{"id":20913,"date":"2016-08-18T14:44:01","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T18:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=20913"},"modified":"2016-08-18T14:44:01","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T18:44:01","slug":"tony-eury-jr-to-make-modified-crew-chief-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2016\/08\/tony-eury-jr-to-make-modified-crew-chief-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"TONY EURY JR. TO MAKE MODIFIED CREW CHIEF DEBUT"},"content":{"rendered":"

TONY EURY JR. TO MAKE MODIFIED CREW CHIEF DEBUT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Todd Szegedy Will Pilot No. 15 15-40 Connection Modified At \u201cThe Last Great Colosseum\u201d<\/p>\n

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (August 15, 2016) \u2013 LFR Chassis will be back in action in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) at Bristol Motor Speedway, as Todd Szegedy and Rob Fuller Motorsports team up for the Bush\u2019s Beans 150. The team is thrilled to announce that veteran NASCAR crew chief, Tony Eury Jr., will make his NWMT crew chief debut this week.<\/p>\n

Although this will mark Tony Eury Jr.\u2019s first race as a NWMT crew chief, Eury has an impressive resume as a NASCAR crew chief and looks forward to broadening his list of accomplishments with Rob Fuller Motorsports in Bristol.
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\u201cAfter getting to know Todd, I am excited to be his crew chief in Bristol,\u201d said Eury. \u201cI think we have a legitimate shot to win, and we\u2019re going to have some fun with it as well. I\u2019ve paid attention to how the track is from past modified races, and I think working on super late models every week can be applied to working on the modified car as well. We are going in with a game plan, but I might bring a few ideas to the table that we can try and see what happens!\u201d<\/p>\n

Todd Szegedy, who is running a limited schedule in the NWMT with Rob Fuller Motorsports, will be back in the No. 15 15-40 Connection car. Although the Bush\u2019s Beans 150 will be Szegedy\u2019s only third race of the season with LFR Chassis, he is no stranger to competing in the modifieds at Bristol.<\/p>\n

Out of seven starts at Bristol, Szegedy has recorded three second place finishes, along with a Top-5 finish in the series. Szegedy looks to record another solid finish at \u201cThe World\u2019s Fastest Short Track,\u201d a place he knows he can win at.<\/p>\n

\u201cBristol is my favorite track,\u201d said Szegedy. \u201cIt\u2019s got sheer speed, yet it\u2019s fast enough where you need to respect the track. It\u2019s got multiple racing grooves, which is what I really love about the track. I want to go there, get the pole and then win the race \u2013 it\u2019s that simple. I think we are capable of doing just that with the equipment Rob provides.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ryan Newman will also return to the NWMT with LFR Chassis in the No. 7ny Aggressive Hydraulics car. Newman has had success in his six NWMT starts at Bristol, recording two wins and three Top-5\u2019s at the infamous short track. Rob Fuller will crew chief for Newman, as Newman looks to add on to his exceptional list of finishes at Bristol.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m looking forward to working with Ryan,\u201d said Fuller. \u201cI know we have a good baseline with the LFR car, so it’s just a matter of getting him where he’s comfortable. With those guys not running very often it’s tough to keep up, and the teams and drivers in this division are tough for sure. Hopefully I can help these guys and we can have fun at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TONY EURY JR. TO MAKE MODIFIED CREW CHIEF DEBUT Todd Szegedy Will Pilot No. 15 15-40 Connection Modified At \u201cThe Last Great Colosseum\u201d MOORESVILLE, N.C. (August 15, 2016) \u2013 LFR Chassis will be back in action in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) at Bristol Motor Speedway, as Todd Szegedy and Rob Fuller Motorsports team […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20914,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20913\/revisions\/20914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}