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 More Press for ANZE
Locust Valley, NY (August 2011) - Rolling through the 2011 racing season, ANZE Engineering has picked up some press in various industry magazines.
Checkout this suspension feature in Performance Racing Industry, quoting ANZE boss Angelo Zarra.
And be sure to read up on an epic BMW build that featured ANZE Suspension in the UK's Performance BMW magazine.
 2011 Spring is in the Air!
Locust Valley, NY (March 2011) - Once again our lack of updates is due to ANZE Suspension being very, very, busy working on projects to make our customers go faster.
Jeff Werth had great results at this year's Sering Quad National in his ANZE Suspension equipped 1992 AS Camaro: 4 lap records, 4 pole positions and 3 wins! Incredible results! The best part is the Racekeeper video posted on YouTube with a suspension cam. Sebring doesn't look so bumpy when the car is on ANZE.
Speaking of records Tony Palo in his T1 Race Development FWD Integra drag car ran 8.57 sec @ 183.8 mph a new class and personal record! Congratulation's Tony! The T1 Integra is equipped with custom ANZE Suspension. You can see the video on YouTube.
Along with our other Gen 1 CTS-V offerings we now have the new Gen 1 CTS-V Inline Double. Following installation and a test drive the owner reports: "WOW! The car handle's better and smoother than stock, no ride harshness at all. Amazing! The only weak point on the car now is the tires. If you think race shocks are too stiff think again. Don't waste your money on those other so called shocks. ANZE Suspension is engineering at its finest! "
We have new product offerings coming to the catalog as this is written. Newly available from ANZE Suspension are top quality sway bar drop links for virtually any application, Hydraulic load centering spring perches which increase grip and reduce damper wear, and of course our universal remote canister brackets. If you have remote canisters, and you don't have a set of these contact us now. They can improve shock performance and longevity.
For some installations we can't seem to find mounting solutions that meet our standards so we're designing new shock mounts for some applications. These will be available in the product catalog soon.
We've been signing up new dealers and some are creating their own custom ANZE Suspension packages. These are sure to be the best money you can spend on your car to improve it. We're updating the dealers page frequently but check our Facebook Wall for up to date news items, dealer announcements, and product updates.
  2010 Mid-Year Report
Locust Valley, NY (May 2010) - Excuse our lacks of updates, it's a good thing. From Bahrain on a CTS-V race car to testing at an undisclosed location with Porsche Patron GT3 Challenge cars, 2010 has been a busy year for ANZE Engineering.
Following GT3 testing, a Porsche test driver reported: "We did sweeps of all the adjusters, and ended up back at the baseline damper settings, it was great out of the box. I am impressed with the ANZE stuff. We were over a second quicker at the test track just by bolting them on."
And there is more: ANZE introduced new valving on the ADSA/Wright trio of F2000 Championship Series Van Diemens. Andy Wolverton reset two track records at Hallett in his T2 Pontiac Solstice on ANZE products. Another ANZE customer, Mcginley, in a T1 Corvette shattered a track record too.
Don't forget ANZE's assault into the Castrol Canadian Touring Car series either; it seems the paddock is dropping like dominoes to bolt on ANZE equipment.
Patrick Seguin, who pilots the #80 EP3 Honda Civic commented: "Our team had a great rookie season in the Castrol Canadian Touring Car series last season, finishing fourth in the touring class. Going forward, we purchased an EP3 Honda Civic that came with some high-end off the shelf 2-way adjustable suspension.
"While testing the new race car, we where running more then respectable times but we knew that it wouldn’t be enough for a top 3 finish. We went back to the same track for testing early this week with our news ANZE 2-way adjustable suspension and knocked a little more then a second off our lap times with the simple base tune."
2009 SCCA National Championship Run Offs Report
T1: ANZE Jumps Out Front
John Buttermore took an early lead in the T1 National Championship race at Elkhart Lake using ANZE Suspension products on his Corvette race car before a brake problem caused him to lose time on the high speed 14-turn race track.
"Talk about grip," commented Buttermore. "I led the first four laps without problem and then the brakes just went away. I am impressed with the piston and valving we came up with before this event."
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 T2: Another National Championship with Class Domination
Don Knowles, took his Pontiac Solstice to the 2009 T2 National Championship on ANZE Suspension. Andy Wolverton finished third, running a similar suspension setup from ANZE on his Solstice. Bill Peter finished fourth in his Mitsubishi Evo, also on ANZE Suspension.
Knowles commented: "The ANZE setup was flawless yet again. We worked on the setup during testing prior to the race and found the perfect combination."
