By Bruce F. Mehlenbacher
CAYUGA, ONTARIO (June 11, 2007) - One of Pro Modified drag racing’s most prominent teams will be competing in the upcoming Third Annual KC Auto Family Day Spectacular - PMRA Challenge presented by Paul Wolf Electric & Lighting Supply Inc., Sylvania and Independent Electrical Distributors.
Based in Western New York, Mike Stawicki and the G-Force Race Cars team Camaro will be running this coming Saturday, June 16 at Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario.
Running in both the IHRA Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam™ Drag Racing Series and NHRA AMS Staff Leasing Pro Modified Challenge presented by Tindle Enterprises Pro Modified competition, Stawicki considers Toronto Motorsports Park one of his favorite tracks, and has gone down the Kohler Road quarter mile many times. He won the PMRA Challenge race at the track back in 2005, and the team will be ready to take on the large field of Pro Modifieds in the Supercharged 1967 Camaro.
After a development year in 2006 with the new Mike Stawicki 521-cubic inch Brad Anderson Hemi engine, the team was able to muster a 6.09 pass in the 2006 IHRA world finals. For 2007, the team has run a career-best with a 6.03-second, 237.95-mph pass at the NHRA Gatornationals in Florida.
“G-Force Race Cars and Stawicki work hand-in-hand with car development, and this development goes into the race cars we build,” according to G-Force Race Car’s Jim Salemi.
“For the most part we do our testing with the car Mike drives,” said Salemi, who is crew chief for the team. “This is where we try our new ideas.”
Salemi added G-Force Race Cars builds seven to 10 Pro Modifieds a year, plus updates on existing cars. Some of its customers include Raymond Commisso, Mike Janis, and the Carl Spiering Motorsports - Eaton Electrical Camaro.
He added that the competition in the Pro Modified class is constantly getting stronger as the bar is continuously raised meaning more money must be spent to succeed.
“It’s getting harder to promote our race car on our budget,” Salemi admitted. “We’re dealing with million-dollar teams now, but we’ll be there.”
CAYUGA, ONTARIO (June 11, 2007) - One of Pro Modified drag racing’s most prominent teams will be competing in the upcoming Third Annual KC Auto Family Day Spectacular - PMRA Challenge presented by Paul Wolf Electric & Lighting Supply Inc., Sylvania and Independent Electrical Distributors.
Based in Western New York, Mike Stawicki and the G-Force Race Cars team Camaro will be running this coming Saturday, June 16 at Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario.
Running in both the IHRA Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam™ Drag Racing Series and NHRA AMS Staff Leasing Pro Modified Challenge presented by Tindle Enterprises Pro Modified competition, Stawicki considers Toronto Motorsports Park one of his favorite tracks, and has gone down the Kohler Road quarter mile many times. He won the PMRA Challenge race at the track back in 2005, and the team will be ready to take on the large field of Pro Modifieds in the Supercharged 1967 Camaro.
After a development year in 2006 with the new Mike Stawicki 521-cubic inch Brad Anderson Hemi engine, the team was able to muster a 6.09 pass in the 2006 IHRA world finals. For 2007, the team has run a career-best with a 6.03-second, 237.95-mph pass at the NHRA Gatornationals in Florida.
“G-Force Race Cars and Stawicki work hand-in-hand with car development, and this development goes into the race cars we build,” according to G-Force Race Car’s Jim Salemi.
“For the most part we do our testing with the car Mike drives,” said Salemi, who is crew chief for the team. “This is where we try our new ideas.”
Salemi added G-Force Race Cars builds seven to 10 Pro Modifieds a year, plus updates on existing cars. Some of its customers include Raymond Commisso, Mike Janis, and the Carl Spiering Motorsports - Eaton Electrical Camaro.
He added that the competition in the Pro Modified class is constantly getting stronger as the bar is continuously raised meaning more money must be spent to succeed.
“It’s getting harder to promote our race car on our budget,” Salemi admitted. “We’re dealing with million-dollar teams now, but we’ll be there.”
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