{"id":5250,"date":"2011-05-19T20:27:51","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T01:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-05-19T20:40:31","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T01:40:31","slug":"brian-hoar-devils-bowl-speedway-race-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/brian-hoar-devils-bowl-speedway-race-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"BRIAN HOAR: Devil’s Bowl Speedway Race Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brian Hoar: ACT Late Model Tour
\nDevil\u2019s Bowl Speedway Race Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., takes on the ACT Late Model Tour Spring Green 111 at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, Vt., on Sunday, May 22. The race will mark Hoar\u2019s first career appearance at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway, and the first time that the Spring Green has been contested at the fast half-mile track. Hoar and his RPM Motorsports team currently hold the lead in the ACT Tour standings following two weeks of rain and are in pursuit of an unprecedented eighth series championship.
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THE FACTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

WHO: Brian Hoar, Williston, Vt.
\nTEAM: RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge
\nCREW CHIEF: Rick Paya, Georgia, Vt.<\/p>\n

BEST CAREER DEVIL\u2019S BOWL SPEEDWAY FINISH: N\/A
\nLAST RACE AT DEVIL\u2019S BOWL SPEEDWAY: N\/A<\/p>\n

WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Spring Green 111
\nWHERE: Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway, West Haven, Vt. (.500-mile oval)
\nWHEN: 2 p.m., Sunday, May 22<\/p>\n

ACT LATE MODEL TOUR<\/strong>
\nLAST RACE: May 1, Merchants Bank 150, Thunder Road International Speedbowl (5th)
\nNEXT RACE: June 4, The Big Jab 150, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (.375-mile oval)
\nCURRENT POINTS POSITION: 1st<\/p>\n

DID YOU KNOW?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brian Hoar has never raced at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway, which was renovated from dirt to asphalt prior to the 2010 season.
\nBrian Hoar won the Spring Green when it was run at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., where it was contested from 1990-2009.
\nRPM Motorsports has won a total of seven ACT championships, including five with Jean-Paul Cyr and the last two with Brian Hoar.<\/p>\n

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING<\/strong><\/p>\n

BRIAN HOAR, Driver of the No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge, On how rained out races impact a team\u2019s momentum: \u201cI think there\u2019s no more effect on my team than anyone else\u2019s. It\u2019s (rain), not an equalizer. You do get in a rhythm every week. You get prepped, and when you get rained out it\u2019s a downer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s been too much rain, but we\u2019re ready to go. I\u2019m looking forward to it. We went and tested there with Devil\u2019s Bowl being close to us. It\u2019s a nice little half-mile in the middle of a field. It looks like it puts on some great racing, and I\u2019m pumped to get there and to race on it for the first time.<\/p>\n

On the challenge of going to a track for the first time: \u201cIt is a bit of a challenge, so that is why we tested \u2013 just to check out the track.<\/p>\n

\u201cNumber one: You\u2019re trying to figure the track out. We\u2019ve done that and gotten an idea for the setup. We\u2019ll have to adjust (on race day). You just never know what\u2019s going to happen. In heat races you set it up for the short run, and then in the feature you set up for the long run. You rely on local guys and see what everyone does. You hope you get common answers. It\u2019s a bit of a guessing game.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a first time for many of the ACT guys. We\u2019re all going to be on equal ground. (RPM Motorsports) usually adapts quicker than other guys. It\u2019s going to be a good race \u2013 learning how to pass, set up people to pass, and where to pass. I think we\u2019ll be alright.\u201d<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ACT Late Model Tour heads to Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, for the rescheduled The Big Jab 150 on Saturday, June 4… Brian Hoar has never won at Oxford Plains, though he did finish second in the TD Bank 250 there last summer. The race will be the first to two ACT stops at Oxford in a three-week span.<\/p>\n

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Brian Hoar: ACT Late Model Tour Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway Race Preview THE STORY Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., takes on the ACT Late Model Tour Spring Green 111 at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, Vt., on Sunday, May 22. The race will mark Hoar\u2019s first career appearance at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway, and the first […]<\/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":[55,201,126,200],"tags":[15778],"class_list":["post-5250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-act","category-devils-bowl","category-new-england","category-vermont","tag-act"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5250","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=5250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}