{"id":2312,"date":"2010-05-16T10:28:58","date_gmt":"2010-05-16T15:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2010-05-16T10:28:58","modified_gmt":"2010-05-16T15:28:58","slug":"strong-start-has-david-webb-sitting-atop-sk-light-modified-championship-standings-at-stafford-motor-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/strong-start-has-david-webb-sitting-atop-sk-light-modified-championship-standings-at-stafford-motor-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"STRONG START HAS DAVID WEBB SITTING ATOP SK LIGHT MODIFIED CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS AT STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

STRONG START HAS DAVID WEBB SITTING ATOP SK LIGHT MODIFIED CHAMPIONSHIP
\nSTANDINGS AT STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—With the 2010 season at Stafford Motor Speedway
\nthree weeks old, David Webb finds himself leading the SK Light Modified
\nchampionship standings after posting a win, a second place finish, and an
\neighth place finish. Webb and his #92 Webb Motorsports \/ Autopart
\nInternational team are enjoying their newfound success and they look to
\ncontinue their good fortunes.
\n\u201cEveryone is real happy with where we\u2019re at right now but we\u2019re not taking
\nit for granted,\u201d said Webb. \u201cYou can be strong one week and then come out
\nand struggle the next week, it\u2019s happened to best drivers and the best
\nteams. You\u2019re only as good as your last race and we are focused on fighting
\nfor wins every week, bringing the best car that we can to the track, and
\nperforming at a high enough level to be one of the cars to beat every time
\nwe race.\u201d
\nSitting at the top of the points standings is a new experience for both Webb
\nand his team. Webb struggled through his first two seasons in the SK Light
\nModified division, finishing 20th in points during his rookie season in 2007
\nand 27th in the 2008 points standings. But Webb enjoyed a breakout season
\nin 2009 by picking up his first two career feature victories, which helped
\npropel him to a third place finish in the championship.
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve worked really hard on getting our car to handle,\u201d said Webb. \u201cI had
\na rough rookie season in 2007 and another rough season in 2008, but we made
\na lot of gains on the car last season and the first three races of this
\nseason. We really picked up a lof of speed in the car during the second
\nhalf of last year and ever since I won my first race last August, the car
\nhas been really good every time we\u2019ve come to the track. We did a lot of
\nhomework and research on the car and we\u2019ve talked with a lot of people about
\nhow to get the car to handle, and our hard work is paying off for us right
\nnow.\u201d
\nAlthough Webb is in the position that everyone in the paddock area wants to
\noccupy at the top of the championship standings, Webb knows it\u2019s still early
\nin the going.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s way to early for us to think about points,\u201d said Webb. \u201cIt feels
\nreally good to be up front, but we\u2019re focused on having the car at 110%
\nevery week and getting the most out of the car. There\u2019s a lot of strong
\ncompetition in the SK Light division. We have good drivers, good teams, and
\nthere is a lot of knowledge in the paddock area on how to make the cars go
\nfast. Our main goal is to beat the field every week rather than focusing on
\none or two drivers that we have to beat for points. Right now I just try to
\npace myself and figure out what I need to do to be a contender for the win
\nat the end of 20 laps. If we can keep on doing that all year long and get
\nsome more wins and top-3 finishes, then the points will take care of
\nthemselves.\u201d
\nPerhaps the best example of Webb\u2019s perseverance to get to the front was on
\ndisplay during CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler Weekend. Webb had the
\ndominant car for much of the 20-lap feature, but a missed shift on a late
\nrestart cost him several positions, but Webb battled back through the field
\nto nearly win the race.
\n\u201cI think we should have two wins right now, but driver error cost us the win
\nat the Sizzler,\u201d said Webb. \u201cAlthough that race was disappointing for me,
\nit was very satisfying to be able to come back through and almost win the
\nrace. We needed one more lap or maybe even just one more corner and we
\ncould have won. But second was a good finish and we\u2019ll have to wait for
\nnext year to try to win the Sizzler.\u201d
\nAfter several seasons of struggles, Webb and his team burst onto the scene
\nin 2009 and have continued their good run in the first three races of the
\n2010 season. As spring gives way to summer, Webb will look to keep his #92
\nat the front of the field and have the 2010 season blossom into a
\nchampionship year.
\nFor more information, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at
\n860-684-2783 or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

STRONG START HAS DAVID WEBB SITTING ATOP SK LIGHT MODIFIED CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS AT STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY (Stafford Springs, CT)—With the 2010 season at Stafford Motor Speedway three weeks old, David Webb finds himself leading the SK Light Modified championship standings after posting a win, a second place finish, and an eighth place finish. Webb and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[196,126,197],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-new-england","category-stafford-connecticut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}