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(Stafford Springs, CT)—On Friday night, July 29th, Stafford Motor Speedway
\nwill welcome the Modified Racing Series back to the track for the completion
\nof the Inaugural Lincoln Tech 80. The Lincoln Tech MRS 80 was originally
\nscheduled for June 24th, but a rain shower halted the race with 32 of the
\nrace\u2019s 80 laps complete. The Modified Racing Series will complete their
\n80-lap feature event and there will be heat and feature races for all five
\nof Stafford\u2019s NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions. All rain checks
\nfrom the original June 24 date will be honored for this event.
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\nPit gates will open at 1pm, spectator gates will open at 4:15pm, qualifying
\nheats for Stafford\u2019s SK Modifieds\u00ae, Late Models, SK Lights, Ltd. Late
\nModels, and DARE Stocks will begin at 6:15pm, and feature events will begin
\nracing at 7:15pm.<\/p>\n
The Lincoln Tech MRS 80 will resume from lap-33 with Keith Rocco leading
\nDave Etheridge, Matt Hirschman, Chris Pasteryak, and Doug Coby. Rocco
\nstarted the Lincoln Tech 80 on the pole and he led the first lap before
\nPasteryak went by Rocco to take over the lead on lap-2. Rocco then lost
\nsecond position to Etheridge, but he moved back by Etheridge on lap-11 and
\nhe went back by Pasteryak to retake the lead on lap-13. Rocco then held the
\nlead of the race until the rain started to fall with 32 laps complete.<\/p>\n
After the race was red flagged for the rain shower, MRS officials impounded
\neveryone\u2019s tires, which Rocco says will leave the teams with an unknown when
\nthey resume the race.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a crapshoot and a roll of the dice,\u201d said Rocco.
\n\u201cWe ran the tires for a couple of laps in the rain and then the tires have
\nbeen sitting after they impounded them. It\u2019s a good thing that they do with
\nimpounding everyone\u2019s tires, but we really don\u2019t know what we\u2019re going to
\nhave when we start racing. It\u2019s going to be a guessing game, but it\u2019s the
\nsame for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Lincoln Tech 80 is one of three races that Rocco will try to win as he
\nwill also partake in the SK Modified\u00ae and Late Model feature events.
\nThe East Windsor campus of Lincoln Technical Institute (formerly Baran
\nInstitute of Technology) is a 40-acre, 315,000 square foot facility. It is
\nlocated conveniently off Interstate 91, (Exit 44) just north of Hartford and
\nBradley International Airport. The campus contains 30 classrooms, two fully
\nequipped computer labs, a learning resource center, an auditorium,
\nadministrative offices including financial aid, admissions, student
\nservices, career services, a full service cafeteria and over 260,000 square
\nfeet of practical shop space. The shop area contains fully equipped training
\nsections that are air-conditioned. Lincoln Tech offers hands-on training
\nfrom ASE certified instructors and there are morning, afternoon, and evening
\nclasses available to fit any type of schedule. Lincoln Tech also has
\nhousing available at their Hartford and Suffield campus locations.<\/p>\n
For fans who do not have rain checks, there is still plenty of seating
\navailable for the Lincoln Tech MRS 80. Tickets are priced at $25.00 for
\nAdult General Admission, Children 6-14 are $5.00, and Children 5 & under are
\nfree. Reserved seating is priced at $28.00 for all ages. Tickets can be
\nordered by calling the speedway office at 860-684-2783, or tickets can be
\npurchased at the gate the night of the event.<\/p>\n
For more information, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at (Stafford Springs, CT)—On Friday night, July 29th, Stafford Motor Speedway will welcome the Modified Racing Series back to the track for the completion of the Inaugural Lincoln Tech 80. The Lincoln Tech MRS 80 was originally scheduled for June 24th, but a rain shower halted the race with 32 of the race\u2019s 80 laps complete. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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-6245","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\/6245","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=6245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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