Lozano Brothers Porting engine powers 24 Hours of Daytona victory
February 3, 2010
Ben and Mike Lozano have just one goal: winning races.
And the owners of Lozano Brothers Porting just west of New Braunfels got their wish over the weekend when the Porsche Cayenne engine they developed powered the No. 9 Action Express Racing team car to a win at the Rolex 24 in Daytona, Florida.
Getting fuel for the mighty Lozano Brothers engine during the 24 Hour of Daytona
“The team was just awesome,” said Ben Lozano, who just returned from Florida.
Drivers Joao Barbosa, Mike Rockenfeller, Terry Borcheller and Ryan Dalziel made history by bringing home the win for the newly formed team in their first entry in the 24-hour Grand-Am series race.
A win at Daytona is often the single highlight in the career of an engine builder, and the Lozano shop has seen three.
Inspired by their late father and longtime racer Harold Lozano, the two brothers from San Antonio have been in the racing business for more than 30 years.
In 2009, they moved their shop from Schertz to New Braunfels.
The Lozanos used to work on NASCAR engines, but most teams now have their own engine shops. Today, Lozano customers include “anyone who is serious about racing,” Lozano said.
“Road racing has always been our focus,” Lozano said.
With six employees working out of a tidy shop on FM 311 just north of Highway 46 near Smithson Valley High School, the Lozano brothers do business “old style,” often cementing partnerships over a handshake and a promise, Lozano said. And they support many racing teams that just don’t have the massive budgets of larger operations.
The engine that drove the recent Daytona win was in development over more than three years of work and testing, Lozano said.
It started with a factory Porsche Cayenne block and cylinders. Working first for the Spirit of Daytona team and later Action Express Racing, the Lozanos’ work paid off with the recent victory.
The Lozanos have had offers to open up shop in Detroit and other big racing hubs, but they’ve always said, “No,” Lozano said. “We wanted to stay local and stay in Texas,” Lozano said. “We like to keep it low key.”
For more information, visit www.lozanobrothersporting. com.
by Charles Agar, The Herald-Zeitung
Photo from http://www.lozanobrothersporting.com/
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