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Inside Line Promotions – BRIDGEPORT, N.J. (July 27, 2021) – Joey Amantea scored a weekend-best seventh-place finish at Georgetown Speedway Friday night during the first of two nights of racing with the Rapid Tire USAC East Coast Sprint Cars.
Amantea also competed on Saturday at Bridgeport Motorsports Park, where he finished 18th following an accident.
“You could say we had the best of both worlds as we had two nights with two different sets of results,” he said. “We’re fast and we know we’re gaining on things. We just need some luck to go our way and we’ll be ok.”
Amantea planned a full slate of wingless micro sprint racing early in the week, but engine troubles derailed his plans. He turned his focus toward the wingless 360ci sprint car and headed to Georgetown, Del., for a first-ever visit to Georgetown Speedway on Friday. Amantea kicked off the night by finishing fifth in a heat race and earning the 10th starting spot into the A Main. He gained three positions during the feature to score his sixth top-10 result of the season with the series.
“Georgetown is a pretty neat track and it was something I have yet to experience as a driver,” he said. “I made a few driver mistakes in the heat race and was doing all right in the feature before we got lapped. It’s unfortunate we got lapped as by that point the car was really good and the results don’t show how fast we actually were.”
Amantea then ventured to Bridgeport Motorsports Park – the site of his season-best effort of third place with the series in May. He started on the pole for a heat race, but a blown left-rear tire relegated him to a fourth-place finish and left him short of the feature redraw. He lined up 10th and was running as high as eighth when two cars made contact in front of him, which left him nowhere to go. The damage sustained ended his night early and he was credited with finishing 18th.
“Bridgeport is a track I really like and we were third quick in hot laps, but the blown tire killed us,” he said. “I was running pretty good in the feature and it was just a wrong place, wrong time deal and that ended our night pretty quickly unfortunately.”
The next Rapid Tire USAC East Coast Sprint Cars race is Saturday at Winchester Speedway in Winchester, Va. He sits seventh in the standings and only trails fifth by 56 markers.
“We ran Winchester last year and I felt pretty good, but pill draw is going to be key early in the night and getting up front,” he said. “We could use a good weekend and I’m looking forward to getting back on track. Every race is another opportunity and hopefully this weekend will be ours.”
He also plans to race a micro sprint on Wednesday at Action Track USA in Kutztown, Pa.
QUICK RESULTS –
July 23 – Georgetown Speedway in Georgetown, Del. – Heat race: 5 (5); Feature: 7 (10).
July 24 – Bridgeport Motorsports Park in Bridgeport, N.J. – Heat race: 4 (1); Feature: 18 (10).
SEASON STATS –
32 races, 1 win, 5 top fives, 13 top 10s, 20 top 15s, 22 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Wednesday at Action Track USA in Kutztown, Pa., and Saturday at Winchester Speedway in Winchester, Va., with the Rapid Tire USAC East Coast Sprint Cars
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.joeyamantearacing.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joeyamantearacing/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joeyamantea88J
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Amantea Real Estate
Amantea Real Estate is a residential and commercial real estate company based in Mount Pocono, Pa. For more information, visit http://www.AmanteaRealEstate.com.
“I’m very happy to have an esteemed company like Amantea Real Estate back our team,” Amantea said. “I’m very grateful for their support and look forward to continued success together.”
Amantea would also like to thank JPA Masonry, Stinger Race Fuel Products, Hyper Racing, Jet Signs, Radical Race Gear, Pensyl Enterprises and Gilroy Northeast Inc. Excavating and Construction for their continued support.
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- Shawn Miller on Jul 27, 2021
- Article Date: 7/27/2021 by Inside Line Promotions