Imagine Design Now

Racing Package $50 a month

anthony — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:55:48 +0000

This package includes

Domain Registration - 1 Year – $11.99
Hosting – $5 a month
Website Initial Setup – $150.00 one time
Customer Service – $30 a month.
Website Code Lease – $15 a month

Package Addons

Dedicated IP - $25 per month

Not Included In Package

S.S.L Certificate

3 Michigan Business’s Make a Commitment To Serve The Midwest

anthony — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:21:35 +0000

Anthony Boyd of Imagine Design Now and Chris Ryan of Y4 Motorsports Marketing have made a mutual agreement to solely work with each other and provide the best service to our clients.

With the passing of founder Jeremy Dickman Y4 Motorsports Marketing and Imagine Design Now would like to thank Terry Fitzwater of The Midwest Racing Scene for his affiliation with the team that Y4 Motorsports Marketing and Imagine Design Now have created. There is a collaborative marketing and public relations entity designed to serve drivers, tracks, and sponsors throughout the Midwest.

Y4 and Imagine Design Now is in the works to provide the best marketing and website capabilities for any racer in the Midwest with the ability to promote driver and sponsors.

This week Team Y4 will be providing play by play coverage of the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Icebreaker at Brownstown, Indiana. You can follow their coverage via twitter at #y4marketing or via Facebook at Y4 Motorsports Marketing.

We look forward to covering this race for all to enjoy. For drivers looking for that extra boost in marketing or sponsorship with website and merchandise capabilities.

Contact Our team at Y4 Motorsports Marketing at 989-317-3131 to show you what we can do for you to get you out in front of the pack.

Please stay tuned for more big announcements with Chris Ryan Of Y4 Motorsports Marketing and Anthony Boyd of Imagine Design Now and Terry Fitzwater of The Midwest Racing Scene.

Hurricane prepares to hit Brownstown, Indiana

anthony — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 05:00:28 +0000

Hurricane prepares to hit Brownstown, Indiana
Mt. Pleasant, Mich. – A hurricane is preparing to rip through the Midwest.
While not of the tropical storm variety, this hurricane comes in the form of 19-year-old Rosebush, Mich. resident and dirt racecar driver Andy Galgoci.
Coming off a career-best third place finish in the UMP Modified season points at the Mt. Pleasant Speedway, Galgoci and his Hurricane Racing team made the decision to make the jump into the Super Late Model class full-time in 2012.
“Last September (nationally known chassis builder) C.J. Rayburn invited us down south to go racing with the Rayburn house car,” Galgoci said. “With a heat race win and a third and fifth place finish in the features that weekend we ended up bringing the car home with us. Our new friendship with the Rayburn crew is going to give me a lot more opportunities in racing.”
Starting his career at age 12 in the Mt. Pleasant Speedway Four Cylinder class, Galgoci claimed 26 overall wins in three seasons in the class before moving up to the UMP Modifieds in 2009 where he was named the Mt. Pleasant Speedway UMP Modified Rookie of the Year.
And now that success is being put to the test again as Galgoci takes the next step to dirt racing’s premier division.
While 2012 will be Galgoci’s first full season driving a Late Model he did receive some seat time last season that should give the teenager a boost this year as he travels across the Midwest in his Galgoci Oil Company / Dragon Race Fuels No. 13 Rayburn Race Cars Super Late Model.
“My first night ever sitting in a Late Model was after we unloaded at Tazewell Speedway in Tazewell, Tenn.,” Galgoci said, “The tracks down south are a whole different animal. Different dirt and different racers make for a lot stiffer competition. We raced at Tazewell, Lake Cumberland Speedway in Burnside, Ky, and Brownstown Speedway in Indiana at the end of last year. Many well-known racers were at all three tracks and I feel that racing against them and being hooked up with the legendary C.J. Rayburn has made me a better driver.”
Besides the obvious appearance difference from the Modified to Late Model, Galgoci said the average fan may not notice a big change, but to the driver there definitely is.
“From a driver’s perspective the Late Models are a lot different from the Modifieds,” he said. “You have almost double the tire and a lot more aerodynamics. You will be able to plant more power to the track with will give you noticeably more speed. From a fans perspective the difference from the No. 13 Modified and the No. 13 Late Model hopefully won’t be much, but it’s going to take time to get used to driving it (Late Model).”
Nicknamed after “Hurricane Andrew,” Galgoci’s team, which is led by his father and crew chief Joe Galgoci, will kickoff their 2012 rookie Late Model season on Saturday, March 10 as the team travels to Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown, Ind and then returns to the Indiana track for the 15th annual “Indiana Icebreaker” Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series $10,000 to win special. “Brownstown is the first track open that we can afford to travel to at this point,” Galgoci said. “It is also an hour south of the (C.J.) Rayburn race shop where we will get the car ready the week before plus we raced there last October and it’s a fun and fast track.”
Following his two races at Brownstown Speedway, Galgoci and Hurricane Racing will likely head back to their home state of Michigan.
“At this point in time we are just going to go with the flow and race where we want to,” Galgoci said. “Local tracks begin to open at the end of April and we will be at those along with traveling back to Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana and Ohio throughout the year,” Galgoci said. “The AllStar Performance Michigan Dirt Cup will be on our schedule and there are also World of Outlaws Late Model and Lucas Oil Late Model series races coming to Michigan that we will try to go to also.”
Galgoci said he also hopes to be at his hometown Mt. Pleasant Speedway on its opening night of Friday, April 27, 2012 and then the next day should be taking part in the fourth annual “Cans from Race Fans” food drive at Ric’s Food Center in Mt. Pleasant from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. as Galgoci continues to be a part of his community non-profit organization that works at ‘E-Racing Hunger 1 Lap at a Time.’
Having just turned 19 on Feb. 26 and preparing to run his first full season behind the wheel of a 650 horsepower Super Late Model, the future looks bright for Andy “the Hurricane” Galgoci.
“My goal right now is to just figure out how all this Late Model stuff works,” Galgoci said. “I want to figure out how I can push the car and get the feel for it so in the future I do not make rookie mistakes. It took close to three years to finally figure out how to make the Modified go, but I am always hoping for big things to happen. That’s a given.’
While Galgoci is the one circling the racetracks, he is first to give thanks and credit to those who have helped him go for his dream.
“I just want to thank everyone who has stuck behind me and helped take my racing career somewhere,” Galgoci said. “It’s a dream come true. I also want to thank everyone who is helping get the Late Model to go around the track this year. My family (father Joe, mother Charlotte, sisters Staci, Maggie and Faith, grandparents Jan and Larry Galgoci and Jan Lather plus many more family members) has been huge supporters along with C.J. Rayburn and Rayburn Racecars, Andy Stebbins Motorsports, Galgoci Oil Company, Lyden Oil Company, Lendy Siefker Builders, NORA, Y4 Motorsports Marketing, and Freddie’s Tavern. Every little bit helps. See you all at the track. It’s Hurricane Season!”
For more information on Andy Galgoci and his racing career or to purchase Hurricane Racing merchandise go to www.andygalgoci.com, check him out on Facebook at Andy ‘The Hurricane’ Galgoci # 13 or on Y4 Motorsports Marketing at www.y4marketing.com

