History
At COMPTECH, our foundation is deeply rooted in professional motor sports at the highest levels.
Comptech originated in mid '80's by preparing racing Acura Integra sedans with supercharged engines. Comptech then moved to the exotic Acura NSX powered IMSA (International Motor Sports Association) prototype cars, winning three consecutive championships in 1990, 1991 and 1992.
In 1992, driving the Comptech powered machines; Parker Johnstone claimed all 11 poles in that season in the IMSA Camel Light Series. This then lead Comptech to develop the Oldsmobile Aurora and Chevy INDY V-8 engine for the IRL (Indy Racing League) series in the late '90's through 2002 as well as producing top performing Chevrolet V-8 engines for IMSA (International Motor Sports Association). Additionally in ‘94 & ’95 a Comptech engine went to victory lane in the Daytona 24 Hour race in the World Sports Car Class.
Comptech engines have powered top INDY series teams from 1997 through 2002 such as:
• Team Kelly Racing with Scott Sharp and Mark Dismore
• Chip Ganassi Racing with Juan Montoya, Bruno Junqueira, Jimmy Vasser, Tony Stewart, Jeff Ward and Kenny Brack
• Bobby Rahal/Letterman Racing with Jimmy Vasser
• Bradley Motor Sports with Buzz Calkins
• Walker Motor Sports with Sara Fisher
• Treadway Motor Sports with Arie Luyendyk, Sam Schmidt, Robby McGee, Jason Leffler and Rick Treadway
In 2000, a Comptech Oldsmobile Aurora engine won the Indianapolis 500 piloted by Juan Pablo Montoya.
In the late 90’s and 2001 Comptech developed a Honda engine for Real Time Racing for the Speed World Challenge Series. These engines won many races and championships.
In 2002 - 2003 Comptech built engines for a number of Toyota Atlantic series teams.
In 2004 Comptech developed an engine program for Mazda in the SPEED World Challenge Series.
With Comptech engines, Mazda’s Factory Race Team, Tri-Point Engineering campaigned multiple cars in the series to win the 2007 Touring Car Championship and the Manufacturers Championship. Currently, Comptech Mazda Race Engines are leading the Manufacturer and Driver Championship for the Speed World Championship.
In 2007 COMPTECH was purchased by Fred Penney, owner of Penney Racing Supply. The operation was moved to the new 18,000 sq. ft. PRS facility in Sacramento,Ca. In addition COMPTECH/PRS has aquired DC Racing Engines, of Denver, Colorado with the capabilities of building top quality late model, Craftsman Truck and NASCAR Nationwide series engines.
Both facilities will work in tandem to continue producing the highest quality racing engines in the industry. Our recent growth at COMPTECH is proof of our commitment to stay on the forefront of race engine technology.
Whether you are Road racing, Drag racing, Late model stock car, Sprint car, Truck or Busch racing,
COMPTECH can build a winning engine for you!
