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NASCAR GRAND NATIONAL DIVISION, BUSCH EAST SERIES - NEWS & NOTES
TSI Harley-Davidson 150
Stafford Motor Speedway , Stafford Springs , Conn. , Friday, June 16, 2006

 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 13, 2006) – It's a long haul from Greenville, S.C. to Stafford Springs, Conn. - about 850 miles direct via the Interstates. For the NASCAR Grand National Division, Busch East Series teams who ran Saturday night's season opener at Greenville-Pickens Speedway and have just six days to get ready for the TSI Harley-Davidson 150 at Stafford Motor Speedway, it's good to know both tracks are relatively flat half miles, so the same setup should work both places, right?

It's not that simple according to Mike Olsen, the Busch Pole winner and third place finisher at Greenville who broke a long string of bad luck at Stafford with a top five finish in last year's TSI Harley-Davidson 150.  

"I think at Stafford the turns are a little sharper. Stafford 's probably a little bit wider too. The big thing is that at Stafford the pavement is newer - a lot newer - so I