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09/23/2011 |
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DOUG COBY
LOOKS TO CONTINUE HOT STREAK
AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY IN CARQUEST FALL FINAL |
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 Since
the beginning of September, perhaps no driver has
been hotter in the Whelen Modified Tour ranks than
Doug Coby. Coby finished second at Delaware Speedway
in Canada, and then won both portions of the
North-South Shootout at Thompson Speedway before
crashing out of the Lime Rock race while in the
lead. After the Tour stops in New Hampshire, Coby
will return to Stafford for the CARQUEST Fall Final
150, where Coby has been fast, but doesn’t have the
race finishes that reflect that speed.
“We’re looking forward to coming back to Stafford,”
said Coby. “We’ve won two out of the three poles at
Stafford this year and we’ve run really well. We had
a part break at the Sizzler when we were running
third, we were a little off in the May race, and we
were leading the August race until we spun in
traffic and we had to fight our way back up to
ninth. Usually the track changes in the fall and
gets a little faster. We’re coming back with the car
we ran in the Sizzler and the May race, so we’re
looking forward to another good run. It helps that
we won both shows at Thompson and we had a top-5 car
at Lime Rock, but I screwed up and crashed while
leading.”
Coby won the pole and led 72 of 150 laps in the
Whelen Modified Tour’s last stop to Stafford in
August, and he has two third place finishes in two
Modified Racing Series starts at Stafford to go
along with his pole position in the April CARQUEST
Tech-Net Spring Sizzler. Coby says that he will have
to lean on that qualifying experience, as a good
starting position will be a key to winning the
CARQUEST Fall Final.
“I think that qualifying well at Stafford is equally
as important as the short tracks we run on to have
track position for the start of the race,” said
Coby. “The Sizzler is 200-laps so qualifying isn’t
that important for that race, but for the 150-lap
races it’s very important. I think that the
experience I have at Stafford will help with having
to lay down a good qualifying lap. With Stafford,
you usually see one of three things, you either
short pit, pit with the leaders, or you don’t pit at
all, and sometimes strategy doesn’t allow any one of
those three things to happen.
But I think we’ll be a contender among the top-5
cars and if things go our way, we can be up front
and contending for the win. We’re a little far out
of championship contention right now and there’s
three races left and we’re going to try to win all
three of them.”
The 39th Annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend kicks
off on Friday, Sept. 30 with pit gates opening at
12:00pm with a practice session running from 2:00pm
to 6:30pm for Stafford’s weekly divisions. The
General Admission grandstands will be open to the
public at no charge for the practice session. The
G.A. Grandstands will open at 2pm.
Action continues on Saturday, Oct. 1 with Coors
Light Pole Qualifying for the Whelen Modified Tour
cars at 2:15pm, followed by heat and consolation
races for Stafford’s weekly divisions. Saturday’s
events wrap up with feature events for Stafford’s SK
Light Modified, Limited Late Model, and DARE Stock
divisions.
The CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend continues on Sunday,
Oct. 2 with the famous Stafford CARQUEST Belts &
Hose Pit Party kicking off the day’s activities from
11:00am to 12:00pm, with the final SK Modified® and
Late Model feature events of 2011 being accompanied
by the Whelen Modified Tour 150-lap CARQUEST Fall
Final.
Tickets for the CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend are
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.
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: September
23, 2011 |
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