C&R Racing, Inc. / PWR

Established in December 1988, C&R Racing, Inc. quickly became a leading manufacturer of cooling systems and drive train components to the motorsports industry, evolving into a solutions provider across multiple industries platforms.

In March of 2015, the PWR Group, based in Queensland, Australia, bought C&R Racing. PWR is a global leader of cooling for upper end professional racing and has quickly become a primary core manufacturer for C&R.

Collectively C&R and PWR are the world leaders for motorsport cooling solutions, creating the largest, most comprehensive motorsport cooling company in the world. They dominate F1, WEC, WRC, DTM, Indy Car, NASCAR, LMP, Tudor Series, Off Road, and short track racing in America. C&R will continue to be the engineering and prototype manufacturing company, continuing its creative diversity in racing.

The PWR Group utilizes an integrated product development process merging initial product concept, design and processes with manufacturing and support. Our team approach includes members from all disciplines who influence products throughout development and production. Implementing customer projects within structured methodology of detailed procedures and guidelines. Our focus is to develop a close relationship with you to deliver innovative design and lean manufacturing solutions.

The PWR Group is a full service ISO 9001:2008 certified fabrication and machine shop that supports numerous and diverse industries worldwide. We have extensive experience in close tolerance machining, custom fabrication and precision welding for the automotive, defense, commercial, and other advanced technology industries.

Our US facility, C&R Racing, Inc., employs over 60 people (of the PWR Group’s 160+ employees) of the following disciplines: mechanical engineers, AWS & TACOM certified welders, class A machinists/CNC programmers, project managers, inspectors, quality engineers and support staff. We utilize an integrated product development process merging initial product concept, design and processes with manufacturing and support.

Our team approach includes members from all disciplines who influence products throughout development and production. We implement projects with a structured methodology of detailed procedures and guidelines. Our focus is to develop a close relationship with our customers to deliver innovative design with lean manufacturing  solutions.

C&R employs an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer to direct our quality control process. We are also ITAR compliant. CAGE CODE: 5C968, DUNS: 316702574

Our state of the art manufacturing facility in Australia includes a controlled atmosphere brazing furnace, CNC machine shop, R&D and design department, large fabrication capabilities, and an in-house wind tunnel which allows PWR to be the market leader in cooling research and development with focus on competition cooling solutions.

Every aspect of the manufacturing process is controlled completely within the facility, which enables the PWR Group to offer its global customers quick turn around and the unique opportunity to customize its products to suit their specific vehicle needs. PWR can assist individual race teams or vehicle manufacturers in the design process and selection of the most suitable core design to enhance the desired characteristics by referencing variable configuration data obtained from in-house testing.

The extensive R&D program is not limited to in-house testing. PWR also has a comprehensive on track program with some of the worlds leading race teams, which helps validate their internal research and drives continual improvement of its products for the benefit of its technical partners, its customers. Performance and reliability is critical to the success of a race team at the highest level.

With PWR offices in the UK and USA the PWR brand is now recognized globally as a designer, manufacturer and supplier of technically advanced high performance cooling solutions.