Claudio Burtin

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Claudio Burtin
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NationalityArgentinian
American
Born (1962-09-17) September 17, 1962 (age 61)
Trans-Am Series career
Debut season 1993
Current teamBurtin Racing
Best finish3rd in 2016

Claudio Burtin (born 17 September 1962 in Rosario, Argentina) is an American entrepreneur, chemist, and race car driver. He is the founder of LINE-X truck bed liners and is credited with the original formulations trademarking LINE-X. Claudio was born in Argentina and moved to the US in the summer of 1963. He attended Our Lady of the Valley Catholic elementary school located in the Los Angeles school district in southern California. He began working for his father at Chemetics Systems Inc. in Compton, CA at the age of fifteen while attending Servite High School in Anaheim. He apprenticed polyurethane chemistry from his father Carlos Burtin, a licensed chemist.

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Carlos Burtin, emigrated to the United States together with his wife Ana Maria, older brother J.B. and Claudio. Ana Maria, J.B. and Claudio joined his father to found the Burtin Corporation in 1982 in Santa Ana, California. [1] The company developed and refined various types of polyurethanes. In 1994, Claudio Burtin became the president of Line-X, one of Burtin Corporation's divisions, where he was also the divisions Chief Technical Officer until 2005.

In an early part of his career, Burtin was selected as a specialist to design and write the insulation specification requirements for the Trident 3 series of Nuclear Missiles. Burtin later developed LINE-X protective coatings and PAXCON. The first LINE-X truck was sprayed by Claudio Burtin in 1987.

PAXCON is one of the first "blast mitigation" products tested and approved by the U.S. Military for use on military installations. PAXCON was used to coat U.S. Government facilities including the Pentagon, post 9/11 attacks.[ citation needed ] Burtin's has registered three patents. [2] After the sale of LINE-X to Graham Partners, Burtin founded Burtin Polymer Laboratories. [3]

In addition to developing products, Claudio Burtin also launched FOAMETIX, a light density polyurethane foam that is designed for insulation use. Burtin has developed and trademarked an array of other polyurethane products and applications available on the market in both residential and commercial uses today. [4]

Motorsports

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Porsche 997 GT3

Claudio Burtin is a team owner and driver of Burtin Racing with deep roots motorsports that started at a young age. Founded by Claudio, Burtin Racing is based in Adairsville, Georgia and is focused primarily on road racing in North America. Claudio has competed multiple road races, including a Porsche 997 GT3 in North American endurance racing events and the Trans Am Championship Series.

As team principal and racing driver, Claudio Burtin has been involved in sports car competition since 1982. In 1998, Burtin was the SCCA South East GT Champion. Burtin has also driven for the Woodhouse Racing Viper team in the SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge GT. Burtin's most recent win was in the 2020 Hoosier SCCA Super Tour GT1 Class in Sebring, FL where he was driving one of his Burtin Racing Camaros.

He made his debut in the Trans-Am Series at the Grand Prix of Long Beach. The Ford Mustang, entered by Mirage Motorsports, suffered gearbox problems and failed to finish. He ran another two races in the season. For 1994 Burtin only ran the Trans-Am race supporting the Grand Prix of Miami. Burtin continued to make sporadic Trans-Am appearances throughout the decade. In 2000 Burtin took a career-best fourth place in the streets of Long Beach. He repeated this feat the following year. For the 2002 Trans-Am season Burtin switched from a Ford Mustang to a Panoz Esperante. The racing driver returned to the Ford the following season.

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Claudio Burtin

Burtin Racing was sponsored by LINE-X Protective Coatings until 2005. Afterwards, Burtin joined the growing SCCA World Challenge for 2006 in a Chevrolet Corvette C6. From 2006 Burtin Racing has been sponsored by FOAMETIX throughout its racing brand.

In conjunction with Goldcrest Motorsports, Burtin Racing has competed in seven consecutive Daytona 24-Hour events. In 2008 Burtin started his season in the 24 Hours of Daytona with The Racer's Group. In 2010, with Alex Job Racing, Burtin finished nineteenth overall. Each of the 24 Hours of Daytona races Burtin teamed up with Martin Ragginger. Ragginger supported the team with engineering, data analysis and driver coaching. [5]

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GoShare Corvette C7.R

In 2015, the Burtin Racing/Bullet Liner team competed in the SCCA TA Trans Am Championship Series with a newly developed Chevrolet Corvette CR.7. Burtin has recently partnered with GoShare, an on-demand local delivery service, for the remainder of the 2016 season.

At the end of the 2020 season, Burtin Racing acquired a 73k square foot facility.

Motorsports Results

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
1998 Mid-Ohio Ford Mustang Ford GT1DSQ7Disqualified

American Open-Wheel Racing Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

USAC FF2000 Championship Results

YearEntrant123456789PosPoints
1990 WSR1 MMR WSR2 CAJ WSR3 SON1
11		 FIR SON2
7		 PIR ??????
1991 TOP1 SON
15		 MMR1 TOP2 LS1
8		 MMR2 WSR
14		 LS3 LS3 ??????

Driver History with Burtin Racing

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References

  1. ↑ "Claudio Burtin, CEO". Burtin Polymer Laboratories. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Claudio Burtin". IFI CLAIMS Patent Services. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "ABOUT LINE-X". LINE-X. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  4. ↑ US 7093875,Burtin, Claudio,"Combination truck bed liner",published 2006-08-22
  5. ↑ "All Results of Claudio Burtin". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
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