{"id":15061,"date":"2024-02-28T10:31:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T14:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/superdirtcarseries.com\/?p=15061"},"modified":"2024-04-25T22:56:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T02:56:34","slug":"peter-britten-aims-to-regain-consistency-on-super-dirtcar-series-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/superdirtcarseries.com\/news\/peter-britten-aims-to-regain-consistency-on-super-dirtcar-series-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Britten Aims to Regain Consistency on Super DIRTcar Series in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
After a finger injury sidelined Peter Britten and dismantled a strong season last year, the Aussie is eager to forget 2023 and regain consistency with the Super DIRTcar Series this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve made my bed with it,\u201d Britten said. \u201cUnfortunately, you can\u2019t change the past. Obviously, it was disappointing. I feel like we were definitely building toward something in every aspect. We were probably one of the more consistent cars up front behind (Mat) Williamson and (Matt) Sheppard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt the time, it was really frustrating to me and everyone that helps me. But it\u2019s in the past now, and hopefully we can get back going how we started last year and try and crack off a couple of wins.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Britten opened last season with five top fives and six top 10s in the first eight races and sat third in points \u2013\u00a0well within striking distance of Williamson for second entering last year\u2019s Canada swing. Then, a finger injury kept him out of the car for a month. He\u2019ll have his chance at another consistent start when the Super DIRTcar Series kicks off its championship season at New Egypt Speedway on Saturday, March 30.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n But for the \u201cBatman\u201d to be consistent, Britten said he needs to find a rhythm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m not the guy that walks around beating his chest saying I\u2019m going kick all of your asses,\u201d Britten said. \u201cI\u2019ve always got that quiet confidence about me that if we do the job, we know we can do, we\u2019re every bit capable of success. Obviously, there’s a lot of people who think the same way, and that\u2019s what makes our sport great. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI have all the confidence in my ability. Racing is such a rhythm thing, and once you get rolling and get some good runs under your belt, I think your confidence builds. And you kind of take that confidence into every place you race. It\u2019s just a matter of us going out and executing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n To execute that successfully, he said he must improve his long-distance racing. Most Super DIRTcar Series Features are 75 laps or longer \u2013 more than double the laps he races weekly at Albany-Saratoga Speedway and Land of Legends Raceway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt seems like the longer the races are, the more time it gives the cream to rise to the top,\u201d Britten said. \u201cI\u2019ve led plenty of races at Lap 20, Lap 30, and Lap 40. And unfortunately, I only have three Super DIRTcar Series wins. For me, that\u2019s a little disappointing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf you\u2019re going to win one of those races, you\u2019re not going to walk into it. You\u2019ve got to earn it, and you\u2019ve got to hold off the best in the business to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leaving 2023 in the rear-view mirror, Britten has a clear goal for this season and knows what it\u2019ll take to return to Super DIRTcar Series Victory Lane for the first time since 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s easy to say (getting) a couple of track championships and wins or whatever,\u201d Britten said. \u201cBut sometimes it\u2019s situational too. You can have second place runs where you feel like the best car out there, but you don\u2019t have the luck. Maybe you sneak into a couple of wins, but the rest of the time, you\u2019ve been pretty ordinary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy goal is to just be consistently in the hunt as a starting point and see where it goes from there. You\u2019re not going to win races or track championships if you\u2019re not consistently in the hunt. I just focus on that, and the rest takes care of itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Britten begins his chase for his first Super DIRTcar Series title when the Series begins its 2024 Championship Season at New Egypt Speedway in New Egypt, NJ, on Saturday, March 30, for Power in the Pines<\/em>\u2014the first stop at the Garden State venue in a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you can\u2019t make it to the track, watch all the action live on DIRTVision, either online or with the DIRTVision app.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After a finger injury sidelined Peter Britten and dismantled a strong season last year, the Aussie is eager to forget 2023 and regain consistency with the Super DIRTcar Series this year. \u201cI\u2019ve made my bed with it,\u201d Britten said. \u201cUnfortunately, you can\u2019t change the past. Obviously, it was disappointing. I feel like we were definitely … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":15062,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[929,154,177],"class_list":["post-15061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-new-egypt-speedway","tag-peter-britten","tag-super-dirtcar-series"],"yoast_head":"\n