The BG Products Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series announced Saturday that P1 Chassis has agreed to sponsor the series for the remainder of the season beginning with the April 12 event at Auburndale Speedway.

The series will now be known as the BG Products Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series Presented by P1 Chassis. Exact details of the sponsorship will be announced prior to the next event.  

P1 Chassis is the brainchild of Florida pavement sprint car drivers Troy DeCaie and Chaz Hambling. DeCaire will be participating in all Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series events in 2025. Hambling is currently recovering from a racing accident that occurred at Punta Gorda, Florida in 2019.

We chose to sponsor the series because its a series that I started in, its in our backyard, its in our home state of Florida, and were gonna be racing all of the races, explained Hambling.

It just makes sense to sponsor locally and get out car and chassis out there.

The goal of P1 Chassis is to sell winged pavement sprint cars chassis, kits, components, and complete cars coast to coast. The chassis is still in the development stage, but the company expects cars to be available for sale soon.

Were on our second chassis right now. Its kinda like 2.0 for us. Each race we find things we dont like and make changes to them. Well probably have one or two more changes that well probably make to them. Then well start welding the frames together and youll see them at the track this season.

Weve incorporated the driven seat mounting to our cars. We have our front ends so guys can run bumps if they wanna run bump stops. There are things I want in the car as a bigger guy. There are things Troy wants in the car based on past performances, Hambling said. There are also ideas we have together that weve incorporated.

We have a few silent partners involved with us as well. We have some serious backers. Were based out of Ft. Myers, Florida. One of the partners in P1 is Chris Ratteree. He has our shop in Meridian, Idaho. He has secured our West Coast shop for us. Our goal is to have five race cars ready as rollers and kits for sale at our Idaho shop.

We wanna start in Florida because its our backyard and it just makes sense. As we get the new applications and adjustments built into the frames, then well be ready for production. Right now, its still early in the testing phase. I thought it made sense to sponsor the series since well be competing in it this season. We need to increase the purse and prize money. We have way too many cars sitting in Florida, not racing. By sponsoring the series, maybe we can help get cars on the track.