Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Eaton’s Electrical business (Canadian Operations) presents the Eaton PMRA Challenge at SANAIR




ST-PIE, QUÉBEC – As part of its quest to present the best in Pro Modified drag racing, The Pro Modified Racing Association (PMRA), www.ProModifiedRacing.com, is delighted to announce an upcoming major event.

The Eaton PMRA Challenge presented by Eaton’s Electrical business at Sanair, near Montreal, as part of the PMRA tour in 2006.

“The fact that we are hosting a PMRA event sponsored by Eaton’s Electrical business is very electrifying news,” said Sanair Track Owner and General Manager Jacques Guertin. “It will give our race fans a chance to see Pro Modified racing at its very best.”



The Eaton PMRA Challenge at Sanair is scheduled for Saturday, August 19, 2006.

“Quebec is an extremely important part of Eaton’s marketing efforts,” explained Paul Tlustos, Marketing Communications Manager for Eaton’s Electrical business (Canadian Operations). “Our staff and our Customers will be extremely excited to hear of our involvement with the PMRA and the return of Pro Modified racing to Sanair.”



“Eaton’s Electrical business has made it possible for the PMRA to cover a lot of territory in eastern Canada, “said Bruce F. Mehlenbacher, Director of Operations of the PMRA. “ We are presently scheduled to run at four of the finest drag racing facilities in the country. We plan to announce events in the United States that will complete our scheduling plans for next season. To run at Sanair is exciting news for the PMRA,” continued Mehlenbacher. “And to have Eaton as title sponsor for the race is icing on the cake.”

Eaton’s Electrical business is a global leader in electrical control, power distribution, and industrial automation products and services. Through advanced product development, world-class manufacturing methods and global engineering services and support, Eaton’s Electrical business provides customer driven solutions under brand names such as Cutler-Hammer®, Powerware®, Durant®, Heinemann®, Holec® and MEM®, which globally serve the changing needs of the industrial, utility, light commercial, residential, and OEM markets.

Visit us at: http://www.eatonelectrical.ca/

For information about the Eaton PMRA Challenge presented by Eaton’s Electrical business at Sanair, call 1.450.772.6400 or visit online at http://www.sanairracing.com/

Eaton Corporation is a diversified industrial manufacturer with 2004 sales of $9.8 billion. Eaton is a global leader in electrical systems and components for power quality, distribution and control; fluid power systems and services for industrial, mobile and aircraft equipment; intelligent truck drivetrain systems for safety and fuel economy; and automotive engine air management systems, powertrain solutions and specialty controls for performance, fuel economy and safety. Eaton has 59,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 125 countries.

For more information, visit http://www.eaton.com/

At present, the PMRA has four events confirmed for the 2006 season, the KC Auto Parts Family Day Celebration at Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, ON Saturday, June 24, and the Pro Modified Racing Association is pleased to be running inaugural events at St. Thomas Dragway in Sparta, ON August 12 and 13 and at the Grand Bend Motorplex, over the Labor Day weekend.

PMRA officials are in negotiations with several tracks at present for 2006, both eighth and quarter-mile tracks in Michigan, New York, and Ohio with the plan of presenting a six-event drag racing series in 2006.

Started late in 2004 and entering its second year of operation, the PMRA ran five events in 2005 at four Ontario, Quebec, and New York locations, with a different winner at each track. The PMRA provides drag race fans the opportunity to see and hear popular Pro Modified racing in the class known as “the world’s fastest door slammers.”

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 racecars with different types of 2000-horsepower engines propelling the cars down the quarter-mile in the 6.20-second range at 230 mph.

For more information contact Bruce F. Mehlenbacher mehlenbacher@ProModifiedRacing.com
For more information contact:
Bruce F. Mehlenbacher
Director of Operations
Telephone: 905.772.1800 Ext. #22
Fax: 905.772-1799
Cellular: 905.517.5345
E-mail: mehlenbacher@ProModifiedRacing.com

Tim Miller
Media Director
Telephone: 905.870.1456
E-mail: tmiller@ProModifiedRacing.com

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