February 8, 2025 is the date for our 30th  and last annual High Performance Racing Seminar. This world class event features several technical speakers and one special  guest.

This year we currently have  David Ferguson and his wife Ellen own Veracity Racing Data in Paso Robles, California.  Data acquisition systems can be used for several different purposes. There are two areas where a data acquisition system is extremely useful: to improve the driver’s performance, or to answer questions related to improving the race car’s performance. Data acquisition is used for both purposes, but for most club racers, improving the driver performance is the first priority.   David will discuss are you getting enough out of your existing system, Race Car Electronics & Wiring Considerations and other topics concerning the use of data in your car.

Don Kitch, the owner and chief driving instructor for the ProFormance Racing School.  Don will go into great details about high performance driving from a level that you may never have heard of before.  Some may think that you know Don and yet his vast experience in driving at the highest level (he won the 24 Hours of Daytona) will make you a better racer.

Brandon Kraus from Roger Kraus Racing in California will speak about race tires. He has been in the business for his whole life and will provide all you need to know about tires.  Some may have done business with Roger Kraus and now Brandon will share the deep, dark secrets about racing tires.  Years ago the Goodyear tire guy spoke about tires that have gel coat and some that don’t and what you need to do to break in each type of tire.  So there are differences in tires.

Roger Kraus Tires sells nearly all racing tires from Goodyear, Hoosier, Yoko, Avon, BF Goodridge and more. You can learn from a man who is knowledgeable about most tires.  He shared that Avon has gone through some interesting stories recently and now will be able to provide vintage racing tires as they have been out of stock for some time.  Brandon will educate you on tires and you don’t want to miss his presentation.

Jim Leo, the founder of PitFit, a foundation begun in 1993 when Jim Leo sent a request to racing legend Roger Penske asking to improve the fitness of his CART Team.  To Jim’s surprise, Penske sent back a simple hand-written note from his desk: ‘Go for it.”  Leo soon started the formidable task of creating a program that could make Penske Racing, the most successful team in racing, even better.

After a successful ’97 season, in 1998, PacWest Racing hired PitFit to train their drivers Mark Blundell and Mauricio Gugelmin as well as a comprehensive team performance program. In 2000, PitFit began working with a new Indy Lights PacWest driver Scott Dixon.  With a rigid and focused training/nutrition program, PitFit transformed Dixon into a lean winning machine.  Down 30 lbs, Dix won the 2000 Indy Lights title and the rest is history.  Six Indycar championships later, Dixon still relies on PitFit for his human performance program..

His presentation is normally very interactive and full of audience participation. He will also will bring some unique driver training tools to demonstrate the uniqueness of a comprehensive driver training program.

Our special guest speaker is Mark Raffauf.  Raffauf joined IMSA fulltime in 1978 following four years at the University of Florida, and held a variety of positions in the company, including industry support, technical and car regulation development and enforcement, event creation, sport and racing operations and as race director. Upon John Bishop’s retirement in 1989, Raffauf took over as president of IMSA. He also served on the ACCUS-FIA board of directors and on several international FIA commissions in Europe.

He left IMSA in the 1990s to work with MOMO Racing, then returned to the sanctioning body to help launch the Grand American Road Racing Association in 1999. He’s been based in Daytona Beach ever since, through the acquisition/merger of the ALMS and the return of the IMSA name.

Raffauf’s position with IMSA today encompasses both sporting and technical regulation oversight and development. He was instrumental in creating the Daytona Prototype category and was race director for the entire history of GRAND-AM for over a decade. Currently, he oversees all seven of IMSA’s series and all of IMSA’s race direction, and is on the IMSA technical committee.

His insight into every aspect of the decades of IMSA cars, their development, how they raced and the people who raced them, is an important part of IMSA’s history. Raffauf is one of the few remaining individuals who was there near the very beginning and has worked for the company for more than 45 years.

Additional speakers will be added soon.

The seminar will be at Kent Commons in the Green River Room, 525 Fourth Ave North Kent, WA (across the street from the Showare Center.  The event will be from 9 am to 5:00 pm.

Seminar includes:  Technical speakers, coffee, juice and rolls on arrival, lunch, and access to each speaker as your personal race consultant for the day.

Over 1,000 racers, crews, and enthusiasts have attended in the past 29 years and all have gained great value to enhance their racing program.  Plus the event is fun.  Just hanging out with a roomful of like minded racers is both encouraging and makes for a good time.

The cost current cost just $395 which is less than the cost of a race entry.  As a special early bonus each person who registers will get $25 in Armadillo Bucks to be spend during the seminar when fantastic sales will be available.  So hurry and register now to save your seat.

When using the shopping cart in the checkout lane, press local pickup and the $10 shipping charge will be removed from your cart.

For further details, please call Andy at Armadillo Racing 888-211-9129.T