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(Stafford Springs, CT)—After several years away from weekly competition at
\nStafford Motor Speedway, Glen Reen returned to Stafford\u2019s SK Modified\u00ae
\ndivision in 2011 driving the #21 owned by Don Silberman. Josh Sylvester
\ndrove Silberman\u2019s #21 to Rookie of the Year honors in 2010 and Reen took the
\ncar\u2019s performance to an even higher level in 2011, finishing 6th in the
\npoints standings with 6 top-5 and 12 top-10 finishes in 18 starts. As good
\nas the 2011 season was for Reen and the Silberman crew, Reen says that the
\nseason could have been even better than it was.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a feeling that we were going to run well last year,\u201d said Reen. \u201cI
\nhad ran a couple of seasons on the Whelen Modified Tour and I could take
\nwhat I learned over there and apply it to Don\u2019s SK car, which really helped
\npick up our performance. I think that we could have been even better if we
\ndidn\u2019t have a motor go bad on us halfway through the season. Mike Sweeney
\nlet us borrow an engine and I really have to thank him for letting us borrow
\nthat engine. It was an older motor and it was set up for Waterford, so we
\nfell from third to tenth in the points, but we were able to work our way
\nback up to sixth at the end of the year. With the cards we were dealt, we
\nhad a great year and we\u2019re looking to do even better this season and our
\ngoal is to be among the challengers for the championship.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reen finished the 2011 season on a high note with second place finishes in
\neach of the final two races of the season. Combined with his first career
\nWhelen Modified Tour victory in the season ending race at Thompson, Reen has
\nall the momentum in the world on his side as he prepares for the 2012
\nseason.<\/p>\n
\u201cMomentum is everything and we\u2019re hoping to carry that momentum over to the
\n2012 season,\u201d said Reen. \u201cDon Silberman gave me the opportunity of a
\nlifetime last year to drive his car and I can\u2019t thank him enough. We grew
\nas a team last year and we learned a lot. I think that we have a
\nchampionship run in us, Brian Ross is a great crew chief, everything he
\ntouches runs fast. Brian and me work really well together, we\u2019re like peas
\nin a pod. And I have great crew guys with Cullen Gardner, Rob Walendy, and
\nMike Barberi, so we\u2019re excited about the season. I know everyone says that
\nthe championship is their goal at the beginning of the season, but I think
\nwe can be among the contenders. Right now we\u2019re rebuilding the entire car
\nfrom scratch, we\u2019re not using anything from last year that we don\u2019t have to
\nuse. The car is going to be another caliber this year and we\u2019re focused on
\nbeing consistent week by week and we\u2019ll let the chips fall where they may.\u201d
\nWhile Reen will carry sponsorship from Silberman Heating and Cooling, Alloy
\nWheel Repair, Reen Motorsports and Reen Orthodontics for his SK Modified\u00ae
\neffort, Reen is still searching for sponsorship in order to continue his
\nWhelen Modified Tour efforts.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now we\u2019re trying to put something together for the Sizzler,\u201d said
\nReen. \u201cThe win at Thompson was huge for us and with how many things were
\nwrong on the car, we probably shouldn\u2019t have won that race. The brakes didn
\n\u2019t work, I had to pump the brakes on the straights about 3 or 4 times every
\nlap, our motor had about 2,000 laps on it and Bob Bruneau told us we shouldn
\n\u2019t use that motor for the race, and then the clutch broke on lap-107. Thank
\ngod they only have three green white checkered restarts because I don\u2019t
\nthink the car would have made a fourth, and the clutch issue is why we had
\nto get pushed to victory lane. But we\u2019re looking for potential sponsors and
\nhopefully we can find something because we\u2019d love to be racing at the
\nSizzler in both the SK and Tour cars.\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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