ANDREACCHI WINS PMRA CAYUGA
Mon, 2007-06-18 09:24
For the 11th time in as many races, a new team captured a Pro Modified Racing Association event.
Sam Andreacchi of Toronto, Ontario took out Mike Stawicki of Medina, New York in the final to win the Third Annual KC Auto Family Day Spectacular - PMRA Challenge presented by Paul Wolf Electric & Lighting Supply Inc., Sylvania, and Independent Electrical Distributors at Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario. It was the team’s first PMRA win.
“This is just fantastic,” said an excited Andreacchi after the final. “We really had our car running well, and we were on our game plan. And with our main sponsor Wolf Electric taking part in the event, we could not have asked for anything better.”
The one-day event, which saw a record number of 16 Pro Modifieds vie for the eight spots in the show, was the second stop in the 2007 Pro Modified Racing Association Tour.
For the 11th time in as many races, a new team captured a Pro Modified Racing Association event.
Sam Andreacchi of Toronto, Ontario took out Mike Stawicki of Medina, New York in the final to win the Third Annual KC Auto Family Day Spectacular - PMRA Challenge presented by Paul Wolf Electric & Lighting Supply Inc., Sylvania, and Independent Electrical Distributors at Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario. It was the team’s first PMRA win.
“This is just fantastic,” said an excited Andreacchi after the final. “We really had our car running well, and we were on our game plan. And with our main sponsor Wolf Electric taking part in the event, we could not have asked for anything better.”
The one-day event, which saw a record number of 16 Pro Modifieds vie for the eight spots in the show, was the second stop in the 2007 Pro Modified Racing Association Tour.
Driving the Andreacchi Motorsports 1969 Chevy Nova, the victor took out Stawicki in the G-Force Camaro with a 6.425-sec, 222 -mph pass over Stawicki who had some difficulties in the final. Stawicki’s crew chief, Jim Salemi was awarded the Parts Pro Crew Chief of the Race award.
There were some surprises and upsets in the race.
The biggest upset of the day was in the semi between Sam Andreacchi and Tony Pontieri of Bolton, Ontario, as Andreacchi took the round over a red-lighting Pontieri, who qualified the Rob Sporring Quality Plus Racing 1957 Chevy number one with a new PMRA record of 6.084-seconds at 234.17-mph to pace the field. Pontieri won the Auto Meter Products - Low Qualifier Contingency Award, the Competition Tire Canada/Goodyear Racing Tire - Low Qualifier Contingency Award, the Lowdown Hot Rods - Low Qualifier Award, the Bear's Performance Products - Consistent Qualifier Bonus, the Gulfway Insurers www.racensur.com - Best Reaction Time and Round Winner prize, posting an .011-second light in the first round and posted the Top Speed of the event with a 234.31-mph run.
Winner of the previous PMRA race at the Kohler Road strip last month, John Russo, of Middletown, Massachusetts, just managed to qualify in seventh in his Russo Motorsports Camaro, but was taken out in the first round by Stawicki in the G-Force Race Cars Camaro. Stawicki, winner of a 2005 PMRA event, qualified number two with a 6.224-sec, 228.38-mph pass. Russo was awarded The Trailer Shop - Longest Tow Contingency Award.
In the other semi, Stawicki eliminated number three qualifier Larry Sinke of Welland, Ontario, in his Hammer Racing 1967 Chevy Nova Pro Modified.
Running his dark green Nova, Andreacchi put down some impressive numbers to qualify fourth, and he took out Gary Irving of Bolton, Ontario in the first round. For the remainder of the first round, Sinke eliminated Ike Maier of Tottenham, Ontario with his 1969 Camaro, who qualified ninth but got into the show as Joe Boniferro of Niagara Falls, Ontario, qualified sixth but could not make the first round, and Pontieri beat Scotty Wildgust of Ajax, Ontario, in the NitroMoose/Ajax Engines 1957 Chevy. Taking the Needles at Work / Voted by Officials award was the entry of Ike Maier.
The next Pro Modified Racing Association event, Third Annual PMRA Challenge presented by G-Force Race Cars, Grainy's Automotive, and Niagara Auto, will take place Sunday, July 29 at Lancaster Raceway Park, just outside of Buffalo, in Clarence, New York.
