Stafford Springs, CT — Being a rookie in any sport, whether it be baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer, or auto racing, can be a trying time as there are adjustments to make and nuances to pick up. Such is the case for SK Modified® rookie John Montesanto at Stafford Motor Speedway this season. Montesanto made the move up the ranks from the SK Light Modified division to the SK Modified® division and has found the road to success to be a bit bumpy in first several races of the 2010 season. But things seem to be headed in the right direction for Montesanto and his #43 J.M. Montesanto Autobody / Dairy Queen team as they finished 7th after starting 23rd in last Friday night’s SK Modified® feature event for their first ever top-10 finish.
“We finally got a decent finish,” said Montesanto. “It’s been a tough start to the season so far for us with mechanical problems and crashes. One of our goals coming into the season was to get a top-10 finish, and now that we have that, it would be really great if we could get into the top-5, but a top-5 finish in the SK Modified® division at Stafford is going to be tough to do.”
Montesanto enjoyed a great deal of success in the SK Light Modified division last season, scoring a victory along with 2 second and 2 third place finishes, which helped him to a 5th place finish in the points standings. But the move up the Stafford ladder to the SK Modified® division has brought a new car and new competition for Montesanto.
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Stafford Springs, CT — With the 20th Annual TSI Harley-Davidson 125 only a week away at Stafford Motor Speedway, Ryan Preece looks to rebound from his crash at the CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler and come away with his second career Whelen Modified Tour victory at the Connecticut half-mile. Preece and his #3 Boehler Racing team sponsored by Reynolds Auto Wrecking brought their newer car to Stafford for the Sizzler, but the team is bringing back their older car for the TSI Harley-Davidson 125, which Preece thinks will give them an advantage.
“We ran our new car for the first two races of the year, but we’re going to bring the older car back to Stafford,” said Preece. “With the newer car, we’re still working on some things with the setup, but the old car we have it down. We won the August race last year at Stafford with the older car, so we’re looking forward to running the older car for the first time this year.”
Since the Spring Sizzler ended, Preece has been moonlighting in Stafford’s SK Modified® division, which he says will help his preparation for the upcoming TSI Harley-Davidson 125.
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Brockton, MA – The Northeastern Midget Association returns to action after a lengthy layoff Saturday night, May 29 at Monadnock Speedway. The tricky quarter mile is one of the biggest challenges on NEMA’s 2010 agenda.
The NEMA Lites will be part of the action as well.
“It has been a place where the veterans tend to be the favorites,” says Greg Stoehr, the Monadnock win leader among current drivers with three. “You are up on the wheel all the time there.”
Lap times in the mid to high 11 seconds bracket are needed to be competitive.
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