In 1954, early drag racing innovator Romeo Palimides teamed up with J.O. Ellison, a San Francisco machine shop owner, to design and craft cutting-edge, high strength-to-weight ratio magnesium racing wheels for his dragster. Eventually they met up with forward-thinking Tom Griffith, an engineer that was ahead of his time, and the heart and soul of American Racing Equipment was born.
With the same passion that started in that small machine shop in San Francisco fifty years ago, American Racing’s commitment to genuine, authentic hot rod wheels continues. With this commitment in mind, American’s Torq Thrust II and Hopster wheels were custom-designed to feature period correctness, functional backspacing requirements with custom sizes and modern engineering standards.
The company distributes more than 1.5 million wheels annually through state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, company-owned, satellite-connected warehouses, an independent distributor system in the United States and through international distributors in over twenty-two countries on four continents. AR is the Official Wheel of California Speedway, Don Schumacher Racing, and Universal Studios’ The Fast & the Furious.
Sizes available: 20x8.5 20x9.5 24x10
Bolt Pattern: 5,6 Lug/Range 4.5-135mm
Finish: Chrome Black
Offset(mm): +18 to +30mm
Sizes available: 20x8.5 22x9.5
Bolt Pattern: 5,6 Lug/Range 5-135mm
Finish: Chrome
Offset(mm): +18 to +30mm
Sizes available: 18x9.5 20x8.5 20x9.5
Bolt Pattern: 6 Lug/Range 4.5-5.5mm
Finish: Chrome
Offset(mm): +19 to +25mm
Sizes available: 15x7 15x8.5
Bolt Pattern: 5 Lug/Range 4.5-5mm
Finish: Machined
Offset(mm): 0 to +6mm
Sizes available: 15x4 15x6 15x7 15x8 15x10 15x12 15x14 16x5.5 16x7 16x8 16x9.5 17x7 17x8 17x9.5 17x11
Finish: Polished
Sizes available: 15x7 17x7
Bolt Pattern: 4,5 Lug/Range 4.5-120mm
Finish: with Teflon
Offset(mm): +42mm
Sizes available: 15X6 15X7 15X8 15X10 15X12 15X14 17X8 17X9.5
Finish: Polished
Sizes available: 14x6 14x7 15x4 15x6 15x7 15x8 15x10 15x12 15x14 17x7
Bolt Pattern: 4,5 Lug/Range 4.5-120mm
Finish: Polished Machined Painted
Offset(mm): +42mm
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Sizes available: 14x6 14x7 15x5 15x6 15x7 15x8
Bolt Pattern: 5,6 Lug/Range 4.5-130mm
Finish: Chrome
Offset(mm): -13 to +6mm
Sizes available: 15x5 15x7 15x8 15x10
Bolt Pattern: 5 Lug/Range 4.5-5.5mm
Finish: Polished
Offset(mm): -38 to +11.4mm
