{"id":15018,"date":"2015-06-26T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/?p=15018"},"modified":"2015-06-26T12:00:03","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T16:00:03","slug":"packard-eager-as-act-returns-to-oxford-plains-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2015\/06\/packard-eager-as-act-returns-to-oxford-plains-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Packard Eager as ACT Returns to Oxford Plains Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14343\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14343\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14343\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/dfhfyhfg.jpg\" alt=\"photo by RPM 360\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by RPM 360<\/p><\/div>\n<p>EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. \u2013 This weekend marks the return of the American Canadian Tour to Oxford Plains Speedway, and the 18-year old Emily Packard is eager to return to the track.\u00a0 Earlier this season, Packard and her 9ME Northstar Fireworks\/Packard Fuels car raced OPS for the first time, and the end results was a fourth place finish.\u00a0 &#8220;I liked racing at Oxford, it&#8217;s a unique track and different than other tracks we run,&#8221; Packard said.\u00a0 &#8220;It&#8217;s a low breaking track and it has really helped me to calm my breaking, so I can better attack the track.\u00a0 I am definitely looking forward to returning to race there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Packard and the team understand that the Oxford Plains Speedway that they raced in April is a completely different track as they return in late June.\u00a0 &#8220;I have no expectations as we head back to Oxford Plains Speedway,&#8221; said Packard.\u00a0 &#8220;I would like to have a good solid run.\u00a0 Hopefully we can get the car dialed in during practice and have a good heat race so we can start up front, and be able to contend at the end.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Packard currently sits 7<sup>th<\/sup> in the American Canadian Tour standings, and is hoping for a good run this weekend to get her back up into the top-5, as this race marks the 8<sup>th<\/sup> race of the 13 race schedule.\u00a0 &#8220;I am happy with how the season as gone so far,&#8221; Packard said.\u00a0 &#8220;We have had both some good and bad runs, and the last couple races have been tough, but we are hoping this race will get us back on track.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This weekend the American Canadian Tour shares the track with the PASS Series.\u00a0 Pit gates open at <span data-term=\"goog_1952847018\">2 pm<\/span> with the first practice for the American Canadian Tour Late Models at <span data-term=\"goog_1952847019\">3:30<\/span>.\u00a0 Heat races go off at <span data-term=\"goog_1952847020\">6 pm<\/span>, followed by the Dave&#8217;s Small Engine\/Walker Mowers 150 later in the evening.\u00a0 If you can&#8217;t make it out to the track, make sure to follow Emily and the team on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. \u2013 This weekend marks the return of the American Canadian Tour to Oxford Plains Speedway, and the 18-year old Emily Packard is eager to return to the track.\u00a0 Earlier this season, Packard and her 9ME Northstar Fireworks\/Packard Fuels car raced OPS for the first time, and the end results was a fourth [&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":[7,878,13,4],"tags":[42,61],"class_list":["post-15018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-canadian-tour","category-maine-race-tracks","category-oxford-plains-speedway","category-latest-touring-news","tag-act","tag-ops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15018","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=15018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15019,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15018\/revisions\/15019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}