Peter Britten pilots his #21A Big Block Modified (Quentin Young photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cI\u2019ve gone through all the emotions. Pissed off at myself. Pissed off at the world. Sad. Happy. All that shit. I\u2019ve come out the other side. Life is what it is. I\u2019ve been able to take a break and kind of almost feel like my body is in better shape now than it had been in a while.\u201d<\/p>\n
Britten’s suffered back issues over the years, but a month off from racing has allowed him to take better care of it. Now, it\u2019s the best it\u2019s ever felt.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe there\u2019s a reason I needed to take a break,\u201d he questioned. \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
The break has also allowed him more time in garage. He admitted, year after year, having everything ready in time for Super DIRT Week was usually a struggle. Case in point, he was late getting to the event last year. With a week to go, he\u2019s about ready to load everything up \u2013\u00a0even the team car with Rich Scagliotta.<\/p>\n
It also allowed him more time to play with set up ideas. Whether that\u2019s good or bad, time will tell.<\/p>\n
\u201cI might have learned something, or I might have confused myself even more,\u201d Britten said. \u201cIn the day and age we\u2019re in now, the springs and all that stuff are pretty important. I\u2019ve spent a little bit of time on the spring smasher just messing around with different combinations. We\u2019ll find out soon enough if I\u2019ve just confused myself or whether I\u2019ve learned anything. Even if you go the wrong way sometimes you can use that information to go, \u2018Alright, we went this way and it kind of was worse, so let\u2019s go back the other way.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Britten will be back behind the wheel of his #21A Big Block and #21A Small Block for Super DIRT Week 51, searching for his first Billy Whittaker Cars 200 title and second Salute to the Troops 150 title.<\/p>\n
After a 14th-place run in the \u2018200\u2019 and a 32nd-place run in the \u2018150\u2019 last year, Britten said there’s unfinished business.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt like we had a lot of good speed, especially at (Super) DIRT Week,” Britten said. “We just went with the wrong strategy and ended up running out of fuel. I don\u2019t think we were going to win the thing, but I think we would\u2019ve been on the podium. I guess as far as that goes we have a little bit of unfinished business there. We kind of shot ourselves in the foot last year. It\u2019s all part of the learning curve. You live and learn.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a reason the guys that have been doing this for 20-40 years are as good as they are. They\u2019ve shot themselves in the foot over the years and learned their lesson. It\u2019s not an easy thing. From year to year, you can get the strategy wrong. I guess that\u2019s what makes these races a challenge sometimes is the fact that it\u2019s not all about being the fastest car. You\u2019ve got to put the strategy together.\u201d<\/p>\n
With his body primed, his cars ready and confidence restored, Britten has had enough of waiting. He\u2019s ready for Super DIRT Week 51 at Oswego Speedway.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we win (Super) DIRT Week and some of these other races (like the World of Outlaws World Finals) then I\u2019ll be OK. It\u2019ll make up for missing all these races,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
For tickets to Super DIRT Week 51 and the event\u2019s full schedule, CLICK HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you can\u2019t make it to Oswego Speedway, you can watch every lap of Super DIRT Week live on DIRTVision<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peter Britten\u2019s had enough. He\u2019s had enough of sitting around. He\u2019s had enough of watching others make laps at dirt tracks he should be at. And he\u2019s had enough of seeing his #21A Modified sit stationary in the garage. After putting his racing on pause in August due to a finger injury, the Aussie is … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":14215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[339,26,64,136,71,316,81],"class_list":["post-14213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-big-block-modified","tag-billy-whittaker-cars-200","tag-oswego-speedway","tag-peter-britten","tag-salute-to-the-troops-150","tag-super-dirt-week-51","tag-super-dirtcar-series","resize-featured-image"],"yoast_head":"\nPRIMED, READY: Peter Britten Leaning on Lessons Learned During Injury For Strong Return - Super DIRT Week<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n