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09/27/2012 |
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TOMMY
BARRETT, JR. TO MAKE NASCAR WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR
DEBUT IN STAFFORD'S CARQUEST FALL FINAL WEEKEND |
 Tommy
Barrett, Jr., who won the Shark Cycle 80 MRS race at
Stafford back in August, will attempt to make his
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour debut at Stafford Motor
Speedway in this weekend's CARQUEST Fall Final. With
Barrett's track record at Stafford, he couldn't have
picked a better track to make his debut at.
In only two years of SK Light competition at
Stafford, Barrett won 14 features, including 10 wins
in his very first season of SK Light competition in
2010. Barrett twice won four races in a row during
his 10 win season and he followed that up with 4
more wins in 2011 before moving up to the MRS
division for the 2012 season. Barrett took his very
first career win in last month's Shark Cycle 80 at
Stafford by charging through the field after
starting the race at the rear and making several pit
stops during the race.
In the week prior to winning the Shark Cycle 80 at
Stafford, Barrett made his SK Modified® debut,
driving a car owned by Doug DiPisa to an 11th place
finish.
Barrett will be behind the wheel of the #10 Gary
Teto owned machine for his Whelen Modified Tour
debut, and he will have Ralph Solhem serving as his
crew chief. Barrett will have a hodgepodge crew
servicing his car, with his MRS crew combining with
team members from Solhem's #0 WMT team and Mario
Fiore's former championship winning #44 crew.
"Actually, we met at the last Stafford race," said
car owner Gary Teto. "I had been watching him on the
computer and I was messaging back and forth with
Mario [Fiore] that I would like to get together and
meet with Tommy. We met at Stafford, and we actually
tried to set something up for the last Thompson
race, but that got by us and we worked on a Stafford
deal. I think Tommy has a lot of potential and he
has a big learning curve too. I haven't done any
racing this year so some of the old friends and crew
guys got together and I had a chat with Ralph
[Solhem] and things started to fall into place for
us."
With his track knowledge and an experienced crew on
his side, all signs are pointing in the right
direction for Barrett to have a memorable debut in
this weekend's CARQUEST Fall Final.
"It's the same car and same equipment that Eddie
[Flemke] ran," said Teto. "Everybody is pumped up
and excited to go racing with a new driver. It's
almost like starting over again from scratch for us.
We're hoping for the best and we think we can have a
pretty good day out there with Tommy driving the
car."
Tickets for the September 29th & Sept. 30th 40th
Annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend are priced at
$38.50 for adult general admission tickets, $5.00
for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 and
under are admitted free of charge when accompanied
by an adult. Reserved seating will be priced at
$42.00 for all ages. All CARQUEST Fall Final tickets
are good for admission on both Saturday and Sunday.
All ticket prices include 10% CT Admission Tax and
Stafford Motor Speedway offers free parking with
overnight parking available.
For more information on the 40th Annual CARQUEST
Fall Final Weekend, or to order tickets, contact the
Stafford Motor Speedway track office at 860-684-2783
or visit us on the web at
www.staffordspeedway.com. |
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Source: Scott Running / Stafford Motor Speedway
Posted: September
27, 2012 |
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