{"id":9408,"date":"2012-04-05T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9408"},"modified":"2012-04-04T22:01:40","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T02:01:40","slug":"new-car-and-engine-combination-has-dan-avery-looking-for-victory-lane-trip-in-2012-at-stafford-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/new-car-and-engine-combination-has-dan-avery-looking-for-victory-lane-trip-in-2012-at-stafford-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW CAR AND ENGINE COMBINATION HAS DAN AVERY LOOKING FOR VICTORY LANE TRIP IN 2012 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stafford\"<\/a>(Stafford Springs, CT)—For SK Modified\u00ae driver Dan Avery, the 2012 season
\nat Stafford Motor Speedway offers plenty of promise. After racing the last
\ntwo years in Ted Christopher owned equipment, Avery and his partner Tony
\nGenua have purchased a new car and engine for the 2012 season. Avery is
\nlooking to pick up his first SK Modified\u00ae victory since he won back-to-back
\nevents in the very first season of SK Modified\u00ae competition in 1982.
\n
\n\u201cI\u2019m pretty psyched and the guys on the team are pretty psyched for the
\nseason,\u201d said Avery. \u201cTowards the end of the season last year, we were
\nreally close to winning. There\u2019s nothing like having new equipment, a new
\ncar and a new engine. I think that this new car will help us to gain that
\none tenth of a second that were lacking last year and make that gap up to
\nthe field. But I can\u2019t say enough about Teddy [Christopher] and his guys
\nwith all the effort they put into the car for us the last two years. Teddy
\nis a great guy, a great friend, and he really does a lot of behind the
\nscenes stuff that no one ever sees or hears about.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to racer spirit, Avery has a great deal of motivation to return
\nto victory lane this season. Last season, Avery donated a portion of his
\nwinnings to the Channel 3 Kids Camp, and while nothing has been confirmed
\nfor this season yet, talks are ongoing for Avery to continue to make
\ndonations to the Kids Camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year, we had a lot of race by race deals with sponsors and we donated
\na portion of the money from each night to the Channel 3 Kids Camp,\u201d said
\nAvery. \u201cIt was really like a 2 for 1 deal in that we got exposure for the
\nKids Camp to some different sponsors who might not know about the camp, and
\nwe exposed Stafford and our SK Modified\u00ae car to some people who didn\u2019t know
\nanything about it. We don\u2019t have any concrete plans yet, but we\u2019re in
\ndiscussions with the camp about donating again this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

In each of the last two seasons, Avery has finished the season in 7th place
\nin the SK Modified\u00ae points standings. Avery\u2019s best finish at Stafford in
\nhis return to SK Modified\u00ae racing has been a pair of third place finishes
\nlast season, but he has all the confidence in the world that he and his #10
\nHorsepower Hill Farms team can improve their best finish into a trip to the
\ntop step of the podium this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot to sound cocky, but we expect to win a race this year,\u201d said Avery. \u201cI
\nthink we\u2019ll be pretty disappointed if we don\u2019t get a win. We put together a
\ncar totally from scratch with all new parts and pieces and we think that
\nthis new car is our best shot to take a step up and get into the winner\u2019s
\ncircle this year. We have a CD chassis and we went with a Pettit built spec
\nengine, which we feel like is the wave of the future for the SK Modified\u00ae
\ndivision. The spec engine is a good cost saving measure that doesn\u2019t
\nsacrifice performance, so we felt like that was the logical choice to make.\u201d
\nWhile most drivers have their goals focused on the championship at the
\nbeginning of the season, Avery says that the one goal his team has is to get
\ninto victory lane.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the beginning of the year, everyone wants to win the championship,\u201d said
\nAvery. \u201cRealistically, our main goal is to get our first win. Once we get
\nthat first win, we want to get a second win. If we can get ourselves a
\ncouple of wins this year, we\u2019ll let the points fall wherever they may. It\u2019s
\ngoing to be a key thing for us to have that open practice the week before
\nthe Sizzler. Any time you have a new car, there seems to be a few small
\nglitches and bugs to work out of the car. But we have the same chassis and
\nengine builders that we\u2019ve run the past 2 years, so we feel like we\u2019ll be
\npretty good. I have a great team with Tony, Scott, Paul, Dan, Kyle,
\nGarrett, and Mark, and Horsepower Hill Farms and Picci Racing give us some
\ngreat support, so we\u2019re looking forward to getting on the track this
\n season.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2012 SK Modified\u00ae season gets underway with the 41st Annual CARQUEST
\nTech-Net Spring Sizzler on April 27-29. Tickets for the CARQUEST Tech-Net
\nSpring Sizzler are available and on sale now through the SMS Box Office.
\nTickets are priced at $38.50 for adult general admission tickets, $5.00 for
\nchildren ages 6-14, and children ages 5 and under are admitted free of
\ncharge when accompanied by an adult. Reserved seating will be priced at
\n$42.00 for all ages. All ticket prices include 10% CT Admission Tax. As
\nalways, Stafford Motor Speedway offers free parking with overnight parking
\navailable.<\/p>\n

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