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April 08 - EBC Brakes wins in Targa Rally Prologue
Congratulations to Matt and Casey Close for a fantastic session in the tarmac pre-stages of the 2008 Targa Rally in their Porsche 911. Matt used EBC formula 1793 Yellowstuff and completed 6 hours of racing with just one set of brakepads. Click here to watch an in car video of this gruelling event on brakes courtesy of Wheels Online Magazine.

April 08 - EBC Brakes now OE to Morgan Cars
EBC Brakes has been chosen as the OE supplier of brake pads to Morgan cars. Supplies of the latest version Greenstuff for street and Redstuff as a sport upgrade version have been supplied to the last remaining British Car builder through AP Caparo, the brake system builders.

April 08 - EBC Brakes now supplies London Taxi

EBC Brakes will now supply all OES service parts for London Taxi TX1 and TX2 through system builders AP Caparo for London Taxi aftermarket. The popular Black London taxis have been a landmark of the British Capital for many years and are a regarded as a tough test of low noise and highest durability in brakes. EBC Carbon series pads have proved the winner in the evaluation. EBC will shortly commence supplies of OEM product for the new build on London's TX4 model black cabs.
April 08 - Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit endorses EBC Brakes
After extensive race testing, a deal has been reached to equip all of the Silverstone race school cars with EBC Yellowstuff brake pads. Commenting on performance, Robin Baxter (MIMI) workshop supervisor for the Silverstone Experience says "Our previous pad suppliers product lasted only 800 miles and required new discs every second set of pads. With the EBC Yellowstuff at 1600 miles, the pads are only half worn and the discs are like new." Adopting EBC Yellowstuff has reduced costs and improved driver safety. Click here for more information about Silverstone Trackday Experience. Click here
April 07 - Congratulations to Tony Goldsmith
EBC NZ wishes to congratulate Tony Goldsmith on his win in the 2006-7 SS2000 championship. Initially, Tony rang us with brake problems and we specked our new YellowStuff compound for his car. This got Tony”s championship aspirations back on track. “Thanks for your help to get my baby to stop so well and in turn the SS2000 championship 2 years in a row. Looking forward to getting more from the old girl” Tony said.

April 07 - Congratulations to Mal Clark
The winner of the 2006-2007 BMW E30 Challenge. Mal ran his self built E30 BMW 320 with EBC REDSTUFF CERAMIC pads front and rear.” I’m braking at 80 meters at the Pukekohe hairpin every lap with no problems at all”. We understand Mal will be back to defend his title next season and we wish him all the best in this endeavour.

March 07 - EBC Brakes passes Police MET Test
EBC Brakes latest generation Yellowstuff high performance disc pads have been successfully passed after thorough testing performed on two models of police vehicle at Wroughtn Airfield (RAF Wroughton) in the UK. Meeting the heavy demands of high speed police chase vehicles, EBC Brakes are one of the first and only companies in the world to have provided products to pass the tests which includes multiple high speed stops, heat sensitivity, and wear analysis testing.
March 07 - EBC joins up with Bridgestone
It is no small accomplishment for a smaller company such as EBC Brakes to find itself as a preferred partner with the worlds largest tyre company, Bridgestone, but following successful pilot testing a nationwide rollout of EBC Brakes to all 163 of the Bridgestone First Stop fitting centres is underway. The synergies of high quality brake parts with customers who are delighted by tyre quality offered by the Bridgestone brand made this alliance possible. EBC wishes to point out that there is absolutely no financial connection between the two companies, this is merely an exploitation of a common quality base of consumers looking for good tyres and good brakes in one location.
March 07- 4x4 Australia Brake Upgrade Article
The January 2007 issue of 4x4 Australia features a brake upgrade article by Ron Moon. He fits RDA Grooved Rotors and EBC pads to his Patrol and writes about them after 10,000km including drives across the Nullabor to Perth, the Canning Stock Route and the Sturt Highway.
Thanks to 4x4 Australia, the article is availble for download from our web site
Download the PDF Here
March 06 - EBC Brakes approved by BMW E30 Challenge.
EBC Brakes NZ has been appointed “preferred brake stockist” for the exciting newly proposed BMW E30 Challenge.

