{"id":15128,"date":"2024-03-20T15:39:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T19:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/superdirtcarseries.com\/?p=15128"},"modified":"2024-04-25T22:56:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T02:56:02","slug":"track-talk-matt-sheppard-anthony-perrego-ryan-godown-describe-uniqueness-of-new-egypt-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/superdirtcarseries.com\/news\/track-talk-matt-sheppard-anthony-perrego-ryan-godown-describe-uniqueness-of-new-egypt-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"TRACK TALK: Matt Sheppard, Anthony Perrego, Ryan Godown Describe Uniqueness of New Egypt Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A unique test awaits the Super DIRTcar Series when it travels to New Egypt Speedway on Saturday, March 30 for Power in the Pines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 7\/16-mile facility provides a shape different from any other track on the 2024 schedule. And for some drivers, it\u2019ll be their first time racing there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But that\u2019s not the case for 10-time Series champion Matt Sheppard, defending track champion Ryan Godown, and Anthony Perrego. Each has recently won at New Egypt and gave insight into how to drive its unique shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve got to have some patience there,\u201d Perrego said. \u201c(Turns) 3 and 4 are awfully tight, and I feel like in 1 and 2, it\u2019s very easy to turn three or four times. Like, you catch yourself triple steering. The backstretch is kind of like a dog leg. You turn a few times. It\u2019s just different. It\u2019s kind of like a horseshoe back there, and if you can make that back straightaway longer, it\u2019ll help you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an odd track. It\u2019s unique.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sheppard, who won the New Egypt Speedway track championship in 2007, said there\u2019s several different lines drivers can use for success, especially going into Turn 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s tough,\u201d Sheppard said. \u201cYou go into Turn 1, and it seems like it\u2019s 10 miles wide. You could probably enter Turn 1 in one of 10 different grooves, from the outside wall to the inside wall and anywhere in between. Turn 2 really funnels together. If you\u2019re running the bottom, it\u2019s like a sharp left-hander, and if you\u2019re on the top, it kind of drifts out. But then you got the dog leg in the backstretch. When you\u2019re running the top, you think you\u2019re in good stretch, but then you got to turn because there\u2019s a dog leg there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen you get into 3 and 4, and it\u2019s kind of like a hairpin. You can either drive in hard and let it slide all the way across the track, or you can try to pinch it off and drive off the bottom. There are just a lot of really unique lines compared to any other racetrack we go to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Godown, who\u2019s from nearby Ringoes, NJ, agreed with Sheppard. He also said the track\u2019s unique shape will allow teams to race side-by-side in exciting fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s more like a D-shape,” Godown said. \u201cIt\u2019s not one corner out of [Turn 4] and into [Turn 1]. It\u2019s kind of like everywhere else. But going into [Turn 1], coming out of [Turn 2], and going into [Turn 3] down the dog leg is just unique altogether. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think the track is going to be just like it was last year. They fixed it to where you can run the bottom and the top three-or-four wide, and it was a pretty cool black and slick track to race on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The shape isn\u2019t the only unique factor drivers will face at New Egypt. Perrego said the dirt also has a different feel than other tracks in the Northeast. The Montgomery, NY driver compared it to Volusia Speedway Park, where the Super DIRTcar Series started the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe dirt is a little different [at New Egypt],\u201d Perrego said. \u201cThey\u2019ve changed it a few times over the years, but I feel like it\u2019s similar to Florida where it looks like it\u2019s got some grip, but it really doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n While New Egypt officials recently put some new dirt on the track in the offseason, Godown doesn\u2019t expect much change from last year. The \u201cRingoes Rocket\u201d said he expects a fun battle if drivers have the proper setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou can always get to the front no matter where you\u2019re at,\u201d Godown said. \u201cIt\u2019s so unique because it\u2019s not just middle lane, bottom lane, or top. At some of these other racetracks that are maybe higher speed, they get into one lane. This, you can poke around the bottom. You can go in on the bottom and come off the middle. It\u2019s so unique that it makes it fun to drive. As long as your car\u2019s right, it\u2019s an awesome place to race.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n All three drivers hope to tame the unique track and find Victory Lane when the Super DIRTcar Series opens its championship season at New Egypt Speedway on Saturday, March 30, for Power in the Pines\u2014a 75-lap, $7,500-to-win Feature.<\/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":" A unique test awaits the Super DIRTcar Series when it travels to New Egypt Speedway on Saturday, March 30 for Power in the Pines. The 7\/16-mile facility provides a shape different from any other track on the 2024 schedule. And for some drivers, it\u2019ll be their first time racing there. But that\u2019s not the case … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":15129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[747,100,131,929,951,167,177],"class_list":["post-15128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anhtony-perrego","tag-featured","tag-matt-sheppard","tag-new-egypt-speedway","tag-power-in-the-pines","tag-ryan-godown","tag-super-dirtcar-series"],"yoast_head":"\n