{"id":9486,"date":"2012-04-17T22:07:07","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T02:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9486"},"modified":"2012-04-17T22:07:07","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T02:07:07","slug":"hinckley-set-to-defend-valenti-modified-spring-dash-title-at-monadnock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/hinckley-set-to-defend-valenti-modified-spring-dash-title-at-monadnock\/","title":{"rendered":"Hinckley Set To Defend Valenti Modified Spring Dash Title at Monadnock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/vmrslogo1.png\" alt=\"VMRS\" class='ngg-singlepic ngg-left'>Windsor Locks, CT. &#8212; Windsor Locks, CT., racer Les Hinckley<br \/>\nIII, knows the way around Monadnock Speedway.19<br \/>\npro-stock wins in four seasons and a championship proves it.<br \/>\nAdd four wins in the potent open-wheel modified racecars<br \/>\nand it\u2019s safe to say the second-generation racer is right<br \/>\nat home at the Winchester, N.H. racetrack.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n\u201cI learned how to go fast at Riverside, I learned how to win<br \/>\nraces and a championship at Monadnock,\u201d said Hinckley.<br \/>\n\u201cI really grew up as a driver there. My career really started<br \/>\nto develop there and take me where I am today. Fortunate<br \/>\nfor me that carried over from Riverside, Hinckley said. <\/p>\n<p>Monadnock is considered a \u201ctough\u201d track to figure out, to get<br \/>\nthe right set up, a tough track to win at. Hinckley agrees.<br \/>\n\u201cThe place is unique. Both ends of the track are different.<br \/>\nIt can be hard on those not familiar with it,\u201d said<br \/>\nHinckley. Guys that run there know the place well.<br \/>\nA guy like (Jim) Boniface can run with the top five.<br \/>\nHe runs real good there.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Hinckley leads the list of entries for Monadnock Saturday night,<br \/>\nApril 21, the first of three appearances for the VMRS at<br \/>\nthe famed oval. Saturday\u2019s race is the Bond Auto Parts<br \/>\n100, a traditional spring event. <\/p>\n<p>Additional entries expected include, recent winner and<br \/>\ntwo-time champion, Jon McKennedy, E.Chelmsford, MA.,<br \/>\ndefending series and two-time champion, Chris Pasteryak,<br \/>\nLisbon, CT., three-time series winner Dwight Jarvis,<br \/>\nAscutney, VT., two-time series winner, Rob<br \/>\nGoodenough, Swanzey, NH., and Jim Boniface, of<br \/>\nWinchester, a three-time series winner. Former<br \/>\nNASCAR champion Todd Szegedy, of Bethel,<br \/>\nCT., is also expected. <\/p>\n<p>Last years race featured constant side-by-side racing often<br \/>\nwith five to seven car battles \u201cThat race was one of most<br \/>\nintense and exciting races I have ever been involved in,\u201d<br \/>\nsaid Hinckley. Fans hope for a repeat this weekend.  <\/p>\n<p>Qualifying races start at 5:00 P.M. <\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/NERacingForum.Com\" target=\"_blank\">NERacingForum.Com<\/a> for latest New England Racing community News and updates.<\/p>\n<p>[adrotate block=&#8221;3&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windsor Locks, CT. &#8212; Windsor Locks, CT., racer Les Hinckley III, knows the way around Monadnock Speedway.19 pro-stock wins in four seasons and a championship proves it. Add four wins in the potent open-wheel modified racecars and it\u2019s safe to say the second-generation racer is right at home at the Winchester, N.H. racetrack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4163,152,126,112,14972,4716],"tags":[192,4688],"class_list":["post-9486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-modified","category-monadnock-speedway-new-hampshire","category-new-england","category-new-hampshire","category-touring-series-news","category-valenti-modified-series","tag-monadnock","tag-valenti-modified"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}