ABOUT US
LANTERNMARK, provides automotive research and development, data acquisition, testing, vehicle dynamics, and design engineering services. We specialize in the design of high mobility off-road performance vehicles as well as military application vehicles with exclusive high mobility all-wheel-drive, under the leadership of President Bryan J. Kudela.
OUR HISTORY
LIGHT RACING INC. was first incorporated in April 1985 by Bryan J. Kudela. In December 2003, Light Racing, Inc was acquired by Specialty Products Company of Colorado, one of the largest suppliers of suspension alignment related parts. With the high mobility expertise of Light Racing, a new product line was introduced to the Specialty Product Family, which included the patented new JounceShock™. They continued a successful partnership with Bryan acting as Vice President of the Light Racing Group of Specialty Products Company for eight years.
In 2011, Bryan parted company amicably with Specialty Products and started a new business under the name LANTERNMARK. Using the same facility developed by himself and his crew in the foothills of Cathey’s Valley, CA just below Yosemite National Park; LANTERNMARK provides a unique and inspiring working environment for prototype vehicle engineering, prototype vehicle builds, and other related services.
For the last forty years, Bryan has been designing and developing specialized off-road vehicles for General Motors Motorsports Group, GM Truck Engineering and GM Military Truck Group, Toyota, among others. In the last years with Specialty Products, the Light Racing Group worked for TAC-V on the design and development of their JAMMA family of high mobility military vehicles. LANTERNMARK continues to specialize in the design of advanced 4WD and AWD off-road performance vehicles as well as military application vehicles with specialized high mobility all-wheel-drive.
In recent years, LANTERNMARK has provided prototype design and build services to both Marine Corps and Army programs which required building seventeen differently configured prototype concept vehicles for Nevada Automotive Test Center. Bryan is currently consulting as an Off-Road Specialist for GM.
Check out our President Bryan J. Kudela from the drafting table (3 seconds) to the track for a little off-road testing (45 seconds.) Video courtesy of Chevrolet Performance.
““My truck designs have never used a follow-the-leader approach. In regard to the Chevy Colorado ZR2 and the advanced Multimatic spool valve technology - I felt strongly that if we used the same off-road shocks that everybody else used, how then could we be better?”
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Highlights From the Track
Running Faster, Lighter, and Smarter since 1981
- 1981- SCORE/Riverside Off-Road World Championship (Class 7)
- 1983 - SCORE/ Riverside Off-Road World Championship (Class 7)
- 1983 - Mickey Thompson Off-Road Championship Gran Prix Manufacturers Cup
- 1984 - SCORE/ Riverside Off-Road World Championship (Class 7)
- 1984 - Mickey Thompson Off-Road Championship Gran Prix Manufacturers Cup
- 1987 - SCORE/ Riverside Off-Road World Championship (Class 7)
- 1988 - HDRA/SCORE Desert Championship (Class 7)
- 1990 - Piles Peak Hill Climb Overall Truck Record
- 1991 - Pikes Peak Hill Climb Overall Truck Record
- 1992 - SCORE Desert Championship (Class 4)
- 1992 - HDRA Desert Championship (Class 4)
- 1992 - Pikes Peak Hill Climb Overall Truck Record
- 1993 - SCORE/HDRA Desert Championship (Class 7)
- 1994 - SCORE Desert Championship (Class 7)
- 1995 - SCORE Desert Championship (Class 7)
- 1996 - SCORE Desert Championship (Class 7)
- 1997 - SCORE Desert Championship (Class 7)
- 1998 - SCORE Desert Championship (Class 7)
- 1999 - SCORE Desert Championship (Class 7)
- 2000 - SCORE Desert Championship (Class 7)
- 2000 - BITD Nevada 2000 First Place (Class 7)
- 2000 - SCORE Baja 2000 First Place (Class 7)
- 2004 - SCORE Trophy Truck Championship
- 2008 - BITD First Overall Vegas to Reno
Patents & Awards
Development Partners for the new 65° CORNAY™ CV JOINT
Design Partners for the patented Malibu Grand Prix Racing Barrier System
"Best New Off-Road / 4WD Product" award at the 1990 SEMA Show
"Best Engineered New Product" award at the 1982 SEMA Show
