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RICHARD
MITCHELL
POCONO Notes & Quotes
RETURNING TO POCONO
"I love racing at Pocono, it's a drivers track. A lot of guys
compare it to racing on a road course,
but I think of Pocono as a 'big' short-track. Ever
time I drive down into turn one it reminds me of my home
tracks.... Jennerstown and Motordrome
(PA) Speedways. What I like about Pocono is that
the driver can make a difference, it's not all about the
car."
POCONO FUTURE
"This could be our last race at Pocono for a while. Our plan is
to compete in the NASCAR BUSCH Series
in 2003. Pocono doesn't host any races for that
series. I'll miss racing here. We didn't make the June
ARCA race because we made a business
decision to run the BUSCH event at Nashville."
DOWN SHIFTING AT POCONO
"Down shifting on an oval is unique to Pocono. A lot of drivers
don't downshift, and I'm not convinced that it really affects
the lap times if you do or don't.
Down shifting is for the engine builders. They feel it helps
take the strain off the engines racing
down that long front straight. My engine
builder (Dan Begle) tells me I HAVE to down shift, so I
don't have a choice!"
Mitchell recorded an 11th-place finish in his first 2001 Pocono
run, after
being forced out of the top-10 with ignition problems late in
the race. After qualifying seventh-fastest for the second Pocono
contest last year, Mitchell was
sidelined early with a valve train failure.
Mitchell has recorded top-10 finishes in all three of his ARCA
RE/MAX series starts this
year........... a career-best third at Michigan Int.
Speedway, fifth a Lowe's Motor Speedway, and seventh in
the ARCA 200 at Daytona. The West
Virginia University mechanical engineering graduate also
has participated in three NASCAR BUSCH Series races.
The Coach USA / Mountaineer Gaming / West Virginia Tourism
Pontiac Grand Prix Mitchell is driving
at Pocono is a former Bill Davis Racing owned Winston Cup car
that was piloted by Ward Burton. Mike Swaim Jr. finished fifth
in the 2001 Pocono ARCA race driving the car.
Mitchell's Coach USA team is a rarity among today's top ARCA /
BUSCH Series competitors. The Mac
Hill Motorsports organization doesn't have a
single full-time employee and operates from a primitive
three-car family garage in Bruceton
Mills, WV, as opposed to a state-of-the-art race shop.
For more information on Richard Mitchell and Mac Hill
Motorsports please go to:
www.mitchellracing.com
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