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(Stafford Springs, CT)—As teams prepare for the 2012 season at Stafford
\nMotor Speedway, Limited Late Model driver Jesse Hinze is hard at work
\npreparing his car in hopes of reaching victory lane for the first time in
\nhis career at Stafford. The 2012 season will be Hinze\u2019s 7th season at
\nStafford, he spent the first three years of his career in the DARE Stock
\ndivision before moving into the Limited Late Model division in 2009. The
\nmove to the Ltd. Late Model division has seen Hinze become a consistent
\ndriver, finishing 8th in points for three consecutive seasons. After coming
\nclose on more than one occasion to winning a feature, Hinze is looking to
\nbreak into the win column this year at Stafford.
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\nIn order for Hinze to realize that goal of winning his first race, he first
\nneeds a motor for his car. The Limited Late Model Spec Engine is the only
\napproved engine for the 2012 season, and Hinze and his Crazy Bruce\u2019s Liquors
\nteam are unsure if they will have a spec engine in their car to race this
\nyear.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe car is ready to go, we\u2019re just waiting on a motor,\u201d said Hinze. \u201cWe
\nhave a new rear end in the car, we\u2019ve put new body panels on the car, and we
\n\u2019re redoing the interior tin, we just don\u2019t have the motor yet. I run my
\nown lawn care business and I think if we can get one more good snowstorm
\nbefore the spring, that should put us in position to where we can pick up a
\nspec engine. I think there\u2019s a good chance that things will work out, but
\nthere\u2019s always a chance that it might not work out. I\u2019m certainly hoping
\nthat things work out, I\u2019ve been to Thompson, Waterford, and Monadnock, but
\nthere\u2019s no track like Stafford. It would be nice if we could pick up
\nanother sponsor or two to help us out with the motor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hinze has carried sponsorship from Crazy Bruce\u2019s Liquors since the 2009
\nseason when he first moved into the Limited Late Model division. Hinze has
\ndeveloped a great relationship with Crazy Bruce\u2019s over the past three years,
\nand he is hopeful to carry the Crazy Bruce\u2019s name into victory lane this
\nseason.<\/p>\n
\u201cMark Wilson, who is the owner of Crazy Bruce\u2019s, is a great guy and we\u2019ve
\nhad a great relationship with him over the years,\u201d said Hinze. \u201cMark is
\nalways looking to help and he is a big supporter of charity. He does a lot
\nof work with the Reach Foundation and supporting sick children, and he\u2019s
\nalways been there for us anytime we\u2019ve needed anything for the car. Last
\nyear we made up some team tee-shirts and the plan was to split the cost
\n50\/50 between Mark and myself, but he told me not to worry about my half
\nwhen I went to pay him my half. Mark donates 20% of his profits to charity
\nand he\u2019s just a really great guy and I hope we can get him into victory lane
\nthis year to thank him for all of his support.\u201d<\/p>\n
Should Hinze come up with an engine for the 2012 season, he feels like he
\nhas all the parts and pieces properly in place to record his first career
\nvictory.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve come close a couple of times to winning,\u201d said Hinze. \u201cI thought we
\nhad the race won for sure at the Fall Final this past season. We got into
\nthe lead and we were gone until about halfway through the race I could feel
\na tire start to go bad. Cory Casagrande caught us and he went on to win the
\nrace, we\u2019ve had several things like that happen to us, but I feel pretty
\nconfident that we can get that first win this year. I always thought that
\nwinning would be easy, we could just go out there and drive by people like
\nit was a NASCAR video game, but I quickly found out that wasn\u2019t the case.
\nBut we have a great crew, sponsor, car, and experience, and I feel like we
\nknow the track well enough to get our first win and run in the top-5 or
\ntop-10 every week. But you can\u2019t say you\u2019re going to win until you actually
\ngo out and do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2012 season kicks off at Stafford Motor Speedway with the 41st Annual
\nCARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler on April 27-29. Tickets for the CARQUEST
\nTech-Net Spring Sizzler are available and on sale now through the SMS Box
\nOffice. Tickets are priced at $38.50 for adult general admission tickets,
\n$5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 and under are admitted
\nfree of charge when accompanied by an adult. Reserved seating will be priced
\nat $42.00 for all ages. All ticket prices include 10% CT Admission Tax. As
\nalways, Stafford Motor Speedway offers free parking with overnight parking
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