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8/1/2010 |
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BOBBY SANTOS
III LEADS WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
CHARGE INTO STAFFORD FOR TOWN FAIR TIRE 150
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the Whelen Modified Tour returns to Stafford Motor Speedway for the
Town Fair Tire 150, the third of four stops for the Tour in 2010,
Bobby Santos, III sits ahead of three former series champions in the
chase for the 2010 title. Giving chase to Santos are 2008 champion
Ted Christopher, 2003 champion Todd Szegedy, and 7-time Tour
champion Mike Stefanik.
“Right now our goal is to win races,” said Santos. “I’ve never raced
for points before this year. At the start of this season, we were
only focused on winning races and that was how we were able to build
up our points lead. There’s no reason why we can’t continue to run
up front and win races this year.”
Santos got the 2010 season off to a rocking start, winning three of
the first four races, but he has lost points to Christopher in each
of the races since. But if there was a track where Santos can get
himself back to his winning ways, it is Stafford. Santos has been
the fast car in time trials in each of the first two Stafford races
this season, and he has finishes of first and second.
“I’m excited to get back to racing at Stafford,” said Santos. “We’ve
had a rough few weeks, but it will be nice to get back to tracks
like Stafford so we can get back to where we need to be. Stafford is
one of my favorite tracks, it’s a place that I enjoy going to, and
it always helps your confidence when you like the track that you’re
racing at. With how well we’ve run at Stafford in the first two
races this season, hopefully we can carry some momentum for the rest
of the year with another good run at Stafford. We don’t need to
change anything, we had a motor problem at Lime Rock and there’s
nothing that you can do about that. The next four races over the
next couple weeks are going to be the most important races of the
season. The team is awesome, they’ve done a great job this year and
we’re real confident heading into these next couple of races.”
Santos certainly knows what it takes to get to victory lane at
Stafford, having won the May TSI Harley-Davidson 125 as well as
having won 2 NEMA Midget races. Santos also won the Midget and PRA
Big Car races as part of CARQUEST’s Big One in 2006, earning him a
$50,000 bonus from Valvoline. “Stafford is a track where you can win
by either taking tires or staying out and not taking tires,” said
Santos. “Me personally, I like putting fresh tires on the car and be
charging at the end of the race. We’ll just have to let the race
play out and see what happens to see what strategy we go with. It
definitely helps that the team has experience in running for a
championship, the guys all know what to do and we’re going to keep
approaching things like we have all year and try to win.”
Tickets for the 20th Annual Town Fair Tire 150 are on sale now at
the Speedway Box Office and are price at $30.00 for adult general
admission tickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5
and under are admitted free of charge when accompanied by an adult.
Reserved seating is priced at $32.00 for all ages. As always,
Stafford Motor Speedway offers free parking with overnight parking
available.
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.
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Source: Scott Running / Stafford Motor Speedway
Posted: August 1, 2010 |
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