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TODD OWEN LOOKS TO CONTINUE STRONG RUN IN RESCHEDULED LINCOLN TECH MRS 80 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY<\/strong><\/p>\n (Stafford Springs, CT)—When the Modified Racing Series came to Stafford While Owen will be looking to continue his charge towards the front of the \u201cIt\u2019s definitely going to be interesting for everyone,\u201d said Owen. \u201cI can\u2019t While the teams may not know what to expect when they return to Stafford, \u201cWe haven\u2019t touched the car since we left Stafford,\u201d said Owen. \u201cThe series In addition to his MRS duties, Owen will also be behind the wheel of his #90 \u201cThe season has been pretty good for us so far, I\u2019d give it a 7 on a scale Tickets for the rescheduled Lincoln Tech MRS 80 event at Stafford Motor
\nMotor Speedway in June for the Inaugural Lincoln Tech 80 MRS event, Stafford
\nSK Modified\u00ae regular Todd Owen had a great drive going with his #29 Cooker
\nConstruction sponsored entry in the race before rain halted the feature at
\nlap-32. Owen had the fastest car in the MRS practice session, and after
\ncrashing in his heat race and starting the feature in 20th place, Owen had
\nclimbed his way up through the field into 7th place when the rain came.
\nWhen the MRS cars return to Stafford this Friday night, July 29th for the
\nresumption of the Lincoln Tech 80, Owen hopes to continue his charge to the
\nfront of the field.
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\n\u201cWe were going really good,\u201d said Owen. \u201cThat car always goes good on the
\nbigger tracks, we won with it a couple years ago at Thompson and we were the
\nfastest car in the practice session. We got wrecked in the heat race, so we
\ndidn\u2019t get to show how good the car was in the heat and we had to start
\n20th. We definitely had a car that could have won the race, we came from
\n20th to 7th in 32 laps.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nfield when the MRS field takes the green flag, he and the other 27 cars will
\nbe facing an unknown set of circumstances. After the rain halted the
\nLincoln Tech 80 at lap-32, MRS officials impounded the tires from each car
\nand the field will have to restart the race on the tires they had on the car
\nat the time of the rain.<\/p>\n
\never remember a race where tires got impounded and then given back to finish
\na race. But it\u2019s not just me, there\u2019s 27 other guys who will be out there
\nwith the same problem. With 48 laps to go, it\u2019s going to be a shoot-out and
\nI don\u2019t think you\u2019ll see any conserving going on in the race.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nOwen feels like he may have a small advantage over the rest of the field for
\nthe resumption of the Lincoln Tech 80.<\/p>\n
\nregulars have traveled to several tracks since Stafford and have had to
\nchange their cars around, so guys like myself and Keith [Rocco], we might
\nhave a small advantage with the car setup by leaving the cars as they were.
\nWe might make a minor change there or there, but we\u2019re going to go right
\nback to where we were with the car. I don\u2019t think that the practice session
\nwill be as important for us as some of the other guys. We just hope that we
\ndon\u2019t end up going backwards as fast as we came to the front when the race
\ngets restarted. No one has a 100% guarantee on how their car is going to be
\nand I\u2019ll know within the first lap or two if we have the car as good as we
\ndid in June.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nCooker Construction SK Modified\u00ae, where he will look to build upon a 6th
\nplace finish in last week\u2019s CARQUEST SK 150 event. Owen\u2019s good finish last
\nweek boosted him into the fifth position in the SK Modified\u00ae championship
\npoints standings and Owen is looking to record his first SK Modified\u00ae
\nvictory since a win in the SK Modified\u00ae 100 in 2006.<\/p>\n
\nof 1 to 10,\u201d said Owen. \u201cWe\u2019re not quite where we want to be obviously, but
\nhopefully in the second half we can get things turned around and get going
\ngood again. I feel like the first third of the season we were close and
\nthen we struggled a little, but we seem to have gotten it back last week
\nwith a 6th place finish. If the 88 [Keith Rocco] and 40 [Ryan Preece] cars
\nkeep going like they have been, we\u2019re all racing for second place right now.
\nSixth was a good finish for us and if we can keep on having good runs, the
\nwins will come. A win would stop everyone from razzing me about not having
\na win in a while, and a win would be good for the whole team.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSpeedway are on sale now and are priced at $25.00 for Adult General
\nAdmission, $5.00 for Children Ages 6-14 General Admission, and $28.00 for
\nReserved Seating. Tickets can be ordered by calling the Stafford Motor
\nSpeedway track office at 860-684-2783, or tickets can be purchased the night
\nof the show at the gate. Stafford Speedway will be honoring all rain checks
\nfrom the original June 24 date for this Friday night\u2019s rescheduled Lincoln
\nTech 80 MRS event.<\/p>\n