Racetron Intercom History
From Comp Comm To Comzilla

Racetron's Bill Lyon designed the world's first sucessful racing intercom system 'back in the day' as a part of the Performance Technology line of electronics systems for motorsports. The prototype was built for Scoop Vessels. Next came the Nissan factory off-road racing team of Roger Mears, Jack Johnson, Spencer Low and Sherman Balch, followed by Walker Evans' multi-car team. When word got out, demand went through the roof and a deal was made with Comp Comm's Jim Russell to market our intercoms to the general racing community and Racetron would provide all technical services.

Soon, every factory off-road team was using our products; Dodge, Jeep, Ford, Nissan, Toyota and Chevy. When the Score Trophy Truck series began, every entry was using our equipment and, to this day, more Baja 1000 winning Trophy Trucks have used our intercoms than any other. And the demand wasn't just off-road - our system quickly became the unit of choice for 85% of the boats racing POPRA in the West and over 70% of the boats racing APBA in the East. We became direct manufacturer suppliers to Skater, Fountain, Cigarette, Outerlimits, Advantage, and numerous boat riggers throughout the world. Comp Comm did a great job of distribution and service and helped our intercoms become the gold standard of racing intercoms worldwide.

In 2005, Tom Frank, Comp Comm's former Vice President / General Manager, joined Racetron as our Manufacturer's Representative. Tom's been selling our products for years, and we knew that his experience at Comp Comm representing Racetron's products would prove invaluable as we look to the future.

Today, Racetron's innovations continue to lead the industry. The Comzilla model is available both in a panel mount version for prerunners, sand cars, and poker-run boats, and a very rugged surface mount unit that gets it done under the most adverse racing conditions on earth.