Race Ramps Portable Pit Stop Ramp and Rack Ramps
Awarded 2008 SEMA Global Media Award

The SEMA Global Media Award is judged by international journalists from 25 countries. The voting panel reviewed over 2,000 new style and performance products that were introduced at this year’s show. From these, the journalists selected 10 products that would be of most interest to their publications’ readers and most likely succeed commercially in their respective countries.

Rack Ramps use this construction technique to form a product that safely provides low ground clearance vehicles access to a service platform or lift without damaging the front end. “We are pleased that our solutions have impressed the international automotive journalist community, and we were chosen from 2,000 competitors to receive these awards” adds Heinz.

ABOUT THE SEMA SHOW

Produced by the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), the SEMA Show is the premier automotive accessories trade event in the world. The event serves the $36.7 billion automotive specialty-equipment industry, which allows drivers to personalize and enhance their vehicle’s appearance, performance, comfort, convenience, safety and fun. The SEMA Show is held annually at the Las Vegas Convention Center during the first week of November. Each year, more than 125,000 industry professionals from over 100 countries attend the SEMA Show.

RACE RAMP  RR-XTs on display with STS Turbo Systems      
http://www.ststurbo.com/

Portable Pit Stop (RR-PPS/RR-PPS-R) on display with Endura-Tech    
http://www.endura-tech.com/      

ABOUT BRUTE INDUSTRIES, INC.

“Show us a problem, and we’ll find a solution”

In 2004 Rich Heinz invented Race Ramps to solve a real problem. 

Problem:

Rich’s friend had a 2003 C5 Corvette Z06, and he couldn’t drive his vehicle up onto standard car ramps without grinding the spoiler.

 Cause:

The ramp approach angle was just too steep, and the car’s nose got jammed into the ramps.

Solution:

Rich had a revolutionary idea:

• Invent car ramps with a decreased approach angle so a vehicle with low ground clearance could make it up the ramps without interference.
• Make the ramps broad to handle wide tires.
• Design the ramps to be virtually indestructible, as well as extremely lightweight and portable by using a super lightweight 100% solid construction technique.
• Create ramps that would not slide on smooth surfaces.

 
Rich discovered that using this construction technique provided the ramps with a wide and flat footprint that prevented them from sliding across garage floors, digging into asphalt driveways, or scratching or otherwise damaging cement or painted floors. Further, they could safely be used on grass, sand, or almost any other flat surface. Lightweight materials made the ramps very portable and easy to handle. Also, they would never rust. Rich tested the strength of his invention by driving an eight thousand pound Ford F250 onto the ramps. Success! Not only did Rich’s friend have a solution to his problem, but Rich had a great new product on his hands - Race Ramps. In 2005, Rich and his wife Jane Heinz formed Brute Industries and started commercial production of Race Ramps. Our company was awarded its first patent in 2006, and there are more in the works.

Growing as a customer driven company

 
Race Ramps continues to grow as a customer driven company - finding unique solutions to customer problems. “Show us a problem, and we’ll find a solution” is our company philosophy. New challenges are addressed by offering new products to compliment and expand upon original Race Ramp designs. Such as XTenders, which are supplemental ramps developed to mate to the 56” and 67” Race Ramps and decrease the angle of approach from 10.75 degrees to 6.8 degrees. New challenges are also met by using Brute Industries super lightweight 100% solid construction technology to develop new product concepts, such as Flatstoppers™, which help keep tires from flat spotting during long periods of storage.

Solutions for other industries  

 
Race Ramp technology is also used to create solutions for other industries. For example, our construction technology is used to make large ramp displays for a major auto manufacturer to exhibit vehicles on the showroom floor. The auto manufacturer’s original design was constructed of metal and wood, and required two men two days to put together. Our new, lightweight, and sturdy ramp base is delivered in twelve modular pieces and assembles in thirty minutes.

Another example is our design for Lockheed Martin. The company contacted us to provide a solution for a potential problem they were facing with the Orion Project, which is the upcoming space travel vehicle that is to replace the Space Shuttle. They described that the Command Module of the craft was intended to land in water upon its return to the earth, and if it touched down on land it did not have a way to stabilize itself while the astronauts were extricated. In solution, Brute Industries is working with Lockheed Martin to develop a portable Command Module stabilization unit using our patented super lightweight 100% solid construction.