Joey Doiron: PASS North Series – Speedway 660 Race Preview
PASS North Series Rookie of the Year candidate Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, gets back behind the wheel this weekend with the Pro All Stars Series 200 at Speedway 660 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on Saturday night, June 12. Doiron is coming off consecutive top-10 finishes at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway and White Mountain Motorsports Park to start the season, putting him an impressive fifth in the PASS North standings. The Noble High School senior will miss his graduation Saturday in order to compete north of the border at the track he’s never seen before.
WHO: Joey Doiron, Berwick, Maine
TEAM: JBJ Machine/Rescue Welding/Dale Shaw Race Cars No. 73 Dodge
BEST CAREER SPEEDWAY 660 FINISH: N/A
LAST RACE AT SPEEDWAY 660: N/A
WHAT: PASS North Series Pro All Stars Series 200
WHERE: Speedway 660, Fredericton, New Brunswick (.333-mile oval)
WHEN: 7:05 p.m., Saturday, June 12
PASS NORTH SERIES
LAST RACE: Saturday, May 22, PASS 150, White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, N.H. (9th-place finish)
NEXT RACE: Sunday, June 20, Unity Raceway, Unity, Maine
POINTS POSITION: 5th
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JOEY, YOU’VE NEVER SEEN SPEEDWAY 660 BUT WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT IT?
It’s supposed to be flat. Some people said its like Beech Ridge. We excel on the flat tracks, and we really have since I started racing. We’ve always been good on the flatter tracks we’ve gone to and we always seem to struggle on the banked tracks.
Other than Oxford (Plains Speedway), places like Beech Ridge, Canaan, Star, we’ve always run pretty well at those tracks. I grew up racing at Beech Ridge, so a lot of my experience is on those kind of tracks. It’s kind of what I learned on.
NOW THAT YOU’VE HAD A COUPLE OF WEEKS OFF, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON TWO SOLID PERFORMANCES TO START THE SEASON?
I’d say it’s really exceeded my expectations. I really didn’t think we’d be as high in the points as we are. I’m trying not to look at points — it’s only been two races — but we’ve gotten off to a good start. I’d like to keep going out and and finishing in the top-10 every week now.
I’d like to win a race, don’t get me wrong. I’d take a DNF if I could trade it for a win somewhere, but top-10s are good, too.
HAVE YOU HIT A COMFORT LEVEL YET IN YOUR YOUNG PASS NORTH SERIES CAREER?
I think I have. We definitely belong. The first two races were on totally opposite tracks. If anything, I had doubts we’d be that good at a banked track like White Mountain.
We ran as good at White Mountain last time as we did at Beech Ridge in the opener. I just need to get to a bumpy track now and see how we do there. That’s the only other question I have.
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