{"id":5722,"date":"2011-06-17T20:49:43","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T00:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-06-17T19:50:28","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T23:50:28","slug":"modified-racing-series-point-leader-rowan-pennink-ready-inaugural-lincoln-tech-80-stafford-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/modified-racing-series-point-leader-rowan-pennink-ready-inaugural-lincoln-tech-80-stafford-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"MODIFIED RACING SERIES POINT LEADER ROWAN PENNINK READY FOR INAUGURAL LINCOLN TECH 80 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stafford\"MODIFIED RACING SERIES POINT LEADER ROWAN PENNINK READY FOR INAUGURAL LINCOLN TECH 80 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—The Modified Racing Series will make its second
\never visit to Stafford Speedway on June 24th for the Lincoln Tech MRS 80 and
\nleading the way will be Rowan Pennink. The former Stafford SK Modified\u00ae
\nRookie of the Year is the current Modified Racing Series points leader with
\na win and three top-6 finishes in the first three races of the 2011 season.
\nPennink finished third in the MRS\u2019 debut at Stafford last season, and with
\ntwo second place finishes in the first two Whelen Modified Tour events of
\n2011 at Stafford, Pennink is looking forward to returning to the Connecticut
\nhalf-mile.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m definitely looking forward to coming back to Stafford,\u201d said Pennink.
\n\u201cMy car owner Gary Casella and Bob Hampton built a new car for this season
\nand it was fast right out of the box at Waterford. We won the last race at
\nTwin State, so we\u2019re excited about our chances at Stafford.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last season\u2019s MRS debut at Stafford saw Pennink finish third behind Ted
\nChristopher and Ronnie Silk. All three drivers are Whelen Modified Tour
\nregulars and they also have had SK Modified\u00ae experience at Stafford, which
\nPennink says gave them a slight advantage over the MRS regulars at Stafford.
\n\u201cIt helps to have as much track time as you can at a track,\u201d said Pennink.
\n\u201cI think we definitely have an advantage when we race at Stafford, we race
\nthere all the time with the tour. Stafford isn\u2019t a track that you can just
\nshow up at and be quick, it takes some seat time to get used to the track
\nand be able to get around fast. Teddy won last year, Ronnie Silk was second
\nand I was third, so I think that experience really showed in the race last
\nyear. I imagine it will be the same guys running up front this year that we
\nwill have to work on in order to win the race.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Pennink currently holds the MRS points lead, victory lane has proved
\nto be an elusive place for Pennink to reach in 2011. He has three second
\nplace finishes in three events with his Whelen Modified Tour car and he
\nfinished 4th at Waterford and then 6th at Monadnock before finally breaking
\nthrough and winning the MRS event at Twin State Speedway. Pennink has his
\nsights set on winning at Stafford, which he says would be huge for him and
\nhis team.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinning at Stafford would mean a lot,\u201d said Pennink. \u201cWe ran well in the
\n25 car last year at Stafford, and we have two second place finishes with the
\n93 car this year, but we haven\u2019t been able to nail one down at Stafford yet.
\nI can\u2019t complain with finishing second, but when we have finished second
\nthree times in a row, it\u2019s like we can\u2019t get that one final spot to win.
\nHopefully we can keep on running well when we come to Stafford and hopefully
\na win will come for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets for the Inaugural Lincoln Tech MRS 80 event at Stafford Motor
\nSpeedway are on sale now and are priced at $25.00 for Adult General
\nAdmission, $5.00 for Children Ages 6-14 General Admission, $28.00 for
\nReserved Seating, and $40.00 for Pit Passes. Tickets can be ordered by
\ncalling the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at 860-684-2783.
\nFor 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":"

MODIFIED RACING SERIES POINT LEADER ROWAN PENNINK READY FOR INAUGURAL LINCOLN TECH 80 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY (Stafford Springs, CT)—The Modified Racing Series will make its second ever visit to Stafford Speedway on June 24th for the Lincoln Tech MRS 80 and leading the way will be Rowan Pennink. The former Stafford SK Modified\u00ae Rookie of […]<\/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":[196,4163,126,197],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-5722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-modified","category-new-england","category-stafford-connecticut","tag-stafford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5722","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=5722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}