Major Race Safety Organization To Hold Annual Congress During PRI Week

LAGUNA BEACH, CA — A major new event for the 2010 PRI Trade show is the Annual Congress of the International Council of Motorsport Sciences (ICMS), one of the premier race safety organizations in the world.

The ICMS is an association of medical professionals, scientific, motorsports health personnel and other interested persons concerned with the improvement in performance and safety in racing. The organization is based in Indianapolis.

The 2010 Annual Congress of the ICMS will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, December 7-8, 2010, in the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida.

Formed in 1988, the ICMS promotes research and discussion relating to safety and performance in motorsports and to disseminate that information to the motorsports participant, race team management, organizing bodies and federations. According to its mission statement, "The ICMS purpose is to inform the international motorsport community, the different scientific and medical disciplines, the automobile manufactures as well as the general public of the latest innovations and scientific research on human performance and safety in motorsport."

Last year's congress addressed such issues as heat and carbon monoxide in stock cars, the use of hypothermia in the management of trauma, seat design in open cockpit race cars, emergency response in rally racing, education and training issues for motorsport medicine, and much more.

Dr. Hugh Scully, the surgeon who served as president of the Canadian Medical Association, is chairman of the ICMS. "The ICMS is very pleased to have its 2010 Annual Congress in Orlando in association with the PRI Trade Show because of the natural link between the ICMS and its great interest in performance in motorsport and PRI's interest in motorsport safety," said Dr. Scully.

Steve Lewis, producer of the PRI Trade Show, said, "Much of the growth of the racing industry in the past quarter of a century has been based on the fact that the sport has come to be widely recognized as safe. The work of the ICMS and its members play a big role in making racing safe today, and it's with great respect and appreciation that we welcome the ICMS Annual Congress to PRI Trade Show Week."

Arnie Kuhns, president of the SFI, serves as vice chairman of the ICMS; Dan Andrews serves as ICMS vice chair/secretary, and Dr. Terry Trammel, serves as ICMS treasurer.

Further details will be forthcoming in regard to curriculum and additional details. For more information on the ICMS Annual Congress, contact Jon Potter at 317/567-1484 or email icmsin@aol.com or visit www.icmsmotorsportsafety.org .

For more information on the PRI Trade Show, go to www.performancracing.com or call 949/499-5413.