The Pro Bike & Sled Series Countdown to the 2013 Championship – Melissa Pluim – Fourth Place

CAYUGA, ON – Taking fourth place in the 2013 Pro Bike & Sled Series was the Pro Bike team of Marty Kuiack and Melissa Pluim, who each drove three races in the six-race series, and who each lost in a final round to Ted Glinny, the 2012 PBSS champion.

Marty KuiackThis is the third season of PBSS competition, which is presented by Wiseco Performance Products.

Starting in Martin, Michigan, Kuiack qualified fourth in the field, but lost to Glinny, of Milton, Ontario, in the final.

Melissa PluimFor the next two races, held on the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park, Kuiack qualified eighth and fifth respectively, but was out in the semi-final of the first race and the first round in the second race.

Not able to continue to race the rest of the season, due to a broken wrist at the Cayuga event, Kuiack, of Milton, handed over the riding chores to his crew chief Melissa Pluim, from Pefferlaw, Ontario. Pluim qualified for the fourth race but was out in the first round.

Melissa qualified fifth in the first of two races at Grand Bend Motorplex, and was out in the second round, but qualified sixth for the final event, and went laps, only to lose to Glinny in the final round.

The Annual “Night of Champions” Championship Point Award Series Banquet for the Pro Modified Racing Association (PMRA), the Quick 32 Sportsman Series and the Pro Bike & Sled Series (PBSS) will be held at the Burlington Hotel & Conference Centre in Burlington, Ontario on Saturday, November 16, 2013.

The Pro Bike & Sled Series, www.PBSS.ca, also competes with its two companion series, the Pro Modified Racing Association, www.PMRA.ca and the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, www.Quick32.ca providing fans and exciting and complete experience of drag racing action.

Photo Credit: Bill Mehlenbacher Photography ~ www.nxphoto.com and Brennan Shortall ~ www.dragracecanada.com

For more information contact Bruce F. Mehlenbacher at Bruce@PBSS.ca