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RPM Magazine Family PowerFest & Media Weekend Featuring the Ultimate Pro Mod Showdown... Canada's Biggest Single Pro Mod Event!

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PRO MOD OUTLAW

RULES: All Entries must have doors.

TECH: will be according to IHRA rulebook.

FORMAT: 1/8th mile

FIELD: 8 car qualified field

No cost to race PLUS 2 crew member free entry

PURSE: $10,000 to win All 8 qualifiers get paid

FREE Pro Modified Testing Friday Night

2 qualifying hits on Saturday

The entire Pro Mod class is being completed on Saturday, freeing up Sunday for travel OR to stay and Test & Tune on a top quality fully prepped surface.

The rest of the event will be finishing Sunday and there will be testing available for those PM cars that stay.

$1,000 from Lowdown Hot Rods - Lowdown is offering $1,000 to the racer who runs the low E.T. during qualifying or eliminations in the Saturday qualifying portion of the event. Find out more about Lowdown Hot Rods at www.lowdownhotrods.com

$500 ‘Consistent Qualifier’ bonus from HeadsUpRacer.com - $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

MORE BONUS Pro Mod $$ Available $100 bonus for anyone crossing the USA/Canada border to come race Pro Mod Outlaw OR $100 bonus for anyone traveling further than 500 miles to race. Proof of home address required.

1. Quick 32 Series presented by Napa Auto Parts - Those who wish to race in Quick 32 classes during the Family PowerFest event need to give the Quick 32 organization advance notice as there are always lots of cars!! Both Top Sportsman & Top Dragster cars can run in Q32 and they do not meet until the final (it is an excellent program). You can check it out at www.quick32.ca or contact bruce@quick32.ca

2. Grand Bend Thunder Series - Go to www.grandbendmotorplex.com for full information on all classes available in the Thunder Series or to race in this class during the Family Power Fest event.

MEDIA WEEKEND MEANS - We will be inviting print, web and TV Media from both sides of the border, (both industry and non-industry) to experience the sport. In the past we have seen between 30-40 media reps on hand for our Media Events, many that have never experienced drag racing before!

FAMILY WEEKEND MEANS - The event will be a family oriented event with a VERY special gate price for families. SEE FAN PAGE on this website for complete details.

For those not familiar with Grand Bend Motorplex they have held IHRA National Events for many years, it is a high quality, clean facility from top to bottom. The surface is approx 5 years old and among the best, with full concrete barriers.

Additional Notes: There is no ADRL event that weekend. There is no Milan shootout that weekend It is never our intent to interfere with existing events or organizations but only to compliment the sport as whole by giving it as much NEW press as possible and give as much back to the racers as possible at ALL levels.

Anyone who has been to our RPM events in the past understands that the focus is on ALL the racers, plus there is usually a lot of fun to be had aside from racing, with midway, music etc.

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. read more

It is clean, easy access to Grand Bend and the Motorplex and has friendly staff. Rooms are very nice. Special Features include a Large Outdoor heated pool, a new children's playground enclosure, fire pit and picnic areas that include barbeques

The upper suite in this Bed and Breakfast holds up to 6 persons with three separate rooms. One room has a queen bed, 1 room has two twin beds and the other room has a pull out couch bed that sleeps two.

This hotel offers more luxury if you are planning on spending alot of time at the hotel or vacationing afterwards with your family. Saltwater swimming pool, whirlpool, dry sauna, games room, Bavarian pub, childrens play area, serenity gardens.

There are many more locations in and around the area. These are the ones we know of and have heard or read ratings on. A search of the internet will locate others however, these are recommended or have been previous supporters of our events.

From the Toronto Area

** Take highway 8 into Kitchener and follow signs to the highway 7 cutoff to Stratford
** S tay on highway 7 for about 15 minutes through New Hamburg
** Just past New Hamburg, turn left on county road # 1 Wilmot-Easthope Road
** Stay on county road #1 through Tavistock all the way to highway 7
** At highway 7 (Kubota/Massey Ferguson tractor dealer on right corner) turn left
** About 1 mile down the road, turn right on Perth Line 20 to Fullarton/St. Paul's (landscape nursery on left corner)
** Continue past the stop sign towards Exeter
** Go through traffic lights in Exeter past Dashwood to the stop sign at highway 21
** Turn left onto highway 21 (Lake Huron Water Supply pumping station on corner)
** Continue into Grand Bend to the first set of traffic lights and turn left on highway 81

From the Buffalo, NY Area

* Cross over the border and get on the QEW freeway westbound
** Stay on the QEW to highway 403
** Go west on highway 403 to Brantford
** Stay on highway 403 through Brantford until you come to highway 401
** Take the highway 401 west to London
** Just past the Wellington Rd. exit in London is the highway 402 exit
** Take the highway 402 exit and continue for about 20 miles to Strathroy
** Take the second Strathroy exit at highway 81 north (turn right off the ramp) to Grand Bend
** After about 10 miles of concrete highway you will come to a stop sign
** Turn left at the stop sign into Parkhill - highway 7 & 81
** About 1 mile down the road turn right onto highway 81(high school on one corner, Esso Gas station on the other)
** Continue on highway 81 for about 10 miles to the track
** Track is on the right...you'll hear us

From Port Huron Michigan

From Detroit Michigan

** We recommend that you get on I 94 to Port Huron and cross the border at Port Huron/Sarnia and follow the directions above

From Windsor

** Take highway 401 to highway 21, go North to highway 2 (Thamesville)
** Go East to 79 (Bothwell) and follow 79 to Port Franks, turn right onto highway 21
** Continue into Grand Bend to highway 81 (2nd set of traffic lights) and turn right
** The track is 3 km on the left.

** Take the 401 to highway 21, and follow 21 North to Grand Bend. (MUCH longer route).

** Take the tunnel in Windsor and follow the directions on our site from Detroit
** This is the quickest route, providing traffic at border crossings is not backed up. This is the quickest route, providing traffic at border crossings is not backed up.

This is the quickest route, providing traffic at border crossings is not backed up.