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RYAN PREECE
FULFILS HIS CHILDHOOD DREAM
AT THE "MAGIC MILE"
by
Denise DuPont |
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Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) celebrated its
twenty-fifth anniversary this weekend while
twenty-four year old Ryan Preece of Berlin, CT.
celebrated his first ride in a Sprint Car race.
Tommy Baldwin, Jr., fulfilled an agreement with
Preece made earlier this year to give him a ride at
NHMS in a Cup Car if he won a specific NWMT race.
Preece qualified and started the ‘Sylvania 300’ race
thirty-eighth. “I am very excited for this
opportunity to do this. I can say that I have driven
one. Running in today’s race I am at the top level
that you can pretty much be at in NASCAR.” Stated
Preece before the race. “It is really cool to have
this opportunity and hopefully I will have more
opportunities to come. I will focus on today and
having a strong run and at the same time finishing
the race. Logging laps and learning what makes these
cars work and learning what works for me.”
 Reflecting
on how the Sprint Cup full fender car handled on the
track, Preece made the following comment: “These are
little different. How the tires roll going into the
corner, it just seems a lot different. It takes a
lot to get use to but at the same time you have to
be able to adjust as quickly as you possibly can.”
As Preece prepared to live the dream at the ‘Magic
Mile’, he expressed his wishes for the day. “My wish
list is to get a top thirty. Anywhere from
twenty-eight to thirty-second would be a good day.
Obviously my goal is to finish all the laps and that
is how you end up with a good day. That is pretty
much where it right there. Not get into anybody’s
way, have good clean pit stops and just keep the car
in one piece.”
And yes Preece’s wishes were fulfilled today at
NHMS. He brought the #98x, TBR Sprint car across the
finish line thirty-second. So September 27th is a
special day as it ushers in the ‘Supermoon’ Lunar
Eclipse and completes the ‘SuperDream’ of Ryan
Preece.
Notes from NHMS:
Doing double duty in
both a full fender Sprint Cup car and the open wheel
ground pounding modified what do you find as the
major difference?
Ryan Preece
“These cars are extremely low now compared to what
they use to be. Yesterday we did not have tour
(NWMT) practice so we went to the Sprint Cup car all
day. Then going to the modified for the 100 lap
feature event, I never realized that it's not a transition
driving wise, but a transition race wise. You really
are so much lower in a modified,” confessed Preece.
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Source:
Polly Reid
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TheChromeHorn.com
Posted:
September 27, 2015 |
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