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PDRA
Welcomes Stand 21 as Official Safety Equipment Partner
PITTSBORO, N.C. (March 2, 2018): Stand 21 makes the
highest quality, made-to-order safety gear for motorsports
genres worldwide. The company’s 48 year history has built
a reputation of quality in their base of France and
abroad. Nearly a decade ago, top drag race teams
recognized the need for higher quality safety gear and
reached out to Stand 21 founder Yves Morizot requesting a
drag racing-specific line. The company responded with
unsurpassed head-to-toe driver coverage now chosen by
names such as Steve Torrence, Doug Kalitta, Larry Dixon,
Cruz Pedregon, Alexis DeJoria, and Jonnie Lindberg, among
others.
The PDRA is proud to welcome Stand 21 as the Official
Safety Equipment Partner of the PDRA. “Stand 21 builds a
custom product that is going to increase our drivers’
safety,” stated PDRA Marketing Director, Will Smith.
“Their commitment to safety is a huge asset to our sport
and the PDRA specifically. We’re thrilled to partner with
them this season and hope additional PDRA drivers will
learn about the difference of Stand 21.”
Several PDRA drivers have already chosen Stand 21 custom
suits, helmets, gloves, footwear and Nomex undergarments,
including Pro Extreme Champion Mike Recchia and Eric
Dillard, racer and co-owner of Pro Line Racing.
“I have been using Stand 21 since 2011 and could not be
more pleased with their products and service,” told
Dillard. “At the extremes we push these cars, I take
safety for myself and our customers very seriously. Stand
21 products give us the peace of mind that we’re doing
everything we can to keep ourselves as safe as possible.”
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“Over the past nine years our drag racing line has been constantly
improved upon to make the most breathable, lightest, most comfortable
suits,” informed Stand 21 General Manager, Kevin McConnell. “We produce
helmets that reach the FIA top level safety standards. We’re offering some
special promotions for PDRA drivers. I’m planning to come to the first
race in April and I’m going to set up in the staging lanes for people to
come see the product firsthand. We’ll also have products for people to
test, so they can make a pass or two in it. It is a higher-end product
that we want people to actually touch, feel, and try out to see the
difference.”
Stand 21 will also pay contingency for drivers who purchase a Stand 21
firesuit.
“We also have a Safety Foundation [www.racinggoessafer.org] through which
we bring top doctors to discuss important safety issues for the driver,”
McConnell added. “For example, most guys don’t know that by wearing Nomex
underwear you greatly increase your protection against fire. Or that
wearing Nomex and wearing a polyester shirt, like many of the crew shirts,
can be detrimental. Fire doesn’t even have to go under a suit to melt that
fabric. It can be melted by the heat alone. So there’s a lot of things we
can do to increase drivers’ knowledge of safety. Obviously, we want to
sell suits, but my hope is to increase the level of education in safety
for the PDRA.
“A lot of people don’t want to think about it, but you have to prepare.
Everyone in the PDRA is successful in their own right with businesses and
families to take care of outside their racing operation. We want to make
sure everyone is well-informed. A lot of the information we put out
doesn’t even have to do with our products; it’s about your car, or the
seat, or the belts. We feel like the more safety information we can put
out there, drivers will make better decisions and that means less
fatalities. Our end goal is at the end of the race, we want you all to go
home to your families.”
Visit Kevin at the Stand 21 display at the PDRA season opener, the East
Coast Spring Nationals at GALOT Motorsports Park, April 5-7 to be fitted
for a custom, state-of-the-art firesuit and receive the PDRA special
discount.
Visit http://www.stand21na.com for
more information.
Photo: Stand 21 produced PDRA Safety Crew Uniform
ABOUT THE PDRA
Based in Pittsboro, North Carolina, the Professional Drag Racers
Association is the top sanctioning body in the United States for the sport
of eighth-mile drag racing. The PDRA’s professional categories include Pro
Extreme, Pro Nitrous, Pro Boost, Extreme Pro Stock and Pro Extreme
Motorcycle along with several sportsman and various exhibition categories.
The 2018 PDRA schedule consists of eight national events. For more on the
world’s premier eighth-mile drag racing organization visit
www.pdra660.com.
Author: Lisa Collier
PDRA Media Distribution & PR:
Brett Hore
Phone (720) 662 8516
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