Fox Racing
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| Private | |
| Industry | Sporting goods |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Headquarters | Irvine, California |
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Key people
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Geoff Fox, Founder and CEO Peter Fox, President |
| Products | Off-road suspension, Motocross gear, Clothing, Footwear, Eyewear, Bags, Stickers |
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Number of employees
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301 |
| Parent | Altamont Capital Partners |
| Website | http://www.foxhead.com/ |
Fox Head, Inc. (Fox Racing) is an American extreme sports, primarily , lifestyle clothing brand founded in 1974. Fox is a privately held company run by the founder and his son, Geoff and Peter Fox, and is owned by private equity company Altamont Capital Partners. The sportswear Fox designs, develops, and distributes is sold worldwide.
The early history of Fox Racing and Fox Racing Shox were intertwined. Fox Racing Shox is a brand of offroad racing suspension components founded by Geoff Fox's brother, Bob Fox. Fox Racing Shox was originally under the corporate umbrella of Moto-X Fox. But in 1978 Bob's division split out as a separate company called Fox Factory Inc.
Fox Head, Inc. headquarters are in Irvine, California, with additional offices in Barcelona, Spain and Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Fox built its business by developing clothing for . Through sponsoring and working closely with riders such as Ricky Carmichael, James Stewart, Damon Bradshaw, Rick Johnson, Mark Barnett, , Jeremy McGrath and Steve Lamson, the company has researched and developed race clothing that provides riders with protection, performance and freedom of movement. They also used to make and develop racing engines for Yamaha.
Fox Racing first opened for business in February 1974, when Geoff Fox, a Ph.D. who taught physics at the Santa Clara University, launched Moto-X Fox, a distribution business for European motocross parts and accessories in a 1,500-square-foot (140 m2) building in Campbell, California. Within two years, Moto-X Fox was manufacturing suspension and engine components for racers looking for an on-track advantage. In the spring of 1977, Geoff was determined to show the American motocross public that his products were superior to those of the competition. He created his own privately owned professional motocross team, Team Moto-X Fox. Going up against the Japanese factory teams, Team Moto-X Fox riders became the top non-factory riders in the series, finishing fifth, sixth and seventh in the highly competitive series.
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