Parts
Pro sponsors PMRA Crew Chief of the Race Award
AJAX, ON (March 24, 2006) – With “A Passion
for Performance”, Parts Pro, the fastest-growing automotive performance
parts distribution network in North America, will be sponsoring the Crew
Chief of the Race Award at each PMRA series event for 2006, the Pro
Modified Racing Association is pleased to announce.
“Parts Pro continues to bring you the hottest
products in the high performance industry,” explained Kevin Dundas,
General Manager of Karbelt Speed & Custom, the Eastern Canadian Parts
Pro Distribution center. “We will present the
Parts Pro "A
Passion for Performance" Crew Chief of the Race Award at
each of the six-event drag racing series in 2006.
The award was specifically designed to reward the Crew
Chief and the team of individuals that supports them.”
Parts Pro Performance Centers has 40 independently
owned retailers in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes who provide
immediate product knowledge and the best quality parts and accessories
directly from their inventories or next day from their distribution
centers. No other distribution process can deliver the proper parts
quicker to its customers.
“It is really exciting to have the Eastern Canadian
Parts Pro dealers support the PMRA,” stated Bruce F. Mehlenbacher,
Director of Operations of the PMRA. “The PMRA series sponsorship
programs continue to grow. It says a lot about our teams and the venues
they will perform at.”
Parts Pro has the most popular performance parts
and accessories for today, as well as tomorrow's street and high
performance cars, trucks, and sport compact performance vehicles.
For more
information, visit Parts Pro Performance Centers
at
www.partspro.ca
The PMRA has five events confirmed for the 2006
season, the KC Auto Parts Family Day Celebration at Toronto Motorsports
Park in Cayuga, ON, Saturday, June 24, at Lancaster Raceway Park in
Clarence, NY on September 15 and the Pro Modified Racing Association is
pleased to be running inaugural events at St. Thomas Dragway in Sparta,
ON, August 5 and 6, the Eaton PMRA Challenge at Sanair near Montreal
scheduled for Saturday, August 19, and at the Grand Bend Motorplex, over
the Labor Day weekend.
For more information, visit Pro
Modified Racing Association at
www.promodifiedracing.com
Started late in 2004 and entering its second year
of operation, the Pro Modified Racing Association ran five events in
2005 at four Ontario, Quebec, and New York locations, with a different
winner at each track. The PMRA provides drag race fans the opportunity
see, hear and to experience the popular Pro Modifieds, known as "the
world's fastest door slammers".
The PMRA is a self-governing organization with its
own set of technical and safety rules based on the International Hot Rod
Association (IHRA) Pro Modified division. Cars in the PMRA capture the
true spirit of hot rodding, and the class is one of drag racing’s most
exciting and volatile classes, capturing the true spirit of hot rodding
and offering a wildly diverse group of racecars with different types of
2,000-horsepower engines. Combining classic body styles and modern
equipment, constructors are permitted to extensively modify and enhance
both appearance and performance. The cars burn gasoline or methanol,
propelling them down the quarter-mile in low six-second times at over
225 miles per hour. The PMRA Pro Modified field is composed of the eight
quickest teams from the qualifying rounds.