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T3: Another Podium Finish
Defending T3 National Champion Spaude brought his No. 12 TSRacing.com/Red Line Oil/Hoosier Chevrolet Cobalt SS home in Second on ANZE Racing struts.
Spaude commented: "ANZE makes a great product, and that S2000 is hard to beat."
Tenth-place finisher Tony Wedderbum, of North Miami Beach, Fla., was named the Sunoco Hard Charger for advancing seven positions during the race in his No. 05 Malspeed Racing Services Chevrolet Cobalt SS.
Wedderbum said: "Not too bad , we wrecked the car a long time ago and I just never had the chance to fix the struts and shocks. ANZE repaired them at the track and I have to say that made the difference."
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AS: Tom Sloe Earns his first AS National Championship
The bright yellow Mustang of Sloe uses ANZE suspension.
Sloe said: "The Variable Bleed pistons in the rear we put in last season were working so good I was afraid to have them rebuilt. I think I set the fast race lap by 0.8 sec. The rear bite is good, its where I needed it, Thanks Angelo."
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EP: ANZE Gains Over Second on an RX-7
The Mazda RX-7 of Wayne Graham made tremendous progress at the 2009 National Championships using ANZE products.
Graham said: "I had a problem and bent a strut in practice. We went to see ANZE and they took my strut and rebuilt in time for qualifying. Suddenly the car was about 1.4 seconds faster"
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GT2: Goughary spins and hangs on to Third, Another Podium Finish
Defending National Champion James Goughary brought his Nissan home in third on ANZE suspension / Penske Racing shocks.
 ANZE President Quoted in PRI Magazine
Locust Valley, NY (September 8 2009) ANZE Engineering President Angelo Zarra was quoted in the July 2009 edition of Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Magazine.
Click here to read: "Taming the Tarmac: New Road Racing Shocks and Struts."
 Fairfield County Motorsports Tests ANZE Struts on 997 RUF RGT
Lakeville, CT (August 28 2009) - Fairfield County Motorsports today tested out a new set of ANZE Racing Struts on a customer's bright green Porsche 997 RUF RGT at the historic 1.53 mile Lime Rock Park circuit in Lakeville CT.
"WOW! I am impressed. The car is just amazing," said the driver after the first track session.
The 2007 RUF RGT is equipped with custom made ANZE Dampers which are part of an all-around tailor-made suspenion package created by Drew Wikstrom at Fairfield County Motorsport with input provided by Angelo Zarra, president, ANZE Engineering.
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 Canadian Invasion Continues: Audette Racing Upgrades to ANZE
Locust Valley, NY (August 25 2009) The news traveled fast in the Canadian Touring Car paddock as Audette Racing was the second to order ANZE struts for their Acura RSX. Mathieu Audette was able to bounce back from some bad luck to move up in the points race slightly on a new strut package from ANZE Engineering.
The team, which was considering selling their Moton-equipped RSX, is now so happy on the ANZE platform they are going to continue to contest the chassis with further development planned.
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 Canadian Touring Car Team Capitalizes on ANZE Struts
Locust Valley, NY (August 22 2009) - Rapone Racing recenlty saw a huge on track perofmrance improvement due to new ANZE struts on their Honda Civic Canadian Touring Car.
Anthony Rapone was the first of two drivers in the series to use ANZE's Civic SI strut package, the Rapone Racing driver was second in points after the Mosport Victoria Day Speedfest in May, and by the end of May Rapone was leading the points race coming out of Shannonville. He built up a 77 point lead on ANZE struts by the time the series was in Toronto. The lead swelled to 117 points in Calabogie before Rapone saw some bad luck, dropping him back to second in points at Trois-Riveres.
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 ANZE Engineering Claims Podium Finish at Watkins Glen
Watkins Glen, NY (July 5 2009) - ADSA/Wright Racing completed a successful weekend at Watkins Glen for rounds seven and eight of the 2009 F2000 Championship Series season. Driver Al Guibord, Jr. stole the show on the three car team, which ANZE provides engineering support for, Guibord finished fourth in the first race, followed by a third place finish in race number two. Guibord also notched the fastest lap in the race and nearly passed eventual winner Phil Lombardi for the lead in the closing stages of the race.
"We have been working on new suspension setups all year and what we came up with this past weekend at the Glen was very promising," said Angelo Zarra, President of ANZE Engineering and Chief Engineer for ADSA/Wright . "I am not about to reveal our shock valving changes."
