Boland wins Lancaster battle, but Lilienthal wins PMRA war

Lancaster final (Mike Goodwin photo)

Words by Bruce F. Mehlenbacher
Photos by Mike Goodwin and Rob Potter
10/18/05

n a clear and cool night at Lancaster Motorsports Park, Bruce Boland of Hamilton, ON, won his first Pro Modified Racing Association event, the fifth and final PMRA race of 2005.

Driving his B&B Racing 1953 Chevrolet Corvette, Boland defeated the Jeep-bodied Pro Mod of Kenmore, NY’s Joe Lilienthal Friday night on the Lancaster eighth-mile strip in a race presented by: G-Force Race Cars, Jan-Cen Racing Engines and Oddy's Racing Inc.

Bruce Boland (Mike Goodwin photo)

And with his second-place finish at Lancaster, Lilienthal amassed sufficient points in the 5-race series to win the inaugural PMRA title.

Boland qualified third in the field behind number one qualifier Lilienthal, who took top spot with a 4.452-second, 162.02 pass. Next was Kasey Jansen of St. Catharines, ON, who qualified second in his supercharged Lumina with a 4.537-second pass at 150 mph even. Boland was next with a 4.701-second, 134.26-mph run.

In the semis, Lilienthal got by fellow New Yorker Jack Grainy of North Tonawanda in the Grainy Brothers Beretta, while Boland put down Mark Mitchell of East Otto, NY, who drove his '53 Studebaker.

Jack Grainy (Rob Potter photo)