Donny Lia
Goes from Race Where He Was Lucky to Track Where He Has Been Good
HUNTINGTON,
NY (August 7, 2007)
–
It’s always been said
that it is better for a racecar driver to be lucky than good. Even better
still is to be both.
On Saturday, Donny Lia was
lucky on his way to winning at Riverhead Raceway (NY) when the two leaders
wrecked in front of him with only a handful of laps remaining in the race.
Later this week, he’ll head to a track where he has been exceptionally good
this year – Stafford Motor Speedway. Lia enters the Friday night NASCAR
Whelen Modified Tour race there having swept both events at the Connecticut
track so far this season.
“I was confident heading
into Riverhead and it turned out that we didn’t quite have the best car,”
said Lia. “I’m confident heading into Stafford because we’ve run so well
there.
At Riverhead, Lia was the
benefactor when Ted Christopher and Mike Stefanik tangled while running
first and second late in the event.
“I wish that we could have
won Riverhead by our performance, but we won by attrition,” said Lia. “I’ve
lost a few that way, so this makes up for that a little bit. Every now and
then, I can take one like that. The bottom line is that we had a
third-place car, maybe not even a third-place car, but we were going to
finish in the top three. We struggled a little bit and I was focused on
finishing third, protecting a top three finish and coming out of the race
with all three wheels still on the car. Anything more than that was going
to be a gift and as it turned out, we got a big gift.
“We were in position to
capitalize on something happening and we took advantage of that. Anything
can happen in racing and it did.”
The NASCAR Whelen Modified
Tour had a mid-season break of nearly one whole month leading up to the
Riverhead race. However, the Riverhead race starts a stretch run where
seven straight weeks will feature racing at tracks from New Hampshire to
Virginia. Lia is up for the challenge of a busy schedule.
“We have a lot of momentum
right now,” said Lia. “We’re happy that we have consecutive races from week
to week. Going a long span between races can really take you off your
game. We just have to keep going one race at a time and not look any
further down the road than that. Every week, there’s another race and we’ll
be ready for them.”
So far this season, Lia
has won five of the right scheduled Modified Tour events. Even he didn’t
dream that he have won more races than he didn’t as the summer winds down.
“Did I ever think that?
No. Anyone who would go into a season thinking that would need a reality
check. It’s so hard to win one race. At the end of the year, if you can
finish with one win, two wins or three wins, that’s a good year. To win
five at the halfway point? That’s just insane. I can’t believe it. It
won’t set in for a long time.”
The NASCAR Whelen Modified
Tour will race at Stafford Motor Speedway on Friday night, August 10th.
For more
information on Donny Lia, please contact
Mike Twist at (207)
499-2565 and be sure to visit
DonnyLia.com.
Source: Mike
Twist/Donny Lia PR
Posted:
August 7, 2007
