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CAYUGA, ONTARIO (June 9, 2009) - The Pro Modified
Racing Association will have an overseas Pro Modified racer at its Fifth Annual Family
Weekend Spectacular this weekend.
 Australian Adam Croker will be at the Cayuga Dragway at Toronto Motorsports
Park testing his new G-Force Race Cars Camaro.
“I’ve been to North America before, but this is the first time I’ll be
on a race track,” said the native of Perth, Australia, who has raced since 1996.
Croker will be making initial passes in his new 1968 Camaro from the
G-Force Race Cars shops in Western New York, which is powered by a Mike Stawicki Racing
Built 521-cubic inch Billet Brad Anderson (BAE) Supercharged Hemi, coupled to a Lenco
three-speed. The car will also feature a DMPE M5 14-71 supercharger and DMPE fuel system
tweaked by Stawicki.
The Croker Racing team is no stranger to the Pro Modified world, having
raced a 1953 Corvette Pro Modified in Australia for several years. In 2007 Croker asked for
some help from DMPE’s Darren Mayer and Jon Salemi on the Corvette. The team was impressed,
and eventually wanted to compete with a G-Force Race Car.
“We brought Darren Mayer and Jon Salemi down to tune the 53 Corvette in
2007, and while they were here we got talking about being an agent for both DMPE and
G-Force Race Cars here in Australia,” he said. “So I thought I really would like one of
Jim’s (Jim Salemi) cars to show off, so that’s how that came about.”
 Croker has raced blower cars since 1996, starting with an alcohol dragster.
The Corvette Pro Modified was next, and another dragster with a DMPE blower and fuel
system. It was after racing this car that the team decided to get a G-Force Race
Car.
Croker also mentioned that the Pro Modified class is very popular in
Australia, and even though the class is called something else, the racing is just as
popular.
“We call the class doorslammers,” he said. “It’s probably the biggest
class right now in Oz. We do have some different rules compared to the guys in ADRL, NHRA,
IHRA, and the PMRA, so the classes are not exactly the same as our ANDRA
competition.”
But there is a good contingent of the class in Australia, and there is
country-wide competition for the class.
“We have I would say about 50 doorslammer legal cars in the country at
the moment with more coming,” he said.
“We have seven rounds of racing in our ANDRA-sanctioned championship
series for doorslammers and this is Australia-wide at three tracks, the Perth Motorplex,
Willowbank Raceway in Queensland, and the Western Sydney Raceway.
"We also have our local series here in Perth with nine rounds of racing
in a bracket they call Top Comp.”
 Croker will be working with Jim and Jon Salemi this weekend, learning about
his new car, and hopefully get some good shakedown passes down the Cayuga
track.
The Fifth Annual Family Day Weekend Spectacular takes place this
weekend, June 13-14, at the Cayuga Dragway. Qualifying begins Saturday at 4:00 pm, and
eliminations begin Sunday at 1:00 pm.
The PMRA will headline the two-day event, which will include racing in
the TNT Super Series.
For more information, contact Bruce F. Mehlenbacher Bruce@PMRA.ca
About the Pro Modified Racing Association
(PMRA):
The Pro Modified Racing Association, www.PMRA.ca, was organized late in 2004, started racing operations in 2005, and is entering
its fifth year of operation in 2009. The PMRA is a self-governing organization with input
from its teams, and adheres to the technical and safety rules as outlined by the
International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) and the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). The
series has event venues in Ontario, Quebec, and New York State.
The PMRA will compete at several drag strips in 2009, including dates at
Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario, starting with the season opener on May 16 and
17, June 13 and 14 and the season-closer on September 19 and 20, at St. Thomas Dragway in
Sparta, Ontario on July 11 and 12, and the South-western Ontario track of the Grand Bend
Motorplex at the 10th Annual MOPAR Canadian Nationals July 17 to 19, the Stratford
Spectacular Hot August National presented by Ideal Supply & NAPA Auto Parts August 8
and 9 and on September 5 and 6.
Cars in the PMRA capture the true spirit of hot rodding, and the class
is one of drag racing’s most exciting and colorful classes, offering a diverse group of
race cars with different types of 2,500-horsepower supercharged, nitrous powered and
turbocharged engines.
Combining classic body styles and modern equipment, constructors are
permitted, within established rules and parameters, to modify and enhance the cars in both
appearance and performance. The cars are fuelled by gasoline or methanol, propelling them
down the quarter-mile in low six-second times at over 200 miles per hour. The PMRA provides
drag race fans the opportunity to see, hear, and experience the popular Pro Modifieds,
known as "the world's fastest door slammers".
Several of the PMRA events will be run in conjunction with the Quick 32
Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts, www.Quick32.ca
, offering fans a great show of drag racing.
For more information, please
contact:
Bruce F.
Mehlenbacher
Director of
Operations
Telephone: (905)
772-1800 Ext. #22
Cellular: (905)
517-5345
Tim
Miller
Media
Director
Telephone: (905)
870-1456
1209 Kohler Road,
Cayuga, ON Canada N0A 1E0
Telephone: (905)
772-1800 Extension #22, Fax: (905)
772-1799
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For information about Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario call
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