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AB Motorsports and its FAB Machining division have partnered with Centroid Corporation's Centroid Performance Racing Division for the addition of a Centroid 5-axis CNC machining center that will operate from the team's central Indiana race shop, team owner and four-time NHRA world champion Antron Brown announced.

Always aspiring to elevate to the next level and expand his operation and its capabilities, Brown has been steadily adding to the AB Motorsports program since its on-track debut in 2022. In its first year, Brown, serving as the owner and driver of the Matco Tools dragster, went on to win three races en route to a second-place finish in the NHRA Mission Foods Series Top Fuel standings. In year two, ABM added its Pit-Side Experience trackside hospitality program that hosts thousands of guests annually at the NHRA Mission Foods Series races and launched the ABM Accelerate development program with Angelle Sampey racing an A/Fuel dragster in NHRA's competitive Top Alcohol dragster category. Last fall, ABM announced the addition of its FAB Machining machine services division, and added a Top Fuel dragster show car program to its portfolio this spring.

"This is something we have been working on for a long time, and we are super excited to announce our partnership with Joseph McCulloch, Centroid co-owner and CEO; John Roe, Centroid co-owner and President; John Cowher, Centroid General Manager and Sales Manager for Performance Racing; and the team at Centroid, and take delivery of the new 5-axis machine to continue to grow FAB Machining," Brown said. "I have to thank Mike Ditzel at Hangsterfer's Metalworking Lubricants for nurturing this connection with Centroid. This truly is an addition that can take ABM to the next level in terms of performance."

Brown added: "Hangsterfer's has been a partner and supporter of mine since the early days, going back to 2012. I have worked with them on the Jr. Dragster side and with different machine shops by giving them high-performance coolant that performs like us on the race track, which is No. 1. Hangsterfer's does the R&D to help us form and build all the race-winning parts that we make at FAB Machining, as well as at DSM Performance Parts, John Force Racing, Alan Johnson Performance Engineering, Point One, who makes our blocks, and numerous other vendors across the country. They make our products better, more efficient and give us better tool life, which enhances the quality of our parts and increases productivity. Because of that, we are able to go out there and perform, not just with winning races but championships."

FAB Machining offers a variety of machining services, including waterjet cutting, MIG and TIG welding, press brake services, CNC milling and lathe work, parts tumbling and metal shear. With the addition of the A560 XL 5-axis machining center, FAB can now repair cylinder heads and blocks, explore cylinder head improvement and produce several race car components that are currently purchased from outside vendors.

"This is a great addition to FAB Machining, and now there is very little we cannot machine and produce with this 5-axis machine," said Mike Anderson, FAB Machining Head Programmer. "Centroid specializes in working with the racing industry, and we are excited to showcase one of its premier CNC centers at our Brownsburg, IN, facility in the heart of NHRA Drag Racing."

The ABM-Centroid relationship stemmed from a B2B partnership with Hangsterfer's Laboratories and is a well-suited collaborator since a significant number of Centroid's client base is involved in motorsports and located near ABM's headquarters outside of Indianapolis, the Racing Capital of the World. All Centroid machines are filled with Hangsterfer's cutting fluid and ship globally with a supply of Hangsterfer's.

"Centroid machines are built for the performance racing industry. This is a relationship that has been developing for a few years from an introduction at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show in Indianapolis each winter. I could not be more thrilled to help introduce Antron and ABM with Centroid," said Mike Ditzel, Hangsterfer's Global Director of Motorsports Performance Products. "I foresee many teams and vendors stopping by ABM's FAB Machining Center for some show-and-tell and to see what these Centroid CNC Centers can offer. This is another successful B2B relationship developed from auto racing and, specifically, NHRA Drag Racing."

Headquartered in Howard, PA, since 1979, Centroid has 46 years of CNC experience designing and manufacturing CNC controls for milling machines, lathes, routers and other application that require a CNC control for OEM machinery, as well as retrofits, regardless of the machine tool manufacturer. In recent years, Centroid developed controls for the DIY retrofit market. In 2005, Centroid released its first 5-axis CNC machining centers specifically for cylinder head porting, engine block work and all types of parts, as well as 4-axis machine tools for engine block and rebuilding parts.

"Race shops and engine rebuilders around the world have discovered the Centroid advantage, which offers complete turn-key packages that reliably produce the most powerful racing-winning engines and cylinder heads, in all racing venues on the market worldwide," said a company spokesperson.

"Centroid Corporation is excited to build on our relationship with ABM and FAB Machining, as we have with Hangsterfer's," said Cowher. "We have been working together for a while, and the time has come to build on this wonderful opportunity that Antron Brown, his team and Hangsterfer's have given us with the addition of the A560XL Port/Block turn-key system. We look forward to helping ABM and FAB Machining's Mike Anderson be the best machine shop it can be. The Centroid A560XL Port/Block Turnkey System and the Centroid team's support will certainly help them be in control of their shop. If you can dream it, you can cut it with a Centroid."

For more information contact:

FAB Machining

1681 E Northfield D.

Brownsburg, IN 46112

317-286-4401

fab@fab-machining.com

Centroid Performance Racing

159 Gates Rd.

Howard, PA 16841

814-353-9256

sales@centroidcnc.com

Hangsterfer's Laboratories Inc.

175 Ogden Rd.

Mantua, NJ 08051

856-468-0216

sales@hangsterfers.com