Al Guibord, Jr commented: "That car was perfect during the race and never went away, it felt like it was on rails. I could turn those kind of lap times all day long."
 Newman Racing Installs ANZE Racing Struts
Connecticut (May 9 2009) - - One of the last "fun" vehicles to come out of Newman Racing was a just completed with the final touch, a set of custom ANZE Racing Struts. The project took life as a Volvo V90 luxury car with a shoe horned 2006 LS2 Corvette engine. This project was going along well until the team realized they need to get through the corners too, and the stock front struts were not going to cut it. The team knew that ANZE Suspension could make a set to fit, as there was no off the shelf "high performance" front strut application available for this Volvo.
The team gathered at "the shop" to finish the car and take it out on a "shake down" run. The car was removed from the scales, a dealer tag thrown on, and four members of the team climbed into the four-door Volvo. After the completing the city loop and around town stops for lunch, the driver decided to head to the highway, more particularly, the on and off ramps, no doubt the back seat passengers had some influence on this.
"Well we were all impressed, the car stuck like glue had little roll but was comfortable to drive anywhere," said Pete Traglia of Newman Racing.
Special Thanks to Newman Racing, Pete Traglia, and PLN.
 Run Offs Testing Starts Out Early
Garrettsville, OH (March 28 2009)- ANZE Engineering recently completed a private test day at Nelson Ledges with an undisclosed T2 car. ANZE Suspensions owner and chief engineer Angelo Zarra was on hand to thoroughly test out several new piston and valving combinations on an already potent T2 damper package. Other elements of the package were also base-lined and improved upon.
"I am amazed at what we accomplished in one day. Every time we took the shocks out of the car and re-valved them, we went faster. The car got easier to drive, I could do this all day long," said the test driver and car owner.
"The car is the fastest it's ever been. We accomplished more here in one day with ANZE than I would have in an entire year. My program has progressed more than I could ever imagine. Well worth the time and money, I am very happy."
"It was a great opportunity to test our new valving and piston combinations," said ANZE president Angelo Zarra, "We spent allot of time on the dyno and looking at data from the past year, we came to the track prepared with a new combination and it showed."
 ANZE Engineering Paces 2008 Runoffs
Topeka, KS (October, 2008) ANZE Engineering was out in force at the 2008 SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Heartland Park. It was no surprise to see ANZE at the front of the pack, with ANZE taking overall victories in GT2, T2, T3, a runner-up finish in T1, in addition to a handful of other great drives utilizing ANZE Engineering.
 The T3 National Championship went to Bert A Spaude's ANZE Racing Struts equipped Chevy Cobalt SS. Spaude also logged the fastest T3 lap of the race, setting a lap record 1:49.927. Joe Aquilante's Cobalt on ANZE Racing Struts came home 11th in the deeply competitive field.
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 ANZE Suspension took the overall win in T2 on the Pontiac Solstice of Andy J Wolverton. The 13th and 14th place Solstice's of Don Knowles and William T Ziegler also utilized ANZE Suspensions to contest the 2008 Runoffs.
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GT2 saw another ANZE Suspension victory. James J Goughary set a new lap record (1:38.623) in his Nissan 350Z en route to the overall victory utilizing ANZE Suspension.
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 John M. Buttermore and his Corvette C6 on ANZE Suspension finished a strong second in T1, missing out on the overall victory by just over a second. Andrew Aquilante put in a great drive in his ANZE equipped C6, coming home 12th.
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 Ziegler Shatters Lime Rock Record with ANZE Suspension
Lakeville, CT (August 2, 2008) The T2 track record was lowered at the historic Lime Rock Park by the #05 Solstice piloted by driver Bill Ziegler. Ziegler lapped Lime Rock at a fast 59.110 using ANZE Suspension.
 T2 Record Broken at Road America on ANZE Racing Struts
Elkhart Lake, WI (June 21, 2008) The June Sprints saw ANZE Racing Struts provide the added boost William Peter and his #71 Mitsubishi EVO needed to rewrite the T2 track record at Road America. Peter negotiated the 14-turn 4+ mile long track at 2:34.390.
 Moore Breaks T2 Track Record at Mid-Ohio on ANZE Suspension
Lexington, OH (June 1, 2008) Bill Moore lowered the T2 track record at Mid-Ohio this past weekend with his Pontiac Solstice riding on ANZE Suspension. Moore lapped the 2.4 mile 15-turn road course at 1:41.364 or 85.237mph.
