NHRA Race Event Excites i5/OS Customers

Chicago, IL. October 5, 2005 – Dr. Frank Soltis, IBM’s Chief Scientist and renowned ‘Father of the iSeries’, was the premier guest of i5/OS Hartley Racing at the Ameriquest Mortgage NHRA Nationals in Chicago last weekend. ProData Computer Services, Lansa, and ASC sponsored a VIP suite at the starting line where their customers and other guests gathered to cheer on the i5/OS Hartley Racing team.

IBM iSeries race fans and prospective customers were invited to watch the i5/OS Hartley Racing dragster in action. The i5/OS is prominently displayed on the dragster to excite the attendees and correlates to the POWER 5 processor in the latest iSeries system. Bob Cozzi of RPG World, John Siniscal of Lansa and Floyd Del Muro of ASC were other familiar faces to the iSeries crowd.

The i5/OS Hartley Racing car was recently on display in IBM’s exhibit area at the largest iSeries user conference, COMMON, in Orlando, Florida. Attendees were treated to photographs with the actual dragster, while the driver, Joe Hartley, signed autographs and visited with the crowd.

About i5/OS Hartley Racing

Allen Hartley, i5/OS Hartley Racing owner, is a veteran driver and has been on the racing circuit since the early 1970’s. He has raced in cars ranging from a 1967 Camero to twin engine dragsters. Taking a hiatus to start his business, ProData, a software company, he returned to the race circuit in 1991 ready and raring to get into action. With 1996 being one of his best seasons he has had two event wins, one second place finish, two national "Best Appearing Crew" awards and finished second in Division Five point standings.

Hartley Racing made its debut in the Top Fuel Eliminator class six years ago and continues to run a limited race schedule. Joe Hartley has taken over driving duties while Allen continues to own and run the team.

For more information, contact Shelli Peck at speck@prodatacomputer.com.
Hartley Racing is based in Omaha, Nebraska, 68130, USA.
Telephone: 402.697.7575; 402.697.7576 (fax)

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