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(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway\u2019s modified rosters will
\nhave a pair of brother rookie competitors during the 2012 season. Nick
\nBoivin will join the SK Modified\u00ae rookie class, while his younger brother,
\nJoe, will be joining the SK Light Modified rookie class. Both Boivin
\nbrothers have been behind the wheel of racecars since a very early age and
\nthey will look to become the first brothers to each be Rookies of the Year
\nin the same season in Stafford Speedway history.<\/p>\n
Nick will be behind the wheel of the #11 Millrite Machine Ford in the SK
\nModified\u00ae division, while Joe will be piloting the #21 Ford of Northampton
\nFord in the SK Light ranks. Both Nick and Joe began their racing careers
\ndriving Wild Thing Karts and their career progression has brought them to
\nStafford Motor Speedway\u2019s modified divisions. While both Nick and Joe will
\nbe modified rookies at Stafford, Nick has an edge over Joe in the experience
\ndepartment as Nick raced in the SK Light and Tour-type Modified divisions at
\nMonadnock Speedway last season before driving an SK Light at the CARQUEST
\nFall Final Weekend. Joe will be driving a modified for the very first time
\nin his career.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will be my first time in a modified,\u201d said Joe. \u201cI have high hopes
\nfor the SK Light division, but there is definitely going to be a learning
\ncurve for me. I\u2019ve never driven a car with this much power before.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I should be ok with experience,\u201d said Nick. \u201cI\u2019m going from a car
\nwith about 520 horsepower down to a car with about 460 horsepower, so that
\nshouldn\u2019t be a problem. I think the biggest thing for me is going to be
\ngetting used to the competiton in the SK Modified\u00ae division and how much you
\ncan lean on other cars and how much other cars will lean on you.\u201d<\/p>\n
While both Boivin brothers will be rookie drivers this season at Stafford,
\nthey are both well versed in winning races and championships. Joe won
\nseveral races in the Mini Stock division in 2011 and he won 8 times in the
\nSportsman division at Monadnock in 2010, while Nick has 13 championships and
\nnearly 100 feature victories to his name in his young racing career. But
\nboth brothers are cautious about their approach to their rookie seasons at
\nStafford and interestingly enough, they each have the same goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy goal for the season is to stay out of wrecks and get as many top-10
\nfinishes as I can,\u201d said Joe. \u201cI know the SK Light field is a tough field
\nand not having a lot of experience in that type of car or with the track is
\ngoing to make it tough for me, but I\u2019m looking forward to the season. I\u2019m a
\nlittle nervous because when you get into a wreck in a modified, it\u2019s usually
\nnot a minor wreck with the wheels out in the open. As a driver, you\u2019re
\nalways looking for a win but we\u2019ve never done this before, so I don\u2019t know
\nhow long it will take for us to pick things up. But you can only win Rookie
\nof the Year once and we\u2019d definitely like to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy first goal is to finish races,\u201d said Nick. \u201cWe feel like we have good
\nenough equipment and a good enough team to go for Rookie of the Year.
\nWinning races and the championship are unrealistic goals, so we\u2019re just
\nlooking to get some top-10 finishes, accumulate points, and hopefully we can
\nwin Rookie of the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Joe will be driving the same car that Nick drove at the CARQUEST Fall
\nFinal Weekend, he says that any notes might not be of help in determining a
\nsetup as he has a different driving style than his brother.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll have the same car, but we have different driving styles,\u201d said Joe.
\n\u201cI think that having a baseline setup will help initially, Nick likes a
\nloose car where I like the car to be a pinch tight, so a setup that works
\nfor me might not be the same as Nick had when he drove the car.\u201d
\nAnd where Nick has plenty of Modified experience under his belt as he
\napproaches his rookie season, he says that the difference between Stafford
\nand Monadnock will take some getting used to.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will be my first time driving on the big track at Stafford,\u201d said
\nNick. \u201cAt the Fall Final, it took me a couple of practice runs to figure
\nout a line to run. I was used to diving into the corner and hitting the
\nbrakes and then getting back on the gas, so I was expecting to be able to go
\ninto the corners high and then dive down to the bottom, but I found out
\nquickly that didn\u2019t work. I was surprised at how low you had to be in turn
\n1 to get the car to work. We were pretty good in turns 3 and 4, so I think
\nif we can get turns 1+2 figured out, we should have a pretty fast car. It\u2019s
\na new car and a new team, but we\u2019ll have help from Kenny Barry from Spafco,
\nso our hopes are high and with everyone\u2019s support we\u2019re hoping to have a
\ngreat rookie season.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Nick may have an experience advantage over his brother, Joe has the
\nmarket on nicknames cornered.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was younger in go karts, I would fall asleep in the car and my
\nparents would wake me up for the feature and then I would fall asleep in the
\ncar after the race was over, so my dad started calling me Sleepy Joe,\u201d said
\nJoe. \u201cAs I got older, I was concentrating more on what I needed to do and I
\ndon\u2019t fall asleep in the car any more.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Boivin brothers will be wide awake and ready to hit the track running
\nwhen the 2012 season kicks off with the 41st Annual CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring
\nSizzler on April 27-29. Tickets for the CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler
\nare available and on sale now through the SMS Box Office. Tickets are priced
\nat $38.50 for adult general admission tickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14,
\nand children ages 5 and under are admitted free of charge when accompanied
\nby an adult. Reserved seating will be priced at $42.00 for all ages. As
\nalways, Stafford Motor Speedway offers free parking with overnight parking
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