At first a distant roar, everyone’s screams were drowned out by the first of the top rally cars tearing past. One after the next, their headlights were blinding, an eraser smudging out the night.

The new CR or Corrosion Resistant bearings claim to be “the first ever to combine a hardened, corrosion-resistant steel race with ceramic bearings and condition-specific seals.” Kogel founder Ard ...