Pro-Shift Partners Formula 1000 Championship Series in USA

June 23, 2011 - PRLog -- Pro-Shift Technologies are delighted to have recently become a partner in the new USA professional race series, the Formula 1000 Championship which will begin in 2012.

This is an open wheel auto racing series sanctioned by SCCA Pro Racing and consists of 10 races over 5 events on the Eastern half of North America. It is anticipated the series will grow to a maximum of 14 races with additional events on the West coast in years to come.

The cars are powered by 1 litre 4 cylinder motorcycle engines that rev to 12,000 rpm with power ranges of 180 hp. As they weigh only 1000 lbs (including the driver) they are more than capable of attaining speeds in excess of 160 mph. These are ideal vehicles to show case Pro-Shift’s  most sophisticated Semi-automatic Gearshifting System to date, the PS3, which boasts of winning the IMSA Prototype Lites Championship for John Weisberg only months after its release in 2010 amongst its achievements.

Pro-Shift MD Roy Tansley commented “I know our Paddle-shift System is up there with the best in the world and working with Formula 1000 will give us the perfect stage on which to prove it”.

Series MD Jon Lewis, a veteran of over 23 years experience having managed front running teams in IndyCar and American Le Mans as well as being a past professional driver himself added “We are excited to have Pro-Shift as a partner and will be running the PS3 System in the Championship’s promotional car throughout 2011”.

Other high profile partners to join the new series include Sunoco Fuel, Goodyear Tyres, Dauntless Racing and GoRacingTv.com. Fans can keep up to date with developments via FaceBook, Twitter and Skype as well as on the F1000champ.com website.

For more information on the complete range of Semi-automatic Gearshifting Systems from Pro-Shift, available for all sequentially geared applications, please take a look at proshift.com or e-mail info@proshift.com for further details.

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Pro-Shift design, develop and manufacture semi-automatic Paddleshift Gearshifters for race cars, race bikes and all sequentially geared applications. The latest System, the Proshift 3 features over 170 adjustable parameters and is laptop programmable.