Sam Andreacchi of Toronto, Ontario took out Mike Stawicki of Medina, New York in the final to win the Third Annual KC Auto Family Day Spectacular - PMRA Challenge presented by Paul Wolf Electric & Lighting Supply Inc., Sylvania, and Independent Electrical Distributors at Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario. It was the team’s first PMRA win.
“This is just fantastic,” said an excited Andreacchi after the final. “We really had our car running well, and we were on our game plan. And with our main sponsor Wolf Electric taking part in the event, we could not have asked for anything better.”
The one-day event, which saw a record number of 16 Pro Modifieds vie for the eight spots in the show, was the second stop in the 2007 Pro Modified Racing Association Tour.
For the 11th time in as many races, a new team captured a Pro Modified Racing Association event.Sam Andreacchi of Toronto, Ontario took out Mike Stawicki of Medina, New York in the final to win the Third Annual KC Auto Family Day Spectacular - PMRA Challenge presented by Paul Wolf Electric & Lighting Supply Inc., Sylvania, and Independent Electrical Distributors at Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario. It was the team’s first PMRA win.
“This is just fantastic,” said an excited Andreacchi after the final. “We really had our car running well, and we were on our game plan. And with our main sponsor Wolf Electric taking part in the event, we could not have asked for anything better.”
The one-day event, which saw a record number of 16 Pro Modifieds vie for the eight spots in the show, was the second stop in the 2007 Pro Modified Racing Association Tour.
Driving the Andreacchi Motorsports 1969 Chevy Nova, the victor took out Stawicki in the G-Force Camaro with a 6.425-sec, 222 -mph pass over Stawicki who had some difficulties in the final. Stawicki’s crew chief, Jim Salemi was awarded the Parts Pro Crew Chief of the Race award.
There were some surprises and upsets in the race.
The biggest upset of the day was in the semi between Sam Andreacchi and Tony Pontieri of Bolton, Ontario, as Andreacchi took the round over a red-lighting Pontieri, who qualified the Rob Sporring Quality Plus Racing 1957 Chevy number one with a new PMRA record of 6.084-seconds at 234.17-mph to pace the field. Pontieri won the Auto Meter Products - Low Qualifier Contingency Award, the Competition Tire Canada/Goodyear Racing Tire - Low Qualifier Contingency Award, the Lowdown Hot Rods - Low Qualifier Award, the Bear's Performance Products - Consistent Qualifier Bonus, the Gulfway Insurers www.racensur.com - Best Reaction Time and Round Winner prize, posting an .011-second light in the first round and posted the Top Speed of the event with a 234.31-mph run.
Winner of the previous PMRA race at the Kohler Road strip last month, John Russo, of Middletown, Massachusetts, just managed to qualify in seventh in his Russo Motorsports Camaro, but was taken out in the first round by Stawicki in the G-Force Race Cars Camaro. Stawicki, winner of a 2005 PMRA event, qualified number two with a 6.224-sec, 228.38-mph pass. Russo was awarded The Trailer Shop - Longest Tow Contingency Award.
In the other semi, Stawicki eliminated number three qualifier Larry Sinke of Welland, Ontario, in his Hammer Racing 1967 Chevy Nova Pro Modified.
Running his dark green Nova, Andreacchi put down some impressive numbers to qualify fourth, and he took out Gary Irving of Bolton, Ontario in the first round. For the remainder of the first round, Sinke eliminated Ike Maier of Tottenham, Ontario with his 1969 Camaro, who qualified ninth but got into the show as Joe Boniferro of Niagara Falls, Ontario, qualified sixth but could not make the first round, and Pontieri beat Scotty Wildgust of Ajax, Ontario, in the NitroMoose/Ajax Engines 1957 Chevy. Taking the Needles at Work / Voted by Officials award was the entry of Ike Maier.
The next Pro Modified Racing Association event, Third Annual PMRA Challenge presented by G-Force Race Cars, Grainy's Automotive, and Niagara Auto, will take place Sunday, July 29 at Lancaster Raceway Park, just outside of Buffalo, in Clarence, New York.
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