The Pro Modified Racing Association will finish its 2008 schedule this coming Saturday and Sunday, and the PMRA Pro Modifieds will be part of an exciting weekend of drag racing to be held in conjunction with the OSCA’s (Ontario Street Car Association) 2008 McIntyre Automotive Championship Finals and the Canadian SRT Nationals.
 
“We should have a terrific weekend,” said PMRA Director of Operations Bruce Mehlenbacher. “The OSCA is a great series with a group of very dedicated and extremely serious competitors. The 2008 PMRA champion will be decided at this event.”
 
OSCA Race Director Mike Bennett said he is expecting up to 150 cars for the finish of the series’ eighth season, and there are some tight battles in several of the 11 classes. The Pro Modified Racing Association will finish its 2008 schedule this coming Saturday and Sunday, and the PMRA Pro Modifieds will be part of an exciting weekend of drag racing to be held in conjunction with the OSCA’s (Ontario Street Car Association) 2008 McIntyre Automotive Championship Finals and the Canadian SRT Nationals.
 
“We should have a terrific weekend,” said PMRA Director of Operations Bruce Mehlenbacher. “The OSCA is a great series with a group of very dedicated and extremely serious competitors. The 2008 PMRA champion will be decided at this event.”
 
OSCA Race Director Mike Bennett said he is expecting up to 150 cars for the finish of the series’ eighth season, and there are some tight battles in several of the 11 classes.
 
“It should be an exciting weekend,” stated Bennett. “There are lots of tight battles, and class winners will be decided at this race.”
 
The PMRA portion of the Saturday show will feature eliminations for the rain-delayed Fourth Annual KC Auto Parts Family Day PMRA Challenge presented by Paul Wolf Electric & Lighting Supply Inc., Osram Sylvania and Independent Electrical Distributors, along with qualifying, run in unison for the totally rescheduled Third Annual Victoria Day Weekend - PMRA Challenge.
 
Sunday will see the eight quickest teams return from Saturday’s qualifying for the championship eliminations.
 
Qualifying for rained-out May PMRA event gets underway at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, then eliminations for the rescheduled June event will be held starting at 3:00 p.m. The second and third qualifiers for the May event will also be held Saturday.
 
With the qualifying completed for the May event on Saturday, eliminations will be held Sunday starting at 1:00 p.m.
 
Going into the final two-day event at Toronto Motorsports Park, Bruce Boland, the 2007 PMRA Champion of Hamilton, Ontario has paced the field of PMRA Pro Modified teams, and presently leads with 1369 points followed closely followed by Terry Brown of Caledonia, Ontario, who has 1328 points.
 
Third in the standings is Jeff Roth of Kitchener, Ontario, with 1281 points, and fourth is Joe Boniferro of Niagara Falls, Ontario who has 1279 points.
 
In fifth is Jack Grainy of North Tonawanda, New York, with 1128 points, next in points is Randy Jewell of Holley, New York with his JFM Racing 1968 Camaro in sixth with 958 points, and Ike Maier of Tottenham, Ontario and his 1969 Camaro are seventh with 941 points. Eighth is Mike Stawicki of Medina, New York, in the G-Force Race Cars 1967 Camaro, ninth is Mike Cusimano of Rochester, New York with the Midlife Crisis team 1994 Corvette and 673 points, and tenth is the 1969 Chevy Nova of Sam Andreacchi of Toronto, Ontario with 672 points.