PMRA: Joe Boniferro takes PMRA final at Grand Bend, first two-time winner in PMRA history

Bruce Boland takes 2007 PMRA Championship in tight points battle

GRAND BEND, ONTARIO - (September 2, 2007) – The Pro Modified Racing Association has provided exciting action on the track throughout its existence, and the 2007 PMRA final at the Grand Bend Motorplex over the Labor Day weekend certainly provided a dramatic finish to the season.

With the running of this final event, the PMRA finally has a repeat winner, as a different team won each of the previous 13 events. Joe Boniferro of Niagara Falls, Ontario, beat Bruce Boland of Hamilton, Ontario in the final round to become the PMRA’s first repeat winner. Boniferro, driving the Smokin’ Joe’s 1999 Dodge Avenger, ran a 6.625-sec, 216.86-mph pass over Boland’s 6.780-sec, 213.06 effort.

“I’m just ecstatic to become the first two-time winner of this series,” said a pleased Boniferro after the race. “All my four sons are here today, along with the whole crew”, he went on. “We came here with a whole new combination, and I would have been content just to have qualified. But everything went our way, and I’m very happy.”

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From Bruce F. Mehlenbacher and Tim Miller / PMRA