When NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle rookie Chase Van Sant competes at the upcoming U.S. Nationals and six-race Countdown to the Championship it will be with a new sponsor on board.  

On Aug. 28, Trick-Tools Racing announced it will feature Baileigh Industrial on their White Alligator Racing Pro Stock Motorcycle at the upcoming Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals Aug. 30 through Sept. 4 in Indianapolis and the six-race Countdown to the Championship following Indy.  

The Manitowoc, Wis.-based manufacturer of metal fabrication and woodworking tools is a long-time part of the Trick-Tools product offering.  

“We've been selling Baileigh equipment since Chase was a toddler,” said Trick-Tools owner Bruce Van Sant, Chase’s father.  

Chase competes on the Trick-Tools Suzuki and is a prominent contender for NHRA’s Road to the Future Award for NHRA’s Rookie of Year honor.  

Van Sant is seventh in the points standings and has a 7-8 elimination round record this season. He has made two semifinal appearances this season in Gainesville, Fla., and Denver.  

“We're really excited to be racing with the NHRA and bringing awareness of Trick-Tools and Baileigh Industrial to the NHRA fans, racers and marketing partners,” Bruce said. “Baileigh produces a wide variety of tools and equipment and are one of our top product lines. We focus on their U.S. manufactured products at Trick-Tools, and they definitely qualify for our No-Junk Guarantee. We sell a lot of their tube bending machines and metal forming and shaping equipment.  

"So, it's really a super good fit for what we do at Trick-Tools, and we're really pleased to have them on board for this season or longer. We've actually installed a lot of their machines in race shops for chassis manufacturing, helping guys build race car chassis better and more quickly.”  

Baileigh also is thrilled to be onboard Chase Van Sant’s Suzuki.  

“We are excited about the partnership with Trick-Tools Racing," said Jeffrey Taylor, central region director of sales for Baileigh parent company JPW Industries. "Trick-Tools and Baileigh Industrial both have a long history of providing customers with solutions and high-quality tools for chassis building and a variety of other racing support functions. The partnership was a natural fit and we are excited to see Chase and the team continue to build on their success in the NHRA!”  

Building race cars and motorcycles has always been a part of the Trick-Tools mission.  

“In 1995, we went to the PRI (Performance Racing Industry) show with a couple of tool vendors, and that was our entry into the whole business," said Bruce, who was an avid Pro Modified motorcycle drag racer in his younger days.  

“At that time, I was in the body shop business, and my goal was to be able to afford to go racing. I wanted to be involved with racing, but I needed a way to make money doing it. And so that was our entry point. Our very first customers were racing customers, and we've been helping race shops to increase their productivity and the accuracy of their products ever since.”