7/7/08

ERICK RUDOLPH SWEEPS AT DUNN TIRE RACEWAY PARK ON SATURDAY - SPENCER SPEEDWAY NASCAR WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR RACE IS NEXT

 
DeLange Racing
Lockport, NY
http://delangeracing.com/

Media Contact:
Bruce Boucher
(585) 598-3242
modscene@rochester.rr.com

It was Autograph Night at Dunn Tire Raceway Park last Saturday and driver Erick Rudolph of Ransomville left his signature on the night's racing. He continued his 2008 dominance in the #45 Original Pizza Logs/PrimeTyme Motorsports/Brigham Concrete SST Sportsman with his fifth victory in as many races at DTRP, despite the largest SST car count of the season. The talented teenager made it a daily double by posting his first Modified win of the year in the night's 50-lap feature.

"We've been very strong in the SST," admitted Rudolph. "The car is really hooked up. This week we tried something different with the Modified and it made a big difference in our performance. We have some momentum behind us headed into the Tour race at Spencer this weekend."

With the stock cars not running at DTRP this coming weekend, the DeLange Racing team is focused on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 100-lap race scheduled at Spencer Speedway in Williamson on Saturday night. This will be the first visit to the flat half-mile oval by the NASCAR Tour since September of 1994. Rudolph and the DeLange team raced the SST there earlier this season, winning a 75-lap feature on June 20. Although they return with a different car and a higher level of competition, the team is excited about the chance to test themselves against the best Modified teams from across the Northeast.

"We are really pumped up about racing against the Tour at Spencer this Saturday night," admitted Rudolph. "We made some changes to the setup on the Modified and we're running the best we have all season. I think we have a slight advantage over the Tour regulars because we have raced at Spencer several times over the past two seasons and won our last time there in the SST. At our last Tour race at Stafford in late May we got a top-ten finish (ninth) despite a bent-up racecar. I think we have a chance to improve on that at Spencer on Saturday night."

After the race at Spencer this Saturday, the DeLange team has some traveling planned in the next few weeks. They will head to Oswego Speedway on Saturday, July 19 for a Race of Champions Modified Tour 100. On August 1 they come back to Spencer with the Modified for a RoC Modified Tour 100. Then on August 8 they return to Stafford Motor Speedway in Connecticut for a 150-lap NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event before returning to DTRP the following night with both the Modified and the SST.

Source: Bruce Boucher/DeLange Racing PR
Posted: July 7, 2008