Countdown to the 2013 Championship
Derek Hawker – Fourth Place
CAYUGA, ONTARIO (October 17, 2025) – Driving a new car for most of the 2013 Pro Modified Racing Association Series, Derek Hawker placed fourth in the Championship Point Award Series for the season.
Hawker, of Corbyville, Ontario competed in all of the PMRA points races of the year, using his 1963 Corvette and then a new 1968 Firebird-bodied Pro Modified after a crash during the season.
He qualified fifth with his Corvette at the season opener in Martin, Michigan, and was eliminated in the semi-final. He did not participate in eliminations during the second race after crashing his Corvette at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park, but with his new Firebird ready to go for the next event, qualified third and was taken out in the first round.
Derek Hawker to keep status quo for new Pro Modified Racing Association season
Corvette team which placed third in 2012 is hoping for more success this year
CORBYVILLE, ONTARIO (April 4, 2026) – Derek Hawker, who placed third in the 2012 Pro Modified Racing Association standings, said he has no big changes in store for the upcoming season.
“We’ve just been doing our regular thing,” said Hawker, who drives the Hawker Racing 1963 Chevy Corvette Pro Modified. “We’ve got the car tuned up and we’re ready.”
Hawker qualified the Corvette at all PMRA races last year, and his best showing was a runner-up finish against Sam Andreacchi in the final at Grand Bend in August. The Vanishing Points Race Car chassis is powered by an Alan Johnson 526-cubic inch engine with a PSI D-Screw supercharger and Atchison fuel system which propels the car down the quarter-mile in just over six seconds at about 230 mph. A Lenco three-speed transmission sits behind the engine.
Countdown to the ChampionshipTop Five for 2012
Derek Hawker – Third Place
CAYUGA, ONTARIO (October 24, 2025) – A couple of final-round appearances helped Derek Hawker to finish in third place in the 2012 Pro Modified Racing Association Championship Point Award Series presented by Global Emissions Systems Inc..
The Hawker Racing Corvette Sting Ray Pro Modified qualified for all seven PMRA events this season, starting at the Cayuga Dragway at Toronto Motorsports Park in fourth spot and losing in the semi-final round.
For the next three events, at Martin, Michigan, the Nitro Nationals at Cayuga, and the IHRA Nitro Jam weekend at Grand Bend, Hawker, of Corbyville, Ontario, made the show but was taken out in first-round action.
But Hawker and his Corvette went rounds for the next two races. In the South Coast Community Weekend race, Hawker qualified seventh and took out Rob Atchison of London, Ontario, and 2012 PMRA champion Eric Latino of Whitby, Ontario, to meet up in the final with Jay Santos of Halton Hills, Ontario, who took the win over Hawker.
No major changes planned for PMRA Corvette Pro Modified of Derek Hawker
Third-year PMRA drag racer will run entire 2012 season starting in May
CORBYVILLE, ONTARIO (February 15, 2026) – “Right now the car is in 10 million pieces, but we’ll have it back together for opening day.”
Entering his third year of Pro Modified Racing Association competition, Derek Hawker said the Hawker Racing Corvette Pro Modified will not receive any major changes for the upcoming season.
“We are doing some upgrades to the supercharger,” he noted. “We have to try and run with the Joneses, but other than that, it will be pretty much the same deal.
Hawker placed sixth in 2011 PMRA Championship Point Award Series, qualifying in the tough field at most events, highlighted with a final round appearance against Kenny Lang in the third race of the six-race season. His 6.316-second pass was close, but Lang, an IHRA Pro Modified champion from Manitoba, nipped Hawker with a 6.035-second run.
Kenny Lang wins PMRA Pro Modified event during Canadian Nitro Nationals
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CAYUGA, ONTARIO (July 5, 2026) – He only came to test out some new equipment, but Pro Modified racer Kenny Lang ended up winning the Pro Modified Racing Association race during the Canadian Nitro Nationals at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park.
The event was the third in the 2011 PMRA schedule.
And the win was not only Lang’s first in PMRA competition, it was his first in the Pro Modified series.
“We had a good day,” Lang said after his win. “We just came here to test a new converter, started picking away, and stayed with our game plan.”
Lang, from Grand Pointe, Manitoba, is a regular competitor in the Get Screened America Pro Modified Series which competes at NHRA National events. Earlier this year Lang acquired major sponsorship from Summit Racing Equipment, a marketer of high-performance parts and accessories. Lang made history in 2010 at the NHRA Gatornationals in Florida as the first competitor to win an NHRA Pro Modified event and be awarded the coveted “Wally” trophy.
