{"id":23533,"date":"2018-06-27T21:10:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T01:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=23533"},"modified":"2018-06-27T21:10:45","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T01:10:45","slug":"izzo-looking-for-80-laps-of-domination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2018\/06\/izzo-looking-for-80-laps-of-domination\/","title":{"rendered":"Izzo looking for 80 laps of domination"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Izzo looking for 80 laps of domination
\nPress release from the New London-Waterford Speedbowl<\/strong><\/p>\n

WATERFORD \u2014 Dylan Izzo said he doesn\u2019t care how many extra cars decide to compete in Saturday\u2019s Blast Off 80 at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u201dIt would be stupid for people not to come,\u201d Izzo said. \u201cThe winner will be getting more than $4,000 and will be walking out of the Speedbowl with a lot of money. I expect everyone to be there.\u201d
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Izzo certainly will. When qualifying took place on May 5, Izzo earned the pole position for the 11-car field. It turned out be needed an umbrella instead of the pole \u2014 the race was postponed on May 6 and May 12 by rain and was rescheduled for Saturday night as part of a special presentation that also includes the 35-lap Summer Showdown for the Legends cars.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been brutal \u2014 rainout after rainout,\u201d Izzo said. \u201cBut starting on the pole means a lot to me. Hopefully I\u2019ll start out strongly and lead all 80 laps.\u201d
\nAlthough Izzo has grabbed three third place finished in the first three races, he says his car still hasn\u2019t performed up to its capabilities.
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been struggling,\u201d Izzo said. \u201cBut I think we\u2019ve found the problem in the car that is causing our set-up issues. We\u2019ve got it fixed and I think we\u2019ll be really good.\u201d
\nIzzo said it\u2019s almost pointless to come up with a game plan for Saturday\u2019s race.
\n\u201cYou can sit here and come up with a strategy, but you might as well throw it out the window,\u201d Izzo said. \u201cAs soon as the green flag drops, the strategy will change on every lap.
\n\u201cA the leader, I will set the pace, and no one is going to want to push their stuff early. But I\u2019ll just have to wait how things develop. A lot will depend on who is behind me.\u201d
\nThis is Izzo\u2019s first full-time season behind the wheel of the Doug DiPisa owned Smedley Crane Service No. 13. Izzo is taking over the ride from the legendary Ted Christopher, who died in a plane crash last Sept. 16. He would like nothing more than to take the 13 car into the winners\u2019 circle.
\n\u201cGetting that win would take a lot of the pressure off me,\u201d Izzo said. \u201cIt\u2019s been very stressful for us not to win yet. It\u2019s tough. I was thinking just how much it would mean for everybody to see this car in victory lane.\u201d
\nIzzo realizes he also needs a huge infusion of luck to make that happens.
\n\u201cI think it\u2019s the luckiest driver that usually wins,\u201d Izzo said. \u201cSo far this season, nothing has gone our way. We definitely expect more, but we haven\u2019t had much luck. Once we get it, we\u2019re going to be gone.\u201d
\nIzzo says the 80-lap distance is custom made to his driving style.
\n\u201cI actually think I\u2019m better in a longer race,\u201d Izzo said. \u201cAnyone can be a warrior and win a 40-lap race. But it takes patience and persistence to win a race longer than 40 laps.\u201d
\nAnd luck.
\n\u201cI feel there\u2019s a lot of responsibility that comes with being put in this car,\u201d Izzo said. \u201cI\u2019m looking to get that first win and this is the best race that we could possibly do it.\u201d
\nAfter sitting on the pole for almost two months, Dylan Izzo is ready for some action.
\nThe total purse is more than $17,000, with more than $4,000 headed to the winner. Among the sponsors who have put up bonus and contingency money are the following: Racechoice.com; Action Carpentry; Sireci\u2019s Automotive; Alex Canistrari; Bob Potter; Prestige Motorsports; Race Works Chassis; Roger Gaudio; RAE Battery; Middletown Tile Co. and 32 Signs.
\nAlso Black Flamingo Boutique; Jurcik Brothers Racing; JJ Dibble Construction; Race Hill Farm; Charles Toyota of Norwich; Fillomena\u2019s Restaurant; Half Keg Tavern; Ed Thompson and the Speedbowl wrecker crew; Brody\u2019s Seafood; the Speedbowl pit stewards; Mod Squad Racing Media; Pearson Motorsports; and Steve Olsen Motorsports.
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Izzo looking for 80 laps of domination Press release from the New London-Waterford Speedbowl WATERFORD \u2014 Dylan Izzo said he doesn\u2019t care how many extra cars decide to compete in Saturday\u2019s Blast Off 80 at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl. \u201c\u201dIt would be stupid for people not to come,\u201d Izzo said. \u201cThe winner will be getting […]<\/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":[3,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-waterford-speedbowl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23533","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=23533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23534,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23533\/revisions\/23534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}