{"id":3441,"date":"2010-09-26T06:47:58","date_gmt":"2010-09-26T11:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2010-09-26T06:47:58","modified_gmt":"2010-09-26T11:47:58","slug":"stafford-late-model-championship-to-be-decided-between-ryan-posocco-and-woody-pitkat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/stafford-late-model-championship-to-be-decided-between-ryan-posocco-and-woody-pitkat\/","title":{"rendered":"STAFFORD LATE MODEL CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE DECIDED BETWEEN RYAN POSOCCO AND WOODY PITKAT"},"content":{"rendered":"

TAFFORD LATE MODEL CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE DECIDED BETWEEN RYAN POSOCCO AND
\nWOODY PITKAT<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—As the 2010 season comes to a close at Stafford
\nMotor Speedway with the 38th Annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend, scheduled
\nfor October 1st thru October 3rd, the Late Model championship race comes
\ndown to two hometown drivers, Ryan Posocco and Woody Pitkat. When it comes
\nto racing at Stafford, Posocco and Pitkat share a lot in common. Posocco
\nleads Pitkat by 6 points heading into the final race of the season, and both
\ndrivers recently won their 50th career feature event at Stafford after
\nbeginning their Stafford careers in the DARE Stock division.
\nPitkat reached the 50-win milestone two weeks ago by winning both the SK
\nModified\u00ae and Late Model feature events in the same night while Posocco
\nreached the plateau one week ago by winning the Late Model feature.
\n\u201cThat\u2019s a pretty big accomplishment,\u201d said Pitkat. \u201cGrowing up at the
\nracetrack, that\u2019s a pretty cool number to reach. I remember when Teddy won
\n100 races it was a big deal. I have 10 wins this year and if I can be like
\nTeddy and race for another 20 years and average 5 wins a year, I\u2019ll have 150
\nwins.\u201d
\n\u201cGrowing up in the turn 4 grandstands at Stafford, I always wanted to race
\nhere and win a race and possibly a championship,\u201d said Posocco. \u201cIf someone
\nhad told me back when I started racing that I would have 50 career wins and
\nfour championships, I would have told them that they were crazy. Watching
\nthe races as a kid, I always wanted to be a Late Model driver and to have
\nwon races and championships in the Late Model division has been a huge thing
\nfor me. We\u2019ve had a lot of fun and we\u2019re going to keep on having fun.\u201d
\nWith both drivers sitting on 50 career victories at Stafford, they both are
\nhoping to increase that total as they are neck and neck for the Late Model
\ntrack championship. Posocco currently drives for Marci Kretschman\u2019s #48
\nDavidson Company sponsored team, which is the team that Pitkat won the 2006
\nLate Model track championship with. Pitkat has since moved onto Billy Snow\u2019
\ns #88 New Haven Truck and Autobody team and they will square off at the
\nCARQUEST Fall Final with the track championship up for grabs.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s going to be hard for us,\u201d said Pitkat. \u201cI\u2019m looking at it like I have
\nto win the race. We can\u2019t do anything more than win the race to help
\nourselves out. I think the pressure is all on Ryan since he is leading. We
\n\u2019re not going to put any extra pressure on ourselves and we know that we
\nhave to finish ahead of Ryan, which is what we\u2019ve been trying to do for the
\nlast couple of weeks. We\u2019ve both had a couple of bad races this year and it
\ncomes down to who is going to have a bad race or is it going to be like last
\nweek when we finished 1-2. Ryan knows what he needs to do, he\u2019s won 4
\nchampionships and I\u2019ve only won once. I think it\u2019s pretty cool that it\u2019s
\ncoming down to the two of us. Ryan is the Ted Christopher of the Late Model
\ndivision and we have to beat the best if we want to be champions this year.
\nWe were second at Thompson and we\u2019re second in the SK\u2019s and Late Models here
\nat Stafford, so not to sound greedy, but it will be a little disheartening
\nif we don\u2019t win one championship this year.\u201d
\n\u201cLast week, we went from 7th to the lead in about 5 laps, which usually
\nnever happens,\u201d said Posocco. \u201cThat was a huge run for us since we had
\nwrecked the car pretty good the week before. Last week in practice, the car
\nwasn\u2019t good at all. We made some changes and it was better in the heat race
\nand we made some more changes and it was good for the feature. Some guys
\nwere pretty crazy at the start of the race, and we were able to get to the
\nlead pretty quick. Hopefully we will have the car as good as it was last
\nweek for the Fall Final. Woody certainly knows the routine, but if we were
\nto win the championship this year, it would definitely be icing on the cake
\nwith winning our 40th Late Model race and our 50th race at Stafford.\u201d
\nWhile Posocco will have only the Late Model race to focus on, Pitkat will be
\npulling triple duty on CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend, participating in the SK
\nModified\u00ae, Late Model, and Whelen Modified Tour events.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s going to make for a long day on Sunday,\u201d said Pitkat. \u201cFirst there is
\nthe Pit Party, where you want to be able to meet people and talk with them,
\nbut at the same time, you\u2019re trying to think about what you have to do in
\nthe races. But racing is what we love to do. It would be really nice to be
\nable to win for Mr. Snow with everything he\u2019s put into the team to get it to
\nwhere we are today. It\u2019s a total 180 from where the team was when I started
\ndriving for them.\u201d
\nWhile Posocco won\u2019t be joining Pitkat in this year\u2019s CARQUEST Fall Final SK
\nModified\u00ae or the Whelen Modified Tour races, he might one day in the future
\njoin Pitkat as a double duty driver.
\n\u201cRight now I\u2019m committed to Marci and Pat\u2019s team, but if the opportunity
\never arose, I would jump at it,\u201d said Posocco. \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to try a
\nmodified out, I\u2019ve just never had an opportunity present itself. I love the
\nLate Models at Stafford and as long as Marci and Pat [Kretschman] will have
\nme, I\u2019ll be driving their car.\u201d
\nThe 2010 CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend gets underway Friday, October 1st with
\na practice session for Stafford\u2019s weekly divisions. The general admission
\ngrandstands will be will be open to the public at no charge for the practice
\nsession. Action continues on Saturday, October 2nd with Coors Light Pole
\nQualifying for the Whelen Modified Tour cars, along with heat and
\nconsolation races for Stafford\u2019s weekly divisions. Saturday will conclude
\nwith feature events for the SK Light, Limited Late Model, and DARE Stock
\ndivisions, including the All-Star Paradiso-Muska DARE Stock Shoot Out event.
\nThe Fall Final continues on Sunday, October 3rd with the CARQUEST Belts &
\nHose Pit Party followed by Stafford\u2019s SK Modifieds\u00ae and Late Models joining
\nthe Whelen Modified Tour in feature action. Posocco and Pitkat will be just
\ntwo of the over 100 drivers on hand during the CARQUEST Belts and Hose Pit
\nParty that will take place from 11am-12pm.
\nTickets for the 38th Annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend are now on sale at
\nthe Stafford Motor Speedway Box Office. Tickets are priced at $35.00 for
\nadult general admission tickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, $38.00 for
\nreserved seats, and free for children ages 5 & under. Tickets are good for
\nadmission to the Saturday, October 2nd, and Sunday, October 3rd portions of
\nthe Fall Final. As always, Stafford Motor Speedway offers plenty of free
\nparking with overnight weekend parking available.
\nFor more information, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at
\n860-684-2783 or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com
\n.<\/http:><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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