{"id":9950,"date":"2012-06-08T06:43:41","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T10:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9950"},"modified":"2012-06-11T06:44:41","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T10:44:41","slug":"woody-pitkat-looking-to-add-another-extra-distance-victory-to-his-resume-in-coors-light-sk-modified-100-at-stafford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/woody-pitkat-looking-to-add-another-extra-distance-victory-to-his-resume-in-coors-light-sk-modified-100-at-stafford\/","title":{"rendered":"WOODY PITKAT LOOKING TO ADD ANOTHER EXTRA DISTANCE VICTORY TO HIS RESUME IN COORS LIGHT SK MODIFIED\u00ae 100 AT STAFFORD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stafford<\/a><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—When it comes to extra distance feature racing at
\nStafford Speedway, SK Modified\u00ae and Late Model driver Woody Pitkat has
\nenjoyed a fair amount of success. Pitkat has won 100 and 150 lap races in
\nboth the SK Modified\u00ae and Late Model divisions at Stafford, and he hopes to
\nbecome the first repeat winner in the SK Modified\u00ae division during the 2012
\nseason with another victory in the 39th Annual Coors Light SK Modified\u00ae 100.
\nWith a win and a second place finish in the last 3 races at Stafford, Pitkat
\nand his #89 Jimmy Paige Plumbing & Heating team have some momentum on their
\nside.
\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe SK is pretty good,\u201d said Pitkat. \u201cWe had it running real good a couple
\nweeks ago at the Tour race, and it got wrecked and we had to put a front
\nclip on it and start all over again. Luckily I have a guy like Jimmy Fuller
\nthat\u2019s been around racing and knows a little bit. Our plan is to run this
\njust like any other 100 lapper. We\u2019ve had a couple of good runs the last
\ncouple weeks, so we\u2019re probably going to start outside the top-10 and my
\nmindset is to get up to around 5th or 7th with the top running cars and be
\nahead of any wrecks that might happen. I like to be able to pace myself and
\nsave the tires and not do anything stupid. I say that, but it seems like
\nthe last couple of extra distance races Ryan [Preece] and me have gone right
\nto the front. But that works out too because you can get to the front and
\nstart to pace yourself early, which isn\u2019t a bad thing. You like to try to
\nsave the car, but if you have a really good piece and if you\u2019re not abusing
\nit too bad, you can drive right to the front and then set your own pace and
\nyou only have one place to go and that\u2019s backwards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pitkat credits a trip to Finish Line Racing School way back in 1999 for the
\nsuccess that he has had in extra distance feature events, as well as being
\nbehind the wheel of good cars and having a bit of Lady Luck on his side.
\n\u201cFor the most part, it comes down to setting your own pace and just riding
\nand saving the car until the end,\u201d said Pitkat. \u201cI think a lot of that
\ncomes from going to Finish Line Racing School in Florida in 1999. They
\nfocus on being consistent every lap. Like last Friday, my fastest lap of
\nthe race was on lap-40, so that\u2019s a positive that you know your car is fast
\nat the end of the race. Knowing that you can be consistent every lap, hit
\nyour marks every lap, and do the same thing every lap obviously makes you go
\nfaster. I think setting your own pace and doing things differently than
\nother drivers is the key for the longer races, where in the 40-lappers
\neveryone want to get to the front as quick as they can. You also have to
\nhave really good cars and I\u2019ve been very fortunate to have really good cars
\nand really good equipment for those races. I\u2019ve also had a lot of luck in
\nthe longer races. One year where we came back from 2 laps down and then one
\nyear in the 100 lapper we had a flat and Jimmy [Fuller] made a great call to
\ncome in and take 3 tires with 19 laps to go because there was no rule on
\ntire changes then. I never thought in a million years we would have enough
\ntime to get back to the front but we got three tires and we were able to win
\nthe race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pitkat enters the 39th Annual Coors Light SK Modified\u00ae 100 sitting in fourth
\nplace in the SK Modified\u00ae standings this season. That is thanks to his team
\n\u2019s never give up attitude, as Pitkat has had issues that have brought him to
\npit road in three of the five races thusfar. After finishing second in the
\npoints standings in four of the last five years, including the last three in
\na row, Pitkat and his team know what they need to do in order to move that
\none final step up the podium at season\u2019s end.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been in the pits every race except two this year,\u201d said Pitkat. \u201cThe
\nfirst race we broke the heim joint and came back to finish in the top-10,
\nthe second race was the night we were racing for the lead with Keith and we
\nspun, and the night of the Tour race we wrecked and we came back out with 3
\nlaps left and we picked up five spots. I\u2019m confident that if we can bring
\nthe car home in one piece and be able to work on it, that would be huge for
\nus. It just shows that our team never gives up. We\u2019ve got the motor where
\nit needs to be, we just need to work on the car. When the car is tight,
\nthere\u2019s only one way to free the car up and that\u2019s to run low and clip the
\napron to free the car up. We\u2019re a bit tight and we\u2019re scrubbing speed off,
\nbut we\u2019re going to keep battling and working on the car and we\u2019ve got to
\ntake the blows as they come if we have a bad night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets for the 39th Annual Coors Light SK Modified\u00ae 100 are on sale now at
\nthe Speedway Box Office. Tickets are priced at $20.00 for adult general
\nadmission tickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 and
\nunder are admitted free of charge when accompanied by an adult. Reserved
\nseating is priced at $22.00 for all ages. As always, Stafford Motor
\nSpeedway offers free parking with overnight parking available.<\/p>\n

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