The Elite Motorsports/Cooper's Sales and Service Race Team and its sponsors have had a very successful 2006 season both on and off the race track.
First year driver Jack Gligora finished second in IHRA/NYIRP 1/4-mile Championship points and third in the IHRA / NYIRP 1/8 mile Championship points on the 800 Ski-Doo "Rev" bracket Sled. He also qualified and participated in the 2006 Summit Team Bracket Finals in Salem, Ohio and won the Mid-Season Championship Bike/Sled class at NYIRP.
Amongst many exciting races, "Team Elite" has announced that in 2007 it will actively promote "Breast Cancer Awareness" through its race program. By supporting the Pink Ribbon Riders, a group of snowmobilers who promote breat cancer awareness throughout the Motorsports industry, Team Elite hopes to educate and assist breast cancer victims. To find out more about the Pink Ribbon Riders visit
www.pinkribbonriders.com.
Team Elite Motorsports/Cooper's Sales and Service has an exciting year ahead. Take a look at the "Proposed" race and show schedule below.
Elite Motorsports/Cooper's Sales and Service NHRA / IHRA Pro Asphalt/Bracket Drag Sled Proposed 2007 Race and Show ScheduleApril and May Test and Tune/IHRA Bracket Racing
New York International Raceway Park - Leicester, New York
May 17-19NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Pro Stock Sled Shootout
Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park - Norwalk, Ohio
May 24-27Nitrous Sreet Car Brawl - Pro Stock and Super Stock Pro Sled Shootout Great Lakes Dragway - Union Grove, Wisconsin
June 2-3IHRA Bike and Sled Shootout - Sponsored by Elite Motorsports and Coopers Sales and Service at New York International Raceway Park - Leicester, New York
June 9IHRA Bracket Racing
New York International Raceway Park - Leicester, New York (or TBD)
June 15-17NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Pro Stock Sled Shootout
Route 66 Raceway - Joilet, Illinois
June 23,30/July 7,14IHRA Bracket Racing
New York International Raceway Park - Leicester, New York (or TBD)
July 15Pro Sled Asphalt Shootout
ESTA Safety Park - Cicero, New York (or TBD)
July 21NHRA Night of Thunder Pro Stock and Super Stock Sled Shootout
Mid-Michigan Motorplex - Stanton, Michigan
July 28IHRA Bracket Racing
New York International Raceway Park - Leicester, New York (or TBD)
August 1 (Wed.)IHRA/NYIRP Mid-Season Championship
New York International Raceway Park - Leicester, New York
August 4IHRA Bracket Racing
New York International Raceway Park - Leicester, New York (or TBD)
August 8-13NHRA POWERADE Series - Lucas Oil Nationals
Brainerd, Minnesota (PRO DRAG SLED FINALS)
August 18, 25 & September 1, 8, 15 IHRA Bracket Racing
New York International Raceway Park - Leicester, New York (or TBD)
September 22-23NSDRA Pro Sled Shootout and
American Snowmobiler magazine Shootout with Grass Drags
US 131 Motorsports Park - Grand Rapids, Michigan
October 4-8IHRA World Bracket Finals
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (TBD)
Proposed 2007 Shows and Appearances(As of April 2007)
Williamson Driftriders Snowmobile Show
Canandaigua Grass Drags and Snowmobile Show
Hilton Sno-Flyers Snowmobile Show
Henrietta Hill and Gully Riders Snowmobile Show
Big East Trade Show - Syracuse, New York
Old Forge Snodeo - Old Forge, New York