NORWALK, Ohio — The International Hot Rod Ass’n has joined with Fast Track Medical Response Systems, LLC in implementing a program that will greatly enhance the medical services provided to competitors, team members and employees at Knoll Gas Nitro Jam National events in 2008.
Fast Track Medical Response Systems has introduced computer chip technology into the medical response arena in the auto-racing community. The system consists of a computer chip worn in a small and comfortable bracelet. The chip, which has information loaded on it by the user via the Internet, will provide an immediate medical history of a patient for first responders. This concept has been enthusiastically embraced and tested by the circle-track community.
Should anyone wearing a bracelet need medical attention, a quick scan of the bracelet will instantly provide first responders with information that will allow them to provide better care. Should the patient need hospital treatment, that information will be provided directly to the medical staff at the receiving hospital.
This concept, when presented to professional race teams during the 2007 season, received overwhelming support. To launch the program, IHRA will be making this available to all professional and sportsman drivers participating at Knoll Gas Nitro Jam National events in 2008. Once the program is established, it will be offered to Summit Pro Am participants as well as IHRA member tracks for weekly use. 
“We were thrilled with the reaction from everyone we talked with,” said Anthony Bartley, president of Fast Track Medical Response Systems. “My partner, Robert Stirk, and I have spent many years working with the racing community and have spent endless hours developing this concept.”
The IHRA is the first drag-racing sanctioning body to implement the Fast Track Medical Response System.