February 05 - EBC Brakes approved by Lotus cars.
Prestige sports car manufacturer Lotus cars GB have approved EBC Greenstuff brake pads for aftermarket fitment after extensive field tests. During the tests both EBC Greenstuff and EBC Redstuff Ceramic were tested and it was decided that the Greenstuff would be a general use pad with the Redstuff Ceramic as an optional customer upgrade option for race use. Supplies of Greenstuff pads to Lotus have already started.
February 05 - Subaru Challenge chooses EBC Brakes
The British Subaru Chalenge rally series is now officially known as the EBC Brakes Subaru Challenge. The 10 televised events will take place throughout Great Britain during 2005 and most drivers have already elected to use EBC Brakes new Yellowstuff ‘R’ pad formulation which sets the trend intoday’s race arena in Group N saloon cars.
February 05 - EBC Brakes wins top 10 products award
US magazine Undercar Digest has awarded EBC the top ten products award for its greenstuff and redstuff pads in the magazines annual contest. The awards are determined by reader vote on popularity of products promoted in the Undercar Digest magazine.
September 2004 - EBC Wins Australian Safari Using EBC 6000 Series Pads
John Hederics and John Williams driving a Holden Rodeo V8 took first in class and first overall in the gruelling 2004 safari.

Peter Brocks entry (note EBC signage on front spoiler and side sills).
Peter Brock uses EBC Brake Pads Exclusively
Peter Brock uses EBC Brake Pads exclusively on his Targa Monaro to out brake all of his competitors. It is also his pad of choice for his road cars.
RALLY OF TASMANIA
Kent Watts in a BMW 3 series took the win in the Rally of Tasmania by 33sec in the weekend defeating the Porsches of Quin and Richards. This was also the first win for EBC's 'BRAND NEW CERAMIC REDSTUFF' pads. The latest addition to EBC's Sport range is expected to make a significant impact on the Targa and club Motorsport scene in Australia in 2004.
KENNY SMITH MBE- Promoting EBC BRAKES
Veteran NZ champion racing driver Kenny Smith is campaigning his new Stealth Formula Ford this season with the help of EBC BRAKES. ( Re Attachment.) His first outing was at the V8 Supercar meeting at Pukekohe on the 8th and 9th of Nov 2003 where he finished a creditable 6th and 4th. A very good effort for the first time out in a brand new car. Kenny will be running at all of the NZ championship rounds and will only be too happy to give you information re EBC products or sign something for you. We are confident that Kenny will win the championship this year. Stockists are asked to make the most of Kennys visit to your area during the championship. This project can only be good for EBC here in NZ.

SIR JACK BRABHAM VISITS EBC BRAKES November 2003
We were delighted (Stunned in fact) to have had Sir Jack visit us at EBC BRAKES in Auckland. (Re Attachment) He spent an hour with us checking out the product and also having a look at the EBC Beattie sports race car and checking out our memorabilia, and of course signing every piece of Jack Brabham “stuff” we had.

EBC 6000 SERIES TOUGHEST TEST YET!
In what must be EBC Australia's toughest test yet for their 6000 Series 4x4 Brake pad, the Holden Motorsport Rally Team using 3 new 2003 model V6 Rodeos has finished the gruelling 8 day Australian Safari with 2 Class wins and a 2nd, 3rd and 9th overall.
Peter Brock spearheading the teams desert race in the 05 Rodeo in class A1 (lightly modified showroom) finished 1st in class and 2nd overall in the auto class.
The second Rodeo in class AO (showroom stock) driven by Geoff Portman finished 1st in class and 3rd overall.
The third Rodeo driven by Nathan Pretty finished 9th overall and 2nd in class.
The EBC 6000 series pads withstood the 4,600k's in some of Australia's toughest and harshest remote terrain.

HI TECH BRAKE & CLUTCH SERVICES BECOMES EBC NEW ZEALAND DISTRIBUTOR
Managing Director of Hi Tech Brake & Clutch Services, Lyall Zohs, has taken on the distribution of EBC Brakes in New Zealand with his new company EBC Brakes New Zealand Limited. His years of knowledge and experience in the New Zealand market combined with his involvement in New Zealand Motorsport and the international success of EBC Brakes ensures you'll get the best advice and service from EBC New Zealand Limited.
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1999 - EBC Brakes Yellow Stuff wins the 'Best Brakes for Race Spec Cars'

1999 - Freeman Automotive (UK) Limited, trademark holders and manufacturers of EBC Brakes were awarded the 1999 British Autotrade Magazines Innovation Award for the dust free aspect of their Kevlar Brake Pad Range in January 1999 at the London Hilton.

1999 - EBC Brakes Green Stuff wins the 'Best Brakes for Fast Road Cars'