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PARESE HAS BEST RUN OF SEASON SATURDAY AT MOTOR MILE
RADFORD, Va. – Toby Parese made the decision to switch to weekly competition at Motor Mile Speedway and it is starting to pay dividends. Parese, 17, had his best race of the season Saturday night in the speedway’s 150-lap Late Model feature, finishing 11th in the 28-car field.
Parese noted that assistance on the radio from crew chief and teammate Shaun Mangum helped him accomplish the result.
“Shaun dropped out of the race early and then he got on the radio and started coaching me. He has a lot of experience at Motor Mile so he really helped me and I learned a lot. He got me running the bottom (groove) and I realized the car worked really well down there. We’re all really pleased with the way the race went. Things are starting to come together for us,” Parese said.
Parese started 22nd and steadily moved through the field on his way to the 11th-place finish.
“I passed some cars and avoided a couple accidents. It felt good to work on cars and set them up to make passes. 150 laps is a long race and it gave me great experience. I want to thank my dad, Mangum Motorsports, and Michael Gandy Auto Mall in Statesville, which is a new sponsor for us,” Parese said.
Parese will race again this weekend although, since Motor Mile is off, his team is not sure what track they will be competing at.
Toby Parese is a 17-year-old racer originally from Pennsylvania. Now residing in Mooresville, N.C., Parese is in his second season of late model competition. A former WKA karting champion, Parese competed at Concord Motorsport Park in 2007 before beginning ’08 at Tri-County Motor Speedway. He raced Concord again in early June before switching his focus to Motor Mile.
Parese is a member of the Team Full Throttle NASCAR Driver Development Program and is represented by Driver Development Services, Inc., Charlotte, N.C. Marketing partners for the Parese are Thor Oil, TST Racing, Mangum Motorsports, Michael Gandy Auto Mall, and the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
PARESE VENTURES TO MOTOR MILE WITH NEW TEAM
RADFORD, Va. – Toby Parese and the Mangum Motorsports team traveled to southern Virginia Saturday for Parese’s first late model race at Motor Mile Speedway. The night featured a pair of 75-lap features. Parese finished 24th and 17th in the 28-car fields.
“It was a good experience,” Parese said. “It’s a tough track because there are more cars and tougher competition than what I’m used to. I never raced at the track before Saturday so it was a learning experience.
“The second race was better than the first. I think I took what I learned from the first 75-lapper and used it to my advantage in the second race. The car a little tight in the center of the corner, but overall it was decent.”
Saturday marked Parese’s second night of racing since joining his new team, Mangum Motorsports based in Monroe, N.C. Parese is working with Shaun Mangum serving as his crew chief as well as teammate. The team plans to focus on competing at Motor Mile through the remainder of the 2008 season.
Off the track, Parese had his No. 22 late model on display at the Central Academy of Technology and Art in Monroe. Parese got the opportunity to participate in the academy’s summer school activities as well as speak to its students about his late model racing.
“It was a nice time. Shaun (Mangum) and I brought our cars down there and did some talking with the kids. Everyone was really interested and happy to see the cars. It was a great opportunity for me,” Parese said.
Parese will race again Saturday at Motor Mile.
Toby Parese is a 17-year-old racer originally from Pennsylvania. Now residing in Mooresville, N.C., Parese is in his second season of late model competition. A former WKA karting champion, Parese competed at Concord Motorsport Park in 2007 before beginning ’08 at Tri-County Motor Speedway. He raced Concord again in early June before switching his focus to Motor Mile.
Parese is a member of the Team Full Throttle NASCAR Driver Development Program and is represented by Driver Development Services, Inc., Charlotte, N.C. Marketing partners for the 17-year-old are Thor Oil, TST Racing, Mangum Motorsports, and the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
TOBY PARESE SHOWS IMPROVEMENT AT TRI-COUNTY
April 21, 2008 - HUDSON, N.C. – Team Full Throttle NASCAR Driver Development racer Toby Parese showed great improvement in Tri-County Motor Speedway’s second Late Model Stock feature of the season Friday night.
Parese, a Pennsylvania native now residing in Mooresville, N.C., qualified 12th of 21 cars for the 50-lap feature and was running around that position when a late-race mishap blew out the right-front tire on his Orion Motorsports entry. The damage caused him to pit and finish the race in 16th position.
“We were running well, a lot better than opening week,” the 17-year-old Parese said. “I was racing pretty hard toward the end of the race, and going into turn 3 I went inside another car and we came together. The contact cut the right-front (tire) down on our car and bent some sheet metal. We’re disappointed, but encouraged too because we ran competitive.”
2008 is Parese’s first year in a late model at Tri-County. He and his father, Steve, have teamed with Ed Cox’s Orion Motorsports team and have been improving throughout the spring.
“I think our team is starting to come together. We’re working better together and Ed has a lot of knowledge to bring to us. I’m still a rookie at this track (Tri-County), but I think we have the chance to do very well this season,” Parese added.
Parese will take this week off from Tri-County due to prior engagements. His next race will be Friday, May 2, at Tri-County.
Toby Parese is a member of the Team Full Throttle NASCAR Driver Development Program and is represented by Driver Development Services, Inc., Charlotte, N.C. His marketing partners comprise Thor Oil, Tri-Star Racewear, the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Team Full Throttle.
For more information on Toby and TFT contact (704) 664-1755 or visit www.goteamfullthrottle.com.
PROMISING NORTH CAROLINA LATE MODEL RACER JOINS TEAM FULL THROTTLE
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – The Team Full Throttle (TFT) NASCAR Driver Development Program recently added 17-year-old Toby Parese to its group of promising, young late-model racers. Parese competed in the Late Model Stock Car division at Concord Motorsport Park (N.C) in 2007, finishing seventh in the final point standings and accomplishing two top-five finishes.
In 2008, Toby plans to enter his TST Racing late-model weekly at Tri-County Speedway (N.C.) under the direction of Ed Cox and Orion Motorsports. “We had a good 2007 season and we are looking forward to doing well at Tri-County,” the Pennsylvania native began. “I hope we can be good right out of the box, but we understand that I have very little experience racing at Tri-County and the other tracks in the area, so we’ll do the best we can and hopefully win some races.”
Some of “the other tracks in the area” include Hickory Motor Speedway (N.C.) and various UARA-STARS events, all of which Parese plans to make appearances at in 2008. “We want to get experience at different tracks. That’s how you learn and race against different drivers. We had a top-15 finish at the UARA race at Caraway Speedway (N.C.) last year, so I think we can build on that and do well.”
Parese, currently a junior in high school, was a national winner in WKA go-kart racing before turning his attention to late-models last season. 2008 will mark his second full season driving late-models; he will drive a brand-new 2008 Hedgecock chassis, competing out of the Tri-Star Motorsports stable.
TST Racing, owned by Toby’s father, Steve, has a 2007 Marlowe Racing Chassis late-model for sale. It is the same car Toby drove at Concord in 2007. For more information, contact (704) 664-9224.
Toby Parese is a member of the Team Full Throttle NASCAR Driver Development Program and is represented by Driver Development Services, Inc., Charlotte, N.C. His marketing partners are comprised of Thor Oil, Tri-Star Racewear, the Make-A-Wish Foundation and TFT. For more information on Toby and TFT contact (704) 664-1755 or you can visit www.goteamfullthrottle.com or www.tobyparese.com.
September 16, 2007 race report from Concord Motorsports Park - Click Here
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