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Kooks Headers and Exhaust Latest
to Join PDRA as Contingency Sponsor
Located in Statesville, North Carolina, Kooks Headers and Exhaust is the latest
performance industry entity to sign on as a PDRA supporter for the 2015 season.
The history of the company dates back to 1962 when George Kook (Papa Kook) used
his gas torch to build his first set of headers for his family race car.
Involved heavily in racing, his talents did not go unnoticed by all the local
racers. Papa Kook competed week in and week out at area drag strips. The
business of building high-quality race headers and exhaust systems continues
until this day. For the past 50 years Kooks has concentrated its efforts in the
racing world. From drag to circle track, road racing, motorcycle, and even
offshore boats, Kooks Headers has helped set records and win races. From humble
beginnings Kooks has now grown to become a full-fledged manufacturing facility
that prides itself on high quality and great customer service.
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“We are pleased to be supporting the
PDRA this season as a contingency
sponsor,” said Kooks Director of Sales
and Marketing, Chris Clark. “We are
offering payouts across the board to
any competitor who wins a race while
running our product and displaying our
stickers. This applies to all
professional as well as sportsman
classes.
“We were looking for a fast, heads-up
drag racing sanctioning body to get
involved with, something more on the
grassroots level,” Clark said when
asked about Kooks and the PDRA teaming
up. “We also were looking for an
organization that hosted events close
to our North Carolina location so that
our people had the opportunity to
attend some races and be directly
involved.”
Location had a lot to do with it, but
referrals from racers also played a
key role in the company’s decision to
become involved with the PDRA.
“We do quite a lot of work for NHRA
Pro Mod drivers, and I heard from a
number of them that they also raced
with the PDRA,” Clark said. “That
endorsement had a lot to do with our
moving forward as contingency sponsors
this season.
“We got involved with the PDRA because
we wanted to make sure we were
supporting the racing community and
the customers that have helped us
grow. We are convinced that the PDRA
is the perfect venue for Kooks
Headers.”
“Support for the PDRA continues to
grow, and having a great company like
Kooks Headers post contingency for all
of the pro and sportsman classes is
unbelievable,” said PDRA Race Director
Bob Harris. “We truly appreciate their
generosity and we can’t thank them
enough for their participation this
season.”
Kooks Headers and Exhaust offers
production applications for many late
model domestic automobiles. This means
that you can get that “custom” header
for your early or late model
application for a fraction of the cost
and have it shipped right out to your
door step. There is no other header
company in the country that can offer
a header for your gas engine truck,
while still building handmade custom
race headers that are used in
applications making over 3,000
horsepower. Kooks prides itself in
being pioneers in the stainless steel
header revolution and have become the
innovators in the exhaust industry as
a whole. Kooks designs, tests, and
manufacturers it first; then other
companies follow.
Kooks is your one-stop for every
header or exhaust component need. They
offer mandrel bent tubing services,
welding, forming, notching, burning
custom flanges, producing specialty
collectors and even have their own
line of racing mufflers and tips.
For more information, go to
www.kooksheaders.com
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,
and Pro Extreme Motorcycle along with
Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, Pro Jr.
Dragster, and Top Jr. Dragster. The
2015 PDRA schedule consists of ten
national events.
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Article by: Brian Wood
PRESS CONTACT: Lisa Collier
Professional Drag Racers Association
lisa@pdra660.com
704.692.4636 |
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