The Callaway C7R is a racing car from Callaway Cars. Racing has always been part of the company’s work: Callaway Competition is one of the four core Callaway companies, and Callaway has managed full racing engine programmes for other makers.
Callaway C7R at a glance
| Maker | Callaway Cars, Old Lyme, Connecticut |
|---|---|
| Type | competition car |
| Racing arm | Callaway Competition |
| Group companies | Callaway Cars, Callaway Engineering, Callaway Carbon, Callaway Competition |
| European facilities | Leingarten, Germany |
| West Coast facilities | Temecula, California |
| Racing engineering | engine programme for the Aston Martin AMR1 Group C racer |
| Company founded | 1977 |
The English Wikipedia article on Callaway Cars describes the competition company and the racing engine programmes but gives no figures for the C7R; this page is based on that one source.
History of the Callaway C7R
Learned in racing
Callaway came to racing engineering early. Between 1980 and 1981 the company built the HH IndyCar engine from semi-scratch in an eleven-month programme, with cylinder heads designed by Hans Hermann, to show that it could run a complex high-performance engine project. Callaway was later commissioned by Aston Martin to design new cylinder heads for the Virage 5.3-litre V8, which led to it managing the engine programme for the AMR1 Group C racer.
A competition company in the group
Callaway Cars is one of four core Callaway companies, together with Callaway Engineering, Callaway Carbon and Callaway Competition. The group’s European facilities are in Leingarten, Germany, alongside headquarters in Old Lyme, Connecticut, and West Coast facilities in Temecula, California, and the C7R belongs to that competition side of the business.
Design and features
- Works racing operation: Callaway Competition is a company of the group, not an outside team.
- Engine expertise: Callaway built the HH IndyCar V8 and ran the Aston Martin AMR1 engine programme.
- European base: facilities in Leingarten, Germany.
- Numbered projects: Callaway names its work in a C-numbered series.
Callaway C7R versions
- C7R: the competition car.
- HH IndyCar engine (C2): the company’s 1980–1981 racing engine.
- Aston Martin AMR1: the Group C racer whose engine programme Callaway managed.
The road cars of the marque are the Callaway Corvette and the Callaway Camaro, and the C16 is another project in the series. More cars are in the Callaway collection.
Sources
- Callaway Cars, English Wikipedia: competition arm, racing engine programmes, facilities
- Callaway Cars, German Wikipedia: company history
