IHRA Sportsman racers - Letter from Skooter Peaco

[Jason Oldfield]

To All IHRA Sportsman Racers:

As we head into the new year, we wanted to make sure that everyone has seen or heard of the major change we have made to help sportsman racers compete for a world championship in 2009.

I know many of you have read about the new "Tournament Of Champions" program by now, but there are a still a bunch of racers who have not. I wanted to pass along this link to the details of the program for those who have not seen what change is in store for 2009. http://www.ihra.com/article/3619.html We are very excited about the possibility of opening up a national program to so many that have not been able to participate in the past.

Additionally, the rules updates for 2009 have been announced and can be found here
http://www.ihra.com/article/3741.html along with the special class schedule http://www.ihra.com/article/3666.html.

Last but not least, we have expanded the popular sportsman only Champion Systems "Sportsman Nationals" series presented by VP Racing Fuels http://www.ihra.com/proam/results/2009/index.php to 6 events in 2009. These will be events that will also be Tournament Of Champions qualifiers for the class winners. We are excited to have Champion Systems (a new sportsman racer oriented team uniform manufacturer) and VP Racing Fuels see the value in what IHRA does for sportsman racing to support these events.

Since Champion Systems is brand new to drag racing, they wanted to pass along an introduction to you:

.....Greetings from Champion System. I’m Scott Kaylin, one of the co-founders, and I would like to invite you to stop by our booth at the PRI Trade Show (booth 5346 and 5348). We’ll be displaying our full line of custom technical pit crew shirts that are only $60 each.

We’re excited to be the official uniform supplier of IHRA Drag Racing as well as the title sponsor of the 2009 Sportsman Nationals Series and we’re looking forward to supporting race teams of all levels. We offer pit crew shirts and other tech garments at unheard-of low prices and our new CS-5 program has a low 5 piece minimum for full custom crew shirts with no artwork, design or set-up charges. We think this low minimum is what sportsman racers have been looking for.

Feedback is always important to us so please contact me if you have any questions about our products or services. We look forward to working with IHRA race teams and to making custom crew shirts that will really set your team apart!

I look forward to having the opportunity to making you and your team part of the Champion System family

That brings you up to date. It seems like we are making announcements on a daily basis lately, so feel free to stop by ihra.com for all the news. We will continue to communicate all the news to you and you can always feel free to contact myself or my team in the competition department with any questions, concerns or comments. We are continually searching for new and innovative ways to grow our sportsman racing programs and feedback from you helps a great deal. The best way to find out what is going on is to contact us directly and not rely on the internet message boards for information. Based on the quality and accuracy of what is on the message boards, those should be used for entertainment purposes only!

As we face new challenges in the new year, rest assured we are ready to meet them head on. All of us at IHRA wish you and your family Happy Holidays and a safe New Year!


Skooter Peaco
Vice President
IHRA / Feld Motorsports