Vermont State Championship: Emily Packard People's United Bank 100 Race Preview
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 6.25.13 For more information, visit EmilyPackardMotorsports.com THE STORY
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THE FACTS WHO: Emily Packard, East Montpelier, Vt. DID YOU KNOW? · Emily Packard became the first woman to win a NASCAR-sanctioned Late Model event at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, N.H., when she won the Twin 25s event at the track on June 1 of this season. · Emily Packard became the first woman in a decade to win a feature event at Thunder Road International Speedbowl when she won a Street Stock feature at the track last summer. · Emily Packard was voted the 2012 Vermont Motorsports Magazine Rookie of the Year, and she was also named the Vermont Sportswriters & Sportscasters Association Athlete of the Month for August 2012. · Emily Packard posted her first career Top-10 finish in ACT Late Model Tour competition when she finished 10th in the Spring Green 113 at Devil's Bowl Speedway in West Haven, Vt., on Sunday, May 5. · Emily Packard Motorsports crew chief Neal Woodward is a five-time ACT Late Model Tour champion crew chief whose cars set track qualifying records at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. WHAT THEY ARE SAYING EMILY PACKARD, Driver of the No. 9x Northstar Fireworks/Berlin Optical Expressions Chevrolet, On heading to Devil's Bowl Speedway this weekend: “I'm super-excited. The corners are so tight there, that it really is a driver's track. Some of it is the car, obviously, but some what makes you good there you have to work on yourself as a driver. It's a fast track, and I really, really like the fast tracks. “I think the difference in traffic is a big thing at these faster tracks – you have a lot more time to complete a pass. At a track like Thunder Road, you almost need two laps to complete a pass just because of the way the place races. At a place like Devil's Bowl, with more speed and and more room, you can complete the same pass in half a lap. Definitely my driving style works really well with the track.” On the confidence her Top-10 run in an ACT Late Model Tour race at Devil's Bowl gave her: “It was really good. We worked the wheels off that car in the race, picking cars off one by one coming up through the field. We were Top-10 in practice all day, and we got up to as high as fifth, I think. That was great. It was a real confidence-booster.” On being at one of her favorite tracks: “I'm super-excited. We definitely gained a lot of confidence running with these guys earlier this year. Going to Devil's Bowl, given how we've been able to be strong there in some of the races we ran last year, too, I really feel like we have a chance to be good at the finish again.” UP NEXT
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