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Founded in 1948 in Essen, Germany, Pagid is one of the oldest OE manufacturers of friction materials in Europe. In 1981 Pagid became part of the Rütgers Automotive group along with Cosid, Frendo and Cobreq. Nowadays this group is itself part of the German based TMD Group making it an element of an international organization with a worldwide influence.
BT Bremsen is Pagid’s high performance and racing division. On the road, BTB supplies high performance friction materials to sports car manufacturers such as Aston Martin, Audi, Ferrari and Porsche. In racing its products are used at all levels from the club-racing competitor up to professional and factory-backed GT, sports car and touring racing teams.
The Pagid brand is probably best known for its activities in endurance racing with Porsche in Europe and in the USA where there is a dedicated operation, BT (Brake Technology of America) based in Cape Coral, Florida.
Pagid’s American reputation is also based on successes with US teams and manufacturers, including a Daytona 24 Hour win with the GM Racing Chevrolet Corvette in 2001. It also boasts numerous ALMS and Grand-Am series wins with the Dyson Racing sports prototype team, a highly successful association with Roush racing in the Trans-Am series in the mid 1990s, and forays into NASCAR racing where its pads are used by a number of competitors in road circuit events.
As a suppliier we are proud to be the first choice in brake pads for many of New Zealands current and future race and rally champions!
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Pagid RS - 2009 Rolex 24 at Daytona
With a record-setting 0.167-second margin of victory, the 2009 Rolex 24 at Daytona was one for the books as Pagid RS race pads won the endurance classic for the tenth time.
Cars equipped with Pagid pads finished 1 to 7 in the Daytona Prototype class and 1, 2, 3 in the GT class. 75% of the whole field used Pagid pads, indeed all but 4 Daytona Prototypes were on Pagid RS race pads.
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