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PMRA, Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and PBSS welcomes return of NGK Spark Plug for 2014
CAYUGA, ON – One of the top spark plug manufacturers in the world has renewed it support with three popular drag racing series.
NGK Spark Plugs is back for 2014 with series support for the Pro Modified Racing Association, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and the Pro Bike & Sled Series.
The most important engine manufacturers all over the world count on NGK’s consistent quality and reliability. Makers of spark plugs for virtually every automotive, motorcycle, marine and small engine applications, NGK has been a leader since it began in 1936. The company has extensive racing experience from around the world and is the most trusted name in spark plugs in the racing world. With involvement in Formula One, World Super Bike, Moto GP, World Rally Car and thousands of local race programs NGK has been firing championship engines around the world.
Rocky Di Lecce hoping to improve his driving skills for 2014 PMRA season
MISSISSAUGA, ON – While the Metro Infrastructure 1968 Chevy Camaro will get a new look this year, team owner and driver 
Rocky Di Lecce said he will focus more on his driving skills this year in the hopes of continued success in the Pro Modified Racing Association.
But his success will be hard to beat in 2014, as the Camaro driver won an unprecedented five of six regular PMRA events and the series championship, and topped off his season with a big win at the International Pro Mod Challenge at the SuperChargers Showdown in Maryland last September.
We are going to change the car’s wrapping and lighten it up a bit, said Di Lecce. It’s a bit heavy.
Drag race series to participate at upcoming Canadian Motorsports Expo
TORONTO, ON – Several types of drag racing will be on display this weekend (February 7-9) at the eighth annual Canadian 
Motorsports Expo, Canada’s largest venue related to motorsports.
Several teams that compete in the popular Quick 32 Sportsman Series and the Pro Bike and Sled Series will be on hand at the CME with their race vehicles.
The Quick 32 Sportsman Series, presented by NAPA Auto Parts, will be represented by both the Top Dragster and Top Sportsman classes that comprise the series. From Buffalo, New York, Dan Flanigan will display his Top Sportsman 2013 Chevy Camaro. The NOCO Energy Corporation Camaro features a 680-cubic inch nitrous-injected engine underneath the swoopy G-Force Race Cars product.
Three Drag Racing Series announces their 2014 schedules
CAYUGA, ON – Racing dates for the upcoming season have been announced for the Pro Modified Racing Association (PMRA), the 
Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and the Pro Bike & Sled Series (PBSS).
Started in 2005, the PMRA has grown into one of the strongest Pro Modified series in this popular class, presenting a solid contingent of teams at some of the best facilities in Eastern Canada and the United States. The PMRA has become a major player in the Pro Modified ranks, and has produced some of the best racing of this nature in North America with top cars and drivers doing battle on drag strips in Ontario, Michigan, and Maryland.
Along with its annual regular championship, the PMRA has provided fans with performances at major national drag racing venues, and last year at a special Pro Mod shoot-out in Maryland, took both first and second spots against some of the best teams in the Pro Modified world.
Night of Champions PMRA, PBSS and Quick 32 series pays honor to the teams of the 2013 racing season
BURLINGTON, ON – The annual Night of Champions was recently held for the Pro Modified Racing Association, the Quick 32 
Sportsman Series, and the Pro Bike & Sled Series.
This is the season-ending event for all three drag race series, and honors the teams for their efforts throughout the racing season.
For 2013, the banquet was held at the Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel and Conference Center in Burlington, Ontario, and hosted by Bill Mehlenbacher.
With the three vehicles of each series champion on display, the top five teams from each series were presented with their awards.
The PMRA Countdown to the 2013 Championship – Rocky Di Lecce – Champion
CAYUGA, ON – It just couldn’t get much better for Rocky Di Lecce in 2013.
The Pro Modified racer from Mississauga, Ontario won a record-setting five events for one season in the Pro Modified Racing Association, winning the Championship Point Award Series in fine style.
