{"id":6849,"date":"2011-08-18T21:00:54","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T01:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-08-18T20:24:03","modified_gmt":"2011-08-19T00:24:03","slug":"dillon-moltz-ready-challenge-late-model-100-race-victory-stafford-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/dillon-moltz-ready-challenge-late-model-100-race-victory-stafford-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"DILLON MOLTZ READY TO CHALLENGE FOR ANOTHER LATE MODEL 100 RACE VICTORY AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stafford\"
\nDILLON MOLTZ READY TO CHALLENGE FOR ANOTHER LATE MODEL 100 RACE VICTORY AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—As Stafford\u2019s Late Model division gets set to take
\ntop billing with their 18th Annual Late Model 100 this Friday night, August
\n19, Late Model driver Dillon Moltz is ready to challenge for another extra
\ndistance title. From 2008-2009, Moltz won the 100-lap event three
\nconsecutive times and he followed up his three wins with finishes of second,
\nthird, and an 18th place finish after making contact with the wall in the
\nextra distance event. Moltz likes the longer race and he is ready to
\nchallenge for a fourth 100-lap victory at Stafford this Friday night.
\n
\n\u201cWithout a doubt I like the longer races, I\u2019m disappointed that we only have
\none 100 lap race this year after we had 2 a year from when I started in the
\nLate Models,\u201d said Moltz. \u201cWe won three in a row and then were on the
\npodium for the next two and we had some right front issues in our last race,
\nso it\u2019s definitely a favorite of mine. I\u2019ve learned something new in each
\n100-lap race that I\u2019ve run at Stafford, the races that we won as well as the
\nraces we didn\u2019t win, so we\u2019re very excited for the 100-lapper.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since Moltz broke into the Late Model division in the middle of the 2007
\nseason, he has collected 17 Late Model feature victories, including three
\nthus far this season. Moltz certainly knows how to find his way to victory
\nlane and he says that while his AAA Driver Training team doesn\u2019t change that
\nmuch on the car for the extra distance features, the key is to have a setup
\nthat will allow Moltz race the car hard at the end of the race.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a normal 30-lap race, you have to set the car up to be on the edge for
\nthe 30 laps and its hammer down,\u201d said Moltz. \u201cFor the 100-lapper, you
\nreally want a setup that will allow the car to come to you at the end of the
\nrace so that when other guys start falling off, you have a strong car under
\nyou. For this race I don\u2019t think it\u2019s critical to have a car that is at the
\ntop of the practice sheet like it would be for a 30-lap race. It\u2019s all
\nabout trying to make the car comfortable for 100 laps; the race can be
\npretty physical if your car is not right. The only big difference for us is
\nwe add a little extra weight to the car to compensate for the extra fuel we
\nhave burning off throughout the race. With these longer races, it\u2019s really
\ntough to predict what will happen, usually we\u2019ve had to start deep in the
\npack and we\u2019ve been able to work our way towards the front. We feel like we
\nhave the capability to win the race and hopefully we can have a bit of luck
\non our side and we can be one of the cars fighting it out at the end of the
\nrace.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another victory in the Late Model 100 would also help Moltz in his quest to
\nsecure his first Late Model championship at Stafford. Moltz has three wins
\nthus far in 2011 and he enters the Late Model 100 in third place in the Late
\nModel standings, 62 points behind Ryan Posocco.<\/p>\n

\u201cA win in the 100 would definitely be a boost for us,\u201d said Moltz. \u201cWe\u2019re
\nnot where we want to be right now, but I\u2019m real proud of the effort that the
\nteam has put in this year. We didn\u2019t have our crew chief, Don Bonnanno, for
\na couple of races and everyone on the team really stepped up. We had a
\ncouple of races where if we didn\u2019t have bad luck, we had no luck at all and
\nin racing, all it takes is a few bad races to hurt your season. There\u2019s
\nstill plenty of time mathematically, but there\u2019s a reason why Ryan Posocco
\nhas won 5 championships. Realistically, both Ryan and Woody Pitkat are
\nveterans and they\u2019re going to be tough to beat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets 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 <\/p>\n

North East Racing Forum<\/strong> – http:\/\/www.neracingforum.com\/forum<\/a><\/http:><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DILLON MOLTZ READY TO CHALLENGE FOR ANOTHER LATE MODEL 100 RACE VICTORY AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY (Stafford Springs, CT)—As Stafford\u2019s Late Model division gets set to take top billing with their 18th Annual Late Model 100 this Friday night, August 19, Late Model driver Dillon Moltz is ready to challenge for another extra distance title. From […]<\/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-6849","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\/6849","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=6849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}