{"id":25196,"date":"2019-05-30T18:39:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T22:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=25196"},"modified":"2019-05-30T06:40:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T10:40:28","slug":"sal-accardi-and-rich-schlegel-excited-for-bullring-bash-kickoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2019\/05\/sal-accardi-and-rich-schlegel-excited-for-bullring-bash-kickoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Sal Accardi and Rich Schlegel excited for Bullring Bash kickoff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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There\u2019s plenty of racers getting excited for June 16, when the Bullring Bash Quarter Mile Challenge presented by RaceChoice kicks off at White Mountain Motorsports Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

One driver-owner combination ready to get started is the modified race team run by Sal Accardi Jr. and Rich Schlegel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite not meeting until just a couple of years ago, Accardi and Schlegel have settled into their roles as the two full-time workers on the team. Accardi does the work behind the wheel and in the race shop, and Schlegel creates the setups, acts as crew chief, spots for Accardi during races, and chooses where to go for the next race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly enough, Accardi and Schlegel would not have met had it not been for sheer luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI used to drive part-time myself,\u201d Schegel said. \u201cI didn\u2019t think I was a great driver. I posted an ad on Facebook looking for a driver.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accardi saw the ad and sent Schlegel a message back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were definitely concerns. Accardi had not been behind the wheel of a race car for eight years when the two began talking. Accardi did, however, have plenty of experience racing at New York tracks like Riverhead for years prior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know Sal,\u201d Schlegel said. \u201cI was a little worried at first. But an engine builder I know in New York told me he was good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That put away most worries. After talking, the two agreed to work together on a race team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no commitment to a particular series for these two. They just love racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t care where I drive,\u201d Accardi said. \u201cWe bounce around, and wherever we can race, we race.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was Schlegel who made the call to come to Bullring Bash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe purse is attractive,\u201d Schlegel said. \u201cWe\u2019re almost breaking even just by showing up to the track. That\u2019s good for small teams like us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schlegel expects the racing to be both close and action-packed, with three stages of ground-pounder action for the fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTowards that second stage and third stage, you\u2019ll see the intensity pick up for sure with all the money on the line,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s plenty of racers getting excited for June 16, when the Bullring Bash Quarter Mile Challenge presented by RaceChoice kicks off at White Mountain Motorsports Park.<\/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":[70,16,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bullring-bash","category-touring-series-news","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25196","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=25196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25197,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25196\/revisions\/25197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}