Di Lecce also captured a special Pro Mod Invitational held at Maryland International Raceway in September in an inaugural Canada-versus-USA matchup, besting some of the finest Pro Mod teams in the Eastern US.
This year went well, I am happy with it, said Di Lecce, who has now completed his second full year of PMRA competition. But I have still a ways to go, he continued. I was still on a learning cycle this year.
The Pro Modified Racing Association Countdown to the 2013 Championship – The Grainy Brothers – Second Place
CAYUGA, ON – Long-time veteran competitors Jack and Sonny Grainy had an admirable year with the Pro Modified Racing 
Association, finishing second in the Championship Point Award Series for 2013.
With Jack Grainy driving the Grainy Brothers Camaro Pro Modified, the team from North Tonawanda New York qualified for the season opener in Martin Michigan third and ran some laps to the semi-final.
Qualifying sixth for the next race, at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park, Grainy was out in the first round, but for the next event, also at Cayuga, he made it to the semi-final again.
For the fourth race, the Canadian Nitro Nationals at Cayuga, he started fourth on the ladder and was eliminated in the first round. He was also eliminated in the first round after qualifying seventh at the next event held at the Grand Bend Motorplex, and the team finished the season at Grand Bend with a sixth qualifying spot and a first-round loss.
The Pro Modified Racing Association Countdown to the 2013 Championship – Bruce Boland – Third Place
CAYUGA, ON – Veteran Pro Modified Racing Association driver Bruce Boland has been known for showing up at the track with a new 
race car each season. He has always been able to get the maximum out of his race cars, and 2013 was no exception, as the Stoney Creek Ontario driver placed third in PMRA Championship Point Award Series.
Starting with his 1953 Corvette Pro Modified for the season opener at Martin, Michigan, Boland qualified number two but could not make the elimination rounds. After doing some damage to his car during testing for the next event at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park and not being able to compete, Boland got back in the hunt qualifying fifth for the next event at Cayuga, and going into the semi-final.
He also qualifying fifth for the next race, and once again was eliminated in the semi-final.
The Pro Modified Racing Association Countdown to the 2013 Championship – Derek Hawker – Fourth Place
CAYUGA, ON – Driving a new car for most of the 2013 Pro Modified Racing Association Series, Derek Hawker placed fourth in the 
Championship Point Award Series for the season.
Hawker, of Corbyville, Ontario competed in all of the PMRA points races of the year, using his 1963 Corvette and then a new 1968 Firebird-bodied Pro Modified after a crash during the season.
Derek Hawker3He qualified fifth with his Corvette at the season opener in Martin, Michigan, and was eliminated in the semi-final. He did not participate in eliminations during the second race after crashing his Corvette at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park, but with his new Firebird ready to go for the next event, qualified third and was taken out in the first round.
Hawker’s luck improved during the Canadian Nitro Nationals at Cayuga, qualifying second and making laps until the final round where he lost to winner Rocky Di Lecce of Mississauga, Ontario.
For the next race, held at the Grand Bend Motorplex, Hawker qualified seventh but could not make the elimination rounds, but for the next and last race, also at Grand Bend, he qualified fifth and went to the final round once again, only to lose to Paolo Giust of Osgoode, Ontario.
The PMRA Countdown to the 2013 Championship – Paolo Giust – Fifth Place
CAYUGA, ON – Competing in his first full year of Pro Modified Racing Association competition, Paolo Giust made a fine showing 
finishing the 2013 year fifth in Championship Point Award Series.
Giust-1The highlight of the rookie’s season was a race victory during the year.
Giust, from Osgoode, Ontario, drove the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray Pro Modified owned by him and wife Shannon at five of six events during the year, the ninth full season for this popular Pro Modified drag race series.
Although Giust did not race in the opening PMRA round at Martin, Michigan, he qualified for the next events with his Corvette, which features a Brad Anderson (BAE) 526-cubic inch supercharged Hemi engine sitting in an LJ Chassis and coupled to a Bruno’s Automotive Products, Inc. – Lenco transmission and utilizing a Resolution Racing Service fuel system.
