{"id":13144,"date":"2014-05-26T09:43:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T13:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/?p=13144"},"modified":"2014-05-26T09:43:54","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T13:43:54","slug":"packard-set-tackle-double-duty-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2014\/05\/packard-set-tackle-double-duty-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Packard set to tackle Double Duty again this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10205\" style=\"width: 388px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10205\" class=\"wp-image-10205 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/emily-mug.jpg\" alt=\"Emily Packard\" width=\"378\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/emily-mug.jpg 378w, https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/emily-mug-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emily Packard<\/p><\/div>\n<p>EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. \u2013 After finishing in third position the last time at Thunder Road, Emily Packard looks forward to returning there on Sunday May 25<sup>th<\/sup>, to see if she can continue to build on that success as she is set to compete in this weekend\u2019s Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic. \u201cFinishing third the last time we were here really gave us a boost in confidence,\u201d said Packard, \u201cand it was a positive sign that we are heading in the right direction. I am looking forward to the race this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Packard takes her 9x Northstar Fireworks\/Packard Fuels sponsored car back to Thunder Road to compete in the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 100 lap race, which is also the first of four races that are part of the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Annual Vermont State Late Model Championship.\u00a0 \u201cThe Vermont State Championship races are some of the toughest races at Thunder Road,\u201d said Packard, \u201cit\u2019s a different track to try and tackle each time you race there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>With two races towards the VT State Championship being run at Thunder Road and two races run at Devil\u2019s Bowl, a good finish this weekend would be a great start towards a run at the championship.\u00a0 \u201cIt would mean a lot to me if we could have a good run in this first Vermont State Championship Race,\u201d Packard said, \u201cto try and get ahead,not having to fight for a position at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fresh off a 4<sup>th<\/sup> place finish less than a week ago, Packard and her team head back to Devil\u2019s Bowl on Friday night, May 23<sup>rd<\/sup> to continue to dial the car in.\u00a0 \u201cThe car was very comfortable last race out, but we\u2019ve made some changes to see if we can make it go faster,\u201d Packard said.\u00a0 \u201cWe had a good set-up last weekend, and if we don\u2019t improve, then we know we can go back to the original set-up\u201d\u00a0 These races help Packard and her team to prepare for the upcoming Spring Green 114 race on Father\u2019s Day, June 15<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s racing starts at <span data-term=\"goog_689341478\">1:30<\/span> with late model heats, and the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 100 rounding out the day\u2019s events.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Follow Emily this weekend for all her racing action on Twitter and Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>SOCIAL MEDIA<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Emily Packard on Facebook: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EmilyPackardMotorsports\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EmilyPackardMotorsports<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Emily Packard on Twitter: <\/strong>@EmilyPackard9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. \u2013 After finishing in third position the last time at Thunder Road, Emily Packard looks forward to returning there on Sunday May 25th, to see if she can continue to build on that success as she is set to compete in this weekend\u2019s Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic. \u201cFinishing third the last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4],"tags":[1030],"class_list":["post-13144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-canadian-tour","category-latest-touring-news","tag-emily-packard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}