{"id":24772,"date":"2019-03-11T19:41:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T23:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=24772"},"modified":"2019-03-11T18:44:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:44:23","slug":"bennett-ready-to-challenge-himself-by-entering-bullring-bashfor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2019\/03\/bennett-ready-to-challenge-himself-by-entering-bullring-bashfor\/","title":{"rendered":"Bennett Ready to Challenge Himself by Entering Bullring Bash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Attleboro, Massachusetts (March 11, 2019)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 After winning almost everything there was to win in an INEX Legend Car at Connecticut\u2019s New London-Waterford Speedbowl in 2018, Peter Bennett is ready to challenge himself once again this season. The 24-year-old standout from Cromwell, CT has added his name to the Bullring Bash Midstate Development Legends roster and will travel to New Hampshire and Vermont for the trio of all-star events this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Bennett was the 2018 champion for both the Wednesday Pro Legends and Saturday Masters Legends at his home track of New London-Waterford. However, the track announced over the winter that the INEX Legend Cars will not compete on Saturdays in 2019. Bennett said he has used this as an opportunity to explore other racing opportunities in the region such as the Bullring Bash Quarter Mile Challenge.

\u201cSince my weekends are now free, I was definitely interested in traveling around,\u201d Bennett said. \u201cThis is my third year in Legends, and I\u2019ve only run at four tracks ever. So going into the season, I was definitely looking to get to some new tracks, expose myself to some different environments and different competition, and really see what I\u2019m made of.\u201d

He is getting the chance to do both with the Bullring Bash. Bennett will experience two tracks for the first time when he visits N. Woodstock, NH\u2019s White Mountain Motorsports Park and Barre, VT\u2019s Thunder Road Speedbowl. He will also compete against top regional Legend Car racers such as Noah Korner and Kevin Nowak as well as familiar Connecticut competitors like John O\u2019Sullivan and Jordan Churchill.

\u201cMy biggest asset right now is YouTube, since I\u2019ve never really been to these tracks before,\u201d Bennett remarked. \u201cI\u2019ve just been scoping them out and seeing what they look like and what kind of approach I\u2019m going to need. I\u2019ve also been talking to people and asking around about what I\u2019m going to need to do to prepare for those tracks.\u201d

\u201cI\u2019m really excited about the competition,\u201d he added. \u201cAt New London-Waterford, I raced against a lot of \u2018daily guys\u2019, and just to branch out and race against new competition is going to be good for me.\u201d

In doing so, Bennett will try to back up the remarkable success he had in his first two Legend car seasons. In 2017, he won the track championship at White Lake, NY\u2019s Bethel Motor Speedway. He also won the Connecticut INEX Legends Semi-Pro Asphalt State Championship while being named Rookie of the Year in the Wednesday Masters Legends at New London-Waterford.

As it turned out, that was just the prologue to a dream 2018 season. In addition to his dual New London-Waterford championships, he captured 12 feature victories in 26 starts, including the Legend Car Summer Showdown on June 30.

\u201cThat was one of the reasons I was looking to branch out,\u201d Bennett said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to sound cocky, but I feel like I accomplished everything that I could have accomplished last year racing Wednesday and Saturday. So I\u2019m definitely looking to challenge myself again for 2019, and this Bullring Bash Series is an opportunity to do that. It seems like it\u2019s drawing in a very competitive field, and I\u2019m looking forward to seeing how I stack up against this level of competition.\u201d

For the Bullring Bash, Bennett will pilot his familiar #50 J & J Racing machine. His father Pete serves as the team\u2019s crew chief. Despite his success, Bennett noted that he typically comes to the track with a small team \u2013 at some races, it\u2019s just him and his dad. In fact, he is currently still looking for a spotter to assist him at the Bullring Bash events.

\u201cHe\u2019s pretty much been there from the beginning,\u201d Bennett said of his father. \u201cBeing at the race track is great to bond with him. It brings us closer together. I love spending time with him. He doesn\u2019t do as well with the travel, but hopefully I can bring him up for the Bullring Bash. It\u2019s great to have family involved.\u201d

\u201cThe way that these events are being promoted is great so far, and that definitely means a lot for the Legends community,\u201d Bennett concluded. \u201cWe have a lot guys all over New England, a lot of really great racers, and I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if some guys come up from down South eventually to race these events as well. It means a lot for us. I know the racers really appreciate it, and they\u2019ve definitely been talking about it. That\u2019s why I jumped on the bandwagon and registered. I\u2019m looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Attleboro, Massachusetts (March 11, 2019)\u00a0\u2014 After winning almost everything there was to win in an INEX Legend Car at Connecticut\u2019s New London-Waterford Speedbowl in 2018, Peter Bennett is ready to challenge himself once again this season. The 24-year-old standout from Cromwell, CT has added his name to the Bullring Bash Midstate Development Legends roster and […]<\/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":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bullring-bash","category-touring-series-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24772","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=24772"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24775,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24772\/revisions\/24775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}