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05/24/2013 |
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WOODY PITKAT
PICKS UP TSI HARLEY-DAVIDSON SPONSORSHIP
FOR TSI HARLEY-DAVIDSON 125 PRESENTED BY G-OIL |
 Hometown
driver Woody Pitkat will welcome the return of TSI
Harley-Davidson as a sponsor to his #79 Hillbilly
Racing team when the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
comes to Stafford for the TSI Harley-Davidson 125
Presented by G-Oil. Pitkat has had a long
association with TSI Harley-Davidson, dating back to
his Late Model days at Stafford and Thompson, and he
is looking forward to carrying the TSI
Harley-Davidson banner once again.
"I had TSI on my Late Model at Thompson in 2005, so
we've been together for a while," said Pitkat. "It's
very nice and generous of Harry Levesque and TSI for
continuing to help me out and I really appreciate
his help whether it's for one race or the whole
year. Hopefully I can get my first Tour win with TSI
Harley-Davidson on the car. We need to have a good
run, we've had some bad luck between the clutch at
Thompson and the motor breaking last time at
Stafford. Maybe having TSI on the car will help our
luck out and we can get things turned around in the
right direction. I think with a fresh motor, we
should have as good a car as we did at the Fall
Final last year."
Last year's CARQUEST Fall Final was the closest
Pitkat has come to capturing his first NWMT victory.
Pitkat started the race from the fourth position,
and he led the race from lap-17 to lap-144 before
getting passed by Bobby Santos, III and finishing
second. Pitkat says the key to recording his first
win will be another good qualifying effort and
keeping track of how his car is handling during the
125-lap race to determine their race strategy.
"The bottom line for us is we need to qualify
better," said Pitkat. "We'll have a fresh engine in
the car and hopefully we can get a later draw. A
top-5 or top-10 start would be good for us. We've
had a couple of weeks in a row off now with the Tour
and it seems like with the SK's whenever there is a
couple weeks off things can get a little out of
control, which is another reason to qualify up front
so we'll be ahead of anything that might happen
behind us. At the Fall Final I led 128 laps without
coming in for tires, so that would have been enough
to win this race. We'll have to see how the car is
and how the race transpires and where we are if a
caution should come out. We'll have to keep a close
eye on the lap times and see if we're falling off or
not and see how comfortable I am in the car. If
we're anything like we were at the Fall Final last
year, I don't think we'll be coming in."
For any driver, the thrill of a first win is always
huge, but in the case of Pitkat, should that first
win come in the TSI Harley-Davidson 125 with TSI on
his car, it would mean just a little more.
"Being the TSI Harley-Davidson 125 and having them
on the car, it would be a huge accomplishment," said
Pitkat. "To get my first win at Stafford, where I
grew up, would be huge. I really thought we were
going to get it last year at the Fall Final. B.A.
Muzio has been with me since day 1 and American
Sleeve Bearing has been with me on and off for a
while, and TSI Harley-Davidson is right there with
the two of them for sponsors helping me out. It
would be nice to be able to give TSI a W in their
race."
For more information, 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: May
24, 2013 |
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