{"id":4733,"date":"2011-04-03T22:55:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T03:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-04-03T21:55:59","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T02:55:59","slug":"hodgson-lands-top-10-kn-pro-series-east-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/hodgson-lands-top-10-kn-pro-series-east-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Hodgson Lands Top-10 In K&N Pro Series East Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hodgson Lands Top-10 In K&N Pro Series East Debut<\/strong><\/p>\n

GREENVILLE, S.C. \u2013 Cody Hodgson of Escalon, Calif., finished 10th in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 at Greenville Pickens Speedway on Saturday, April 2. Hodgson also qualified the No. 03 Ocala Gran Prix Dodge in the Top-10 in his series debut with Dave Davis Motorsports, posting the ninth-fastest speed on the 32-car starting grid. The Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate rallied for the impressive finish after twice pitting to fix damage suffered in accidents involving other cars. In a race featuring 19 rookies in the field, only four of them finished ahead of Hodgson.<\/p>\n

WHO: Cody Hodgson, Escalon, Calif.
\nTEAM: Dave Davis Motorsports No. 03 Ocala Gran Prix Dodge
\nWHAT: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150
\nWHERE: Greenville Pickens Speedway, Greenville, S.C. (.500-mile oval)<\/p>\n

STARTED: 9th
\nFINISHED: 10th
\nLAPS LED: 0 times for 0 laps<\/p>\n

NEXT RACE: April 16, South Boston 150, South Boston Speedway, South Boston, Va., (.400-mile oval)<\/p>\n

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CODY, TALK ABOUT YOUR RACE TONIGHT.<\/p>\n

That first 50 laps, it was really about feeling everything out, feeling out what the car was going to do and the guys I was racing with that I’ve never raced with before. Once I got in my groove, it was a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that we had to pit twice and come back up through the field, I was really happy with my performance, and the team was happy with my performance. It makes you confident knowing that you can have a good day after all we went through.<\/p>\n

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BOTH QUALIFY AND FINISH IN THE TOP-10 IN YOUR FIRST K&N PRO SERIES EAST RACE?<\/p>\n

I’m more than happy to just finish in the Top-10 in my first race, especially with everything that happened in the middle of the race. With having to pit a couple of times and all the damage we hand and then having to restart in the back, I wasn’t even sure if I’d get anywhere near the Top-10.<\/p>\n

The guys did awesome job in the pits to get us a good car. Had we we been better early on and qualified a little better, we had a Top-5 car, no problem, which is awesome.<\/p>\n

WHERE DO YOU WANT TO IMPROVE HEADING INTO SOUTH BOSTON IN TWO WEEKS?<\/p>\n

I know know what I need to do now, what I can get out of the car in qualifying, especially. Qualifying is really, really important in these races. But at the same time, if I don’t get the qualifying I want, I know that I can just settle in early, stay out of wrecks and be able to move to the front.<\/p>\n

I kept the car clean, never gave up and still came out of there with a Top-10 finish. So, I’m really excited about keeping things going.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hodgson Lands Top-10 In K&N Pro Series East Debut GREENVILLE, S.C. \u2013 Cody Hodgson of Escalon, Calif., finished 10th in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 at Greenville Pickens Speedway on Saturday, April 2. Hodgson also qualified the No. 03 Ocala Gran Prix Dodge in the Top-10 in his series debut […]<\/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":[45,4456],"tags":[15775],"class_list":["post-4733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","category-nascar-kn-pro-series","tag-nascar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4733","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=4733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}