West Race Cars
race car manufacturer based in Adelaide, Australia
West Race Cars is a race car manufacturer based in Adelaide, Australia. It was founded in 2005 by Greg Steer and a small consortium of sports racer enthusiasts. Since 2014 it has become a wholly owned subsidiary of West Motorsport Australia.
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West Race Cars is owned by West Motorsport Australia Ltd. West was founded in 2005 by a small consortium of enthusiasts that included Greg Steer in Portland Oregon. The brand was originally focussed only on SCCA DSR competition. Between 2005 and 2007 the West brand was successfully launched in Australia by Steer under the CAMS category Group 6 SR and a race series was created to support the sports racer concept. West invested heavily in engineering & aerodynamic development to design the revolutionary and stunning looking WX10, to replace the ageing WR1000. In 2007 West ownership transferred from the Consortium to Eric Vassian and the company moved shop to Buford, Georgia. Vassian was instrumental in a deal that saw West contracted to provide the IMSA Lites L2 class with spec racing sports cars.
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