Stawicki
captures PMRA event at TMP Strong field of Pro Modifieds battle in heads-up racing |
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Mike Stawicki powered his way to a resounding victory in the fifth Pro Modified Racing Association (PMRA) www.promodifiedracing.com event at Toronto Motorsports Park at Cayuga, Ontario, over the Labour Day weekend. The Medina, New York driver was the dominate force in the race in his G-Force Race Cars 1967 Camaro. “This was a good win,” said Stawicki after the final. “The track got better as the night went on, and the car was nice and straight.”
Stawicki was matched up against present PMRA series points leader Joe Lilienthal of Kenmore, New York in his 1968 Jeep for the final. Both drivers left the line with .142-second reaction times, but Stawicki pulled ahead mid-track winning with a 6.229-second, 227.08 run against Lilienthal’s 6.749, 203.16-mph pass.
In quarter-final action, Stawicki took out Brantford, ON’s Mark Nielson, Querin advanced after beating Bruce Boland of Hamilton, Janis eliminated number two qualifier Larry Sinke of Welland, Ontario, and Lilienthal beat Ralph Andreacchi of Maple, Ontario. Winning the Bear’s Performance Products Consistent Qualifier Bonus was Bruce Boland in the B&B Racing 1953 Chevrolet Corvette. The TMP race was the final scheduled event in the 2005 season, but the PMRA is hoping to hold the rain-postponed Lancaster, New York race in October, and a decision will be made within the next few days. The HeadsUpRacer.com photo gallery of the event is now posted. The PMRA is a self-governing organization with its own set of technical and safety rules based on the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Pro Modified division. Cars in the PMRA capture the true spirit of hot rodding, and the class offers a widely-diverse group of race cars with different types of 2000-horsepower engines propelling the cars down the quarter-mile in the 6.20-second range at230 mph. For more information contact: Bruce F. Mehlenbacher Tim Miller |
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The
strong field of PMRA Pro Modifieds were one of the highlights
of the weekend’s KC Auto Parts Family Day Celebration at
the Kohler Road track..
Stawicki,
who qualified number one taking the Darren Mayer Performance Engineering
(DMPE) Low Qualifier Bonus in the 12-car field with a 6.205-second,
225.88-mph effort, took out Luciano Querin of Toronto in the Quality
Plus Racing Camaro in the semi-final with a 6.24-second, 221.58
mph pass over Querin’s 6.85-second, 210.54-mph run. The
other semi was a wild race as both Lilienthal and reigning IHRA
Pro Modified World Champ Mike Janis of Lancaster, New York, left
the line together, but as Lilienthal got a little out of shape
about half-way, Janis backed off, giving Lilienthal the win, with
a 7.748-second, 179.88-mph run against the champ’s losing
8.684-second, 119.58-mph pass.
