Track Night Tech Partner Focus: Braille Battery

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Braille Battery is proud to be the Official Battery Partner of Track Night in America Driven by Tire Rack. Most people don’t think about their battery until it doesn’t work. But with racers, we also know that “weight is the enemy” and you certainly don’t want a battery failure at the wrong time!

In street cars, the only reason to have a big, heavy battery is if it’s going to sit for a long period without using a charger and be started months later. In daily driven cars or weekend/track cars that are maintained properly, you can save a chunk of weight by going with a smaller, lighter battery.

With the best lightweight AGM and proven “race-grade” lithium starting batteries available, all made in the USA, you can make sure you put the best “fuel” into your electrical system. Why shouldn’t you have the same battery power as those used in IMSA, IndyCar, Formula 1 and a large number of OEM factory racecars used around the world? Whether you have a performance street car, track day vehicle or full racecar, Braille has a solution for you!

Braille Battery Lightweight AGM Batteries deliver more cranking power, pound-for-pound, then the competition. They are designed specifically as a starting battery for performance and race applications. These options offer up to double the cranking power of other commonly used small, AGM batteries and are the quickest and easiest way to remove weight!

Braille is the world leader in “OEM and race-grade” lithium batteries which have been used and still run in factory racecars since 2008, so this isn’t something “new” to Braille. Starting with GreenLite lithium line for small displacement street and track cars, our full-size Intensity and Carbon Intensity models with high capacity and power, and our MicroLite Professional racing line for the most power and capacity in the smallest and lightest package, there are options for just about everyone no matter what the vehicle.

With constant engineering and improvement over the years, Braille lithium offers the smallest, lightest, strongest and most reliable lithium starting battery on the planet with a less than 1 percent failure rate! Besides typically being between 5 to 10 pounds, there are many other performance benefits to consider!

Braille Lithium is like “switching from pump gas to race fuel for your electrical system,” delivering a higher, cleaner voltage which improves the performance of every electrical component and has shown to provide:

- Quicker starting (a full volt higher than lead and less voltage drop during cranking)

- Improved engine management and data logging performance (more stable voltage)

- Less horsepower draw from the alternator due to efficient charging (5 times faster than lead)

- Lasts 3-5 times longer (especially under the harshest environments)

- Much more reliable (less than 1 percent failure rate)

- Significant weight savings (up to 1/4 the weight)

- Don’t self-discharge, so if the battery is disconnected (no draw or via power disconnect switch), they can sit for over a year and still have over 13 volts to start the vehicle.

- To get all these benefits in one simple step makes it a very cost-effective upgrade!!

It is due to these reasons that Braille Lithium is currently being used in every IndyCar and new Indy Lights car, every car in the DTM (Audi/BMW/Mercedes), SuperGT (Nissan/Honda/Lexus/Subaru) and Australian V8 Supercar (Volvo, Nissan, Mercedes, Holden, Ford) series, nearly every car in the IMSA TUDOR series (factory Corvettes, Vipers, Ferrari, Porsche, BMW, Ford, Mazda, etc.), Formula 1 championship cars and top teams in NASCAR, drag racing, Pro 2 & 4 off-road trucks, Rally (all Olsbergs cars) and many more.