
Special from Pitboxes.com
PitBoxes.com Knows Importance of Having a Strong
Pitbox
Ricky Sanders Is a Racer And Knows What Racers Want
and Need
CONCORD, NC (March 23,
2007) – Ricky Sanders knows that there is nothing more important
to racecar driver than being organized. As a former full-time racer
and still a part-time driver, Sanders found himself several years ago
a little unorganized and searching for things in his shop when he
needed to be working on his racecar.
So, in 1990, he figured out a way to become more organized. He built
himself a pitbox, which could easily be wheeled from his race shop to
his hauler to pit road at the racetrack. It carried everything he
would need to work on his racecar. The idea caught on with other
drivers, and they asked Sanders to build them a pitbox.
Now, nearly 17 years later,
Sanders continues to help drivers get more organized through one of
his many companies, PitBoxes.com.
"The biggest thing for
racers is organization," said Sanders, a former Super Late Model racer
who lives and runs his business from Georgia. "From the time you get
to the racetrack until the time you leave, your time is very valuable.
You’ve got to know where you stuff is right away. With a pitbox,
you
don’t have to search through a trailer or run back in forth; you’ve
got everything right there with you.
"A lot of people that are
new to pitboxes have had a toolbox in their trailer and a toolbox in
their shop and they use some of the same stuff and forget to load
things back up. With a pit box, they can easily roll everything into
the shop, work on the car and roll the pitbox back onto the trailer.
Then they have everything they need. It all boils back down to
organization."
PitBoxes.com is a place
that racers and teams can purchase a pitbox from a line of already
designed boxes or customized items. Sanders’ products are very
well-built, with a high attention to detail.
"Everything is CAD drawn
first," said Sanders. "We’re set up to where we produce about 10
pitboxes a week. We take a sheet of aluminum, laser cut it and form
it. We cut in the puzzle pieces and everything is formed from there.
The main structure part and drawers are welded together. Then it goes
into powdercoat and assembly. The final part is trim work and bed
liner spray in the ‘high-wear’ areas. We want it to be something
people can use and put some wear on without showing it.
"We don’t just do pitboxes
for Motorsports, though. We also do a lot of stuff outside of
motorsports now with custom show boxes and custom game boxes and
stuff. We just finished one for Timberland Boots so they can show
their products, and we did a box for State Farm, which will
incorporate a video gaming system. We’ve also done work for Xbox, GM,
Ford and many others."
Pitboxes.com doesn’t just
specialize in pitboxes, though.
"One thing people need to
remember is that we don’t just do pitboxes, we also make all sorts of
accessories that teams can use. We make crash carts, fuel can carts,
supply carts, tire racks, tires trucks and pit carts. There really
isn’t much that someone might want for the organization of their team
that we probably don’t already produce."
Pitboxes.com was launched
in 1999 with a goal to specialize in fabricating a high quality line
of standard and custom pitboxes. The company prides itself in offering
top-of-the-line pitboxes to customers from all forms of motorsports.
For more information on PitBoxes.com, contact them by calling (888)
274-8679 and visit them on the web at
www.pitboxes.com.