{"id":3487,"date":"2010-09-29T20:54:06","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T01:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2010-09-29T20:54:32","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T01:54:32","slug":"3487","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/3487\/","title":{"rendered":"STAFFORD YOUNG GUNS TOMMY BARRETT, JR. AND MATT GALKO SEPARATED BY ONLY 6 POINTS IN CHASE FOR SK LIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"

STAFFORD YOUNG GUNS TOMMY BARRETT, JR. AND MATT GALKO SEPARATED BY ONLY 6
\nPOINTS IN CHASE FOR SK LIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—With the 38th Annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend
\nupon us this weekend, Stafford young guns Tommy Barrett, Jr. and Matt Galko
\nare separated by only 6 points, or three positions on the racetrack, in the
\nchase for the 2010 SK Light Modified track championship. Galko has been at
\nthe front of the points standings from June until the Final Friday
\nNight-Shoot-Out on Sept. 17th, where a Barrett victory combined with Galko
\nwrecking out of the race, put Barrett at the top of the standings heading
\ninto this weekend.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s been really frustrating with three wrecks in the last four races for
\nus,\u201d said Galko. \u201cBut there\u2019s nothing that we can do except to learn from
\nwhat happened and move onto the next race. We do what we need to do at the
\nshop during the week to have the car ready and we\u2019re going to go for the win
\nthis weekend. The pressure is totally off of us now that we\u2019re not leading
\nthe points. We\u2019re having fun at the shop working on the car and it would be
\na pretty cool way to end the year by winning the CARQUEST Fall Final.\u201d
\nWhile Galko has found misfortune towards the end of the 2010 season, Tommy
\nBarrett has used a white hot streak to vault himself into the points lead.
\nBarrett has won 8 of the last 9 SK Light Modified feature events at
\nStafford, and he has a total of 10 victories this season. Barrett has had
\nto play catch up all year long after he missed the first race of the 2010
\nseason as he didn\u2019t turn 15 and become eligible to race this season until
\nthe second race of the year.
\n\u201cAfter we missed the first race of the season, I\u2019ll be a little disappointed
\nif we don\u2019t win the championship,\u201d said Barrett. \u201cBut we\u2019ve had a great
\nyear with 10 wins so far and we hope we can win the last race.\u201d
\nWhile the SK Light championship hangs in the balance, Barrett has already
\nclinched a championship this season. Barrett has earned the 2010 NASCAR
\nWhelen All-American Series Division 3 Asphalt Championship on the strength
\nof 10 wins and 14 top-5 finishes to outpoint Christopher Lambert of
\nAll-American Speedway in Roseville, California by 86 points.
\n\u201cIt feels good to be a NASCAR champion,\u201d said Barrett. \u201cWe definitely didn\u2019
\nt know what to expect at the beginning of the year being our first year in
\nmodifieds. The year couldn\u2019t have gone much better for us, we won 10 races
\nand we haven\u2019t really bent the car up. It\u2019s an awesome feeling and it\u2019s
\ngreat to have a shot at winning the SK Light championship at Stafford.\u201d
\nWith only one race left on the 2010 schedule and a 60 point margin over
\nthird place Erica Santos, Galko has little to lose and everything to gain
\nthis weekend in the race for the championship. Galko must finish at least 4
\npositions ahead of Barrett to win the championship as Barrett holds the
\ntiebreaker advantage over Galko with 10 wins to Galko\u2019s 3 wins.
\n\u201cOur focus is on the last race,\u201d said Galko. \u201cMy dad always gives me a good
\nhandling car and we are confident that we have a good enough car to win the
\nrace this weekend. We\u2019re locked into at least second in the points, so we\u2019
\nre not points racing anymore and we\u2019re going for broke this weekend. Our
\ngoal at the start of the season was to win the championship, but leading the
\npoints for most of the year was unexpected. It\u2019s been a great year for us
\nif we win the championship or not.\u201d
\nBarrett will also be racing for victory this weekend, but he might be a
\nlittle more on the conservative side of things than Galko will.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re going to try to win the race, but not be as aggressive,\u201d said
\nBarrett. \u201cIf the win is there for us, we\u2019re going to try to win the race.
\nWe have a good car and the guys at the shop try to have everything ready for
\nme when we get to the track so that we don\u2019t have to work on the car that
\nmuch while we\u2019re at the track. The car is always fast right off the truck,
\nwhich is a big help for us. It\u2019s going to be a great race and hopefully we
\ncan stay out of trouble and finish up front.\u201d
\nBarrett and the rest of the SK Light Modified cars will qualify and then
\nrace for the final time in 2010 on Saturday, October 2nd during CARQUEST
\nFall Final Weekend. The SK Light field will also be part of the CARQUEST
\nBelts & Hose Pit Party on Sunday, October 3rd 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":"

STAFFORD YOUNG GUNS TOMMY BARRETT, JR. AND MATT GALKO SEPARATED BY ONLY 6 POINTS IN CHASE FOR SK LIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (Stafford Springs, CT)—With the 38th Annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend upon us this weekend, Stafford young guns Tommy Barrett, Jr. and Matt Galko are separated by only 6 points, or three positions on the racetrack, […]<\/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-3487","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\/3487","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=3487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}