Media Day 2010

RPM Family Power Fest & Media Weekend June 25-27 Adds Meet The Stars BBQ!

For immediate release April 20, 2010

The RPM Magazine Family PowerFest & Media Weekend event presented by Lucas Oil Products and featuring the Ultimate Pro Mod Showdown has added the "Mark Bugera Memorial Bolt-On Performance Meet The Stars Racer BBQ" for Saturday June 26th.

"Mark and Helen Bugera hold a special place in the hearts and minds of us here at RPM as well as those who have been attending our events over the years," explained RPM VP Of Marketing Trish Biro. "They have always wanted to support a part of racing that gives back to the racers of the sport and also encourages racer and fan interaction, and the Meet The Stars BBQ does just that! What a fitting tribute to Mark to continue with this racer oriented part of the weekend."

"PIG OUT!" This year's BBQ will feature the extraordinary cooking talents of award winning roast team "Pig Out" who will be onsite with their full compliment, including the world renowned, the one, the only, Hambulance! "Pig Out’s professional catering services ensures that your catered event is on time with succulent juicy meat. Guests will enjoy the aromas while roasting and can watch as the meat cooks through built in windows on the roaster. Once the meat is roasted the Pig Out roaster’s unique design allows us to carve directly from the spit in front of your quests, indoors. We have perfected this art making the best roasted meats you have ever tasted along with expert smoking and grilling." To check out more on Pig Out and see their impressive line of products and services visit them online at www.pigout.ca/sco

How does the Racer BBQ work? -- It is FREE for racers! Racers of the event will be given a special Meet The Stars BBQ Ticket which entitles them to a free meal of professionally roasted pork with all the trimmings. While the racers enjoy their BBQ we encourage fans to come by and meet the Stars of the show.

The BBQ will be held as always in the Grand Bend Motorplex Beer Gardens at the Lucas Oil Products Event Welcome Area and will be followed by the Ultimate Pro Mod Showdown Champion Awards Ceremony and the PowerTunes music portion of Saturday's festivities.

Watch your email and the pages of RPM Magazine for more exciting news as it develops or log onto www.rpm-mag.com or www.grandbendmotorplex.com

For information you can call:
RPM Magazine at 519-752-3705 or by email at eventinfo@rpm-mag.com
Or Grand Bend Motorplex at 519-238-7223

RPM Magazine & Grand Bend Motorplex Release "FAMILY FIRST" Pricing for June Pro Mod Showdown!

IT'S HERE! And The Deals Are Incredible!

Mark it on your Calendar, June 25th -27th at Grand Bend Motorplex for the RPM Magazine Family Power Fest Media Weekend Featuring the Ultimate Pro Mod Showdown... Canada's Biggest Baddest single Pro Mod show!

"We love what the folks at RPM are doing with their 'family pricing' special. When a promoter goes out of their way like this to make sure that the family aspect of the sport is not only recognized, but in fact embraced, it's great for everyone involved", stated Ron Biekx, General Manager of Grand Bend Motorplex.

"We've said it from the start, this is all about entertaining families and the media with the most powerful sport on earth!" Exclaimed RPM VP of Sales & Marketing, Trish Biro. "Our goal was to offer an exciting energetic and high-power atmosphere for your family with pricing to go along with it. You know, make it cost less than going to a 2 hour movie but go a few steps further and give you more action and more family fun for your hard-earned money. I feel we have accomplished that and more with Grand Bend Motorplex here. Remember... This event is "RATED G"... For GREAT Family Fun!

Power Fest "FAMILY FIRST" TICKET PRICING

SATURDAY's BIG SHOW "FAMILY OF FOUR POWER PASS"
$30 Includes 2 Adults and 2 kids under 18!
(For Entire Saturday Show, AND you do NOT have to be related... 2 adults, 2 kids under 18 for $30, it's that simple!) PLUS, Add A Child for just $5 each (up to 18) OR add a Student for just $10! (18 or over, see details below)

"ALL-IN" WEEKEND Adult Pass - 3 days of horsepower and fun for just $35! That's 5 bucks off the regular price, PLUS Enjoy FREE Weekend Camping On Us!

Event Day Passes - Adult: Fri. $5, Sat. $20, Sun. $15 Child: Fri. $3, Sat. $5, Sun. $3
PLUS, Student & Senior's Day Passes Are 1/2 Price!! (I.D. may be requested)

And remember, this is Drag Racing so every ticket purchased includes a FREE Pit Pass for you and your family to get up close and personal with the Stars & Cars of Extreme Drag Racing!

