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Elma, NY– Mike Janis and his WidoMaker Pro Mod team are headed to Indianapolis for the NHRA Unleashed event at O’Reilly Raceway Park on August 6th and 7th, 2010.

NHRA Unleashed is a new motorsports experience, providing a venue for some of the best Heads-Up Dooorslammer action on the planet.

NHRA Unleashed drag racing activities include everything from a heads-up 8.5 second class to a 13 second class, as well as Outlaw 10.5, Limited Street, EZ Street and Modified Street topped off with 2,500 horsepower Pro Modifieds.

Off the track fans can run their own vehicle against the clock on an autocross course, hook up their ride to an onsite Chassis Dyno, or hit the show and shine area.

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Elma, NY– According to Google Maps, Norwalk Raceway Park is just under a four hour drive from Mike Janis’ family owned Jan-Cen Motorsports shop in Elma, NY; making it the closest national event to home for the Eaton Aeroquip backed team. With its proximity to Western New York one could bet there will be many supporters of Janis and his team at the event.

“We started getting calls and emails weeks ago about Norwalk,” said Janis. “We’ll have a pretty large group there. Western New York will be well represented, not just by us but, Super Gas is full of guys from home and a lot of our customers like, Bob Bauer, Marc Caruso, Jon Pellicane, and Tommy Allen. So, I’m looking forward to the Friday night Lancaster crowd being there.”

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Elma, NY– Mike Janis’ Eaton Aeroquip backed Ford Mustang dubbed “WidowMaker” made her debut at last week’s 41st annual NHRA SuperNationals in Englishtown, NJ. Janis’ 2011 Ford Mustang showed promise posting a 5.941 elapsed time on her first pass. The run was good enough to post place Janis seventh in the qualifying order.

“She shook a bit after just past 60 foot and I pedaled her. She responded and was on a good run till just before the finish line when all of the sudden, BANG! So, I lifted just past the 1000 foot mark; I thought she popped the burst panel,” said Team Owner/Driver, Mike Janis.

It wasn’t the burst panel that made the noise it was the passenger window. When the car shook it loosened the upper door latch that attached the window frame to the chassis. The window was caught by the 240 mile per hour air and folded back into the door with a load bang, damaging the window and passenger door.

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Elma, NY– With the help of Ford Racing and Dan Page Race Cars, Mike Janis will debut his new Eaton Aeroquip backed 2011 Ford Mustang at the 41st annual NHRA SuperNationals in Englishtown, NJ.

The new scheme for the team came about due to a contest run by Mike Janis Racing asking fans to design their new Mustang. With over 120 entries from around the globe, Peter Walters of the United Kingdom took home the grand prize with his rendering.

The team’s staff graphic designer, Justin Spencer of Competition Designs tweaked Walters’ design and then proceeded to design a completely new image for the team.

“Thank God for Justin,” said Mike Janis Racing’s PR man Rob Kozak. “Justin has put a ton of time and effort into this for us. His contributions to this team are above and beyond what anyone could imagine.” Continue reading →

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Commerce, GA – Team Aeroquip’s Mike Janis came up a hair short this weekend in NHRA Get Screened America Pro Modified competition at the 30th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals. Janis who qualified number one with a 5.91 elapsed time at over 243 miles per hour used a little luck and some hard work to make his way to the finals.

Janis was the beneficiary of two red lights during competition, one from Brad Personett and another from Rick Stivers. Janis also defeated Troy Coughlin at the wheel of his Jeg’s backed Machine.

In the finals Janis faced off with Sweden’s Michael Gulvquist. Gulvquist was filling in for Raymond Commisso in his R2B2 ride. Commisso’ father passed ealier in the week and the entire Mike Janis Racing/ Aeroquip team sends their best to Commisso and his family.

Mooresville, NC – Following on the heels of the team’s best showing this season, Mike Janis and his Aeroquip Pro Modified team is looking to build off of that success by leaving nothing to chance.

Janis and his crew left their Buffalo, NY shop a few days early to hit their favorite test track, “The Dirty Mo” in Mooresville, NC.

Co-Crew Chief Kevin Peters explains why the Aeroquip team has such an affinity for the Mooresville eighth mile. “We’ve been coming here for a few years now and the entire track personnel go out of their way to make sure the track prep is second to none and they also help make our stay as pleasant as possible,” said Peters. “We may be in the heart of NASCAR country but they sure know how to prep a drag strip” added Peters.

After making several successful passes the team has packed up and headed to what Bob Frey lovingly refers to as “Hot-lanta” for the Pro Mod portion of the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway, May 14-16.

Elma, NY – Mike Janis Racing is proud to announce LAT Racing Oils as the latest addition to its growing family of sponsors.

Mike Janis, driver and team owner of Mike Janis Racing said, “I have been a believer in synthetic racing oils for a long time, their ability to perform in the harshest environments and still be able to increase horsepower is tremendous. So, when the opportunity came to be involved with LAT we jumped at it.”

Elma, NY – After a less than acceptable outing at the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Series season opener in Gainesville, Florida, Mike Janis and his Aeroquip backed team went back to the drawing board before heading to Houston for the NHRA’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Spring Nationals.

“Gainesville was very frustrating,” said Crew Chief, Mike Janis Jr. “We put a ton of off season R&D into our motor program but were very limited to our on track testing and it showed.”

“After the Gators, we went home, tore down the car and went right back to the Dyno. We picked right up where we left off and are making more power than we ever have but we still needed to get the car down the track. So, we headed out to Tulsa Raceway Park for some testing.”

After running a string of 3.80’s in the 1/8 mile; Team Owner/Driver, Mike Janis feels a load has been lifted off his back.

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Elma, NY – Mike Janis Racing along with their sponsors, Aeroquip, Eaton, and Jan-Cen are pleased to announce a conceptual design contest allowing fans to design their new 2010 Ford Mustang Pro Mod. The winner of the contest will receive $500.00 USD from Mike Janis Racing.
 
The contest is open to everyone; you don’t have to be an “artist” to enter. If you can put your idea to paper, we will take it from there. If needed, Justin Spencer of Competition Designs will transform contest ideas into a completed rendering. If you fancy yourself an “artist” you can alter the template or come up with a view of your own. The only strict rule of the design is that you DO NOT alter the sponsor Logos in anyway.