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ROWAN PENNINK
HOPING FOR SECOND MODIFIED DAILY DOUBLE
IN AUGUST 5 STAFFORD 150 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY |
When
the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour rolls into Stafford
Speedway on Aug. 5 for the Stafford 150, Rowan
Pennink will be looking to repeat his double feature
winning effort from back in May when he won the VMRS
80 and the SK Modified® feature in the same night.
Fresh off of a season best second place finish in
the Whelen Modified Tour’s most recent race at
Monadnock, and Pennink feels like all the pieces are
in place for a second double win.
“That would be really cool to not only do it with
the MRS and SK cars but to do it with the Tour car
and SK in the same year,” said Pennink. “We’re
certainly going to give it our best to accomplish
that goal. We’ve been working all season to put
together good runs like we had at Monadnock. Last
time we were at Stafford we had a pretty good car
and I’m hoping to go back there and have another
good finish.”
One area where Pennink might have an advantage over
the rest of the NWMT field is the fact that he races
every Friday night in the SK Modified® division.
Pennink has been able to stay in tune with how the
half-mile track has changed since the last NWMT race
in June and he feels like that might give him a
small advantage once the green flag falls.
“I think it might be a little advantage for us,”
said Pennink. “The track definitely changes from the
beginning of the year to when it turns to the heat
of the summer now. We might be able to use a little
bit of what we’ve changed on the SK car for setup
and carry that over to the Tour car.”
While qualifying will be important, with the race
distance of 150 laps for the Stafford 150, Pennink
feels like the race will be wide open for some
strategy calls to possibly shake things up.
“It’s always important to qualify up front at
Stafford,” said Pennink. “It seems that during the
summer it gets tough to make passes with the Tour
car. Whether it’s pit strategy or starting up front
and staying there for the whole race, you have to be
up front at the end. It’s not going to be like in
the past where you could charge through the field
with fresh tires. I think there won’t be much
difference in the car setup between this race and
the 125 in June, but more the pit strategy with when
to pit and see what everyone comes up with to get
the best track position and the best tires for the
end of the race.”
The August 5th Stafford 150 will be the third of
four Whelen Modified Tour events to be held at
Stafford during the 2016 season with the NWMT
returning on October 1-2 for the NAPA Fall Final.
Tickets for the Stafford 150 are priced at $33.00
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 $35.00 for all ages. All
ticket prices include 10% CT Admission Tax.
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:
July 28, 2016 |
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