2012-05-31

Mulkern Racing: PASS North Series Riverside Speedway Race Preview

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 5.31.12
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THE STORY


FALMOUTH, Maine – Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, will try and bounce back from a long day last time out when the PASS North Series holds the PASS 150 at Riverside Speedway in Groveton, N.H., on Sunday, June 3. Sommerville finished 12th at White Mountain Motorsports Park last weekend, plagued by both tire pressure and carburetor issues during the feature event, and the Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders Chevrolet will try and rebound this Sunday at Riverside. Sommerville has never competed at Riverside Speedway, which was off the PASS schedule in 2011. Despite the bad luck of the last two weeks, Sommerville still sits third in the PASS North standings, just 13 points out of the lead.

 

WHO: Lonnie Sommerville, Saint John, New Brunswick
TEAM: Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Gary Crooks, Mooresville, N.C.
BEST CAREER RIVERSIDE SPEEDWAY FINISH: N/A
LAST RACE AT RIVERSIDE SPEEDWAY: N/A

WHAT: PASS North Series PASS 150
WHERE: Riverside Speedway, Groveton, N.H. (.25-mile oval)
WHEN: 1:30 p.m., Sunday, June 3

PASS North Series
LAST RACE: May 26, PASS 150, White Mountain Motorsports Park, N. Woodstock, N.H. (12th)
NEXT RACE: June 9, PASS 200, Speedway 660, Geary, N.B. (.333-mile oval)
CURRENT POINTS POSITION: 3rd


DID YOU KNOW?

·         Lonnie Sommerville has never competed at Riverside Speedway.

·         Mulkern Racing finished fourth at Riverside Speedway in 2010 with driver Ben Rowe.

·         Lonnie Sommerville is part of a parade of new faces atop the PASS North Series standings. 2010 Rookie of the Year Joey Doiron leads DJ Shaw (2008 ROY) and Sommerville (2011 ROY) in the points after three races. Sommerville trails Doiron by just 13 points.

·         Lonnie Sommerville hasn't been outside the Top-5 in the PASS North Series standings at any point in his two seasons on the tour.

 

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING

LONNIE SOMMERVILLE, Driver of the Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders Chevrolet, On the bad luck the team has fought in the early part of the 2012 season: “To be honest, I don't consider it bad luck. It's self-inflicted. Star (Speedway) was definitely not doing of our own doing, but we didn't have the best car there. There's no question to me that the setup was off last week, and the carburetor issues, that just put the nail in the coffin. But I'm confident our team will show up with a fast car this week, tune on it in practice and get a little more speed, and then we'll be able to run with anybody.

“To be honest, as bad as the season has started, we're still salvaging (finishes) and not behind too far in the points. But we've got to get going and get a string of good races going and get back to where we were last year, that's for sure.”

On how a team bounces back from disappointing outings: “You've got to be confident in what you've done in the past, in the success you've had and how good our stuff is. If you're confident in that, you'll be OK. The last thing you want is to show up at the track and be second-guessing things you're doing or decisions you're making.

“We just need to regroup. We know we're good enough. Everybody has an off-day. For our 17 or 18 races together we've been pretty good, so we just missed it this one time (at White Mountain). To be as bad as we were at White Mountain was unacceptable, but we're going to bounce back. Nothing's changed with our race team.”

On heading to a new track this weekend: “Normally, I'm the guy that wants to go to new tracks. I enjoy going to new facilities. Last year, all but three or four of the tracks we went to were new to us, and we were competitive and fast at all of them.

“You don't have any bad habits as a driver. To go to a new track right now – probably we'd rather be going to a place we know well, where we are confident in what we have there (for a setup) – but we'll do what we always do. I'm looking forward to it.”

 

UP NEXT

The PASS North Series takes a break from a stretch of three consecutive races on quarter-mile tracks in New Hampshire to head north of the border for the PASS 200 at Speedway 660 in Geary, N.B., on Saturday, June 9... The .333-mile speedway is the home track of Lonnie Sommerville, and the hometown favorite has won a pair of prestigious Peterbilt 250 events at the facility in his career.

 

SOCIAL MEDIA

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Follow Lonnie Sommerville on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/LSommerville48
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Posted by Marc Patrick Roy at 31.5.12

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