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| Sommerville to Daytona
January 22, 2010
2:44:24 AM
Entry #: 3377811
| Lonnie Sommerville Florida Bound for
Double Duty Action
Saint John, NB, Canada 1/18/10- The typical off-season for Canadian racing is a long six month process for the drivers to suffer through. Harsh winters that bring snow and freezing temperatures easily force drivers and their teams to find any opportunity to get back on the track in a much warmer region even if that means making a nearly 1,700 mile trip to Florida in order to do so.
Lonnie Sommerville and his Saint John , New Brunswick based race team will make the most out of the trip as they plan to compete in a double duty style format, first racing in the first PASS National event of 2010 at the New Smyrna Speedway Saturday January 30th. Then with just a few days in between, the team will stay down to make their first ever New Smyrna World Series of Asphalt speed weeks appearance on Friday February 5th. The event includes a grueling eight days of racing for competitors in the super late model division.
“It will be really nice to get away from the weather and get back behind the wheel of a race car again. For me, I can’t get down south fast enough because I get bored pretty easily when there’s no racing going on, even though I’ve got a lot going on in the shop these days working on customers’ race cars,” said Sommerville. “Racing down at New Smyrna will be a whole new experience for me. I have never been on a track that has the speed in it like that place. It should be a pretty awesome experience but I’m confident we can run well enough to have a shot at getting our first win on U.S. soil.”
Even though the Lonnie Sommerville Racing team doesn’t have their exact 2010 racing plans 100% decided on, one option the team would like to keep open is the possibility of capturing the 2010 PASS National championship. The five race series, which kicks off with the 150 lap Florida Winterfest event, will determine a lot for future events.
“Depending on how we finish Winterfest will decide if we will continue on for the national championship. With the series only being a five race series you can win or lose a championship in the first race. Our goal like always is to win but if we can leave there with a solid top five finish that would at least put us in a position to compete for the title,” added Lonnie.
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