{"id":6717,"date":"2011-08-16T12:29:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T16:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-08-12T20:31:07","modified_gmt":"2011-08-13T00:31:07","slug":"j-j-hill-set-defend-late-model-100-title-stafford-speedway-august-19th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/j-j-hill-set-defend-late-model-100-title-stafford-speedway-august-19th\/","title":{"rendered":"J.J. HILL SET TO DEFEND LATE MODEL 100 TITLE AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY ON AUGUST 19th"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stafford\"
\nJ.J. HILL SET TO DEFEND LATE MODEL 100 TITLE AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY ON AUGUST 19th<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—The Late Model division at Stafford Speedway will
\ntake center stage next Friday night, August 19th, with the 18th Annual
\nrunning of the Late Model 100. Fresh off his first Late Model feature
\nvictory of the 2011 season last Friday night, Stafford Motor Speedway Late
\nModel driver J.J. Hill is ready to defend his Late Model 100 victory of one
\nyear ago, which was also his first career Late Model victory at the
\nConnecticut half-mile facility.<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to the race,\u201d said Hill. \u201cWe had some bad luck for 3
\nweeks in a row, so last Friday we came to the track with a little different
\nsetup, and it worked out for us. The car seemed to stay pretty consistent
\nthroughout the run where other guys look like they slowed down a little at
\nthe end. It was good to get a win for everyone on the team and it was good
\nto get a win for our sponsor Ticket Network.com. We have had a lot of bad
\nluck this season and we finally had some the right kind of luck last Friday
\nnight with the race going green. Picking up that win last Friday night
\nreally turned our season around.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hill\u2019s victory last Friday night came in a 30-lap race that ended up going
\nfrom green to checkered. In a 100-lap event, there is usually a stretch of
\nthe race that sees a long green flag run, which could end up playing right
\ninto Hill\u2019s hands as he enjoys the longer races.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always liked the longer races and the long green flag runs,\u201d said
\nHill. \u201cYou can take your time getting to the front where in the 30-lap
\nraces you really have to go right away. I don\u2019t feel like I ever overuse
\nthe car, but at the start, if there\u2019s a move that I\u2019m not sure about, I can
\ntake another lap or two before trying to make the pass. And if you\u2019re
\nfaster than the car in front of you, you\u2019re eventually going to get by, so
\nyou can take your time. We\u2019re not sure what to expect with the tires if we
\nhave a long green flag run in the 100. I think in last year\u2019s race we went
\n50 green laps at one point and our car seems to get faster the longer we
\nrun, so that definitely adds some confidence for us going into the race. I
\nthink the tires are going to play a big factor. I don\u2019t like going out for
\na feature with brand new tires, so last year, we scuffed in 4 new tires the
\nweek before the 100 during a practice and I think we\u2019ll probably do the same
\nthing this year. We might scuff only 3 tires because we don\u2019t abuse the
\nleft front all that much and we might start the race with a little less
\nstagger.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hill\u2019s win last Friday night vaulted him into 8th place in the Late Model
\nchampionship point standings. Hill is currently 96 points behind
\nchampionship leader Ryan Posocco but he is only 20 points behind Corey
\nHutchings in fifth place. If Hill can repeat his 100-lap victory from one
\nyear ago, it would give him and his #41 TicketNetwork.com team some added
\nmomentum for the final five races of the 2011 season as they try to hit
\ntheir preseason goal of a top-5 finish in the points standings.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother win in the 100 would be huge for us,\u201d said Hill. \u201cAt the beginning
\nof the year, my goal was to finish in the top-5 in the points standings. We
\n\u2019re 96 points behind Ryan so the championship might be a little far fetched
\nfor us this year, but I feel like we can be in the top-5 and there\u2019s still a
\nchance for us to get there. We\u2019ve had a strong car all year long but we\u2019re
\nstill looking for something extra. If we can keep the car clean, stay
\nfocused, use some patience, and put ourselves in the right place for the end
\nof the race, I think we have a chance at winning the 100 again.\u201d
\nTickets for the 18th Annual Late Model 100 are priced at $18.00 for adult
\ngeneral admission tickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5
\nand under are admitted free of charge when accompanied by an adult.
\nReserved seating is priced at $20.00 for all ages. As always, Stafford
\nMotor Speedway offers free parking with overnight parking available.<\/p>\n

For more information, or to order tickets, please contact the Stafford Motor
\nSpeedway track office at 860-684-2783 or visit us on the web at
\nwww.staffordspeedway.com <\/http:><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

J.J. HILL SET TO DEFEND LATE MODEL 100 TITLE AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY ON AUGUST 19th (Stafford Springs, CT)—The Late Model division at Stafford Speedway will take center stage next Friday night, August 19th, with the 18th Annual running of the Late Model 100. Fresh off his first Late Model feature victory of the 2011 season […]<\/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":[62,72],"class_list":["post-6717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-new-england","category-stafford-connecticut","tag-late-model","tag-stafford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6717","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=6717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}