(Stafford Springs, CT)—For DARE Stock driver Josh Wood, the 2011 season at
\nStafford has been nothing short of great. In his first two races, he has
\nfinished third and second and he currently sits tied with his father Don in
\nthe DARE Stock points standings. Last season was Wood\u2019s rookie season in
\nDARE Stock competition and he posted two wins and finished 9th in the points
\nstandings. But his rookie season was full of ups and downs, which Wood says
\nhelped him become a better driver for the 2011 season.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, it\u2019s been a great start to the year,\u201d said Wood. \u201cLast year was a
\ngreat learning experience for myself. I crashed the car a lot and I learned
\nhow to save the car instead of spinning and crashing. Having my dad is a
\nhuge help, he\u2019s been racing since the \u201880s and he knows everything you need
\nto know about how the car handles. He taught me what to do to the car if it
\n\u2019s tight or if it\u2019s loose and that\u2019s been a big help for me telling him what
\nthe car needs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wood comes from a background in go karts where he has won over 80 races and
\n6 championships while racing at Pinnacle Raceway, Whip City, and Westfield.
\nWood credits his go kart experience along with a new car and good crew help
\nfor his stellar beginning to the 2011 season.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a new BFR car and with my dad\u2019s help and help from Barry Fluckiger,
\nthat\u2019s why we\u2019ve been running so well so far this year,\u201d said Wood.<\/p>\n
For the past several seasons, the trend in the DARE Stocks has been that the
\ncars that are up front in the points standings usually are the cars that are
\ncontending for championships at seasons\u2019 end. Norm Sears won the first two
\nraces of the 2008 season and went on to win the championship; Don Wood took
\nthe points lead after the second race of the 2009 season and went on to win
\nthe championship; and last season saw Tony Membrino, Jr. win the first race
\nof the season and he stayed up front in the points race all season long.
\nWith Wood\u2019s strong start to the 2011 season, he is looking to continue that
\ntrend and be among the championship contenders at the end of the year.
\n\u201cI want to be a contender in the points this year, that\u2019s the main goal,\u201d
\nsaid Wood. \u201cThe second goal is to have fun racing because if you\u2019re not
\nhaving fun, then why race? Winning and running up front definitely helps us
\nhave fun. My confidence is growing and I\u2019d like to win the championship,
\nbut a top-3 finish in the championship would be a good finish for us.\u201d
\nWood carries sponsorship from R.A.D. Automachine, Kar Kare Collision, Falls
\nAlignment, Berardi Transmissions, Custom Wood Floors, and BFR Chassis. With
\na third and second place finish in each of the first two races this season,
\nWood is confident that it won\u2019t be long before he is back in victory lane
\nthis year, especially if he keeps trending up towards the number 1 finishing
\nposition.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we\u2019re real close to winning,\u201d said Wood.<\/p>\n
For more information, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at (Stafford Springs, CT)—For DARE Stock driver Josh Wood, the 2011 season at Stafford has been nothing short of great. In his first two races, he has finished third and second and he currently sits tied with his father Don in the DARE Stock points standings. Last season was Wood\u2019s rookie season in DARE Stock competition […]<\/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":[196,126,197],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-5164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-new-england","category-stafford-connecticut","tag-stafford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5164","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=5164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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