{"id":18518,"date":"2015-04-14T09:44:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T13:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=18518"},"modified":"2015-04-14T06:52:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T10:52:20","slug":"lfr-chassis-scores-first-win-in-nascar-whelen-modified-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/lfr-chassis-scores-first-win-in-nascar-whelen-modified-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"LFR Chassis Scores First Win in NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"fsdgdfg\"<\/a>MOORESVILLE, N.C. (April 13, 2015) \u2013 LFR Chassis earned its first win in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) after dominating the field this past weekend at Thompson Speedway. Between Doug Coby and Ron Silk, LFR Chassis was fastest in practice, won the pole and led every lap of the Icebreaker 150.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of the LFR teams worked great together and we\u2019re trying to build one big team,\u201d said Rob Fuller, LFR Chassis owner. \u201cWe\u2019re collecting as much data to help everyone. Everyone had the same setup package and just fine-tuned it to their driver. It was a basic shock package and spring package and each team tuned their set-up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Race winner Doug Coby, running in an LFR Chassis, was the class of the field at the Icebreaker 150. The driver of the No. 2 Dunleavy\u2019s Repair\/HEX Performance Chevrolet was the fastest in practice with a lap time of 18.470 seconds at 120.064 mph. Coby went on to win the pole and lead 127 of 150 before taking home the win.<\/p>\n

Coby was thrilled to be able to provide Fuller with his first win in the series.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s actually a big relief because I wanted to be the first to do it,\u201d said Coby. \u201cWe were really the first team to commit to going with them. I saw the success down south with the car and wanted to do that for the northern series. This is a part of history for their company and it\u2019s great to be a part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI could tell he was excited \u2013 he was standing outside and taking pictures \u2013 and Phil (Moran) went over and grabbed him and told him to get in the pictures with us,\u201d Coby said of Fuller. \u201cHe\u2019s a huge part of this. He\u2019s growing a business and making sacrifices. I saw a little bit of relief in his face and that sense of pride. I was proud that our team was able to dominate the first time out and give him that solid win. It\u2019s just going to make him want to go that extra step and push extra hard to do this and put more cars out there. Ultimately, that\u2019s what we\u2019re here to help with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coby\u2019s crew chief, Phil Moran, also acknowledged the role LFR Chassis and its teams played in their success.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Thursday before the race we tested with the LFR teams and I felt we had a really good car \u2013 the only thing I was nervous about \u2013 was that my team personally hadn\u2019t raced these cars yet. So I didn\u2019t know if the adjustments that we normally make would work on this chassis. The good thing is that they did. All the LFR teams had the same setup on their cars. They just fine-tuned it for driver preference and driver feel. Everyone was pretty close and in the same boat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coby, Moran and their team made the switch from Troyer Chassis to LFR Chassis during the off-season despite winning a championship with them the year before. The Icebreaker 150 was the team\u2019s first time racing in LFR equipment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot of people were surprised we would do that \u2013 especially some of the people who don\u2019t follow the series that closely,\u201d said Coby. \u201cWe had zero personnel changes and huge equipment changes. We were going with something that was unproven and that was calculated into our decision. But this was the best decision for long-term growth of the No. 2 team. I think a lot of people thought we\u2019d start the season with mechanical disasters. Now we\u2019ve set the bar high with this first race and we have to make sure we are good at every track.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moran echoed his driver\u2019s thoughts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a brand new start but we knew as a team that it had potential. Mike (Smeriglio, team owner) told me this is my area and I could make the decision,\u201d Moran explained. \u201cI\u2019ve known Robbie for a long time \u2013 we are good friends off the race track. We\u2019ve been talking about this for over a year now. It was big undertaking. To get him the first win in the way that we did \u2013 dominating the weekend \u2013 being the fastest in practice, getting the pole and leading 127 of 150 lap race \u2013 that was awesome!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRob was a kid in a candy store with the win,\u201d continued Moran. \u201cHe was really happy and I can\u2019t blame him. He has worked really hard on this deal and so have all the guys at LFR. Ryan Stone (LFR modified director) has been really great in helping us get our cars and the parts we need. It\u2019s been great.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Coby wasn\u2019t leading, fellow LFR Chassis team member, Ron Silk was up front. Silk led for a total of 23 laps before Coby regained the lead for the final time that day. Overall, it was a dominant performance for the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll always remember this first win. You never forget your first time!\u201d said Fuller. \u201cAt the end of the day we are going to keep working hard and moving forward. But, it\u2019s nice to know that we have proven that we have a winning package!\u201d<\/p>\n

LFR Chassis also drove to Victory Lane in the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour (NWSMT) this weekend when Burt Myers won the Pepsi 150 at Langley Speedway.<\/p>\n

Looking forward, Fuller plans to build upon this success and continues to improve the team\u2019s chassis models.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hoping to have the GEN 2 car out early this year,\u201d said Fuller. \u201cNow that we have this first win we will be working even harder knowing that the other guys will be coming after us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (April 13, 2015) \u2013 LFR Chassis earned its first win in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) after dominating the field this past weekend at Thompson Speedway. Between Doug Coby and Ron Silk, LFR Chassis was fastest in practice, won the pole and led every lap of the Icebreaker 150. \u201cAll of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45,14972,15329],"tags":[15775],"class_list":["post-18518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","category-touring-series-news","category-whelen-all-american-series","tag-nascar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18520,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18518\/revisions\/18520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}