July 28, 2010
Dakoda Armstrong
Ready to take on the second half of the ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/Max and Menards 2010 season, Dakoda Armstrong and the#22 Ferrellgas team have 2 consecutive top-5 finishes in their last 2 outings, a fourth place at Iowa Speedway and a fifth spot at Mansfield Motorsports Park. The Weis Markets 125 will be Armstrong’s third race at the Pocono Raceway. In June, Armstrong finished 8th and had a 29th place finish in 2009, when he crashed after losing a motor and catching on fire.
Dakoda Quotes
The ARCA Racing Series has 10 races coming up in the next 11 weeks. How are you planning for that?
“Since I graduated from high school in June, where I was participating in training with our track team, I am no longer working out. I am going to start on a personal training program. With that many races in that short period of time, the variety of different tracks and the extreme heat that we have been experiencing, I am sure I will benefit from working out.”
You have been to Pocono Raceway 2 previous times, with an 8th place finish in June and an 29th in 2009. What are your thoughts about returning?
“I love the track—it is a lot of fun. We are bringing a different car to Pocono than we had in June. It is the car that Parker (Kligerman) drove last year. Since this race is only a 50 lap race, qualifying and starting up front will be key. We are expecting to run better than in June and are excited to be able to try to make up some points.”
Tom Hessert
Hessert and the #77 Cherry Hill Classic Cars Dodge head back to Pocono Raceway for the second visit of the 2010 season hoping to complete what they couldn’t finish in June. Early in the June race, Hessert had a throttle sticking and as a result of the necessary repairs fell down a couple of laps. After the carburetor change, the Cunningham Motorsports car raced well, finishing 19th. When the #77 Dodge takes to the 2.5 mile track for the Weis Markets 125, the team looks to re-assert themselves as contenders for the championship. In the last 2 outings for the team, Tom posted his first ARCA Series victory at Iowa Speedway and a disappointing 8th place finish at Mansfield Motorsports Park, where Hessert thought he could make it two in a row. Going into the 50 lap event, Hessert finds himself tied for fourth in points, with Patrick Sheltra, 125 points out of first.
Tom Quotes
The ARCA Racing Series has 10 races coming up in the next 11 weeks. How are you planning for that?
“Hydration is the main key-just like for most races. The heat doesn’t affect me a lot as long as I am well hydrated. We will have some hot races in August that will test all of my team.”
You have raced 5 previous times at Pocono Raceway, with 2 top-10 finishes. What are your thoughts about returning?
“I am really looking forward to returning to Pocono. We had such a good car in June at Pocono, but had to come down pit road a few extra times, which dropped our finishing spot. We had a top-3 car, but finished 19th, due to our problems. We are bringing the car that I won with at Iowa Speedway. I can’t wait to run this car again.”
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Racing Events--On-track activity begins Friday, July 30, with live timing and scoring and live audio coverage of practice from 10:15-11:55 am EST and qualifying at 1:40 pm EST available at www.ARCARacing.com. Catch the live flag-to-flag coverage of the Weis Markets 125 on Saturday, July 31, beginning at 3 pm EST on SPEED.  |
