{"id":2914,"date":"2010-07-30T06:22:53","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T11:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2010-07-30T06:22:53","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T11:22:53","slug":"jimmy-blewett-seeks-victory-at-stafford-for-third-consecutive-season-in-town-fair-tire-150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/jimmy-blewett-seeks-victory-at-stafford-for-third-consecutive-season-in-town-fair-tire-150\/","title":{"rendered":"JIMMY BLEWETT SEEKS VICTORY AT STAFFORD FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE SEASON IN TOWN FAIR TIRE 150"},"content":{"rendered":"

JIMMY BLEWETT SEEKS VICTORY AT STAFFORD FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE SEASON IN TOWN
\nFAIR TIRE 150<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—As the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to
\nStafford Motor Speedway for the 20th Annual Town Fair Tire 150, one driver
\nwho will be looking forward to the race is Jimmy Blewett. Blewett has won a
\nrace at Stafford in each of the last two seasons and has been in contention
\nfor victory in each of the Whelen Modified Tour\u2019s first two visits of the
\n2010 season. Blewett finished second to Bobby Santos in the May TSI
\nHarley-Davidson 125 and finished 15th in the CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring
\nSizzler after hitting the wall on the final lap of the race while running in
\nthe top-3.
\n\u201cI always enjoy coming to Stafford, it\u2019s one of my favorite tracks,\u201d said
\nBlewett. \u201cWe\u2019re coming back with the same car and engine combination that
\nwe\u2019ve had two strong runs at Stafford with so far. At the Sizzler, that was
\njust hard racing at the end of the race, and then in May, we had a flat tire
\nwhile we were racing with Bobby [Santos] for the win. I\u2019ve never come to
\nStafford with the same setup twice in the car until this year. We had a
\nstrong run at the Sizzler and we\u2019ve tweaked on the car a little since then,
\nbut we\u2019re working off of the same base setup and we\u2019re looking forward to
\nanother strong run. I wish I could have run this well in the SK at
\nStafford.\u201d
\nBlewett\u2019s strong efforts at Stafford this season come as a continuation of
\nsuccess at the Nutmeg half-mile for the New Jersey native. Blewett won the
\nTown Fair Tire 150 two years ago and last year he led 97 of 101 laps en
\nroute to taking the checkered flag in the TSI Harley-Davidson Classic.
\nBlewett knows what it takes to reach victory lane at Stafford and he hopes
\nto parlay that strategy into a visit to victory lane for the third
\nconsecutive season.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re going to go with the same strategy we\u2019ve been using at Stafford,
\nwhich is be patient at the start of the race and try to get into the top-5
\nor top-3 to be a contender for the win at the end of the race,\u201d said
\nBlewett. \u201cStafford is a track that you can win a race at either by taking
\ntires or by staying out and not taking tires. Going into the race our plan
\nis to go the whole race without pitting, but that can change with track
\nposition, what the leader does, and where we are in the race.\u201d
\nIn addition to his track knowledge and car setup, Blewett says that there is
\nanother factor at Stafford that helps him get to the front.
\n\u201cI love the fans at Stafford,\u201d says Blewett. \u201cWhenever we come to Stafford,
\nthere always seems to be more excitement from the fans than the other tracks
\nthat we go to. If you run well at Stafford, they appreciate your effort
\nthat much more. Stafford is one of the few tracks where as I\u2019m walking up
\nto the press box that I have fans stopping me to tell me congratulations or
\nnice run.\u201d
\nTickets for the 20th Annual Town Fair Tire 150 are on sale now at the
\nSpeedway Box Office and are price at $30.00 for adult general admission
\ntickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 and under are
\nadmitted free of charge when accompanied by an adult. Reserved seating is
\npriced at $32.00 for all ages. As always, Stafford Motor Speedway offers
\nfree parking with overnight parking available.
\nFor more information, or to order tickets, contact the Stafford Motor
\nSpeedway track office at 860-684-2783 or visit us on the web at
\nwww.staffordspeedway.com .<\/http:><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JIMMY BLEWETT SEEKS VICTORY AT STAFFORD FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE SEASON IN TOWN FAIR TIRE 150 (Stafford Springs, CT)—As the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to Stafford Motor Speedway for the 20th Annual Town Fair Tire 150, one driver who will be looking forward to the race is Jimmy Blewett. Blewett has won a race at […]<\/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":[196,197],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-stafford-connecticut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914","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=2914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}