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Takes out Irving, Stawicki and Pontieri for big Toronto Motorsports Park win
CAYUGA, ONTARIO (June 17, 2007) – For the 11th time in as many races, a new team
captured a Pro Modified Racing Association event.
Sam Andreacchi of Toronto, Ontario took out Mike Stawicki of Medina, New York in the
final to win the Third Annual KC Auto Family Day Spectacular - PMRA Challenge
presented by Paul Wolf Electric & Lighting Supply Inc., Sylvania, and Independent
Electrical Distributors at Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario. It was the
team’s first PMRA win.
“This is just fantastic,” said an excited Andreacchi after the final. “We really had
our car running well, and we were on our game plan. And with our main sponsor Wolf
Electric taking part in the event, we could not have asked for anything better.”
The one-day event, which saw a record number of 16 Pro Modifieds vie for the eight
spots in the show, was the second stop in the 2007 Pro Modified Racing Association
Tour.
Driving the Andreacchi Motorsports 1969 Chevy Nova, the victor took out Stawicki in
the G-Force Camaro with a 6.425-sec, 222 -mph pass over Stawicki who had some
difficulties in the final. Stawicki’s crew chief, Jim Salemi was awarded the Parts
Pro Crew Chief of the Race award.
There were some surprises and upsets in the race.
The biggest upset of the day was in the semi between Sam Andreacchi and Tony
Pontieri of Bolton, Ontario, as Andreacchi took the round over a red-lighting
Pontieri, who qualified the Rob Sporring Quality Plus Racing 1957 Chevy number one
with a new PMRA record of 6.084-seconds at 234.17-mph to pace the field. Pontieri
won the Auto Meter Products - Low Qualifier Contingency Award, the Competition Tire
Canada/Goodyear Racing Tire - Low Qualifier Contingency Award, the Lowdown Hot Rods
- Low Qualifier Award, the Bear's Performance Products - Consistent Qualifier Bonus,
the Gulfway Insurers www.racensur.com - Best Reaction Time and Round Winner prize,
posting an .011-second light in the first round and posted the Top Speed of the
event with a 234.31-mph run.
Winner of the previous PMRA race at the Kohler Road strip last month, John Russo, of
Middletown, Massachusetts, just managed to qualify in seventh in his Russo
Motorsports Camaro, but was taken out in the first round by Stawicki in the G-Force
Race Cars Camaro. Stawicki, winner of a 2005 PMRA event, qualified number two with a
6.224-sec, 228.38-mph pass. Russo was awarded The Trailer Shop - Longest Tow
Contingency Award.
In the other semi, Stawicki eliminated number three qualifier Larry Sinke of
Welland, Ontario, in his Hammer Racing 1967 Chevy Nova Pro Modified.
Running his dark green Nova, Andreacchi put down some impressive numbers to qualify
fourth, and he took out Gary Irving of Bolton, Ontario in the first round. For the
remainder of the first round, Sinke eliminated Ike Maier of Tottenham, Ontario with
his 1969 Camaro, who qualified ninth but got into the show as Joe Boniferro of
Niagara Falls, Ontario, qualified sixth but could not make the first round, and
Pontieri beat Scotty Wildgust of Ajax, Ontario, in the NitroMoose/Ajax Engines 1957
Chevy. Taking the Needles at Work / Voted by Officials award was the entry of Ike
Maier.
The next Pro Modified Racing Association event, Third Annual PMRA Challenge
presented by G-Force Race Cars, Grainy's Automotive, and Niagara Auto, will take
place Sunday, July 29 at Lancaster Raceway Park, just outside of Buffalo, in
Clarence, New York.
For more information about Lancaster Raceway Park, call (716) 759-6818 or visit
www.lancasterracing.com
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,
Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania teams. Wix Filtration Products,
Valvoline, a division of Ashland Inc., Uni-Select, and Moen Incorporated will
sponsor the PMRA point 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".