STAFFORD – The 2020 SK Modified season at Stafford Motor Speedway was one Tyler Hines spent the offseason trying to forget.
The North Haven driver had just one top-10 in 14 starts in 2020 at Stafford.
Saturday at Stafford Speedway Hines found the perfect elixir to ensure that the doldrums of 2020 were left far in the rearview.
Hines led every circuit to win the 40-lap SK Modified feature Saturday at NAPA Opening Day at Stafford Speedway.
It was the first career SK Modified victory at Stafford, for Hines, who is in his seventh season in the division but with a newly formed team for 2021.
“I was so excited to get on the track today,” Hines said. “And it’s such a sweet feeling to finally be [in victory lane]. It just makes it much so much sweeter after all the hard work we put in to get this ready.”
Keith Rocco of Wallingford was second and Ronnie Williams of Tolland third.
Hines is driving for a team launched for the 2021 season by the the Meyhoefer family, owners of the company Tick Mike’s Organic Tick and Mosquito Spray.
“For the last two or three years he’s been driving a car that he couldn’t drive,” Mike Meyhoefer said “So people said ‘Oh he’s a bum, he can’t drive.’ So … we got together and said ‘You know what, we’re going to see if this kid can drive.’ And we put that thing together with help of a lot of people and here it is. And it wasn’t just like everybody was wrecked and he got an easy win. He held off [Todd] Owen, [Keith] Rocco and [Ronnie] Williams. He did a good job and I’m glad for him.”
Said Hines: “Mike put this car together after watching us struggle last season. We have some new crew members and we’ve got a new car, a brand new motor, just a ton of work over the winter getting this car ready to go. Really it comes down to all the work and effort that’s done in the garage. My job is easy once you get on the track with a car like this. I can’t believe it.”
Hines had to fight through four restarts over the final 10 laps, holding off division dominators Rocco, Williams and Owen at various moments.
“That was incredible,” Hines said. “I’m shaking right now. That’s awesome. Those last ten laps, I never had so many restarts in my life. But these guys did an unreal job to get this car where it is today. … Right out of the box we had speed. I can’t thank these guys enough for all they’ve done. … The whole Meyhoefer family because they believed in my when nobody else did.”
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