{"id":25526,"date":"2019-07-18T07:57:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T11:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=25526"},"modified":"2019-07-18T07:57:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T11:57:37","slug":"meghan-fuller-off-to-strong-start-in-title-quest-at-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2019\/07\/meghan-fuller-off-to-strong-start-in-title-quest-at-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Fuller Off To Strong Start in Title Quest at Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Meghan Fuller Off To<\/strong> Strong Start in Title Quest at Thompson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By Kyle Souza, Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

THOMPSON, Conn. — <\/strong>Meghan Fuller is seeking her first career Limited Sportsman victory at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park this season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Auburn, Massachusetts, driver was the Rookie of the Year in the division back in 2017 and finished ninth in the championship standings last year. In her first four starts of 2019, Fuller has three top-fives, and is inching closer to capturing her first checkered flag. She\u2019s shown the speed to get the job done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe car has been a lot better this year, we made some big changes and the car has felt great. We\u2019ve been doing well and have been able to get some good finishes,\u201d Fuller said. \u201cThe competition at Thompson is definitely pretty tough because there are a bunch of great drivers to race against. It\u2019s definitely a challenge.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A victory isn\u2019t the only thing Fuller is chasing. She also has her eyes set on the division championship at Thompson, the Street Stock championship at Stafford Motor Speedway, and two national crowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of the national standings on July 8, Fuller was third in the division V chase with her 10 starts at Stafford, and she is leading the UNOH Youth Achievement Award standings, which combines her starts at Thompson and Stafford. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely pretty amazing to be that high up there in the Division V national points,\u201d Fuller said. \u201cIt\u2019s in the back of my mind during the race, but I just try to run my own race and take my time getting through the field. I had talked to a few friends that race at different tracks and they aren\u2019t as high up in the UNOH points, and they thought it was amazing that I was able to be that high up.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With her strong runs early at Thompson, Fuller is second in the track standings, just points behind Zachary Robinson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf I\u2019m being honest, I wasn\u2019t even paying attention to the points at Thompson because I had struggled a little bit the last few years,\u201d Fuller said. \u201cMy dad told me that I was second and I thought he was joking, but when I checked, he was right. It\u2019s cool that I am that high in the points. Now that the car feels good, I\u2019m in a good position.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fuller runs the full schedules at both Thompson and Stafford. With Stafford running each week on Friday, and Thompson running 10 events this season, up from seven last year, it\u2019s been busy for the entire race team. They are running two separate cars at each track, but still must make sure everything is prepared for battle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m used to racing every Friday at Stafford, and I\u2019m consistent over there, but with the breaks in the schedule at Thompson, you have to go back out there and get back to where you were and it can be a bit of a shock getting back out there and remembering everything I had done before to do well,\u201d Fuller said. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely a little bit challenging.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though all four of the championships are on her mind, Fuller is hoping July 28 marks her first Limited Sportsman win at Thompson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI definitely hope so, I really want to get a win this year,\u201d Fuller said. \u201cI\u2019ve been waiting for three years to get a win at Thompson. My dad and my uncle have been working hard on the car to get it to be fast and I feel like they are doing an amazing job with it. We\u2019re definitely right there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park returns to NASCAR Whelen All-American Series action on Sunday, July 28, with all five divisions scheduled to compete. Lock City Drift will also compete in the third round of their Street Series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on Thompson Speedway, fans are encouraged to visit www.thompsonspeedway.com<\/a>, and follow the track on social media via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meghan Fuller Off To Strong Start in Title Quest at Thompson By Kyle Souza, Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park  THOMPSON, Conn. — Meghan Fuller is seeking her first career Limited Sportsman victory at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park this season.  The Auburn, Massachusetts, driver was the Rookie of the Year in the division back in 2017 and finished ninth […]<\/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":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-thompson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25526","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=25526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25527,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25526\/revisions\/25527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}