Kasey Janzen plans a step up at PMRA 2006 drag race events

“KC Motorsports team will be a force to be reckoned with this season.”

Courtesy Bruce F. Mehlenbacher

January 20, 2006, St. Catharines, ON – Pro Modified Racing Association (PMRA), www.ProModifiedRacing.com, driver Kasey Janzen and KC Motorsports has been involved with blown door slammers for more than 15 years, including involvement in racing the team’s Stroupe-built Lumina to sponsoring race events through his KC Auto Parts company.

“The plan for 2006 is to step up and be prominent in the PMRA season,” said Janzen, who is based in St. Catharines, ON, and placed third in the 2005 PMRA season. “The Lumina is getting a once-over, with the engine receiving upgrades from Oddy's Racing. Together with our team mate Joe Lilienthal, the KC Motorsports team will be a force to be reckoned with this season.”

The racecar is a 1993 Chevrolet Lumina Z34 built by Wally Stroupe Race Cars. The car utilizes a blown Keith Black engine serviced by blower guru Jim Oddy, producing more than 2200-horsepower. This ground-stomping power gets to the ground via an air-shifted three-speed Lenco transmission mated with a Boninfante clutch.

Driver and team owner Kasey Janzen has experienced great success in his racing career. Some of the team’s highlights include numerous wins in IHRA Top Sportsman Quick 8 shootouts, along with wins in UDRA races. The team’s greatest success was taking the championship in the now-defunct CDRS series.

“KC Motorsports has been very fortunate to be associated with great companies through the years,” explained Janzen. “We have enjoyed long-term support from Moen Faucets, Valvoline, Wix Filters, Raybestos Friction, and Dayco Belts and Hoses.” The team’s greatest support comes from KC Auto Parts, an automotive jobber store supplying the needs of local garages and do-it-yourself mechanics.

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 5 and 6, the Eaton PMRA Challenge at Sanair near Montreal scheduled for Saturday, August 19, 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.