no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2009 competition cams inc. type private company industry automotive aftermarket founded memphis tennessee usa 1976 founder john mcwhirter ivars smiltniks tom woitesek bob woodard and ronald l. coleman in 1989 headquarters memphis tennessee key people ronald l. coleman ceo & president 1989 present products automotive parts number of employees 100 250 2004 1 divisions automotive motorcycle go kart website www.compcams.com competition cams inc. or comp cams is a specialty performance automotive motorcycle and kart aftermarket parts manufacturer . the company has five us locations including headquarters in memphis tennessee . contents 1 history 2 industry contributions 3 sponsorship 4 references 5 external links history edit although founded in 1976 2 competition cams wasn t incorporated until 1977 when it began by selling valve train products through satellite distribution stores . the company has acquired manufacturers of transmissions electronic fuel injection and nitrous oxide through its holding group comp performance group consisting of 13 companies . 3 in the late 1980s the company contributed to the specialty equipment market association and its annual trade show in the las vegas convention center competition cams was started by john mcwhirter ivars smiltniks tom woitesek and bob woodard . current owners ron coleman and paul brothers were inducted into the sema hall of fame . 4 5 industry contributions edit comp cams created the spintron engine testing system which involves outfitting an engine with high speed sensors and cameras to record data and using an electric motor to drive the engine . the test observes valve spring seat pressure coil dynamics camshaft pushrod flex and lifter movement to identify problems in the engine s performance . 6 a partnership between richard childress racing okuma and comp cams was established to develop the process for grinding a camshaft for a nascar engine with an okuma gc34nh cylindrical grinding machine ; a cnc grinder . 7 comp cams most recent development is the process of ion nitriding for camshafts or pro plasma nitriding . this is a 36 hour process that uses pulsed nitrogen plasma in a vacuum controlled environment to imbed chains of nitrogen ions into the camshaft surface approximately .008 .010 deep significantly hardening the surface . 8 sponsorship edit competition cams does not sponsor a nascar team directly but has access to advertising through a deal with nascar where the comp cams contingency sticker is placed on every nascar race car . 9 contingency is a common form of after the fact sponsorship whereby racers place stickers on their vehicles from companies that post monetary awards to racing teams for winning in exchange for visibility and the right to use images of the driver and their car in promotional literature and advertising . similarly comp cams also posts contingency awards to drag racers and various other classes of auto racing . references edit compcams.com site info . alexa.com . alexa internet inc. retrieved 2008 09 29 . competition cams inc. private company profile . business week . the mcgraw hill companies inc. retrieved 2008 09 29 . comp performance group . retrieved 18 december 2008 . ron coleman 2000 inductee . sema hall of fame . specialty equipment market association . retrieved 2008 09 29 . paul scooter brothers 2005 inductee . sema hall of fame . specialty equipment market association . retrieved 2008 09 29 . steele lance 2007 06 01 . high technology helps comp cams deliver performance . off road business . advanstar communications . archived from the original on september 26 2008 . retrieved 2008 09 29 . lorincz jim 2008 09 01 . nascar is all about teamwork . manufacturing engineer . society of manufacturing engineers . 141 3 . retrieved 2008 09 29 . fisher rob . engine lubricants solving the flat tappet puzzle . circle track . interlink media . p. 3 . retrieved 2008 09 29 . contingency stickers fill front fenders and help with bottom line . espn . 2008 04 11 . retrieved 2008 09 29 . external links edit competition cams company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title competition cams & oldid 738921528 categories auto parts suppliers of the united statesautomotive motorsports and performance companiesmanufacturing companies based in tennesseecompanies based in memphis tennesseemanufacturing companies established in 1976hidden categories orphaned articles from february 2009all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 19 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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