{"id":9431,"date":"2012-04-09T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9431"},"modified":"2012-04-09T18:02:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T22:02:00","slug":"2-time-sk-light-champion-matt-galko-searching-for-sponsorship-to-run-full-sk-modified-season-at-stafford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/2-time-sk-light-champion-matt-galko-searching-for-sponsorship-to-run-full-sk-modified-season-at-stafford\/","title":{"rendered":"2-TIME SK LIGHT CHAMPION MATT GALKO SEARCHING FOR SPONSORSHIP TO RUN FULL SK MODIFIED\u00ae SEASON AT STAFFORD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stafford\"<\/a>Stafford Springs, CT – After making his SK Modified\u00ae debut in the season
\nending CARQUEST Fall Final event last season, 2-time defending SK Light
\nchampion Matt Galko is hoping to continue his SK Modified\u00ae efforts this
\nseason. Galko will pilot the #3 Davidson Racing car that was formerly
\ndriven by Jeff Malave in the season opening CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring
\nSizzler, but if sponsorship is not found, it may be the only race that Galko
\nruns this season.
\n
\n\u201cWe\u2019re definitely going to run the Sizzler, but we need sponsorship to run
\nthe rest of the year,\u201d said Galko\u2019s car owner Tim Rowe. \u201cMatt will take
\nover the car from Jeff Malave, who is concentrating on his MRS car this
\nyear. Jeff will be helping Matt out and we\u2019re hoping that we can open some
\neyes at the Sizzler. We\u2019re actively searching for sponsorship and we have a
\ngood car, a good motor, and a good driver. I really think that Matt\u2019s
\ntalent will shine in the SK Modified\u00ae division if we can find sponsorship.\u201d
\n\u201cWe have TJ\u2019s Autobody in Wallingford helping us out with tires for the
\nSizzler, and NAPA of Wallingford has been helping us out with parts, but we
\nneed a sponsor to run the whole year,\u201d said Galko. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a couple of
\nmeetings so far, but nothing has materialized yet. With the economy the way
\nit is, I can understand why people might not want to sponsor me, but we have
\na sponsor package put together and we\u2019ve had discussions, but no one has
\ncome on board yet. Whether it\u2019s a couple of bucks or a couple thousand
\nbucks, every little bit will help us out. I\u2019d really like to be able to try
\nto win Rookie of the Year this year, I\u2019ve been Rookie of the Year in every
\ndivision I\u2019ve ever raced in, so it would be nice to try to win that again in
\nthe SK\u2019s this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

In only a short amount of time, Galko has certainly made his mark in
\nStafford\u2019s SK Light Modified division. In his first two seasons at
\nStafford, Galko has won a total of 8 feature races and he has won the track
\nchampionship in each of those years. Galko made his SK Modified debut at
\nlast year\u2019s CARQUEST Fall Final event where he finished 10th after starting
\n24th in the 32-car field. Galko\u2019s Fall Final experience might have been
\neven better with a fresher engine and he is looking to repeat that top-10
\nfinish in the Spring Sizzler feature event this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a really great run at the Fall Final with a 2-year old motor in the
\ncar,\u201d said Galko. \u201cWe got the motor freshened up and me and my Dad have
\ngone through the whole car during the winter, so I have a lot more
\nconfidence with the car than I did at the Fall Final last year. At one
\npoint during the Fall Final last year, we were up to sixth behind Teddy
\nChristopher, so if we can back that performance up at the Sizzler, I think
\nwe should be a pretty good car.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Galko is feeling the pressure of having to run well to possibly
\nattract a sponsor for the 2012 season, he says that he is also dealing with
\nanother pressure.<\/p>\n

\u201cA good run might open up some sponsorship opportunities for us, so there\u2019s
\na lot of pressure to get a good finish at the Sizzler,\u201d said Galko. \u201cBut
\nthere\u2019s also a lot of pressure to not wreck the car while trying to get that
\ngood finish. We have money for tires and gas and things like that, but we
\ndon\u2019t really have the money to fix the car if we get into a bad crash. It\u2019s
\nhard to focus on doing well on the track when you don\u2019t know how many races
\nyou\u2019re going to do, but once you get on the track, you\u2019re not really
\nthinking about any of that, you\u2019re just focused on getting the car to the
\nfront.\u201d<\/p>\n

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