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Today, the Innovative Performance
Racer and PDRA 2018 Pro Extreme
Motorcycle World Champion, Ron-
nie “ProMod” Smith announced that
he has switched to FuelTech for the
upcoming 2019 race season. After an
extremely successful breakout sea-
son, Smith along with Team Man-
ager/Lead Engineer, William Cavallo
and Crew Chief, Shane Smith, have
decided to make the leap to FuelTech
in hopes that this will take their pro-
gram to the next level. Earlier in the
winter, Smith had hinted on Face-
book that a big change was coming
for the upcoming season, but man-
aged to keep the news under wraps
until today, unveiling their new part-
nership. Switching over to FuelTech
is not the only big change Smith has
made to his program this upcoming
race season. William Cavallo, whose
expertise is well known in the racing
community, has agreed to help Smith
this season, joining the team as Team
Manager/Lead Engineer.
Ronnie “ProMod” Smith along
with his Team Manger/Lead Engi-
neer and Crew Chief first met with
FuelTech at the 2018 PRI Show in
Indiana and after seeing what their
product had to offer began court-
ing the idea of switching for the
upcoming 2019 season. Smith said,
“We spoke with FuelTech at the PRI
Show to see what they had to offer.
The guys at FuelTech were great and
answered all of our questions. They
really offer a top-notch product and
provide a lot of support to us rac-
ers. We are looking to take our pro-
gram to the next level and we feel
FuelTech is the way of the future.
We believe FuelTech will give us that
competitive edge we are looking for
and we are excited to see what we
can do this season with their pack-
age onboard. We work with a great
group of vendors and couldn’t be
competitive without them. I want
to thank FuelTech, Eddie Kraweic,
Vance and Hines, Bill Robinson,
Robinson Industries, Terry, Karne
and Casey Stemper from Innovative
Performance Racing, William Ca-
vallo and most importantly, my Crew
Chief Shane Smith because without
all of them we wouldn’t be able to
push the limits and run as fast as we
are. I especially need to reiterate my
thanks to Terry and Karne Stemper
and their Innovative Performance
Racing shop. We would not be where
we are today without them. They have
an in-house race shop where all work,
including machine work is done on
the bike. Their shop is first-rate and
they take pride in their work. My suc-
cess is largely due to their workman-
ship. We are very excited William
offered his help this season, joining
the team as my Team Manager/Lead
Engineer. With FuelTech and William
I definitely think we have a chance
of holding on to our World Champi-
onship in 2019, but we will see I am
definitely going up against some great
racers this season.”
During Ronnie “ProMod” Smith’s
first season of running the entire
PDRA series in 2018, he broke the
national record for the fastest Ni-
trous Bike going 3.973 in a 1/8 mile
and managed to hold on to that re-
cord for the entire 2018 race season.
He then went on to win the PDRA
2018 Pro Extreme Motorcycle World
Championship.
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