Charlie Schafer Industries has added a Solstice GXP Drift car to their line-up for 2008, and with the new car comes driver, Ali Ajibouri.  Ali will be behind the wheel of CSI’s new Cooper Tires/Matco Tools Pontiac Solstice GXP Drift Car and will also act as a driving coach for Dan Sugrue at the regional races.  Ali is a SCCA Pro Licensed Driver and graduated from the Skip Barber Racing School in Advanced Techniques.  He competed in the Formula Dodge RT 2000 Race Series and in the early years of Formula Drift.  Ali most recently has been a drift instructor and competition judge for NASA and Daily Drifter.  You might have seen Ali’s skills as a driver in various commercials for Cooper Tire, K Sport and Enkei.
“We are very excited about joining the drift community.  We just plan on bringing our current work ethic of consistency and being prepared for any situation to the sport.  Ali has already proven to be invaluable to our program and the support from Cooper Tires and Matco Tools is terrific.  We are really proud of the fact that many of our drag racing partners have come on board such as Borg Warner, NGK, Mobil 1, MSD, Impact Race Products and 13-Three Graphics.  We have been working hard to secure several others and we plan on delivering results for them.” stated Team Owner, Charlie Schafer.

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KW Suspensions Joins CSI

Sterling, VA— CSI is proud to announce that KW Suspensions has come on board the Cooper Tires / Matco Tools /Borg Warner Pontiac Solstice Drift Car.  The Drift Car will be equipped with the KW Suspension coil over kit made especially for Pontiac Solstices.  The coil over kit can be purchased directly from KW Suspension or from one of their dealers.
“We wanted to use the best coil over kit available on the market today and there was no question that KW Suspension was the one.  We really like the ease of install and the fact that anyone can order one of these.  We are very committed to building a race car from readily available parts.” informed Crew Chief, Dan Sugrue