2012 PMRA champion Eric Latino in action (below) and with his title winning team (above).
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REiGninG 2012 titLE WinnER ERiC LatinO
ric Latino had a stellar year in the Pro Modified Racing Association, winning the Championship
Points Award Series for 2012. The Whitby, Ontario resident and driver of the Team Green Chevy Ca- maro Pro Mod won two events in the 2012 seven- race series with 1756 points, and the title was not declared until the final race of the season in a closely-contested battle with three-time PMRA champ Bruce Boland, who placed second. Latino qualified for all the PMRA events, but
was not off to a great start with a first-round loss at the season opener at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park. His record improved with a final round appear-
ance at the next event, at Martin, Michigan, losing to Jack Grainy of North Tonawanda, New york in the final. He qualified fifth at the Nitro Nationals at Cayuga, but went out in the semi against Boland, of Hamilton, Ontario. All the stars were aligned for the team during the IHRA Nitro Jam event at Grand Bend as Latino qualified number four and went through the field to win the event. He was a first-round loser for the
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next two races, but returned to his winning ways by capturing the final race of the PMRA season, qualifying number one during the Grand Bend Labour Day event and taking the win over Jay San- tos of Halton Hills, Ontario in the final.
The championship was the first for Latino, and with his two wins in 2012 he is third in wins with five event victories in all-time PMRA competition. He won his first event at Cayuga in 2010, and won at both Cayuga and Grand Bend in 2011. He was
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