Written By Jeremy Dickman - www.y4marketing.com

Race Team Management

anthony — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:25:58 +0000

Imagine Design Now has been developing a race team management service that allows any race team to manage their race schedules, race results, and automatically calculates their racing stats.

Such features like:

Driver Statistics Widget
Results Widget
Schedule Widget
Unlimited Drivers
Unlimited Results
Unlimited Event in any schedule.
Driver Bio Widget.

Continue to check back for more information as it comes available.

MPH Promotions

anthony — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:24:32 +0000

This weeks featured friday is M.P.H. Promotions which was founded in June of 2005 and specializes in marketing and the promotional aspects of short track auto racing teams throughout North America.

M.P.H., saw a need for promoting the drivers of the present and the aspiring talents of the future in the short track motorsports community.

“One of the hardest things for a race team to do is secure that major sponsor. Without proper media and public relations, no one knows who you are or what you’ve accomplished now or in the past.” M.P.H. Promotions Co-Founder / President, Matt Prieur stated.

“It’s one thing to get some companies logo on your race car for “x” amount of dollars, while it’s entirely another thing to convince that business to write a check with a lot of zeros in it. That’s where good P.R. comes in.” He ended.

M.P.H. Promotions can handle your Website Building and Maintaining needs as well as Sponsorship Proposals, Weekly Press Releases and much more.

All in an effort to promote the drivers of the present and the future of our sport, today!

For more information, check out their website at www.mph-promotions.com

Motorstats

anthony — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:33:40 +0000

This weeks Featured Friday winner is Motorstats located in Durham, North Carolina.
They offer free driver, track & touring series profiles on Motorstats.com. Special tools for track & touring series to manage race results, points & schedules.
I have talked to Chris Graner the owner and founder of Motorstats about this wonderful product for the racing community and he said our goal in mind is to ”make it easy for race fans to get racing information and media and to help racing organizations promote”. There main tool that race tracks use is Website Horsepower™ a tool that allows race tracks to automatically update there Point Standings, Race Results, and Event Schedule from and easy to use interface. As a current user of Motorstats I believe if your a race track and your not using motorstats to do your event schedule, race results, and point standings you should be not only is it user friendly there automatic point calculation works with any point system.

Check Motorstats out at http://www.motorstats.com

Motorstats does not enter race results, all race results are entered into Motorstats by the track or touring series. Please contact the track or series directly if you have concerns regarding race results.

