TD Bank 250 Weekend Victory Has Special Meaning to Seuss



HAMPSTEAD, NH (July 19, 2010) - "If you are in the Northeast, the Oxford 250
is the place with all of the history," said Andy Seuss of the short track
racing classic that has been held every year since 1974 in Western Maine.



And while Seuss did not race in the 250 this season, the young New
Hampshire driver was able to put his name in the history books on 250
weekend by winning its undercard race - Saturday night's Modified Racing
Series event at OPS.  Although Seuss has gotten used to winning on the
NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour and in MRS competition, this wasn't
your typical victory.



"I really enjoy winning anywhere that there is a lot of history involved,"
said Seuss.  "I was real happy to win at South Boston and Myrtle Beach.   The
250 weekend is so big.  It meant a lot to me a few years ago to even just
get the chance to run here.  So to be able to win here is very special."



The 250 weekend took on an even more important meaning to Seuss recently.
He was  working with close friend Jay Hull to build a car for the 2011
running of the prestigious Late Model race.  It was Hull's dream to field a
250 entry some day and he chose Seuss to be the driver for that fete.
Sadly, Hull passed away recently and his memorial services were scheduled in
New Hampshire for Saturday.  Seuss wanted to attend those services, but
decided winning in Hull's memory would be an even bigger tribute to his
fallen friend.



"One week ago, we lost a good friend in Jay Hull," said Seuss.  "This race
was really important to him and it is just a perfect story to come here and
win for him.  I dedicated the race to him in victory lane and nothing that
surreal has ever happened to me before.  I thought about it a lot this week,
but I didn't want to get ahead of myself because winning is hard enough.
Given the circumstances, it was even harder.  I tried not to even think
about it in the car until there were a few laps to go.  It was really neat
to be able to give him that victory.  I wanted to pay my respects to Jay and
in the end that's what I was able to do by winning at Oxford."



Finishing second behind Seuss was a car that he was very familiar with.
Louie Mechalides took down the runner-up spot in a car that Seuss has
previously raced, and even won with last summer in a MRS show at Thompson
International Speedway (CT), for car owner Kevin Stuart.



"In reality, we also put our heart and soul into building that car," Seuss
said of Mechalides' #85 Modified.  "It was neat to see two cars that we put
together finish one-two.  Obviously, we wanted to come out ahead but I'm
very glad to see them have a good run too.  Kevin was real good to me in my
career and I'm happy for him and his entire team."



Seuss took the lead for good with 15 laps left in the race.



"We were conserving and we got pinched by lapped traffic," said Seuss.
"That's when Louie got by me.  It's hard here because you don't know who is
saving and who isn't.  Before that last caution, we got back to Louie's
bumper.  I couldn't find a way to get around him and that restart gave me an
opportunity to go on the outside.  I couldn't pick a better way to have my
car handling through the race and it was just so good in the last 10 laps
that nobody would beat us."