BRG Racing started back in 1988 as the result of a conversation about wheels in the garage of Larry Resnick (an ex-engineer at the Lawrence Livermore Labs and currently the Technical Steward for BMW CCA Racing). Larry was an avid racer and was explaining how a lighter wheel on a car or motorcycle would allow the vehicle to go through a corner much faster with less power. Larry did an outline design of a wheel with an aluminum billet center and a spun outer. I thought this was a great idea. I said, "let's do it" and thus BRG was formed.

We started by purchasing a lathe and a small CNC mill, using these two tools we built a spinning lathe. We eventually produced our first race car wheel. We put the wheels on Larry's race car (an ADF Formula Ford) and things worked out great.

The car was able to change direction faster and also accelerated faster than the competition. A year later we had produced a set for a motorcycle. We had a few initial problems, the main problem being that of the two spun wheel halves holding air. We tried many kinds of sealants to solve the problem but came up flat (literally). Eventually we tried an aerospace sealant which solved our problem by standing up to the demands of the racing.

Our wheels were tested and proven, I did the testing myself and the proving unfortunately. At Sears Point one afternoon I entered turn 11 at around 140 mph and my brakes failed. The bike hit the wall head on at about 100 mph. As a result I broke my neck and was air lifted to the hospital in critical condition. The front forks of the bike were snapped in two and the frame was bent. The outer spun parts of the wheel were bent but the billet center was just fine with the same 0.005 runout it had when it was manufactured.

After the accident I wanted to stay involved in the sport. To do that I have continued developing parts and machining techniques to make high performance motorcycle and car components.