{"id":5849,"date":"2011-06-24T22:16:35","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T02:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-06-24T22:16:35","modified_gmt":"2011-06-25T02:16:35","slug":"christopher-continue-run-tour%e2%80%99s-return-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/christopher-continue-run-tour%e2%80%99s-return-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Looks To Continue Run In Tour\u2019s Return To Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Has won six of last eight Whelen Modified Tour races at Thompson<\/strong><\/p>\n

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 23, 2011) \u2014 If one had to take either Ted Christopher or the field if asked to predict who might win the Budweiser \u2018King of Beers\u2019 150 at Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway on June 30, they\u2019d have a hard time going against No. 36.
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\nChristopher has won six of the last eight NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races at Thompson, and 12 total in his illustrious career. This current run that started with the 2008 World Series has been so dominant that he even finished second and fifth in those two races in which he didn\u2019t take the checkered flag.<\/p>\n

Christopher\u2019s most impressive triumph in recent memory came in the Whelen Modified Tour\u2019s 2011 opener \u2013 the Icebreaker \u2013 at Thompson when he rallied from two laps down to wind up in Victory Lane yet again.
\nWhile he may have Thompson more figured out that the next guy, Christopher says the key to his success is all about how he feels in the car.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s comfort in my car and my team,\u201d Christopher said following his Icebreaker win. \u201cIt\u2019s basically if they can give me what I like in a race car and where I like it, that\u2019s the whole game for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Christopher, from Plainville, Conn., is able to reach Victory Lane again in the Budweiser 150, he will match Jeff Fuller\u2019s mark of seven wins in nine races from 1990-92 that currently stands as the most-successful stretch of victories. It would also pull him to within one win of tying Mike Stefanik on the Whelen Modified Tour\u2019s all-time wins list at Thompson at 14.<\/p>\n

Christopher might enter as the favorite based on his recent domination, but he will likely not go unchallenged. The No. 4 \u2018Mystic Missile\u2019 Dodge took the checkered flag in the two races that Christopher didn\u2019t during his stretch, in 2009 with Donny Lia and in the 2010 Icebreaker with Bobby Santos. Santos also had a third-place finish at Thompson last year, and it\u2019s arguably his best track.<\/p>\n

The points leader through the first three races of the season, Rowan Pennink also figures to be a contender in the Bud 150. He\u2019s finished in the top five in four of the last six races at the .625-mile speedway, including a runner-up finish to Christopher in April.<\/p>\n

The Budweiser \u2018King of Beers\u2019 150 will be the second of four races at Thompson in 2011 for the Whelen Modified Tour. Raceday for the Tour on Thursday, June 30 will begin practice from 2-3:30 p.m., and qualifying will follow at 5:30 p.m. The Bud 150 is set to go green at approximately 8:45 p.m., following Thompson\u2019s six NASCAR Whelen All-American Series features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Has won six of last eight Whelen Modified Tour races at Thompson DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 23, 2011) \u2014 If one had to take either Ted Christopher or the field if asked to predict who might win the Budweiser \u2018King of Beers\u2019 150 at Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway on June 30, they\u2019d have a hard […]<\/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":[196,45,126,41],"tags":[15774],"class_list":["post-5849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-nascar","category-new-england","category-thompson","tag-thompson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5849","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=5849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}