By David MacDonald I f you haven’t guessed by now, Razorback Technology is research and development (R&D) driven. Campbell and co- founder Justin Maughan live the four-step R&D Cycle: Synthesize and Theorize; Explore, Hypothesize and Clarify; Design, Develop and Test; Implement, Study Efficacy and Improve. They completed their first cycle in just over five months – from January to June 2015. The result was the Belt Temp Gauge - First Gen. The first units sold almost immediately. The Razorback Technology product line-up now includes a UTV Edition 2.0, a Snow Edition, and the promise of more to come.
“Infrared sensors have never been adapted to UTVs, Snowmo- biles, or even Belt Drives in general,” Campbell explains.
“Once we developed our systems, we took a step back and are now evaluating what other new technology can be applied to motorsports. Unfortunately, the high tech that is available to Electrical Engineers that work at Apple, Micro- soft, Boeing, etc., usually takes years, or even decades, before it trickles down to the auto- motive and motorsports industry. And to compound the problem, there always seems to be a huge disconnect between the engineers who design the product, and the people who actually build or service them. We wanted to change that. We have a unique team of Electrical Engineers and mechanics, so the communication between
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