Chris Rado
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| Christian Rado | |
| Nationality | American |
| Date of Birth | 1975 |
| Place of Birth | Pennsylvania |
| National Hot Rod Association Sport Compact | |
| Years active | |
| Teams | WORLD Racing |
Chrisian Rado (born July 30, 1975; Reading, Pennsylvania) is a professional racing driver from the United States. He is chiefly notable for his partipication in import drag racing, currently driving a factory backed Scion tC in the Pro FWD category in the NHRA Sports Compact series for his own team, WORLD Racing in addition to other series such as the NOPI Drag Racing Series and Battle of the Imports. In addition to this, Rado also partipicates in time attack events also in a tC particularly in National Auto Sport Association (NASA) time attack, Super Street Super Lap Battles and Redline Time Attack.[1].
Beside his factory sponsor, Rado's sponsors for the 2008 season includes WORLD Electronics, a family run company run by his father, NOS Energy Drink, Bullseye Power, JE Pistons, and Advanced Clutch Technology.
[edit] History
Chris Rado was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on July 30, 1975. [2] In 2002 Chris founded WORLD Motorsports, Inc. As one of the leaders on the professional compact drag racing circuit, Chris has always been viewed as an innovator paving the way for others to follow. [3] Chris is the owner of WORLD Racing, a professional drag race, time attack, and show circuit team that has captured the hearts of millions of motorsports fans over a thirteen year time span.[4]
A large sponsor of Chris's is World Electronics, his family business, which builds high-tech circuit boards for companies such as Lucent and other cutting-edge communications companies. Since Chris Rado's father bought it in 1984, it boomed from a five-person company in the basement of a house to become a 125-employee powerhouse. The first product released was a hit in the import-racing world. The company's Total Boost Controller (TBC-1), is a proportional controller that allows the user to control boost over time, over gear, and over rpm. It is adjustable from 0-100 psi with accuracy claimed to be within .10-psi and comes with a built-in ignition retard. A super-high-contrast LCD screen makes entering input a snap even under harsh daylight conditions and it's shielded from RFI and EFI interference. [5] Rado's current Chief Mechanic is Gary Kubo, the husband of import drag racer Lisa Kubo[6]
[edit] Achievements
2008
• Broke his record from the previous year at Willow Springs International Motorsports Park. He currently holds the title of the fasted lap in the FWD Unlimited Class with a time of 1:27.30
2007
• Set a new lap record for FWD with a 1:29.34 and took first place at Willow Springs.
< • Chris went his fastest in a FWD car 7.34 seconds in the 1/4 mile
2006
• Pepsi spokesperson for Car Culture & Street Motion Tour
• Factory Scion tC Drag Program spokesperson
• Raced in the NDRA & NHRA Drag Series
• Large presence with race and project vehicles at major car shows including: DUB, Hot Import Nights, Hot Import Days & the Super Street Tour
2005
• Debut of the most radical FWD Drag Race Car in the World
• Chris also revved up the MTV Special: Life in the Fast Lane- documenting the wild lifestyle and heavy foot of Pro Drag Racer Chris Rado. The show has resulted in some of the highest ratings on MTV and MTV2, introducing the sport compact era to mainstream TV
2004
• 4 event Wins
• 2 event Runner Ups
• #1 Qualifier in 8 straight events
• NHRA points Championship Runner-Up in Pro FWD
• NDRA points Championship Runner-Up in Pro FWD
• NDRA National ET & MPH record holder
2003
• First NHRA Sports Compact Toyota factory-team driver
• Toyota development and transition year in NHRA
• 4 event Wins
2002
• "Quickest & Fastest Pro FWD unibody vehicle in the World"
• First PRO FWD into the "8s" (8.91 @ 159.8 MPH)
• Held the World Speed Record (8.94 @ 161.8 MPH)
• NIRA Points Championship Runner-Up in Pro FWD
• 6 event wins
2001
• "Quickest and Fastest Pro FWD uni-body"
• 8 event wins
• World Record Speed for uni-body Pro FWD (9.25 sec. / 159 MPH)
• NHRA Points Championship runner-up in Pro FWD
2000
1999
• 10 event wins
• Super Street "Rookie of the Year"
• First NHRA import winner
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