NBR ready to begin race season...

New Breed Racing has been busy during the winter break from racing, and is eager to get the 2009 season started. With the new points format in the IHRA and the current economic situation facing our country, the team has decided on a different approach to their upcoming season.

Each year during the winter break, the team sits down and evaluates what the best plan of action is for their partners and team members. This year we took a closer look at each race, our personal schedules, and devised a plan to work for our present situation.

“Alesi continues to tailor her college schedule around racing so she can work toward her educational goals, while not sacrificing her dream of joining the professional ranks,” said Lisa Gerthe. “With Ayrton’s decision to graduate high school in three years, he has a full load of college and high school classes in order to graduate this May. As a team, we decided that in order for Ayrton to finish high school with the highest possible GPA, he will not race the first part of the season. This decision will also help our racing budget while we continue to work on securing more funding to help with our entry fees and travel expenses.”

The team also decided when the new IHRA points format was released that they would once again race on the NHRA side.

“With the new IHRA points format we decided to step away from our usual plan of chasing points, and allow our team to attend NHRA events as well. With our new approach, we will have more flexibility with our race schedule, and race a little closer to home,” added Lisa. “We are looking forward to this upcoming season, and are excited about the opportunities that await our team!”