{"id":19202,"date":"2015-06-27T10:37:20","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T14:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=19202"},"modified":"2015-06-27T08:30:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T12:30:41","slug":"packard-eager-as-act-returns-to-oxford-plains-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/packard-eager-as-act-returns-to-oxford-plains-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Packard Eager as ACT Returns to Oxford Plains Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ACTlogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15891\" src=\"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ACTlogo-300x120.jpg\" alt=\"ACT\" width=\"300\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ACTlogo-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ACTlogo.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. \u2013 This weekend marks the return of the American Canadian Tour to Oxford Plains Speedway, and the 18-year old Emily Packard is eager to return to the track. Earlier this season, Packard and her 9ME Northstar Fireworks\/Packard Fuels car raced OPS for the first time, and the end results was a fourth place finish. &#8220;I liked racing at Oxford, it&#8217;s a unique track and different than other tracks we run,&#8221; Packard said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a low breaking track and it has really helped me to calm my breaking, so I can better attack the track. I am definitely looking forward to returning to race there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Packard and the team understand that the Oxford Plains Speedway that they raced in April is a completely different track as they return in late June. &#8220;I have no expectations as we head back to Oxford Plains Speedway,&#8221; said Packard. &#8220;I would like to have a good solid run. Hopefully we can get the car dialed in during practice and have a good heat race so we can start up front, and be able to contend at the end.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Packard currently sits 7th in the American Canadian Tour standings, and is hoping for a good run this weekend to get her back up into the top-5, as this race marks the 8th race of the 13 race schedule. &#8220;I am happy with how the season as gone so far,&#8221; Packard said. &#8220;We have had both some good and bad runs, and the last couple races have been tough, but we are hoping this race will get us back on track.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This weekend the American Canadian Tour shares the track with the PASS Series. Pit gates open at 2 pm with the first practice for the American Canadian Tour Late Models at 3:30. Heat races go off at 6 pm, followed by the Dave&#8217;s Small Engine\/Walker Mowers 150 later in the evening. If you can&#8217;t make it out to the track, make sure to follow Emily and the team on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. \u2013 This weekend marks the return of the American Canadian Tour to Oxford Plains Speedway, and the 18-year old Emily Packard is eager to return to the track. Earlier this season, Packard and her 9ME Northstar Fireworks\/Packard Fuels car raced OPS for the first time, and the end results was a fourth [&hellip;]<\/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":[55,14972],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-19202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-act","category-touring-series-news","tag-oxford-plains-speedway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19202","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=19202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19203,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19202\/revisions\/19203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}