Gordon Schroeder had been involved with racing since 1938 when he worked as a pit-crew member on an Indy Car. He worked for teams that built complete cars for Indianapolis. In 1946 the car he owned and set up qualified for the front row at Indianapolis with Sam Hanks at the wheel. In 1951 he built two very innovative cars for Indy than ran very well in the race. From that experience he built a machine shop that built high quality specialty racing equipment. The Schroeder worm and gear steering that Gordon developed in the early 50's is just one of the products made popular by the racers themselves. He also developed the first quick release steering hub approved by NASCAR. The steering assemblies are still manufactured by Gordon's older son Gary to the same exacting standard Gordon required 50 years ago.
Schroeder Torsion Bars began in 1980 to manufacture torsion bars for the 3/4 Midget Gary Schroeder raced to 3 championships. Soon the product line expanded to include Midgets and Sprint Cars. After building torsion bars for Jeff Gordon's successful open wheel cars, Schroeder Torsion Bars began manufacturing sway bars for the Busch and Winston Cup cars Jeff drove. Jeff Gordon's success while driving cars equipped with Schroeder Torsion Bars is well documented. Now almost all successful NASCAR teams use Schroeder Torsion Bars. Schroeder has supplied all the NASCAR Champions for the last 10 years. Schroeder developed the first 1-1/2" Spline Bars, as well as 1-3/4" and 2' spline bars. Schroeder was the first to use 4130 alloy sway bar arms to effectively transfer the increased spring rates of the larger sway bars. Schroeder also employed computer design to modify the sway bar arm profile to accommodate different chassis.

Schroeder Torsion Bars also manufactures special bars for sports car applications for Honda, Jaguar, and alfa Romeo.

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