Jason Kalso ready and prepared for 2009 PMRA
season
Michigan Pro Modified team will compete with 1971 Barracuda
CLARKSON, MICHIGAN (March 25, 2009) - When Jason Kalso gets into his 1971
Barracuda-bodied doorslammer at the start of the 2009 Pro Modified Racing Association season, he will be fully
qualified to compete in the popular Pro Modified division.
“This has been two years in the making,” he said. “And it’s a whole other world.” Along with
father and crew chief Terry Kalso, the team has patiently built a race car and taken the baby steps necessary
such as launching and half-track passes in order to get ready for some 225-plus mph runs down the quarter mile.
Jason’s wife Stacy is also an integral part of the team, and supportive of his racing career.
Others on the Kalso Motorsports team include Jason’s mother Deb, Mark Roberts, and “Small”
Paul Miller.
“Everything has been a first for us,” he continued. “First year, first car, first motor,
everything.”
The pale yellow Barracuda sits on a G-Force Race Cars chassis, and Kalso added that
G-Force’s Jim Salemi has been a big help to the new team with advice, set-ups, and sharing expertise. There
have been several trips between Michigan and G-Force’s shop in Western New York, and the trips have been
valuable, according to Kalso.
The car is powered by a rare five-inch bore, 525-cubic inch Chevy engine from the shop of
Pro Modified veteran Mike Stawicki. A Lenco three-speed transmission is couple to the engine, and a DMPE
supercharger sits atop the Chevy powerplant.
Several of the PMRA events will be run in conjunction with the Quick 32 Sportsman Series
presented by NAPA Auto Parts, www.Quick32.ca, offering fans a great show of drag
racing.
For more information, contact Bruce F. Mehlenbacher Bruce@PMRA.ca
About the Pro Modified Racing Association (PMRA):
The Pro Modified Racing Association, www.PMRA.ca, was organized late in 2004, started racing
operations in 2005, and is entering its fifth year of operation in 2009. The PMRA is a self-governing
organization with input from its teams, and adheres to the technical and safety rules as outlined by the
International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) and the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). The series has event
venues in Ontario, Quebec, and New York State.
Cars in the PMRA capture the true spirit of hot rodding, and the class is one of drag
racing’s most exciting and colorful classes, offering a diverse group of race cars with different types of
2,500-horsepower supercharged, nitrous powered and turbocharged engines.
Combining classic body styles and modern equipment, constructors are permitted, within
established rules and parameters, to modify and enhance the cars in both appearance and performance. The cars
are fuelled by gasoline or methanol, propelling them down the quarter-mile in low six-second times at over 200
miles per hour. The PMRA provides drag race fans the opportunity to see, hear, and experience the popular Pro
Modifieds, known as "the world's fastest door slammers".
Photo Credit: Mike Goodwin Photography - www.mgdigital.ca and Mark
Ackert - www.dragracecanada.com
For more information, please
contact:
Bruce F. Mehlenbacher
Director of Operations
Telephone: (905) 772-1800 Ext.
#22
Cellular: (905) 517-5345
E-mail: Bruce@PMRA.ca
Tim Miller
Media Director
Telephone: (905) 870-1456
E-mail: Tim@PMRA.ca
1209 Kohler Road, Cayuga, ON Canada
N0A 1E0
Telephone: (905) 772-1800 Extension
#22, Fax: (905) 772-1799
E-mail: Bruce@PMRA.ca
Website: www.PMRA.ca
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