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Growing Operations At Calico By Laura Pitts on October 3, 2017 While congratulating Denver, North Carolina-based Calico Coatings on 20 years of business, PRI got some exclusive info from owner Tracy Trotter: Turns out the company will grow its already 20,000-square-foot headquarters by another 15,000 square feet over the next 18 months. Currently in the planning stages, the expansion comes in response to capacity concerns—namely, not enough—for the performance coatings solutions manufacturer. Room to accommodate new machinery and equipment will help the company advance its motorsports business, according to Trotter. “It’s going to allow us to expand what we do in racing, because right now we don’t have enough equipment to... Continue reading Growing Operations At Calico » Relief Efforts By Dan Schechner on September 25, 2017 Our hats off to officials at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas, who recently decided to suspend the track’s remaining 2017 race activities to assist in post-Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. This couldn’t have been an easy call for VP/General Manager Seth Angel and his team—canceled events include the Import Face Off (Oct. 22), October Truck Madness (Oct. 29) and the Light the Sky Festival (Nov. 11)—but “we are confident we are doing the right thing,” Angel said. Meantime, a number of race venues across the Southeast opened their facilities to evacuees of Hurricane Irma, which tracked a destructive path through the region in early September. Ahead of the storm, scores of campers and RVs had already settled into the... Continue reading Relief Efforts » PRI 2017 Foyt Exhibit Details Released By Dan Schechner on August 16, 2017 It’s been 40 years since AJ Foyt recorded his record-setting fourth Indianapolis 500 win, and Performance Racing Industry is honoring the occasion with a special display at the 2017 PRI Trade Show. AJ Foyt: A Legendary Exhibition traces the icon’s rise from the dirt tracks of Texas to the apex of auto racing, and pays tribute to one of the most diverse and successful careers in motorsports history. Lest we forget, Foyt is still IndyCar’s most prolific driver, with 65 career victories, and he remains the only competitor ever to take top honors at the Indy 500, the Daytona 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In addition to rare... Continue reading PRI 2017 Foyt Exhibit Details Released » The Other 99 Percent By Dan Schechner on August 3, 2017 A short time ago a column appeared in the “Gear & Gadgets” section of The Wall Street Journal that raised some eyebrows here at PRI. The piece, written by Dan Neil and titled “Le Mans: A Race for the Future of the Automobile,” paid homage to the famed endurance road race as a testbed of advanced technology and a wellspring of competitive drama. Unfortunately, however, Mr. Neil chose to set the tone for his article by opening with the following: “In my opinion, 99% of motorsports competition is a pointless, brainless waste of time and gasoline.” Peppered amongst his praise for Le Mans were unflattering characterizations of nearly... Continue reading The Other 99 Percent » « first ‹ previous … 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 … next › last »
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