Media Passes - Free Press Passes (pre-authorized accredited media only! Contact Trish at: trish@rpm-mag.com for full details)

"This will be the biggest single-event Pro Mod Show in Canada!" Added RPM Magazine Special Event Director, Raymond Knight. "When you add in the incredible action of the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts combined with Grand Bend's own Thunder Series, AND the added attractions of the "Kids Area" from noon till 4pm on Saturday, PLUS the after-racing nightlife which includes 3 wicked rock bands and a Meet The Stars Racer BBQ... well let's just say you won't want to miss a minute!"

RPM Magazine at 519-752-3705 or by email at eventinfo@rpm-mag.com
Or Grand Bend Motorplex at 519-238-7223

Photo Credit - Ian Rae HeadsUpracer.com

RPM 2010 EVENT PRO MOD CLASS GETS A NAME! ...A VERY COOL NAME!

ULTIMATE PRO MOD SHOWDOWN will be the feature attraction at this summer's RPM Magazine Family Festival & Media Weekend at Grand Bend Motorplex June 25th-27th.

"What's in a name... EVERYTHING!" Exclaims RPM Magazine Editor Chris Biro. "We've made it our business to focus solely on fast doorslammer drag racing. Our motto is 'from the grass roots to the top-shelf of the sport', and that is exactly what you will see at Grand Bend Motorplex in June this year. There will be something for everyone, but the Pro Mods will be the headliner."

"Pro Modified cars are the world's fastest door cars, and certainly with anywhere from 2,500 to over 3,000 horsepower they compete on-the-edge where basically one split second can make the difference in any given race," Biro continues. "They provide fans with the Ultimate experience in drag racing, and whenever they compete the action is second to none. The Ultimate Pro Mod Showdown just fits with the intense action and high energy atmosphere that will be on the menu for June in Ontario, Canada!"

The already much anticipated June event will feature Pro Modified Outlaw as the headliner class seeing 3,000 horsepower insane machines from TWO countries do battle on Canadian soil... the show will be wild!!! Backed up by the incredible NAPA Quick 32 competitors and Grand Bend Motorplex Thunder Series, there will something for everyone!

Watch your email and the pages of RPM Magazine for more exciting news as it develops or log onto www.rpm-mag.com or www.grandbendmotorplex.com

For information you can call:
RPM Magazine at 519-752-3705 or by email at eventinfo@rpm-mag.com
Or Grand Bend Motorplex at 519-238-7223

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Focus Is On The Racers At RPM Family Festival/Media Weekend Event!

"The response has been outstanding!" Exclaimed RPM Editor Chris Biro. "Right off the line we had companies and racers contacting us wanting to be part of this event, and in true RPM Media event fashion this will be a Family Festival of horsepower with much of the focus and attention going to the racers!"

Shortly after the RPM Family Festival/Media Weekend Extravaganza was announced for June 25th-27th, 2010 at Grand Bend Motorplex (Ontario, Canada) the phones were ringing and emails filtering in. Two of the first companies to jump in were Lowdown Hot Rods and HeadsUpRacer, both throwing their hats in the ring for the Pro Modified racers of the event.

Lowdown’s Tom VanDerGeld explained, “We have been involved with RPM Magazine almost from the start over ten years ago. I attended their first Media Events when I was running our own Pro Mod with Gary Irving. Those events were lots of fun and allowed us some early season testing before we hit the Super Chevy Show circuit. We wanted to give something back to the racers and this exciting Pro Mod class that is part of the new RPM Family Festival/Media Weekend is a great way to do it. Pro Mods are all about excitement and so is the RPM event, the fans are in for a treat with all the local racers from the PMRA series as well as many others from further afield.”

Lowdown Hot Rods is offering $1,000 to the racer who runs the low E.T. during qualifying or eliminations in the Saturday portion of the event. VanDerGeld went on, “I want to make it fair for everyone, Friday night’s qualifier is optional and some racers may not make it. For that reason we are including the two Saturday qualifiers and Saturday’s eliminations. Hopefully this bonus will make some racers push the envelope and run some spectacular elapsed times.”

