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01-20-2014, 11:57 PM
Two Time NASCAR Whelen Mod Tour Champ Donny Lia Is Latest - And
99th - NAPA KNOW HOW Atlantic City Indoor TQ Race Entrant
Donny Lia, the 2007 and 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified
Touring Series champion, and a one-time NASCAR Camping World Truck
Series race winner - at Mansfield, Ohio, in 2008 - is the 99th TQ
driver to enter the NAPA KNOW HOW Atlantic City Indoor Race weekend.
Lia, 33, of Garden City, Long Island, N.Y, has never raced a TQ
Midget and has never raced indoors. He finished third in the 2013
NASCAR WhelenTouring Series chase.
Beyond his proven talent, Lia, will have another big advantage. He
will be driving a car prepared by Lou Cicconi, Jr., of Aston, Pa., an
acknowledged master of Indoor TQ racing and the reigning ISMA
Supermodified champion.
Lia joins numerous other 2013 NASCAR Whelen Modified Touring Series
drivers in the field including reigning champion Ryan Preece of
Berlin, Ct., Rowan Pennink of New Egypt, N.J., who finished fourth
in in the 2013 WMT standings and won the Valenti Modified Racing
Series championship, Ted Christopher, who has won seven Indoor TQ
features in his career and 2011 NASCAR Whelen Modified Rookie Of The
Year Patrick Emerling of Orchard Park N.Y.
Lia’s last minute entry will bear the number 18, the digits heused
when he began his driving career, in Legends Cars, in 2001. From
those humble beginnings. Lia has broadened his career all the way to
the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
The twelfth annual NAPA KNOW HOW Atlantic City Indoor Races on
Friday and Saturday Jan. 24 and 25.
Preece, like Lia, will drive a car he purchased from Lou Cicconi,
Jr. in 2013. The difference is that Preece had a year’s worth of
experience running the car indoors.
“We’ve made extensive changes to it,” Preece revealed. “It
will be much faster.”
Emerling, who had been among the contenders for victory last year at
Atlantic City, crashed on his first time trial lap, tearing up his car
and putting him well behind for the remainder of the weekend.
“Just a mistake, my fault,” admitted Emerling. Prior to his
crash, he had been among the fastest drivers in practice.
NAPA AUTO PARTS, the nation’s leader in automotive supplies, has
signed on for the second consecutive year as the title sponsor for the
Atlantic City Indoor Auto Races.
Anthony Sesely of Matawan, N.J., is the defending champion of the
NAPA KNOW HOW Gamblers’ Classic Saturday night Atlantic City Indoor
race.
Billy Pauch of Frenchtown, N.J., a winner of more than 700 feature
races in his career including one inside Boardwalk Hall, is always
among the TQ favorites.
And Jimmy Blewett of Howell, N.J., whose shift from asphalt Modified
to dirt Modified racing in 2013 was among the year’s biggest racing
stories, is in the TQ field once again after finishing second in his
first Indoor start last year in Boardwalk Hall.
The NAPA KNOW HOW Indoor racing events inside Atlantic City’s
Boardwalk Hall will be preceded by a closed to the public practice
session on Thursday, January 23.
Visit aarn.com for tickets and for details on all Len Sammons
Motorsports Productions events.
Sponsorship programs are available by calling 609-888-3618.
Steve Barrick
99th - NAPA KNOW HOW Atlantic City Indoor TQ Race Entrant
Donny Lia, the 2007 and 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified
Touring Series champion, and a one-time NASCAR Camping World Truck
Series race winner - at Mansfield, Ohio, in 2008 - is the 99th TQ
driver to enter the NAPA KNOW HOW Atlantic City Indoor Race weekend.
Lia, 33, of Garden City, Long Island, N.Y, has never raced a TQ
Midget and has never raced indoors. He finished third in the 2013
NASCAR WhelenTouring Series chase.
Beyond his proven talent, Lia, will have another big advantage. He
will be driving a car prepared by Lou Cicconi, Jr., of Aston, Pa., an
acknowledged master of Indoor TQ racing and the reigning ISMA
Supermodified champion.
Lia joins numerous other 2013 NASCAR Whelen Modified Touring Series
drivers in the field including reigning champion Ryan Preece of
Berlin, Ct., Rowan Pennink of New Egypt, N.J., who finished fourth
in in the 2013 WMT standings and won the Valenti Modified Racing
Series championship, Ted Christopher, who has won seven Indoor TQ
features in his career and 2011 NASCAR Whelen Modified Rookie Of The
Year Patrick Emerling of Orchard Park N.Y.
Lia’s last minute entry will bear the number 18, the digits heused
when he began his driving career, in Legends Cars, in 2001. From
those humble beginnings. Lia has broadened his career all the way to
the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
The twelfth annual NAPA KNOW HOW Atlantic City Indoor Races on
Friday and Saturday Jan. 24 and 25.
Preece, like Lia, will drive a car he purchased from Lou Cicconi,
Jr. in 2013. The difference is that Preece had a year’s worth of
experience running the car indoors.
“We’ve made extensive changes to it,” Preece revealed. “It
will be much faster.”
Emerling, who had been among the contenders for victory last year at
Atlantic City, crashed on his first time trial lap, tearing up his car
and putting him well behind for the remainder of the weekend.
“Just a mistake, my fault,” admitted Emerling. Prior to his
crash, he had been among the fastest drivers in practice.
NAPA AUTO PARTS, the nation’s leader in automotive supplies, has
signed on for the second consecutive year as the title sponsor for the
Atlantic City Indoor Auto Races.
Anthony Sesely of Matawan, N.J., is the defending champion of the
NAPA KNOW HOW Gamblers’ Classic Saturday night Atlantic City Indoor
race.
Billy Pauch of Frenchtown, N.J., a winner of more than 700 feature
races in his career including one inside Boardwalk Hall, is always
among the TQ favorites.
And Jimmy Blewett of Howell, N.J., whose shift from asphalt Modified
to dirt Modified racing in 2013 was among the year’s biggest racing
stories, is in the TQ field once again after finishing second in his
first Indoor start last year in Boardwalk Hall.
The NAPA KNOW HOW Indoor racing events inside Atlantic City’s
Boardwalk Hall will be preceded by a closed to the public practice
session on Thursday, January 23.
Visit aarn.com for tickets and for details on all Len Sammons
Motorsports Productions events.
Sponsorship programs are available by calling 609-888-3618.
Steve Barrick