A Brief History of McGee Racing Cams
In 1946, a young engineer by the name of Hedley McGee founded McGee Cams in Sydney, Austrailia.

Hedly McGee, a pioneer in Australian Motorsports, was able to build a career out of something that bagan as a hobby. His reputation as a builder of innovative, winning products fueled the spectacular growth of this new company, McGee Racing Cams. Joined by his sons, Phillip and Christopher, they succeeded in making the McGee name synonymous with speed and winning.

McGee Racing Cams first began to achieve an international reputation when visiting teams from the U.S. and Europe discovered the McGee expertise and took that technologoy back to their respective countries with them. This was the beginning of success for McGee Racing Cams at Indianapolis and several World Championships in Europe.

After many years of successful oval track racing, the McGees decided to tackle the fast growing world of drag racing. Recognizing the short-comings of the existing power plants, the McGees designed anda build their Quad Cam engine. This 500 cubic inch, all-aluminum, 4-valve-per-cylinder, overhead camshaft engine would produce more horsepower and provide greater reliability than other current engines.

The success of this venture promted the McGees to migrate to the United States and establish a plant in southern California to build the Quad Cam engines as well as other famous McGee products.

During their years in Australia, the McGees were able to explore and develop expertise in many different forms of motorsports. Today, when pioneering new technology, they are able to draw from the vast pool of "Down-Under" knowledge and solve any engineering problems.

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The McGee's first venture into drag racing in 1966 was the #97 FJ Holden altered. (Castlereagh)
Eighteen year old Phil McGee guided Johnnie Stewart to three consecutive National Championshiops at Westmead in 1965.
Two-time Winston champ, Gary Beck, drives his McGee Quad Cam Top Fuel dragster into the 4 second zone at Topeka Kansas in October of 1992.
Brian Johnson, Top Fuel Bike racer form the UK, held the World ET record sevaral times during the 1990's. Today his bike is now capable of 234.11 mph and 6.10 sec...You can visit his website at http://www.brianjohnson.co.uk/
In 1995, Dave Grubnic, the Austrailian Top Fuel dragster driver, claimed IHRA's #2 points position while driving his McGee Quad Cam dragster.
In 1996, Justin Covarrubias won 5 consecutive track championships (two at Pomona) in his McGee Racing Cams dragster.
In 1966, "Leadfoot" Len Brock won the Austrailian Midget Grand Prix in Sydney.
This picture, taken in the summer of 1969, is the late Ray Oram who thrilled the crowds with his fearless driving.
Bob Reehl at the Texas Motorplex in October 1990.