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Prosthetic
Design Inc. announces formation of new
NHRA Pro Stock Bike team, Prosthetic Design MotorSports™.
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George Bryce of Star
Racing, and Reggie Showers, NHRA Pro Stock Bike racer, announce
collaborative effort with Prosthetic Design MotorSports for
2003 season. March 6, 2003 Dayton OH Prosthetic Design Inc.
today announced the formation of a new NHRA Pro Stock Bike team,
Prosthetic Design MotorSports. The new team will feature Reggie
Showers as rider and George Bryce as crew chief. Prosthetic
Design MotorSports will utilize Star Racing's Suzuki Pro Stock
engines. Headed by Tracy Slemker, President and CEO of Prosthetic
Design Inc., the new team is scheduled to make its debut at
the Mac Tools Gatornationals, March 14-16, in Gainesville FL.
Commenting on the formation of, Prosthetic Design MotorSports,
and the collaboration with Bryce, Slemker said, "When I first
met George at Frank Hawley's NHRA Drag Racing School in Gainesville,
Florida, it was apparent that our professional objectives were
on a parallel track. We both offer high quality, unique products
in small, niche markets. George focuses on optimizing the performance
of race engines, and I focus on optimizing the performance of
prosthetic components. Both product lines are designed to move
our customers or patients in the best way possible, from the
starting line to the finish line; whether it is a 1/4-mile NHRA
drag strip or a walk through the park. Little did I think that
our paths would cross and we would be working together with
Reggie." Slemker continued, "Prosthetic Design has been associated
with Reggie for the past four years, during which time my respect
for him has continued to grow. He is a gifted athlete and charismatic
spokesperson, with an insatiable appetite for continuous improvement."
Showers contributed,
"When I told Tracy that George had announced Star Racing wasn't
going to field a bike in 2003, the wheels started turning. To
have the services and experience of a tem of the caliber of
George Bryce and Star Racing, who have 6 national NHRA championships
under their belts, is truly awesome."
"The benefits go further
than the race track," Slemker concluded, "Reggie is also involved
in our ProLAB(r) Tour, a professional workshop that provides
continuing education for Prosthetists, the medical practitioners
who treat amputees, and a fund raising effort with Shriners
Hospitals for Children called, Helping Hands Across America(tm).
He will speak at 15 hospitals this year. Race fans can visit
his pit area, make a donation, and put their hand prints and
signatures on his trailer which will travel the country. All
proceeds will go to the Shriners, who provide free orthopedic
and burn care for kids. So, I forecast good things both on and
off the track".
Commenting on his
collaboration with Prosthetic Design MotorSports Bryce said,
"When we announced that, due to lack of funding, the Star Racing
organization would no longer field a NHRA Pro Stock Bike entry,
I added a guarantee; that our presence would still be felt,
and we were going to do whatever we could to support the Pro
Stock Bike class and help it grow. That is exactly what this
arrangement allows us to do, and it is consistent with Star
Racing's philosophy." Bryce continued, "An integral part of
my collaboration with Prosthetic Design MotorSports and Reggie
will be to provide Star Racing powerplants. This will allow
our team to continue research and development efforts on Pro
Stock engines. Additionally, Star Racing has a wealth of racing
knowledge and experience that we will be bringing to Prosthetic
Design MotorSports." With a wry smile looking at Showers he
added, "Like Tracy, I expect great things. I race to win."
Star Racing, based
in Americus, GA is one of the country's premier motorcycle racing
Research &Developmant facilities that features a state of the
art machine shop and proven engine building business, and an
unrivalled record in NHRA Pro Stock Bike drag racing.
Notable achievements
of Star Racing are:
- 6 NHRA Pro Stock Bike Championships
(John Myers 3 &Angelle Savoie 3)
- Recorded the quickest pass
in Pro Stock Bike history at 7.049 seconds (May 18, 2002 Englishtown,
NJ, Angelle Savoie)
- 62 national event wins with
three different riders (George Bryce, John Myers and Angelle
Savoie)
- 107 final rounds with six different
riders (John Myers - 56, Angelle Savoie -43, Jim Bernard -3,
Steve Johnson - 3, Fred Collis - 1 and George Bryce - 1)
- 63 #1 qualifying positions.
Prosthetic Design
Inc., based in Dayton, OH, is a privately held company that
designs, manufactures, and markets high-quality components,
CAD/CAM equipment and supplies for use in the Prosthetic Industry.
The ProLAB is Prosthetic Design's mobile training facility used
to reach out to practitioners all over the country. The ProLAB
is a 36 foot Kenworth truck loaded with the latest in CAD/CAM
technology.
The ProLAB Tour is
a PDI funded Continuing Education Workshop that consists of
instructor-lead demonstrations covering the most advanced CAD/CAM
techniques that optimize patient care as well as practitioner
productivity. The Workshop targets Prosthetists, the medical
practitioners who treat amputees, who are Prosthetic Design's
primary customers. The Workshops will be conducted in the Prosthetic
Design's ProLAB mobile laboratory located in the Reggie Showers
pit area at all 15 Pro Stock Bike locations throughout the 2003
NHRA drag race season.
The Shrine of North
America is an international fraternity of approximately 500,000
members throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada and Panama.
The Shrine's official philanthropy is Shriners Hospitals for
Children, a network of 22 hospitals that provide expert, no-cost
orthopedic and burn care to children under 18.
CONTACTS:
Tony Russell
Prosthetic Design Inc.
Phone: 540 292 4885
E-mail: morleyridge@msn.com
Jon Bork
Prosthetic Design Inc.
Phone: 800 459 0177
E-mail: jon@pdiwins.com
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