CAYUGA, ONTARIO (June 11, 2007) - One of Pro Modified drag racing’s most prominent teams will be competing in the upcoming Third Annual KC Auto Family Day Spectacular - PMRA Challenge presented by Paul Wolf Electric & Lighting Supply Inc., Sylvania and Independent Electrical Distributors.
Based in Western New York, Mike Stawicki and the G-Force Race Cars team Camaro will be running this coming Saturday, June 16 at Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario.
Running in both the IHRA Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam™ Drag Racing Series and NHRA AMS Staff Leasing Pro Modified Challenge presented by Tindle Enterprises Pro Modified competition, Stawicki considers Toronto Motorsports Park one of his favorite tracks, and has gone down the Kohler Road quarter mile many times.
He won the PMRA Challenge race at the track back in 2005, and the team will be ready to take on the large field of Pro Modifieds in the Supercharged 1967 Camaro. After a development year in 2006 with the new Mike Stawicki 521-cubic inch Brad Anderson Hemi engine, the team was able to muster a 6.09 pass in the 2006 IHRA world finals.
For 2007, the team has run a career-best with a 6.03-second, 237.95-mph pass at the NHRA Gatornationals in Florida. “G-Force Race Cars and Stawicki work hand-in-hand with car development, and this development goes into the race cars we build,” according to G-Force Race Car’s Jim Salemi. “For the most part we do our testing with the car Mike drives,” said Salemi, who is crew chief for the team. “This is where we try our new ideas.”
Salemi added G-Force Race Cars builds seven to 10 Pro Modifieds a year, plus updates on existing cars. Some of its customers include Raymond Commisso, Mike Janis, and the Carl Spiering Motorsports - Eaton Electrical Camaro.
He added that the competition in the Pro Modified class is constantly getting stronger as the bar is continuously raised which means more money must be spent to succeed.
“It’s getting harder to promote our race car on our budget,” Salemi admitted. “We’re dealing with million-dollar teams now, but we’ll be there.”
The race will be the second in the five-race 2007 PMRA tour, and organizers are very pleased to have the Toronto-based Paul Wolf Electric & Lighting Supply Inc., along with Sylvania and Independent Electrical Distributors as part of the event. Headlining the event will be the popular Pro Modifieds of the Pro Modified Racing Association, with speeds of over 225 miles per hour on the quarter-mile track.
Also on hand will be a jet-powered ambulance, wheelstanders, a large fireworks display and the National Speed Association Pro Stock sleds. Also joining the PMRA at Toronto Motorsports Park will be the CAN-AM Stock/Super Stock Series and the wild and ferocious Super Street Outlaw 10.5 cars.
The PMRA series expects to see the return of series regulars and principals in the 2007-Point Series sponsored by Wix Filtration Products, Valvoline, a division of Ashland Inc., Uni-Select, and Moen Incorporated. Sam Andreacchi, Matt Guenther, Gary Irving, Ike Maier, Gary Mater, John Russo and Scotty Wildgust all started their PMRA career on the Kohler Road quarter-mile strip at the first event on Victoria Day weekend.
Established PMRA teams including Bruce Boland, Dave Earhart, Rob Laperriere, Joe Lilienthal, Mark Mitchell, Larry Sinke, and 2006 Champions Kasey Janzen and Joe Boniferro are all expected to return.
“We should see a few other teams out for the first time this year,” added Mehlenbacher, referring to Ralph Andreacchi, Joe Caruso and Mike Cusimano's "Midlife Crisis" and Tony Pontieri driving for Rob Sporring. Qualifying for the Third Annual KC Auto Family Day Spectacular - PMRA Challenge presented by Paul Wolf Electric & Lighting Supply Inc., Sylvania and Independent Electrical Distributors will begin Saturday afternoon with the eight quickest teams returning for the final eliminations under the lights on Saturday night at Toronto Motorsports Park.
For information contact Toronto Motorsports Park call (905) 772-0303 or visit online at http://www.torontomotorsportspark.com/ Now in its third year of operation, The Pro Modified Racing Association (PMRA), http://www.promodifiedracing.com/, has enjoyed strong fan popularity and will present some of the best in Pro Modified racing for 2007.
From Bruce F. Mehlenbacher
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