Ryan Posocco & Woody Pitkat Separated by only 4 Points with 2 Races to go in Late Model Championship Fight
Stafford Springs, CT — In the blink of an eye, the race for the 2010 Stafford Motor Speedway Late Model championship has come down to two former champions only 4 points apart with 2 races to go. Just several races ago, Ryan Posocco had what looked to be a comfortable 48 point lead over Woody Pitkat. But Pitkat has won the last 2 Late Model feature events while Posocco finished 6th and 18th in the last 2 races to see his point lead dwindled down from 48 to 4 points heading into the Final Friday Night Shoot-Out this Friday night and the season ending CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend on Oct. 2nd and 3rd.
“Stuff happens in racing, everyone on the team is pretty disgusted with how the last 2 weeks have gone for us,” said Posocco. “We started off the season with a couple of rough weeks and we were able to climb out of that hole during the summer and now it seems like we’re back to where we were in the beginning of the year with bad luck. It should be a fun last couple of races for the championship.”
“I haven’t been looking at that,” said Pitkat. “It was a longshot for us, but we just keep coming to win races and the points will fall where they fall. I was talking with Pat [Kretschman] about that last week about how hard it was to gain points and Pat told me that I better not give up because anything can happen. We never give up, we come here to win races and that’s what we’re going to keep on doing. I actually think it’s harder to lead than it is to chase, so right now we’re trying to do the best we can and we’re focused on winning races. I can’t thank my crew guys enough. We wrecked during the 100 lapper and we finished sixth and this past Friday night, the brake rotor exploded and they worked their butts off to get the car fixed and we won the race.”
Posocco and his crew will have a long week of work ahead of them in order to have his car ready for the final 2 races of the season as he crashed hard into the turn 2 wall this past Friday night.
“We broke something in the rear end during the first caution this past Friday night and the guys had to make some MacGyverish moves Friday night just to get the car back out onto the track and then we ended up in the wall. We got stuck in the outside at the start of the race and then the rear end broke. We’re definitely going to have a lot of work ahead of us in the shop this week. Our strategy is to keep the car out of the fence and go to the track to win and if we can’t win get the best finish possible. That’s what has gotten us to where we are right now and that’s what will get us to where we want to be.”
There are 2 races left on the Stafford schedule. The Final Friday Night Shoot-Out this Friday night, September 17th, and the CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend on October 2nd and 3rd. Each race victory is worth 50 points and the points decrease by 2 points per position, meaning that Posocco and Pitkat are separated by only 2 positions with 2 races left on the 2010 schedule.
Tickets for this Friday night’s Final Friday Night Shoot-Out are available and on sale now at the Stafford Motor Speedway Box Office. Tickets are priced at $15.00 for adult General Admission, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 & under are free. Reserved seating is $18.00 for all ages.
Tickets for the CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend are also available and on sale now at the Stafford Motor Speedway Box Office. Tickets are priced at $35.00 for adult General Admission, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 & under are free. Reserved seating is $38.00 for all ages. All tickets cover both Saturday and Sunday admission to the Fall Final. As always, Stafford Motor Speedway offers free parking with overnight parking available. Tickets can be ordered by calling the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at 860-684-2783 or by logging onto the Online Ticket Sales section of www.staffordspeedway.com.
For more information, or to order tickets, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at 860-684-2783 or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com.
Sources: Scott Running/Stafford Motor Speedway PR