{"id":5913,"date":"2011-06-29T22:01:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T02:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-06-29T22:01:22","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T02:01:22","slug":"christopher-continue-thompson-mastery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/christopher-continue-thompson-mastery\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Looks To Continue Thompson Mastery"},"content":{"rendered":"

News & Notes: Christopher Looks To Continue Thompson Mastery
\nVeteran has won six of last eight Modified Tour races at TIS<\/strong><\/p>\n

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. \u2013 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.<\/p>\n

Christopher 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 Christopher even finished second and fifth in those two races in which he didn\u2019t take the checkered flag.
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\nChristopher\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.<\/p>\n

While 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

Race Notes
\n\u2018Mystic Missile\u2019 also has Thompson success: The No. 4 Dodge took the checkered flag in the two races that Christopher didn\u2019t during his current run of success at Thompson: 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. Santos, the defending Whelen Modified Tour champion, is 102 points back of points leader Rowan Pennink in eighth place and needs another strong finish at Thompson this week.<\/p>\n

Pennink still looking for checkers: The points leader through the first four races of the season, 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

Silk historically strong at Thompson: While his last three race wins have been earned at different facilities, Ron Silk\u2019s first three career triumphs came at Thompson during the 2007-08 seasons. Silk had a streak of nine-straight top 10s at Thompson until he was involved in an accident in April\u2019s Icebreaker after leading 40 laps, his only finish outside the top five in 2011.<\/p>\n

The Race: Budweiser \u2018King of Beers\u2019 150
\nThe Place: Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway
\nThe Date: Thursday, June 30
\nThe Time: 9 p.m. ET (approx.)
\nTrack Layout: .625-mile banked asphalt oval
\n2010 Winner: Ted Christopher
\n2010 Polesitter: Ted Christopher
\nEvent Schedule: Practice 2-3:30 p.m., Qualifying 5:30 p.m., Driver Autograph Session 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News & Notes: Christopher Looks To Continue Thompson Mastery Veteran has won six of last eight Modified Tour races at TIS DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. \u2013 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 […]<\/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":[15775,15774],"class_list":["post-5913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-nascar","category-new-england","category-thompson","tag-nascar","tag-thompson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913","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=5913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}