Beers, a two-time Coors Light Pole
Award winner at the track, will try and repeat his efforts when
qualifying for the TSI Harley-Davidson 125 gets underway at 6 p.m.
Practice was cut short by roughly 15 minutes when a heavy, albeit
quick, rain shower pelted the speedway just before 3:30 p.m.
“Hopefully, we'll get a good time
trial run and get a good race tonight,” said Beers, of Northampton,
Pa. “We've got a pretty good race car underneath us... We'll make a
couple minor adjustments (for qualifying). The whole team's really
excited.
“We're going to go out and get them
tonight.”
It won't be an easy task for Beers.
Ryan Preece has won all three poles this year and four straight
dating back to last season's finale at Thompson International
Speedway. If Preece makes it five straight tonight, he'll become only
the second driver in the Tour's history to win five in a row.
It's interesting to note that the last
two winners of the TSI Harley-Davidson 125 have gone on to capture
the Whelen Modified Tour championship – including current point
leader Ron Silk just last year. Bobby Santos also turned that feat
back in 2010.
Currently, Silk has a one-point
advantage over Doug Coby atop the standings after the first three
races of the season. Coby was the most recent Modified Tour winner at
Stafford, having done so in the Tech-Net Spring Sizzler 200 earlier
this month.
Nobody, though, has more career
victories at Stafford than Mike Stefanik with 20. Ted Christopher is
the track's most accomplished driver with 115 total race wins across
the Whelen Modified Tour, SK Modified and Late Model ranks.
The TSI Harley-Davidson is scheduled
for a green flag at approximately 9:15 p.m.
– TB
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