball bearings made from pure silicon nitride and silicon nitride balls
Notable achievements
* First company to introduce ceramic ball bearings to the radio-controlled car market.
* First company to introduce silicon nitride balls to the radio controlled car market.
* First USA International Federation of Model Auto Racing (IFMAR) World Champion in 2002 was ACER Racing factory driver Greg Degani.
* First RC company to use supermodels in their print ads (including July 2005 Playboy cover girl and Dancing with the Stars' Joanna Krupa).
* First RC company to design a model car with titanium turnbuckles and ceramic bearings (ACER Racing AR-8 pro 1:8 offroad car)

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