Courtesy Bruce F. MehlenbacherSPARTA, ON (August 6, 2006) – In a stand out performance on the St. Thomas Dragway eighth-mile NHRA sanctioned drag strip, Kasey Janzen captured his first victory in the Pro Modified Racing Association (PMRA) series moving him into a tie for the series championship lead with Joe Lilienthal.
“The car was good all weekend,” said Kasey Janzen after the event, the second in the five-race PMRA lineup. “We made a couple of adjustments to the car and it paid off.”
The win for Janzen driving the KC Motorsports team’s 1993 Chevrolet Lumina Z34 built by Wally Stroupe Race Cars marked the seventh different winner in as many races in the PMRA series and was part of the track’s CANUSA Hot Rod Reunion at St. Thomas Dragway in Sparta, Ontario.
Kasey Janzen, who is based in St. Catharines, ON, and placed third in the 2005 PMRA season, qualified number four in the field. He defeated Mark Mitchell, of East Otto, NY in the first round, the 2005 PMRA series champion Joe Lilienthal, of Kenmore, NY in the semi-finals, and Jack Grainy driving the Grainy Brothers Chevrolet Beretta from North Tonawanda, NY in the final.
“The Grainy Brothers are the veteran team in the series,” said Janzen from the winners circle. “Sonny and Jack are mentors to everyone in the series. I remember the first big drag race I ever went to and the Grainy Brothers were there.”
On their way to the final, the Jack Grainy defeated a red-lighting Joe Boniferro, of Niagara Falls, ON in the first round and number two qualifier Bruce Boland, from Hamilton, ON in the semi-finals.
“Kasey Janzen is a class act and if you are going to loose against someone in one of these PMRA deals he is a deserving winner, explained a very happy Jack Grainy. “Kasey and his company KC Auto Parts is a big supporter of our series and helps a bunch of the teams behind the scenes and we all appreciate his help."
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