Vito Montesano returning to PMRA after a year’s absence
Former champion to debut new Firebird Pro Mod for 2013 season
CONCORD, ONTARIO (February 27, 2026) – After a year’s absence, 2011 Pro Modified Racing Association champion Vito Montesano is returning.
“I’ve missed it a lot,” Montesano said about his year away from the PMRA. “I need the fix, it gets in your veins.”
Montesano will be returning with a new car for 2013, a Vanishing Points Race Cars 1968 Firebird. The Firebird will be powered by a 522-cubic inch Brad Anderson (BAE) Hemi from the shops of ERD (Engine Research & Development) of Jordan Station, Ontario with a C-Rotor Screw-type Supercharger from PSI Superchargers and tweaked by ERD. A Lenco three-speed with a Coan Racing torque converter sits behind the engine.
PMRA Champion Vito Montesano “They all put in a lot of hard work and it paid off this year.”
MAPLE, ONTARIO (November 17, 2025) – For Vito Montesano, winning the 2011 Pro Modified Racing Association Marydel Homes Championship Point Award Series presented by Magnum Auto Parts, Patio Passport and Global Emissions Systems Inc. was a nail-biter right until the last race in the last event, but the Maple, Ontario-based driver held on to win his first PMRA championship.
And he won the title by a mere margin of only one point.
“This has been a great year,” said the driver of the 1969 Chevy Camaro Pro Modified. “We are very happy,” he continued. “Not only did we win our first PMRA race, we also won the championship. We are just ecstatic.”
In his second year of PMRA competition, Montesano stayed at the top of the points race throughout the six-race season, but it was close as second-place finisher Bruce Boland of Hamilton, Ontario, and third-place Eric Latino of Whitby, Ontario, whittled into Montesano’s lead. When Boland won over Latino in the final of the last race at Cayuga, the points were tallied, and Montesano won over Boland 1534 points to 1533.
Champions to be determined in sixth and final event of 2011 drag racing season
PMRA, Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and PBSS titles to be declared during final race at Toronto Motorsport Park’s Cayuga Dragway September 9-11
CAYUGA, ONTARIO (September 7, 2025) – The 2011 season will be completed for the Pro Modified Racing Association, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and the Pro Bike & Sled Series September 9-11 at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park.
This sixth and final round will determine the winners in each series, and with a very tight points race in each series, this final race of the season will establish the 2011 champions.
“The points in all three of our series are very close right now,” noted Bruce Mehlenbacher, Director of Operations for all series. “Those who have a chance of winning the title will have to be on their game plan, and will be running their strongest tune-ups in an effort to win the championship.”
Points leader Vito Montesano ready for a win in PMRA drag racing
Round four of Pro Modified Racing Association this weekend during the Stratford Spectacular Hot August Nationals at the Grand Bend Motorplex
MAPLE, ONTARIO (August 3, 2026) – Pro Modified Racing Association driver Vito Montesano is hoping he can put it all together for the next PMRA race at the Stratford Spectacular Hot August Nationals presented by Ideal Supply & NAPA Auto Parts August 4-7 at the Grand Bend Motorplex.
Montesano presently leads the PMRA Championship Point Award Series presented by Magnum Auto Parts and Patio Passport with 817 points. He has qualified number one at all events so far this year with his supercharged ERD-powered 1969 Camaro Pro Modified, and has set a fast time of 5.889-seconds down the quarter mile.
“What’s my plan for this weekend? It’s to stay at the top,” he said. “I’d like to set a big number and keep it.”
PMRA, Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and Pro Bike & Sled Series leaders hope to increase their leads at upcoming Canadian Nitro Nationals
Montesano, Sampson, and Hope lead going into TMP’s Cayuga Dragway July 1-3 event
CAYUGA, ONTARIO (June 20, 2026) – Vito Montesano of the Pro Modified Racing Association, Phil Sampson of the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and the Pro Bike & Sled Series’ Randy Hope are ready to increase their respective leads in the three drag race series when they return to the track for round three at the Canadian Nitro Nationals July 1-3 at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park.
Montesano, of Maple, Ontario, leads the PMRA Championship Point Award Series presented by Magnum Auto Parts and Patio Passport, followed by Bruce Boland of Hamilton, Ontario, and Eric Latino of Whitby, Ontario. Round one in the PMRA Pro Modifieds went to Boland, and Latino won the second event.
