Gibson Racing Wheels - Drag Race Wheels - Australia and New Zealand Distributor
Gibson Engineering designs, engineers and manufactures precision built, extremely high quality, custom racing wheels for circuit racing cars, high performance street cars, and drag racing cars.
Using extremely high quality materials, and designed & engineered by world renowned engineer Tim Gibson, Gibson Racing Wheels are 100% made in the USA, inhouse at Gibson Engineering in Huntington Beach California.
Gibson Racing Wheels can decrease your car's unsprung weight and decrease the rotational moment of inertia ... to provide better acceleration and better wheel control for your car.
Gibson does it's own machining inhouse and hand assembly inhouse, ensuring absolute quality and precision at every step of the manufacturing process.
Gibson Drag Race Wheels carry full SFI Foundation racing safety approval.
Gibson Drag Race Wheels provide:
- The lightest SFI approved wheels available
- Lowest rotational inertia minimizes chassis upset on touchdown
- Minimum power lost in rotation of wheel
- Quickest Spin Up
- Decrease the penalty of using rotating weight as ballast
- Extensive Testing used to correlate computer aided design
- True billet wheels made from aircraft grade aluminum plate
- One piece fully machined billet ... no welding, no bolts, no rivets
- Integral "cheater disc" designed as part of rime section
- Safety beads help keep tire on rim in the event of deflation
About Tim Gibson
Tim Gibson (left) and Bill Miller (right)
Tim Gibson is one of the most accomplished engineers on the planet. He is exactly the kind of person you want designing and engineering the wheels on your car.
His experience ranges across multiple disciplines of engineering.
Gibson drove the front engine Mastercam Vintage Fuel Dragster from 2000 - 2003. Number 1 Qualifier NHRA 50th Anniversary, Pomona, July 2001, 6.044 ET/ 247.43 MPH
A native of Mobile, Alabama, Gibson started drag racing with the acquisition of his uncle’s 1951 Ford 2-door coupe (originally purchased new by his Grandfather), Gibson’s first car.
Building custom backspace rear wheels for that car was Gibson’s first exposure to wheel construction.
Gibson holds a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from UCLA, won the annual California Engineer's Week flight competition 2 consecutive years, and was elected president of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) ... all while still in college in the 1980's.
From there he has built an incredible engineering career ...
BME (Bill Miller Engineering) Top Fuel dragster
Gibson worked for two years for TRW Space and Defense on Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) aerodynamics.
He then worked for legendary team Dan Gurney's All American Racers, working on Dan Gurney's IMSA Championship winning Toyota GTP program (undefeated from March '92 to Jan '93), Gurney's Alligator Motorcycle project, and Gurney's AAR Indy Car.
In 1998 Gibson left Gurney's to go back to primarily aerodynamics, first for Roland Leong at Don Prudhomme's and later for Wes Cerny at Joe Gibbs Racing. Both of these involved extensive work in the GM wind tunnel in Warren MI.
Gibson served as the Team Engineer and Aerodynamicist for John Force Racing (sponsored by Ford) from 2000 - 2005, and worked extensively in the Lockheed wind tunnel outside Atlanta, and with Ford in Dearborn, on adapting their new Mustang to drag racing.
Gibson designed the Ford Mustang Funny Car bodies and coordinated all aspects of their production. He also worked on special projects for the team.
"Not many people have as much quality time in the Lockheed wind tunnel as I do" says Gibson.
The Gibson Miller Supercharger - Designed & Engineered by Tim Gibson and Bill Miller
In his "spare time" Gibson designed the Gibson-Miller Supercharger and Fuel Injection systems (pictured above).
As a driver, Gibson drove the BME Top Fuel dragster to a best time of 4.59 seconds, and became the only person in NHRA history to qualify and race both a mid-engine TF car and a front-engine TF car at the same race.
Gibson has done it all, both as an engineer and as a driver.
Like we said - he's exactly the kind of person you want to engineer the wheels for your car.
How Gibson Racing Wheels Help You Cut Your Times
Gibson drove the BME Top Fuel Dragster from 1995 - 2001. His best run: 4.597 ET, 316.75 MPH
By using cutting edge engineering, manufacturing methods and extremely high quality materials, Gibson Racing Wheels can allow you to achieve a reduction in rotating mass and unsprung weight, without sacrificing wheel strength.
Tim Gibson says:
Decreasing a vehicle's unsprung weight and rotational moment of inertia and increasing a tyre's contact patch are two very effective methods of improving performance.
As a driver I was always impressed by how much effect the weight of wheels can have.
The force used to spin up the front and rear wheels on your car is created by the engine’s horsepower.
So the heavier the wheels are, the more horsepower is being used to spin the wheels up to speed - this is called overcoming the rotational inertia of the wheel.
With rotating objects, i.e. heavy wheels, you in effect carry the weight twice. You have to move the weight, and you have to spin the weight.
The spin-up effect is dramatic. Anyone who has experimented with different weight flywheels on their engine can understand the difference. The higher the rotational inertia of the wheels, the more horsepower is being wasted in accelerating them.
This reduction in unsprung weight and rotating mass alone results in dramatic performance improvements.
Gibson Drag Race Wheels Models
Spindle Mount 15" x 3.5"
- Funny Car, Pro Stock, Pro Mod, etc.
- Includes valve stem and ultra lightweight billet screw-on center cap
- Photo at right shows inside view with brake rotor mounting flange and outside view with center cap
- Click for bearing and brake dimensions
- Approximate weight 6.25 lb
- US $695 each
Dragster 17"
- Includes valve stem and ultra lightweight billet screw-on center cap
- Photo at right shows outside and inside views
- Approximate weight 5.5 lb
- US $695 each
5 Bolt 15" x 3.5", 1.75 Backspace
- Includes valve stem and ultra lightweight billet screw-on center cap
- Photo at right shows outside and inside views
- Click for backspace dimensions
- Approximate weight 6.25 lb
- US $645 each
NEW! 5 Bolt 15" x 3.5", 2.25 Backspace
- 2.50" Backspace available as special order
- Includes valve stem and ultra lightweight billet screw-on center cap
- Photo at right shows outside and inside views
- Click for backspace dimensions
- Approximate weight 6.25 lb
- US $695 each
COMING SOON - Rear Wheels !
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WHEEL & TIRE ACCESSORIES:
Lug Nuts with Washers
- NHRA open style "shorty" to fit Gibson 5 bolt wheels
- US$2 each or $15.00 for 10 (1 pair of wheels)
Bearing Package for Spindle Mount Wheels
- Tapered Roller Bearings with Grease Seal (Anglia style)
- US$75 per wheel assembly
Image Gallery Of Gibson Drag Race Wheels
Click here to view an image gallery of Gibson Drag Race Wheels ...
http://www.tunersgroup.com/lightboxes/gibson_drag_race/index.html
Pure Craftsmanship And Attention To Detail
A Gibson Wheel on CNC equipment inhouse at Gibson Engineering in California
Machining is done on highly specialised CNC machining equipment by highly skilled CNC operators, inhouse at Gibson Engineering's workshop in Huntington Beach California.
Unlike some manufacturers of wheels, Gibson does it's own machining inhouse.
This ensures absolute quality and precision at every step of the manufacturing process.
How To Order
Contact us to order a pair of Gibson Racing Wheels for your car.
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