RYAN PREECE HOPES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS IN CARQUEST TECH-NET SPRING SIZZLER WITH NEW TEAM

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Fresh off of a fourth place effort in the opening
race of the 2011 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season, Ryan Preece comes to
Stafford with momentum on his side. Preece has driven the #3 Boehler Racing
Enterprises car for the past three WMT seasons, but the 2011 season finds
him behind the wheel of the #11 John Lukosavage owned #11 machine.
Preece has made three career starts in the CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler,
and he has enjoyed an equal amount of success and hard luck in his brief
Sizzler career. His first start in 2008 saw him set fast time in both
practice and time trials and he was comfortably in the lead when his engine
expired just before the halfway point of the race. His 2009 Sizzler was his
best Sizzler finish of third, and last year Preece’s race ended early in the
wall and he finished 23rd. Preece looks to build on his team’s finish in
the first race and continue his good fortunes at Stafford for this year’s
40th edition of the CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler.

“Stafford is one of my favorite tracks,” said Preece. “I’ve been coming
there to watch races since I was a kid. Teddy [Christopher] has kind of had
victory lane all to himself the last couple of Sizzlers, so I’d like to be
the one who is in victory lane this year. We had a great finish at
Thompson, we didn’t luck into anything, our car is definitely fast.”
One factor Preece has in his favor is that although he is working with a new
team and car, they really aren’t all that new to Preece at all.
“It was a little weird after being with the same team and working with the
same guys for the last three years,” said Preece. “I’ve worked with these
guys last year on our SK car at Stafford and the car is the same CD chassis
that we ran at Stafford last year in the SK division, so we have some notes
to work with. We have the power and the car to win races and I think it
will be a matter of when and not if we win this year. I’m excited about the
rest of the season.”

As always, the Whelen Modified Tour teams will face the unusual challenge of
going around Stafford for 200 laps when most of the races on the schedule
are 150 laps. Under Modified Tour rules, a car cannot change tires and add
fuel during the same pit stop, so teams will have to figure out a strategy
that they hope will help propel them into victory lane. Last year’s Sizzler
saw Ted Christopher not pit for fuel, which helped him gain track position
and win the race.

“I think you’ll see everyone kind of do their own deal when it comes to the
strategy,” said Preece. “If you have a good car, it’s a good car. If the
car is off, then the car is going to be out to lunch. We know what we need
to make the car go fast, we just have to figure out what we want to do with
the fuel situation. Hopefully we can have a long green flag run because we
really didn’t have one at Thompson until after our pit stop and we can see
how the car is. We can make some adjustments during our pit stop and then
go try to win the race.”

In addition to the Spring Sizzler, Preece has his sights set on winning the
championship.

“I’m really hoping we can win a couple of times this year and win the
championship,” said Preece. “I was so close a couple of years ago, it
really makes you want to win it that much more. I’d really like to be able
to have a championship on my resume.”

The 40th Annual CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler gets underway Friday, April
29 with a practice session for Stafford’s weekly divisions. The practice
session will be open to the public at no charge. Action continues on
Saturday, April 30 with Coors Light Pole Qualifying for the Whelen Modified
Tour cars, along with heat and consolation races for Stafford’s weekly
divisions. Saturday will wrap up with feature events for the SK Light,
Limited Late Model, and DARE Stock divisions. The Sizzler continues on
Sunday, May 1 with the CARQUEST Belts & Hose Pit Party followed by Stafford’
s SK Modifieds® and Late Models joining the Whelen Modified Tour in feature
action.

Tickets for the “Greatest Race in the History of Spring” are on sale now at
the Speedway Box Office. Tickets are priced at $35.00 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 is priced at $38.00 for all ages. As always, Stafford Motor
Speedway offers free parking with overnight parking available.

For more information on the 40th annual CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler®,
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.