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New Pro Modified team ready
for 2007 PMRA Tour
Wildgust to drive the
Silbermann team entry
AJAX, ONTARIO (March 24, 2007) - One of the new PMRA teams is ready to make its mark on the Pro
Modified Racing Association’s 2007 tour.
 “All the testing is behind us,” said Pro Modified
car owner Kirk Silbermann recently. “This will be our first full year with the
car. We’ve only got two passes on it.”The Silbermann car is the Ajax
Engines/Mobil 1 1957 Chevy-bodied Pro Modified, running a 526-cid Brad Anderson
Hemi, an SSI supercharger, and an ERD/Carl Spiering fuel
system.
Last year the team, with Stratford’s
Scott Wildgust at the wheel, made only a couple of runs getting the car sorted
out. But this year the ’57 will be a familiar sight at the PMRA events.
Wildgust, a former Alcohol Funny Car driver, will also be driving the Pro
Modified this year when the team competes in two or three IHRA National
events.
“We’re going to support the Pro Modified
Racing Association series,” said Silbermann at his Ajax engine facility about
the PMRA series. “We’re going back to having some good old
fun.”
 Silbermann mentioned he started racing himself in
1992, and by 1998 was running in the Top Sportsman and Pro Modified classes
after purchasing a 1941 Willys-bodied car from fellow Canadian Gary Irving, one
of Pro Modified’s early contenders.As crew chief with the ’57 Chevy,
Silbermann said he really has no desire to get back behind the wheel. “That’s
over for now,” he said. “I enjoy the management part.”
Now in its third year of operation, The
Pro Modified Racing Association (PMRA), www.ProModifiedRacing.com, has enjoyed strong fan popularity and will present some of the best
in Pro Modified racing for 2007.
The PMRA will travel to several drag strips in 2007,
including two dates at Toronto Motorsports Park, Lancaster Raceway Park in New
York State, Sanair in Quebec, and the Southwestern Ontario track of Grand Bend
Motorplex.
In 2006, the tour was a great success, and during the past
two seasons of the PMRA, each event finished with a different winner. Joe
Boniferro and Kasey Janzen tied in points last year and were crowned
co-champions over the other Ontario, Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania teams.
Wix Filtration Products, Valvoline, a division of Ashland Inc., Uni-Select, and
Moen Incorporated will sponsor the PMRA points series in 2007.
For more information, contact Bruce F. Mehlenbacher
Mehlenbacher@ProModifiedRacing.com
About the Pro Modified Racing Association
(PMRA):
The Pro Modified Racing Association started late in 2004
and is entering its third year of operation. The PMRA is a self-governing
organization, with technical and safety rules as outlined by the International
Hot Rod Association (IHRA) and the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). 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, offering a diverse group of
racecars with different types of 2,000-horsepower engines. Combining classic
body styles and modern equipment, constructors are permitted, within established
rules and parameters, to modify and enhance the cars in both appearance and
performance. The cars are fuelled by gasoline or methanol, propelling them down
the quarter-mile in low six-second times at over 200 miles per hour. The PMRA
provides drag race fans the opportunity to see, hear, and experience the popular
Pro Modifieds, known as "the world's fastest door slammers".
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