 ANZE Engineering Takes One Lap of America Victory with Mark DaVia
May 2008 - The 25th Anniversary of the One Lap of America saw an ANZE Engineering prepared 2001 Porsche 996 Twin Turbo take the outright win. Mark DaVia and Drew Wikstrom took their 5th consecutive One Lap of America victory, becoming the only team to do so.
ANZE Engineering was responsible for race engineering services providing chassis and suspension tuning for the 996 for the 5th straight year.
 ANZE Engineering Struts Provide Top-10 One Lap Finish
May 2008 - ANZE Engineering was well represented at the 2008 running of the One Lap of America, in addition to taking the outright victory with Mark DaVia, ANZE Engineering provided the struts that Manual Da Silva and co-driver Christine Da Silva used to put their Porsche in the top ten. The 2001 Porsche 996 Twin Turbo finished in a solid ninth place out of 72 entries.
 October 12, 2007- Zabinski -Qualifies 1st in a car built at the track.
TOPEKA, Kan. (October 12, 2007) Ed Zabinski came to the run offs with his Lotus Elise expecting that it was the car to have and that it would do the job in getting him on the podium. After several practice sessions Ed found himself struggling to keep up with several competitors. He realized that all of those cars ahead of him were the same make of car and from the same race team. Joe Aquilante's Phoenix Performance Group had unleashed a new rocket for T2, The Pontiac Solstice - GXP. Phoenix Performance had spent a great deal of time testing with GM, ANZE Engineering and Don Knowles to develop the suspension of this platform, making sure that it would outperform the competition.
After some discussion Ed purchased an new unfinished Solstice from Phoenix Performance and had it shipped from Pennsylvania to Heartland Park in hopes of converting it to T-2 spec in time for the next days qualifying session. Angelo Zarra, the owner of ANZE said "if you get the car here, I will make sure we will have the shocks here to qualify on". The car made its overnite journey in time for the anxiously awaiting team to finalize the build. Everybody pitched in from Phoenix Performance, GM and ANZE Engineering to make it happen. It took the better part of a day to complete even coming down to the wire with a few laps around the paddock area right before the qualifying session.
"The car was flawless, thanks to everyone that helped out", said Zabinski.
 September 28, 2007- Damper Update
Performance Racing Industry (PRI) magazine interviews Angelo Zarra for the Damper Update article published in there August 2007 issue.
"Suspension technology has really grown over the past 10 years," said Angelo N. Zarra, from ANZE Engineering, Locust Valley, New York. "The Old days of 'bolt on and go fast' are gone--that will get mostly get you to the middle of the pack. teams have realized that with more and more restrictions on top speed, horsepower and/or aerodynamics, the last key area to exploit is how fast you can go around the corner, or how well your suspension setup works.........
June 22,2007 - Ziegler WINS!!! - June Sprints
Bill Ziegler wins the June Sprints in T2 at Road America on ANZE Racing Struts. A run for the triple crown? The June Sprints are the first leg of the Chicago Region SCCA Triple Crown, awarded to any driver that wins their class race at the Sprints, their SCCA Divisional Points Championship and the National Championship at the SCCA Runoffs. Since being formally recognized in 2001, the Triple Crown has been awarded 12 times. In 2006, Hans Peter (C Sports Racing), Niki Coello (Formula Continental) and Mark Mercer (Sports 2000) won the Triple Crown. All three are entered in this weekends event, and Coello is shooting for his third-straight honor in 2007. Brad Stout (Formula Vee) is the only three-time winner and is also entered in this years event.
ANZE and SRP test at the Penske Shaker Rig
A private race team hires Angelo Zarra and Joe Stimola to run the shock testing at Penske Technology. The team looks for improvements and finds them through testing and simulation. The team improves overall track position as a direct result of their efforts. The rewards are noticed immediately on the track and go from being one of the mid pack to the top five. Earned first-career win at season opener in Sebring. Grabbed an additional five top-five finishes en route to finishing a career-best sixth in the SPEED GT Drivers' Championship.
 Angelo Zarra instructs at Lynn St. James DDP
Angelo Zarra instructs at Lyn St. James 11th Annual Driver Development Program. The 2006 Lyn St. James Driver Development Program was be held on December 9-13 in Phoenix, Arizona. Established in 1994, the Driver Development Program is the most comprehensive of its kind. This year's program will feature segments led by Human Performance International, Athletes Performance, Finish Line Racing School, and Bondurant High Performance Driving/Karting School. Participants will receive training in such areas as mental and physical preparation, chassis set-up (ANZE Engineering and SRP Engineering), as well as gain experience in public speaking and on-camera interviewing. The program will also include seminars focused on "The Business of Racing".
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