Kraco Enterprises

Company type	Private
Industry	Automobile
Founded	1954
Founder	Maurice H. Kraines
Headquarters	505 E. Euclid Avenue,Compton, CA 90224, USA
Products	Automotive Aftermarket
Revenue	200 million USD
Number of employees	250
Parent	Sun Capital Partners
Website	Kraco.com

Kraco Enterprises,LLC, is an American private company. It primarily manufactures fabricated rubber products for a wide variety of purposes and applications. While they mainly produce floormats, they have also been a supplier for the automotive industry producing tire walls and even audio equipment including car speakers, stereos, andCB radios. Kraco was founded in 1954 inCompton, California.^[1] Their first product was "Snap-on" white walls to create temporary white-walledtires. They moved into making rubber,vinyl and soon thereafter, carpetfloormats as the business expanded.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Kraco sponsoredIndy Car racing with driversMichael Andretti,Bobby Rahal andAl Unser Jr., winning theIndianapolis 500 in 1992.

Sun Capital Partners, an Americaninvestment firm, acquired Kraco in August 2008.^[2] In 2010, Kraco Enterprises purchased Auto Expressions, a provider of automobile accessories,^[3] which resulted in Kraco tripling its revenue.^[4]

In the U.K., Kraco products are distributed by its subsidiary Kraco Car Care International Limited^[5] (Shell Car Care International Limited until October 1, 2010),^[6] which also inherited the distribution of Rain-X products in the U.K.^[7]

On October 21, 2015, Kraco Enterprises has acquired Who-Rae, a manufacturer and distributor of automotive aftermarket accessories.^[8]

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Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pts Pos	Pos
1981					PHX	MIL	ATL		MCH	RIV	MIL	MCH	WGL	MXC	PHX
	Penske PC-7/79	CosworthDFX	Larry Cannon	99		15	11	20	12													30th	10
			Dick Ferguson							18		6		10	7							24th	20
1982					PHX	ATL	MIL	CLE	MCH	MIL	POC	RIV	ROA	MCH	PHX
	Penske PC-9B/81	CosworthDFX	Bill Vukovich Jr.	18			11															41st	2
			Dick Ferguson		17	DNS																47th	1
	March 82C		Mike Mosley						8	7	16			7	12							19th	37
			Vern Schuppan	99				7														30th	18
	Penske PC-9B/81											27	24
1983					ATL	INDY	MIL	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	RIV	MDO	MCH	CPL	LAG	PHX
	March 83C	CosworthDFX	Mike Mosley	18	13	13	5	4	17	25	4	24	DNQ	11			24					14th	36
			Geoff Brabham												20	16						21st	13
				99								18		12
			Michael Andretti(R)												19	24	9					27th	4
1984					LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	PHX	LAG	CPL
	March 84C	CosworthDFX	Geoff Brabham	18	2	16	33	17	2	3	8	9	5	14	21	15	11	16	5	5		8th	87
			Michael Andretti	99	10	3	5	4	12	13	3	20	16	23	16	3	7	3	3	24		7th	102
1985					LBH	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	LAG	PHX	MIA
	March 85C	CosworthDFX	Kevin Cogan	18	23	11	16	5	7	9	7	25	17	21	9	4	17	22	24			14th	44
			Michael Andretti	99	19	8	19	28	4	7	27	2	13	14	19	25	9	5	25			9th	53
1986					PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MCH	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	ROA	LAG	PHX	MIA
	March 86C	CosworthDFX	Michael Andretti	18	15*	1*	6	1*	2*	20	2	19	11	11*	10	6	2*	2*	3	1*	18	2nd	171
1987					LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MCH	POC	ROA	MDO	NAZ	LAG	MIA
	March 87C	CosworthDFX	Michael Andretti	18	4	4	29	1	2	5	6	5	1*	8	16	13	1*	22	1*			2nd	158
1988					PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	MEA	MCH	POC	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG	MIA
	March 88C	CosworthDFX	Michael Andretti	18	3	7	4	7	11	14	3	6										6th	119
	Lola T88/00												3	25	26	5	2	2	17
1989					PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	POC	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG
	Lola T89/00	CosworthDFS	Bobby Rahal	18	18	4	26	13	18	2	3	1	19	9	6	22	28	7	6			9th	88
Galles-Kraco Racing
1990					PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG
	Lola T90/00	Chevrolet265AV8t	Al Unser Jr.	5	3	1*	4	1	27	3	15*	11	1*	1	1*	1*	3	4	16	2		1st	210
			Bobby Rahal	18	2	12	2	4	2	11	2	25	22	2	3	8	6	7	3	5		4th	153
1991					SFR	LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG
	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet265AV8t	Al Unser Jr.	1	16*	1*	6	4	19	4	4	4	2	23	3	1*	3	5	2	4	2	3rd	197
			Bobby Rahal	18	2	2	2	19	4	2	3	3	1*	3	11	20	2	3	4	2	24	2nd	200
1992					SFR	PHX	LBH	INDY	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR	MCH	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG
	Galmer G92	Chevrolet265AV8t	Al Unser Jr.	3	4	5	4*	1	9	3	7	8	7	4	3	2	2	3	11	9		3rd	169
			Danny Sullivan	18	5	12	1	5	5	12	12	9	3	8	20	7	7	8	17	7		7th	99

#	Season	Date	Sanction	Track / Race	No.	Winning driver	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Grid	Laps Led
1	1986	April 13	CART	Grand Prix of Long Beach(S)	18	Michael Andretti	March 86C	CosworthDFXV8t	Goodyear	7	47
2		June 8	CART	Milwaukee Mile(O)	18	Michael Andretti (2)	March 86C	Cosworth DFX V8t	Goodyear	Pole	110
3		August 29	CART	Phoenix International Raceway(O)	18	Michael Andretti (3)	March 86C	Cosworth DFX V8t	Goodyear	4	166
4	1987	May 31	CART	Milwaukee Mile(O)	18	Michael Andretti (4)	March 87C	Cosworth DFX V8t	Goodyear	4	52
5		August 2	CART	Michigan 500(O)	18	Michael Andretti (5)	March 87C	Cosworth DFX V8t	Goodyear	Pole	129
6		September 20	CART	Nazareth Speedway(O)	18	Michael Andretti (6)	March 87C	Cosworth DFX V8t	Goodyear	Pole	150
7		November 1	CART	Tamiami Park, Miami(S)	18	Michael Andretti (7)	March 87C	Cosworth DFX V8t	Goodyear	2	88
NC	1988	November 5	CART	Tamiami Park, Miami(S)	18	Michael Andretti	Lola T88/00	Cosworth DFX V8t	Goodyear	6	19
8	1989	July 16	CART	Meadowlands Street Circuit(S)	18	Bobby Rahal	Lola T89/00	CosworthDFS V8t	Goodyear	6	61

• Note: this does not include wins achieved in1990,1991 and1992 asGalles-Kraco Racing.

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