Find out more about Lowdown Hot Rods at www.lowdownhotrods.com

Competitors will also get to run for the ‘Consistent Qualifier’ bonus from HeadsUpRacer.com. HUR’s Ian Rae, who also serves as RPM Magazine’s Senior Drag Race Editor, elaborated. “I have been lucky enough to have been at every event RPM Magazine has put on, no matter where they have been held, and to see it come back to Grand Bend Motorplex has me really excited. We already have serious interest from racers like Bill Rowe, Jim Bersani plus Kelly Fitzsimmons and Justin Stannard from the Maritimes not to mention the many top-shelf local Ontario Pro Mod teams, and that can only be good for Pro Mod racing and the fans on both sides of the border. We are going to give $500 to the most consistent qualifier in Saturday’s qualifying rounds. Here is the twist; this means that the person winning the bonus may not even qualify! But in the spirit of the RPM events, this is about giving back to the racers. It costs them a lot of money to entertain us; HeadsUpRacer.com just wants to help say thanks.”
Visit HeadsUpRace at www.headsupracer.com

The already much anticipated June event will feature Pro Modified Outlaw as the headliner class seeing 3,000 horsepower insane machines from TWO countries do battle on Canadian soil... the show will be wild!!! Backed up by the incredible NAPA Quick 32 competitors and Grand Bend Motorplex Thunder Series, there will something for everyone!

Watch your email and the pages of RPM Magazine for more exciting news as it develops or log onto www.rpm-mag.com or www.grandbendmotorplex.com

For information you can call:
RPM Magazine at 519-752-3705 or by email at eventinfo@rpm-mag.com
Or Grand Bend Motorplex at 519-238-7223

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RPM MAGAZINE HOSTS 2010 EVENT!

For Immediate Release January 12, 2010

That's right, RPM Magazine is BACK at Grand Bend Motorplex and is excited to announce they have joined forces to bring back Media Day, only this time it's bigger, badder and more action packed than ever!

The date is June 25th-27th, 2010 at the renowned Grand Bend Motorplex in Grand Bend, Ontario. The weekend promises incredible action from Outlaw Pro Modified and NAPA Quick 32, to Grand Bend's own exciting Thunder Series program.

The Pro Mods will be insane as they unleash the awesome beast within to battle for a 10 GRAND winners purse, and with the Quick 32 cars in the house you will see tons of fast doorslammers and dragsters with the final battle coming down to a Door Car versus Rail!

"We are extremely happy to be back at Grand Bend for 2010. The facility is a top quality National Event venue and the surface is right up there with the best of them," explained RPM Editor Chris Biro. "The proximity to the border between USA and Canada is ideal for those wanting to experience something different, and with it being just minutes from a beautiful beach and resort town, it sure is a great place to be in summer! There are some mean machines on both sides of the border no doubt, it is just a matter of who has the kohonies to prove it. Come on out and join us!"

"The RPM Media event was always one of the highlight events at Grand Bend Motorplex in the past and

we are thrilled to have it back at GBM in 2010," added Grand Motorplex Chief Of Operations, Paul Spriet.

Biro continued, "We were in Florida last yearand saw some fantastic racing plus had a ton of fun for our 10th Anniversary, but it was time we came back to Grand Bend, and what better way to do it than bring back the RPM Media Day, only this time as a full weekend event! These events have always been a fantastic opportunity for racers at all levels to get that much needed and well deserved press, and you will find plenty of media just waiting to give that to you. Only this time, being the first full weekend of "schools out", we wanted to place the emphasis on Families as well. So watch for unbelievable spectator deals for the entire family to come out and experience the most powerful sport on earth!"

The weekend long event is set to begin Friday night with all the racers settling in and setting up for

some unforgettable test & tune action, trying to get a reading on the track for the battle to follow. There is also an optional Qualifying Run for Pro Modified Friday night, so things should get wild. And as always, with any event RPM is in on, we have some more surprises in store for everyone!

Saturday will be all business as the Pro Mods, Quick 32 cars and all the race machines hit the dragstrip, and rest assured they will mean business. For the Pro Mods, they live on the edge and will be trying to qualify for the show, so all the stops will be out as the night will bring only one left standing!

For Sunday, more drag race action to fill your body with heart pounding family fun, and remember this is drag racing, everyone gets a free pit pass that puts you up close and personal with the stars and their cars. Be part of it, Drag Racing, the most powerful sport on earth!

Watch your email and the pages of RPM Magazine for more exciting news as it develops or log onto www.rpm-mag.com or www.grandbendmotorplex.com

For information you can call:
RPM Magazine at 519-752-3705 or by email at eventinfo@rpm-mag.com
Or Grand Bend Motorplex at 519-238-7223

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