Riley Technologies
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Riley Technologies LLC is a auto racing constructor and team which primarily provides chassis for customers. They were founded by Bob Riley in 2001 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Riley Technology is related to the defunct Riley & Scott.
[edit] Grand Am
In 2001, Bob Riley, formerly of Riley & Scott which was subsequently sold to Reynard Motorsport and son Bill formed Riley Technologies to provide Daytona Prototype chassis for the Rolex Grand-Am series. The Riley chassis has become dominant in terms of both numbers of cars on the grid and results. Rileys have won the last four 24 Hours of Daytona races with different engines, the 2005 race was won by the SunTrust Racing Pontiac-Riley and 2006, 2007, and 2008 victories went to Chip Ganassi Racing Lexus powered Rileys. Riley also developed the Mazda RX-8 chassis that won the GT class in the 2008 race.
[edit] Other racing
A derivative of the Riley Daytona Prototype chassis is also raced in the GT300 class of SuperGT as the Mooncraft Shiden.
In the American Le Mans Series, Riley has been responsible for the development of a GT2-class Chevrolet Corvette that made its debut in 2008.
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