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RYAN PREECE
ENTERED FOR MODIFIED TOURING SERIES
LINCOLN TECH 100 AT STAFFORD |
 When
the Exit Realty Modified Touring Series returns to
Stafford Speedway on July 21st for the Lincoln Tech
100, one driver who will be looking forward to the
race is Ryan Preece. The Berlin native has won at
Stafford in Whelen Modified Tour competition and
Valenti Modified Racing Series competition as well
as in the SK Modified® division and he will be
looking to add another victory to his Stafford
resume after finishing second in the June MTS 125 at
Stafford.
“I think we have a really good car, we’ve won 2
races and we’ve finished second in the other race,”
said Preece. “I like the way the tire reacts and we
have our car working really well right now. It’s
always fun to keep on racing.”
When the Exit Realty Modified Touring Series was
last at Stafford in June, Preece was the dominant
car, leading the race twice for a total of 112 of
the race’s 125 laps. Preece held the lead until
lap-121 when Jon McKennedy was able to make a pass
and he led the final 5 laps to take the victory with
Preece finishing in the runner up position. With the
race being shortened from 125 laps down to 100 laps,
Preece thinks that will be to his benefit.
“I think the 100 laps might help me a little more,”
said Preece. “Jon [McKennedy] seemed to come on in
the last 15 or so laps when we started to wear out,
so maybe it would’ve helped if the last race was 100
laps. It should be interesting and I’m looking
forward to the race. I don’t know that we were
missing anything, I just think that the tire wore
out. I know Jon swapped tires earlier when we had
the competition caution, but I’m not taking anything
away from Jon, he had a really fast car all day
long. I don’t think we’ll change very much, we had a
good car back in June.”
After winning the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour NAPA
Spring Sizzler in April and then finishing second in
the MTS 125, Preece has a good idea of what he needs
for car setup and he says that he won’t be changing
too much from his June setup with his #6 T.S.
Haulers, Inc. machine.
“There may be some small changes, I try to not get
too crazy,” said Preece. “I try to not get too much
outside of the box but there are times where I find
little things that can help us. There’s something I
want to try so we’ll try it out during practice and
if it doesn’t work, I can always go back to what I
had.”
Tickets for the July 21 Lincoln Tech 100 are
available and on sale now at the Stafford Speedway
Box Office. Tickets are priced at $30.00 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 seat tickets are $32.00 for all ages. All
ticket prices include 10% CT Admission Tax. Stafford
Motor Speedway offers plenty of free parking along
with overnight parking available for self contained
Recreational Vehicles. Stafford’s five NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series divisions will join the MTS cars
in feature action.
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 13, 2017 |
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