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01/12/2012 |
RICHIE
PALLAI, JR. RETURNING TO SK MODIFIED®
DIVISION AT STAFFORD; HAS BIG PLANS FOR 2012 SEASON |
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Richie
Pallai, Jr. will return to competition in Stafford
Motor Speedway’s premier SK Modified® division,
racing a partial schedule in a car owned by 7-time
Stafford SK Modified® champion Ted Christopher. What
began as a joke between the two drivers will now
play out into a reality during the 2012 NASCAR
Whelen All-American Series season at Stafford Motor
Speedway with Pallai behind the wheel of the #93
Christopher owned SK Modified®.
“I’ve been joking with Teddy for a while that I
would someday drive a car for him,” said Pallai.
“Over the winter, Teddy got in touch with my father
and we ended up putting a deal together to drive an
SK at Stafford. It’s not too often that a guy like
Teddy comes to you and says that he would like you
to drive one of his cars, so it’s a pretty cool
deal. Teddy has top notch equipment and his shop is
right across the street from ours, so we’re hoping
to have a lot of fun in the SK car this year.”
Plans call for Pallai to race Christopher’s SK
Modified® car between 5-8 times during the 2012
season with a focus on the premier events of the
2012 SK Modified® season at Stafford.
“The plans is to do between 8-10 races this season,”
said Pallai. “We’re not going to do any SK races
that interfere with the [Whelen Modified] Tour car.
Our plan is to do the big races and the week before
the big races.”
And the SK Modified® plans are not all Pallai has in
store for himself this season. Pallai has plans to
race on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour for his
third season as well as traveling to different race
tracks throughout New England for open Modified
races. Pallai and his Bosch Spark Plugs team have
made some changes to their equipment for the 2012
season and have two cars ready to go.
“Our plans are to do at least 10 Tour races this
season,” said Pallai. “Our main goal is to have some
fun again on the Tour this year. We really enjoy
racing on the Whelen Modified Tour, but we struggled
with our car last year, so that kind of took away
from the fun. We have a new motor program with Bob
Bruneau doing our engines, and we have two cars that
are put together.
We’re a lot further along with our program than we
have been in years past. We’re also looking at doing
some races at Riverhead this season as well as
traveling to some of the open Modified shows across
New England. If everything turns out like we have it
planned, we should be doing about 25-30 races this
year. I’m ecstatic about our plans for the year, I’m
looking forward to getting back racing and it will
be nice to be able to do some other shows”
Pallai will get his 2012 Stafford season started
with his Whelen Modified Tour car in the 41st Annual
CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler, scheduled for
April 27-29, 2012. Tickets for the CARQUEST Tech-Net
Spring Sizzler are available and on sale now through
the SMS Box Office. Tickets are priced at $38.50 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 will be priced at $42.00 for
all ages. As always, Stafford Motor Speedway offers
free parking with overnight parking available.
For more information on the 41st Annual CARQUEST
Tech-Net Spring Sizzler, 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: January
12, 2012 |
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