CAYUGA, ON (October 9, 2006) – The Pro Modified Racing Association finale is still
scheduled to take place after a several week delay.
The PMRA Challenge presented by G-Force Race Cars
event at Lancaster Raceway Park
in Clarence, NY is to run this Saturday, October 14, and
will get underway on the eighth-mile track at 1:30 p.m.
The Travel USA
Central presents Pro Mod Shoot Out will be joined by the CAN-AM Stock/Super
Stock Series. This popular grass-roots drag series features competitors from
Ontario, New
York and Michigan.
With the three top
Pro Modified Racing Association teams within 10 points of each other going into
Lancaster
Raceway Park for the final event of the season,
this final round of Pro Modified action will determine the 2006 PMRA
Champion.
“We’ve got three
teams who can take this year’s title at Lancaster,” said PMRA Director of Operations
Bruce Mehlenbacher. “And we also have last year’s Lancaster winner Bruce Boland, who could really
upset the proceedings.”
Joe Boniferro
climbed into top spot in the standings with his PMRA win at the Grand Bend
Motorplex and is tied with Kasey Jansen for this final race of
2006.
Both Boniferro, of
Niagara Falls, ON, and Jansen, of St.
Catharines, have amassed 1440 points, while 2005 PMRA champion Joe
Lilienthal of Kenmore,
NY, is right behind with 1430
points.
The Chevy Beretta
of Sonny and Jack Grainy of North
Tonawanda, NY, are next
in order with 1320 points, and they are tied with the Rude Stude Racing team of
Mark Mitchell of East Otto, NY.
Defending Lancaster champ Bruce Boland of Hamilton, Ontario, will also be on hand trying to make
it two in a row at the Buffalo-area track.
Qualifying for the
PMRA teams gets underway at 1:30 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. on the Buffalo-area
eighth-mile strip, with final eliminations scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. for
the quickest four cars.
For more information about
Lancaster Raceway Park, call (716) 759-6818 or visit www.lancasterracing.com
The PMRA and its member teams traveled to several new
drag strips in 2006, including Sanair in Quebec, and the western Ontario tracks
of St. Thomas Dragway and the Grand Bend Motorplex. The tour was a great success
for the series, which enjoyed strong fan popularity. Negotiations will soon be
underway to return to these tracks, along with Toronto Motorsports Park and
Lancaster Raceway Park and several other venues to present some of the best in
Pro Modified racing for 2007.
For more
information, contact Bruce F. Mehlenbacher bruce@jajentertainment.com
About the Pro Modified Racing
Association
The Pro Modified Racing
Association, 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. 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.