Emily Packard
Double Duty: Devil’s Bowl Speedway and Airborne ACT Race
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – This weekend is a busy one for Packard as she heads to Devil’s Bowl Speedway Friday night for the Whelen Engineering/Mobil 1 event with her 9x Northstar Fireworks/Packard Fuels Ford. Once the night is complete it’s back to the shop to swap out cars and head to Airborne Park Speedway for Saturdays ACT 100 Spectacular race with her 9x Northstar Fireworks/Packard Fuels Chevrolet.
“I’m excited to be heading to Devil’s Bowl this weekend,” said Packard, “I love the track, it’s a great facility, and a real driver’s track.” After a couple weeks off Packard looks forward to getting back to the track. “It’s been a long winter and this is the first race for some of these guys.” said Packard. “I think I have a slight advantage going into this race having run some longer races already this season.” This will be the season opener for Devil’s Bowl, and is the first time that the season starts under the lights on a Friday night.
“I’ve had some good and bad races there, but it’s a fast track,” Packard said. “I love the track and hope to take the checkers there.” Racing starts at 7 pm Friday May 16th with the Late Models kicking off the heat races.
With a short turn around, her racing continues on Saturday May 17th as the team heads to Airborne Park Speedway to compete in the ACT 100 Spectacular. Packard made her ACT Tour debut two years ago at Airborne and finished in 12th place. Having raced the ACT Tour races there last year, Packard takes her 9X Northstar Fireworks/Packard Fuel Chevy back there hoping to find a way to conquer the track.
“I am excited to go back to Airborne and get ACT Tour racing again and carrying the momentum towards a good finish,” Packard said. After coming off her best career ACT finish at Thunder Road Packard hopes to continue building on that momentum. “Once I get in the car, I will forget about the previous race, and just concentrate on running my race,” said Packard.
Racing kicks off Saturday May 17th with practice starting at noon and heats begin at 5 pm.
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