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\n(Stafford Springs, CT)—After winning the SK Light Modified championship at
\nStafford Motor Speedway as a rookie driver last year, Matt Galko and the #20
\nDavidson Company team followed up that performance by becoming the first
\nback to back champions in the SK Light division\u2019s history at Stafford. In
\naddition to becoming the first repeat champions in the division\u2019s history,
\nGalko is also the first driver to win multiple championships in the SK Light
\ndivision.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels good to win the championship, there\u2019s really no words for it, I\u2019m
\nspeechless,\u201d said Galko. \u201cIt was amazing to win the championship once, and
\nit\u2019s that much better to do it two years in a row. It means so much with
\nall the effort that my Dad and my family have put into the car. I really
\nhave to thank everyone, my Dad Dave, my Mom Debbie, my Grandfather Dave,
\nSr., my sister Tara, Tim Rowe, Jason Roy, Jeff Malave, and my girlfriend
\nJackie. I couldn\u2019t have done this without all their help and support.\u201d
\nWhile Galko was the champion of the SK Light division for the second
\nconsecutive season, his path to the championship was totally different from
\none year ago. Galko had led much of the 2010 standings before a crash left
\nhim trailing Tommy Barrett heading into the CARQUEST Fall Final feature,
\nwhich he won to claim the championship. This season saw Galko in control of
\nthe championship fight for most of the year, and all he needed in this year\u2019
\ns CARQUEST Fall Final feature was a finish of 18th or better to be crowned
\nchampion.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a lot different this year compared to last year,\u201d said Galko. \u201cLast
\nyear we had nothing to lose, so we took some chances and went for the win.
\nThis year, we led for most of the season and there was a lot more pressure
\ngoing into the last race. I felt like it was our championship to lose this
\ntime, so we didn\u2019t take as many risks and we just tried to finish the race
\nbecause that\u2019s all we needed to do. I think we were a little better this
\nyear, we had the same number of wins as last year, but we got our wins a lot
\nearlier in the year than we did last year. We only had 2 DNF\u2019s this year
\nwhere last year we had some mechanical failures that took us out of races.
\nIt was a more consistent season for us and we didn\u2019t have as many bad races
\nas we did last year, which I think was the key to us winning the
\nchampionship again.\u201d<\/p>\n
The SK Light championship wasn\u2019t the only thing that Galko had to celebrate
\nduring the 2011 CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend. After winning the championship
\non Saturday, Galko made his SK Modified\u00ae debut on Sunday and he drove to a
\n10th place finish.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe SK race was amazing,\u201d said Galko. \u201cI never thought we could do that
\nwell. There are some guys that can go an entire season without a top-10
\nfinish, so it was great to be able to get a top-10 our first time out. It
\nseemed like all the wrecks were happening right around us, so we had to
\ndodge a few things. I can\u2019t thank my Dad and Jeff Malave enough for putting
\nthe car together for me. We were worried on Saturday because the car wasn\u2019t
\nthat good in the heat and we weren\u2019t sure how many cars were going to be
\nstarting the race. It was really special for me to just be able to start
\nthe race, never mind finish in the top-10. And to be able to race alongside
\nguys like Ted Christopher, Woody Pitkat, Keith Rocco, Doug Coby, James
\nCivali, those are the guys that you come to see every Friday night and it
\nwas great to be racing with those guys, just an awesome experience for me.\u201d
\nGalko will officially be crowned the 2011 SK Light Modified track champion
\nat the 42nd Annual Stafford Motor Speedway Champions Awards Ceremony on
\nFriday, November 18, 2011 at the La Renaissance Banquet Facility in East
\nWindsor.<\/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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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