Y4 Marketing

anthony — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:48 +0000

This weeks Featured Friday winner is Y4 Motorsports Marketing.I had an interview with the owner Jeremy Dickman. A little bit about Jeremy is friends call him Jake, hes 39 years old and from Mt. Pleasant, he has a Bachelor of Science degree from Central Michigan University in 1999. Mr. Dickman has a huge passion for dirt track racing, which he received from his late grandfather Carl McCrumb, who raced the # Y4 at Mt. Pleasant Speedway in 1950s-1960s. He has been attending races at Mt. Pleasant since he was 8-years-old and after college he started the first website for Mt. Pleasant Speedway and has expanded his role to doing press releases and other media relations for the track. Jeremy currently works full-time as the News Editor at the Morning Sun newspaper in Mt. Pleasant, where he has been for 9 years. I decided to ask Jeremy 10 questions about his business.

1.) What is your company and what does the company do?

My company is called “Y4 Motorsports Marketing.” The objective of the business is to market the racecar drivers around the state in any way possible from creation of driver resumes, websites, sponsorship opportunities, whatever the driver wants.

2.) When did you start the business?

January 2012

3.) What made you go into business for yourself?

I felt there was a need for this type of business and I wanted to use the journalistic skills I have developed over the years to help our local racecar drivers get more publicity.

4.) What type of work do you do and when and how did you become interested in the this type of work?

I offer several options for my clients including driver resumes, monthly or weekly press releases sent to local media, sponsors, friends and family, driver/team websites with a partnership through Imagine Design Now, driver, team and family photographs through partnership with Debbie A. Dickman Photography.

A big thanks to my assistant Chris Ryan for all his hard work and support. Chris and his wife Jessica and their 3 daughters are big racing fans and Chris is making his debut this season in the No. 27R Modified Mini Stock at the Mt. Pleasant Speedway.

5.) What do you find most enjoyable about your type of work?

Helping drivers succeed.

6.) Who are some of the clients you have done work for?

Current Y4 MM clients include drivers Andy Galgoci, Alvie Haynes, Richie Haynes, Dale Kaake Jr., and Eric Watz.

7.) As a owner of a business, how do you promote your business?

Facebook, word of mouth, our website at www.y4marketing.com, and flyers at a variety of events.

8.) What is the next step you would like to take with your business?

As a new business my goal is to get a firm client base and steadily increase that size, eventually making Y4 MM the leader in racing communications.

9.) How long does it take you to do a press release, take us through the steps involved?

A standard 1-2 page press release would take on average 1-2 hours from start to finish. I would begin by getting information on where the driver raced over that month, how many races competed in, victories, best finishes, etc and include where the driver is expected to be at the following month.

10.) Are there any specials people can get with your company? If so, what are they?

Yes Y4 Motorsports Marketing is offering clients who sign up with us by April 30 a $50 discount if they choose our package that includes a website. This special would be as follows:

One-time fee of $150 (if signed by April 30, otherwise $200); Plus website maintenance fee of $40 per month if Y4 MM updates site or $30 per month if driver updates site. Plus a monthly fee of $25 to receive Y4 services of the press releases and resume for total of $65/month for 12 months or $55 if driver does own website updating. As long as driver’s account stays in good standing they are eligible to receive sponsorships from Y4′s business clients.

Jeremy can be contacted by email at jdickman@y4marketing.com, through the Y4 Motorsports Marketing Facebook page or by phone at 989-330-3170.

Sweet Grafix

anthony — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:56:05 +0000

This weeks Featured Friday winner is Sweet Grafix. Sweet Grafix specializes in Diecut Lettering, Wrap for vehicles, Rear Curtains for race cars, and Banners.They are customer friendly and can almost do anything your heart desires. John Taylor the owner of Sweet Grafix will set you up with something that will be your very own masterpiece.They are friendly, great at what they do, and you will be satisfied.

Check them out on the web at http://www.sweet-grafix.com

Cans From Race Fans

anthony — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:07:56 +0000

Cans From Race Fans collects nonperishable food items for local charities including Red Cross and Soup Kitchen in Mt. Pleasant and has also spread to the

Allstar Performance Michigan Dirt Cup Modified Tour race tracks across state in 2011 in addition to Mt. Pleasant Speedway including Butler, Cherry, Winston, I-96, Hartford, and Owendale and also to Merritt Raceway.

Check them out on the web at http://www.cansfromracefans.org

Galgoci Oil Company

anthony — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:37:33 +0000

Galgoci Oil Company is a family owned and operated fuel business located in the village of Rosebush in the Central Michigan Area. They service the Mid-Michigan counties of Isabella, Clare and Gratiot. Their products include Gasoline, Diesel fuels, Racing Fuel and Heating oils and an extensive line of motor oil products.

Check them out on the web at http://www.galgocioilcompany.com