{"id":23955,"date":"2018-08-27T11:24:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T15:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=23955"},"modified":"2018-08-29T11:25:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T15:25:10","slug":"hadley-enjoys-winning-detour-into-mini-stocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2018\/08\/hadley-enjoys-winning-detour-into-mini-stocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Hadley enjoys winning detour into Mini Stocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Hadley enjoys winning detour into Mini Stocks<\/strong><\/p>\n

WATERFORD \u2014 Jordan Hadley was looking for a silver lining into what had become a disappointing Sportsman season.
\nHe needed to change divisions, however, in order to find one. And it turned out to be a silver lining worth $200.
\nHadley stepped into a Mini-Stock on Aug. 18 at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl for the first time all season, started 10th and was able to barnstorm into the lead. He held on for his ninth Mini Stock victory sand his 17th in his career.
\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very satisfying,\u201d Hadley said. \u201c\u201dWe decided to take one shot this year with the Mini Stock and we had an awesome car.\u201d
\nEven though Hadley has had one win, two second place finishes a third place and two fourth place finishes in the Sportsman division in 11 races he was not having the type of season for which he was hoping.
\n\u201cThere were a lot of ups and downs with the Sportsman car,\u201d Hadley said. We were going for a championship and motor problems took us out. It kind of sucked.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s not the worst thing that could happen because we always could go for a championship next year. But we thought we could do it this year. Those motor problems were a pain in the butt.\u201d
\nHadley is fourth in the Sportsman standings, but 54 points behind leader Shawn Gaedeke.
\nLast week the Sportsmen were idle, but the Mini Stocks were running and there was something about the race that caught Hadley\u2019s attention \u2014 a $200 bonus if someone could beat Charles Canfield, who had won five out of the past six Mini races.
\n\u201dI saw the bounty and I wanted to go for it,\u201d Hadley said. \u201cI saw George Whitney when I was at Hudson Speedway for a truck race and I asked him if I could race my Mini Stock. And he told me I could.\u201d
\nThe Mini that Hadley climbed into Saturday had the same set-up that he ended the past season with.
\n\u201cWe didn\u2019t even change the car when we ran the opener at Thompson,\u201d Hadley said. \u201cThe only thing we did is that we added another body. We wanted to put on a show.\u201d
\nThat turned out to be the case. Hadley was able to roll through traffic without making any contact..
\n\u201cThis was the cleanest race I\u2019ve ever been in,\u201d Hadley said. \u201cI don\u2019t think I touched another car.\u201d
\nHadlerey passed Sean Caron to get into the lead for good. Despite his success, however, Hadley said he\u2019ll probably put his Mini Stock away for the rest of the season.
\n\u201cIt\u2018s possible we night bring it back if another big race comes along,\u201d Hadley said. \u201cBut I think it\u2019s too much to ask to run two cars a night. It\u2019s far too much work to maintain both.\u201d
\nHadley, however, has been a winner in every division he\u2019s ever entered, starting with the SRX kart division at the Speedbowl.
\n\u201cWhen I got into the kart six years ago, I really wasn\u2019t expecting much,\u201d Hadley said, \u201cI just wanted to try it. But my second week in the kart, I won my first race.\u201d
\nAnd a trend was established. Hadley went into the X-Cars on Wild and Wednesday and won in his third race. He also captured a win in his second Mini Stock race and his second Sportsman race, making him the ultimate quick learner.
\nHadley says he gives multi-time Late Model champ Bruce Thomas all the credit for his success.
\n\u201cBruce has taught me patience and he\u2019s also taught me consistency,\u201d Hadley said. \u201cI\u2019ve learned how to set my marks. If it wasn\u2019t for Bruce Thomas, I don\u2019t know where I would be today.\u201d
\nHadley\u2019s sponsors include Chassis Whisperer, Critical Signs, Jet Electric, All-State Insurance of Groton and A&A Roofing. Thomas and Kris Taylor make up his crew.
\nHadley says he plans on competing in the Street Stock for one more season and then may venture out into the Late Models.\u2019
\n\u201cI love the Modifieds, but I don\u2019t know if I could drive one of those,\u201d Hadley said. \u201cI like fenders too much to drive anything else.
\nAnd the Mini Stocks? Hadley may be waiting just for the next bounty to come along
\nBus bedlam
\nThe school buses will play a major role tonight on \u201cBack to School Night\u201d at the Speedbowl. In addition to seven divisions of racing \u2014 the SK Modifieds, the SK Light Modifieds, the Mini Stocks, the Sportsman, The Speedbowl Trucks , the Legends and the CT. Pro 4 Modifieds \u2014 there will be a school bus race, and then a school bus demolition derby.
\nQualifying starts at 5:15 p.m. Also at 5:15 p.m., there will be an autograph session for the Speedbowl Trucks and the Sportsman Division.
\nFeatures will start as soon as qualifying is completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hadley enjoys winning detour into Mini Stocks WATERFORD \u2014 Jordan Hadley was looking for a silver lining into what had become a disappointing Sportsman season. He needed to change divisions, however, in order to find one. And it turned out to be a silver lining worth $200. Hadley stepped into a Mini-Stock on Aug. 18 […]<\/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-23955","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\/23955","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=23955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23956,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23955\/revisions\/23956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}