EARL PELLETIER LOOKS TO RACE HIS WAY BACK INTO CARQUEST VICTORY LANE IN 2011 AT STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY<\/p>\n
(Stafford Springs, CT)—With the 2011 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series
\nseason looming on the horizon, drivers are busy preparing their cars for
\ncompetition while looking forward to the excitement of a new season. Such is
\nthe case for Stafford SK Light Modified driver Earl Pelletier and the #27
\nEarl Pelletier Concrete Services team. Pelletier has partnered with Steve
\nGreer to share notes and most importantly, to receive some extra support in
\nhis pursuit of CARQUEST Victory Lane.
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\n\u201cI did some concrete work at Steve\u2019s house and we got to talking about
\nracing and we decided to be teammates for this season,\u201d said Pelletier. \u201cWe
\n\u2019re going to have better resources this season, which will definitely be a
\nbig help,\u201d said Pelletier. \u201cWe\u2019re trying some different things on the car
\nthat we couldn\u2019t afford to try in the past. We just got the car back from
\nthe chassis shop and R.A.D. Automachine has refreshed the engine, so we\u2019re
\nlooking forward to the new season.\u201d
\nAfter scoring three wins in 2008 and 2009, Pelletier went winless during the
\n2010 season. Pelletier was able to record 8 top-5 and 14 top-10 finishes
\nwith a best result of third, but several key factors kept him out of victory
\nlane. Pelletier is looking to turn his fortunes around and get himself back
\ninto victory lane this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn a scale of 1 to 10, I would have to rate last year as a 6 or 7,\u201d said
\nPelletier. \u201cThere were nights last year when the car felt great and then we
\nwould come back and look at the speed chart and we would be down in 7th or
\n8th. There was one night in particular I remember, the car felt the best it
\nhad all year long and we were 14th or 15th on the speed chart. We had some
\ngood runs last year, but it seemed like there were always a couple of cars
\nthat looked like they were tied to a string on the infield going through the
\ncorners and I couldn\u2019t keep up with them as hard as I tried. On top of
\nthat, we had a couple of wrecks that really hurt our tire inventory.\u201d
\nWhile Pelletier will be teamed up with Steve Greer, he will also be
\nteammates with Joey Cipriano, who won a race last year and finished third in
\nthe points standings behind Matt Galko and Tommy Barrett. With a three-car
\nteam effort, Pelletier is excited about the prospects that the 2011 season
\nmight hold in store. While most drivers have championship aspirations on
\ntheir mind at the outset of a new year, Pelletier has a different set of
\ngoals for himself.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really excited about racing this year,\u201d said Pelletier. \u201cI\u2019m looking
\nforward to working with Steve and helping him get his car running up front
\nand with Joey as part of the team, I think we have a pretty good range of
\ndrivers and I think we have a good shot at getting all three cars running up
\nfront this season. It killed us to not win a race last year, so we really
\nwant to get back into victory lane this year. We\u2019re not really thinking
\nabout the championship at this point, we just want to win races, be
\nconsistent, and the rest will take care of itself. I\u2019d like to say 10 wins
\nwould be nice, but we would be really happy if we could get a couple of wins
\nthis year and get all three cars running up front every week. Our goal for
\nthe year is to start strong and stay strong all year long.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2011 SK Light Modified season kicks off with a 20-lap feature event as
\npart of the 40th Annual CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler Weekend on April
\n29-May 1. Tickets for the “Greatest Race in the History of Spring” are on
\nsale now at the Speedway Box Office. Tickets are priced at $35.00 for adult
\ngeneral admission tickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5
\nand under are admitted free of charge when accompanied by an adult. Reserved
\nseating is priced at $38.00 for all ages. As always, Stafford Motor Speedway
\noffers free parking with overnight parking available.<\/p>\n
For more information, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at EARL PELLETIER LOOKS TO RACE HIS WAY BACK INTO CARQUEST VICTORY LANE IN 2011 AT STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY (Stafford Springs, CT)—With the 2011 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season looming on the horizon, drivers are busy preparing their cars for competition while looking forward to the excitement of a new season. Such is the case for […]<\/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":[72],"class_list":["post-4235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-stafford-connecticut","tag-stafford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4235","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=4235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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