{"id":6961,"date":"2011-08-25T21:10:39","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T01:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-08-25T21:10:39","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T01:10:39","slug":"valenti-modified-series-points-battle-moves-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/valenti-modified-series-points-battle-moves-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Valenti Modified Series Points Battle Moves To Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maineracer.com\/images\/thompson.gif\" alt=\"Thompson\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Valenti Modified Series Points Battle Moves To Thompson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thompson, CT. &#8212; With a hotly contested points battle taking place, and 10 different winners in 12 races, the Valenti Modified Racing Series returns to the Thompson, CT., Speedway Thursday night, August 25, with drivers from throughout the Northeast expected to compete in a 75 lap showdown.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nWith only 12-points separating them, Les Hinckley III, of Windsor Locks, CT., and Chris Pasteryak, of Lisbon, CT., have squared off<br \/>\nfor a run to the series championship with four races remaining on<br \/>\nthe schedule. Both drivers are expected entries at Thompson. <\/p>\n<p>Hinckley and Pasteryak have visited victory lane twice and both<br \/>\nare evenly matched in top five (8) and top ten (12) finishes. <\/p>\n<p>To date their average finishes are about as close as it gets: 4.1 for Hinckley and 4.6 for Pasteryak. <\/p>\n<p>The worst finish by either driver in the last 2 races at Waterford and Seekonk was a 4th by Pasteryak at Waterford.<\/p>\n<p>Hinckley is seeking his first title. Pasteryak was the 2008 Champion. <\/p>\n<p>Entries expected Thursday include Mike Stefanik, of Coventry, R.I.,<br \/>\nTwo-time series champion, Jon McKennedy, E. Chelmsford, MA.,<br \/>\nLouie Mechalides, Tygnsboro, MA., and Rowan Pennink, of<br \/>\nHuntingdon Valley, PA<\/p>\n<p>Norm Wrenn, Nashua, NH., Kenny Barry, Preston, CT., Mike Holdridge, Madison, CT., and Keith Rocco, of Wallingford, CT are also expected.<\/p>\n<p>Practice is at 2:00 pm with qualifying heats at 5:45 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information is at www.thompsonspeedway.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valenti Modified Series Points Battle Moves To Thompson Thompson, CT. &#8212; With a hotly contested points battle taking place, and 10 different winners in 12 races, the Valenti Modified Racing Series returns to the Thompson, CT., Speedway Thursday night, August 25, with drivers from throughout the Northeast expected to compete in a 75 lap showdown.<\/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":[196,4163,126,41],"tags":[15774],"class_list":["post-6961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-modified","category-new-england","category-thompson","tag-thompson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6961","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=6961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}