Forgeline’s drag racing series wheels have been a hit since first launched in 2020, gracing a wide range of late-model muscle and sports cars. The wheels are a forged monoblock carved entirely from a single 6061-T6 aluminum forging. The precision-machined marvels inherit the proven success of forged monoblock technology from Forgeline’s high-level road racing, but tailored for straight-line racing.
One of the custom builders/tuners who has been dedicated to Forgeline’s wheels, and the new drag racing series in particular, is Georgia’s Cicio Performance — a shop known for ultra-high-horsepower exotics.
“Anything that has to do with drag racing, roll racing, or 1/2/-mile and mile racing, we use Forgeline drag wheels,” says Cicio’s CEO, Nathan Cicio. “Anything that’s raced and is a project or a build of any kind, we tell our clients we want them to put this wheel on in order for us to support it.”
“They’re the highest quality wheel there is, when it comes to quality control and fit and finish,” Cicio continues. “I don’t think there’s an equal, in my opinion, and other companies have tried a similar style of wheel and they’ve had subpar welding or fastening, and we’ve literally never had a failure or a problem Forgeline. Their roots are in racing, and it’s just the brand we trust. If they can make a wheel that goes on a road racing vehicle with some type of gnarly racing slick and takes the lateral G-force that something like that is going to throw at a wheel, then they’ve got my vote.”
Cicio’s 2,400 horsepower Audi R8 shop project is perhaps its greatest test of Forgeline’s drag racing wheels. This green beast is equipped with a 1016 Industries aero kit and the Cicio C1400 package, including the Cicio turbo kit by ETS, MoTec engine management, ETS billet intake manifold, Dodson full transmission build, and Dodson Promax clutch. It rides on Toyo Proxes R888R front tires on 18×8.5-inch Forgeline one-piece forged monoblock CF1 Open Lug wheels out front, and Mickey Thompson ET Street S/S rear tires on 18×12-inch Forgeline forged monoblock CF1R Beadlock wheels finished in transparent gold.
This machine has been 7.50’s at 197 mph to the 1/4-mile in full street trim — the car was driven to the track and even stopped at the grocery store on the return trip after clicking off a 7.5-second run. It also holds the Dragy record for the quickest 60-130 mph time for any street car in the world at 2.37 seconds,…
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