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Derek Hawker ready for 2011 PMRA Season
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CORBYVILLE, ONTARIO – Derek Hawker’s game plan for competing in the 2011 Pro Modified Racing Association season is simple: the driver of the Hawker Racing Corvette is leaving well enough alone.
After placing second in the Pro Modified Racing Association Championship Point Award Series presented by Magnum Auto Parts and Patio Passport in 2010, Hawker said the car will continue with the same combination.
“Everything is pretty much the same as last year,” he said. “The car will look identical, and we’re going to run pretty much the same deal.”
Hawker’s rookie year in PMRA racing was highlighted with a victory in round two of the series at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park July 4. He also took a runner-up placing at Cayuga during the opening round.
Vito Montesano ready to set more records in 2011
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MAPLE, ONTARIO – Vito Montesano had a record-setting season in his first year of Pro Modified Racing Association racing, and he plans on returning with the same focus for 2011.
“We’ll be out there to set some records,” said Montesano. At the Grand Bend Motorplex later in the 2010 season, he took his 1968 Chevy Camaro Pro Modified and set a record of 5.88-seconds, the fastest time for a converter-equipped Pro Modified in the quarter-mile at that time.
Powering the Camaro is a 526-cubic inch ERD (Engine Research & Development) Brad Anderson (BAE) Supercharged Hemi with a Lenco three-speed transmission and Coan Racing torque converter.
PMRA/Quick 32 Sportsman Series set schedule for 2011
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CAYUGA, ONTARIO – The Pro Modified Racing Association, www.PMRA.ca, and the Quick 32 Sportsman Series 
presented by NAPA Auto Parts, www.Quick32.ca,is pleased to announce the 2011 racing schedule for both of these popular drag race series.
The PMRA will be entering its seventh year of competition, while the Quick 32 Sportsman Series will be starting its third season.
For 2011, the racing will consist of six events, and both the PMRA and Quick 32 Sportsman Series will compete together at all events.
Roth Racing 1941 Willys prominent exhibit at Canadian Motorsports Expo
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TORONTO, ONTARIO – Drag racing will be a big component of the upcoming Canadian Motorsports Expo, and the Pro Modified Racing Association will be well-represented with the 
Roth Racing 1941 Willys Pro Mod.
The Willys will be part of the CME’s “Quarter Mile Corral” organized by prominent drag racing photographer and journalist Bruce Biegler and DragRace Canada.com. Other quarter-mile machines to be displayed include Mark Martino’s NHRA Pro Stock car, the KonRodz Funny Car of Spiro Kontos, and Gus Mantas’ NHRA Barracuda Super Stock.
Based in Kitchener, Ontario, the Roth Pro Modified, owned by Jim Roth and driven by son Jeff Roth, placed seventh in the 2010 Pro Modified Racing Association Championship Point Award Series presented by Magnum Auto Parts and Patio Passport, qualifying in the top five in several PMRA events, along with two semi-finals. In 2009 the team placed third in points, highlighted with an event victory at the Grand Bend Motorplex in September of that year.
Roth Racing returns to PMRA for 2011
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KITCHENER, ONTARIO – Roth Racing is ready to return to racing for the 2011 Pro Modified Racing Association.
“Pretty well everything is the same as last season,” noted team owner Jim Roth. “There will be some chassis changes,and we’ll be detuning the car to comply with the new Series rule changes.”
Roth’s 1941 Willys Pro Modified has been running a state-of-the-art PSI Superchargers Screw-type Supercharger, and with some limitations placed on cars with this device over the Roots Supercharger, Nitrous and Turbocharged entries Roth and his group will be making the necessary adjustments.
Sitting on a Lowdown Hot Rods chassis, the popular Willys is powered by a 526-cubic inch Alan Johnson engine with input from Atchison Racing. A Bruno Automotive Products/Lenco three-speed sits behind the engine, which has a fuel system courtesy of Atchison.
PMRA uniform supplier, Big City Sportswear, plans facility expansion in 2011
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ROCHESTER, NY – As the Quick 32 Sportsman Series and the Pro Modified Racing Association grow, so too does Big 
City Sportswear, www.bigcitysportswear.com, the preferred uniform and official merchandise supplier of both drag race series.
“We wanted to get involved with a company that was willing to work and develop with the series, and Big City Sportswear not only met but exceeded our expectations,” noted Bruce Mehlenbacher, Director of Operations for the PMRA and the Quick 32 Sportsman Series. “We got together with Big City Sportswear from the inception of this project, and are very pleased with the product provided to our series.”
Not only does Big City Sportswear provide uniforms for the officials of the racing series, a line of official series merchandise is available to the race fans at all PMRA and Quick 32 Sportsman Series race events.
Mark Nielsen ready for 2011 PMRA season
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BRANTFORD, ONTARIO – After some major changes to the Nielsen Motorsports Chevrolet Yenko Camaro SS Pro Mod in 2010, car driver and owner Mark Nielsen said the team should be ready with a vengeance when the Pro
Modified Racing Association begins the 2011 season.
Earlier this season, the team installed a screw blower on the ERD (Engine Research & Development) 526-cubic inch Brad Anderson (BAE) Supercharged Hemi engine of the G-Force Race Cars Camaro, and changed the traditional three-speed Lenco gearbox with a Bruno/Lenco torque convertor automatic set-up, a new combination for the team to learn.
“We struggled with the combo,” said Nielsen, who placed ninth in the 2010 Pro Modified Racing Association Championship Point Award Series presented by Magnum Auto Parts and Patio Passport. “But later in the season we got back down to the ETs we’re accustomed to.”
NGK Spark Plugs returns to PMRA and Quick 32 Racing Series
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MARKHAM, ONTARIO – One of the world leaders in spark plugs and related items is returning to both the Pro 
Modified Racing Association and the Quick 32 Sportsman Series in support of these two popular drag racing series.
“We are grateful for the involvement of NGK Spark Plugs,” said Bruce Mehlenbacher, Director of Operations for both the Quick 32 Sportsman Series and the PMRA. “They produce an excellent product, and are renown for their commitment to auto racing.”
NGK not only provides technical support for both race series, it also provides sponsorship for several PMRA and Quick 32 Sportsman Series teams.
Auto Meter Products once again to provide its support in drag race series
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SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS – One of the world’s biggest and most popular names in motorsport instrumentation will be returning to the Pro Modified Racing Association and the Quick 32 Sportsman Series as a Contingency sponsor for 
2011.
Auto Meter Products, manufacturers of a wide range of automotive and racing instruments, will provide contingency awards for both drag race series at all events for the upcoming season.
“We are pleased to be a part of both the PMRA and the Quick 32 Sportsman Series,” said Marc Erickson, Director of Motorsports for Auto Meter. “Both series have done a great job in the promotion of drag racing.”
Mike Stawicki honored as 2010 PMRA Pro Modified World Champion
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NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO – The Pro Modified Racing Association and the Quick 32 Sportsman Series held its annual Night of Champions over the weekend.
Master of ceremonies Larry Satchell guided the full-to-capacity room proceedings at the Best Western Cairn Croft Hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada that rewarded the top drivers and teams in the two popular drag racing series.
Now in its sixth year, the PMRA honored Mike Stawicki and the G-Force Race Cars / MSR Performance Team who captured the 2010 PMRA Championship in the Point Award Series presented by Magnum Auto Parts and Patio Passport.
“I’ve been in this game a long time and the 2010 season was one of the most successful for us,” said the Medina, New York driver who competes with the G-Force Race Cars Firebird.
