Marc,
the rating on your 95SR is 5000 lbs. You should be fine.
Things to consider on towing
1. Get brakes on the trailer, good ones, preferably on both axles.
2. Use quality wiring for the electric hookup.
3. If it was me, I'd make darned sure I had an expert trailer hitch guy take a look at the stock setup and give you an opinion on what you need.
4. Match the tongue height of the trailer to the hitch. I see a lot of Monteros with the drop down hitches bolted to the stock hitch mount. The leverage on this must be enormous.
5. As far as protecting your car, I'd make sure you have all fresh fluids and that your radiator is clean, your fan clutch is in good condition, and your thermostat is working as designed.
6. You might consider uping your grade of gasoline one level. Up hill accelleration is going to put a lot of stress on the motor, increasing cylinder temps to the point that you 'might' get some ignition problems. Higher quality gas will help.
7. When towing get your 'towing mindset' working...i.e. make every manuever 'smmmooooooooootttthhhhh'; leave lots of room in front, behind and around you so you can manuever smooooooooootttthhhhllllyyy and think 'way down the road' so that you don't have to make any sudden stops, lane changes i.e. sudden anything.

8. don't be in a hurry to do anything, take your time.
9. once on the track, run like hell and good luck in the races hehehe