{"id":7051,"date":"2011-09-07T07:09:54","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T11:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-09-07T20:57:25","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T00:57:25","slug":"todd-owen-improve-position-shark-cycle-80-stafford-speedway-sept-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/todd-owen-improve-position-shark-cycle-80-stafford-speedway-sept-9th\/","title":{"rendered":"TODD OWEN LOOKS TO IMPROVE BY ONE POSITION IN SHARK CYCLE 80 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY ON SEPT. 9TH"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stafford\"
\nTODD OWEN LOOKS TO IMPROVE BY ONE POSITION IN SHARK CYCLE 80 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY ON SEPT. 9TH<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—When the Modified Racing Series made their first
\nvisit of the 2011 season to Stafford for the rain interrupted Lincoln Tech
\n80, Todd Owen had a car that was nearly the class of the field. After
\nstarting the feature from the 20th position, Owen had worked his way into
\n7th place before rain halted the race with 32 laps complete. When the race
\nresumed in August, Owen continued his charge to the front and he nearly won
\nthe race, finishing second to Keith Rocco. Owen is returning to Stafford
\nwith the same car for the Shark Cycle 80 on Sept. 9th and he will be looking
\nto improve his previous result by one position.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m definitely looking forward to the race,\u201d said Owen. \u201cWe had a good run
\nand we\u2019re coming back with the same car setup. The car was fast in
\npractice, the heat, and the race the first time, so maybe we can find a
\nlittle more. It should be an interesting race, everyone can work on their
\ncars since the last race and make them better. I have an idea on how to
\nmake my car a little better and if we can have as much fun as we had in the
\nlast race, it will be a good night.\u201d<\/p>\n

One thing Owen will be focusing on is getting a better finish in his heat
\nrace. With the MRS procedure of the driver who passes the most cars in the
\nheat will start on the pole for the feature, Owen went from 9th to 7th in
\nhis heat, but he missed being a qualified car by one spot, so he had to
\nstart the race from the 20th position. With a better starting position,
\nOwen feels like he will once again be a contender for the checkered flag.
\n\u201dThe last race Keith [Rocco] started on the pole, so that would be a good
\nplace to start the race,\u201d said Owen. \u201cWe drew a bad number and we were in a
\ngood heat and we just didn\u2019t quite make a qualified position in the heat.<\/p>\n

If we had finished the heat in a qualified position, we would have had a
\nreal good starting position for the feature and maybe we could have had a
\nbetter car at the end of the race. I drove the car hard from start to
\nfinish, there was no riding around. Not to take anything away from Keith,
\nwhen I got to him I thought I was going to be able to go right by him, but
\nhe seemed to find another gear in his car and he pulled away.\u201d
\nWhile a good starting position will be one of the keys to victory in the
\nShark Cycle 80, Owen says that another premium will be handling and track
\nexperience at Stafford in determining who will be the contenders for the
\ncheckered flag.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that the guys with Tour experience at Stafford will be the
\nfavorites, but the MRS regulars will be coming back to Stafford for the
\nsecond time with the same cars, so it should be an interesting race,\u201d said
\nOwen. \u201cWith the break we had in the first race, guys could work on their
\ncars and at the end of the race it showed that the guys with experience were
\nat the front. But handling is going to be the most important thing. A good
\nstarting position is important, but if the car isn\u2019t handling, you can start
\non the pole and go right to the back. My car stayed consistent from start
\nto finish the last race, it never gave up handling. You can\u2019t hold onto a
\ncar for 80 laps with bad handling, so you definitely need to have a good
\nhandling car.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets for the Shark Cycle MRS 80 event at Stafford Motor Speedway are on
\nsale now and are priced at $25.00 for Adult General Admission, $5.00 for
\nChildren Ages 6-14 General Admission, and $28.00 for Reserved Seating.
\nTickets can be ordered by calling the Stafford Motor Speedway track office
\nat 860-684-2783, or tickets can be purchased the night of the show at the
\ngate.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at
\n860-684-2783 or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com
\n.<\/http:><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TODD OWEN LOOKS TO IMPROVE BY ONE POSITION IN SHARK CYCLE 80 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY ON SEPT. 9TH (Stafford Springs, CT)—When the Modified Racing Series made their first visit of the 2011 season to Stafford for the rain interrupted Lincoln Tech 80, Todd Owen had a car that was nearly the class of the field. […]<\/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-7051","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\/7051","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=7051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}