{"id":4987,"date":"2011-04-29T23:30:36","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T04:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-04-29T22:54:46","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T03:54:46","slug":"doug-coby-seeking-repeat-success-weekend%e2%80%99s-40th-annual-carquest-tech-net-spring-sizzler-stafford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/doug-coby-seeking-repeat-success-weekend%e2%80%99s-40th-annual-carquest-tech-net-spring-sizzler-stafford\/","title":{"rendered":"DOUG COBY SEEKING REPEAT OF PAST SUCCESS IN THIS WEEKEND\u2019S 40TH ANNUAL CARQUEST TECH-NET SPRING SIZZLER AT STAFFORD"},"content":{"rendered":"

DOUG COBY SEEKING REPEAT OF PAST SUCCESS IN THIS WEEKEND\u2019S 40TH ANNUAL CARQUEST TECH-NET SPRING SIZZLER AT STAFFORD<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—With the Whelen Modified Tour coming to Stafford
\nSpeedway this weekend for the 40th Annual CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler,
\none driver who will be looking for a good finish is Doug Coby. Coby is the
\n2006 Spring Sizzler champion and he is a former two-time track champion at
\nStafford, winning a Late Model championship in 1998 and a ProStock title in
\n2000. Coby tested at Stafford two weeks ago during an open practice
\nsession, and based on that test he is looking forward to returning to the
\nsite of his lone Whelen Modified Tour victory.
\n
\n\u201cWe practiced at Stafford a couple weeks ago, and the car was pretty good,\u201d
\nsaid Coby. \u201cI feel like we\u2019re going to be pretty good, but at Stafford the
\nlist of guys who are going to be good is probably the longest list of any
\ntrack we go to. I\u2019m sure Ted Christopher, Ron Silk, Todd Szegedy, Bobby
\nSantos, Ryan Preece, they\u2019re all going to be good, and there\u2019s a lot more
\nguys who have experience at Stafford who will be strong. I usually run well
\nat the Sizzler, so it should be a good race.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler marks the 5th anniversary of
\nCoby\u2019s first Whelen Modified Tour victory. Coby used a different strategy
\nto gain track position early in the race and circumstances ended up playing
\nout to where Coby\u2019s strategy ended up being the right call to put him into
\nvictory lane. Coby says that the longer distance of the Sizzler affects how
\nthe teams will prepare for the race.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe year we won, we started 29th, so we ended up pitting earlier than
\neveryone else to get some track position,\u201d said Coby. \u201cThe race ended up
\ngoing green for the last 60 laps or so, and once we got out front, we stayed
\nout front. With this race being 200 laps long, you can\u2019t really plan a
\nstrategy, you kind of have to see how things develop during the race and how
\nyour car is handling. If we can qualify up front and ride for the first 60
\nor so laps, we won\u2019t pit right away. If the car is not quite where I need
\nit to be, we might come in early and make some adjustments to the car. I
\nsuppose it wouldn\u2019t be the worst thing to do whatever Teddy [Christopher]
\ndoes since he\u2019s won the last three Sizzlers. Starting the race up front
\nwill definitely help as you can stay out of trouble, but we proved that you
\ncan win the Sizzler from any starting position. If this was a 100 or
\n125-lap race, you\u2019d definitely want to be starting up front. But with 200
\nlaps, there\u2019s more time to work your way to the front if you have a bad
\nqualifying day. It all comes down to how you qualify on Saturday and then
\nhow the race plays out on Sunday. If you qualify up front, you can do what
\nthe leaders do, and if you qualify in the back, you can change up your
\nstrategy a bit to try to get up front.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coby heads into the 2011 season driving a combination effort between Wayne
\nDarling\u2019s #52 team and his crew from the #19 car that he drove in previous
\nseasons. Coby says that despite working with two different sets of teams,
\nthings are coming together very well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe car I\u2019ll be racing this weekend will be numbered 52, but it\u2019s the old
\n#19 car that I drove in the past,\u201d said Coby. \u201cLast year I drove for 5
\ndifferent teams so driving for two teams this year is the easy part for me.
\nI\u2019ve worked with the guys who will be working on the car this weekend
\nbefore, and we\u2019re all good to go, everyone is working well together.\u201d
\nThe 40th Annual CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler gets underway Friday, April
\n29 with a practice session for Stafford\u2019s weekly divisions. The practice
\nsession will be open to the public at no charge. The run for the Coors
\nLight Pole position gets underway on Saturday, April 30 with time trials for
\nthe Whelen Modified Tour cars, along with heat and consolation races for
\nStafford\u2019s weekly divisions. Saturday will conclude with feature events for
\nthe SK Light, Limited Late Model, and DARE Stock divisions. The Sizzler
\nconcludes on Sunday, May 1 with the CARQUEST Belts and Hose Pit Party
\nfollowed by Stafford\u2019s SK Modifieds\u00ae and Late Models joining the Whelen
\nModified Tour in feature action.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the \u201cGreatest Race in the History of Spring\u201d are on sale now at
\nthe Speedway Box Office. Tickets are priced at $35.00 for adult general
\nadmission tickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 and
\nunder are admitted free of charge when accompanied by an adult. Reserved
\nseating is priced at $38.00 for all ages.<\/p>\n

For 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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