This was a long time coming for Mark Abeln.
The Groton Super Stock driver won his first feature race in a dozen years at Brown County Speedway Friday night.
"It's been about 12-13 years since I’ve been in a car. We just started back this year," Abeln said. "This is the fifth show in it."
Abeln returned to racing thanks to a spur of the moment decision this past off-season. What he found was that it took some adjusting once he got back into a race car.
"It was very tough," Abeln said. "The first two nights, it felt like I basically never drove one before."
While Abeln had fun opening night, he also knew he had some work to do.
"The first night I think we got second to last," he said. "I was like, 'Hey, the car is straight, we had fun, but we've got to figure out what to do.' "
Abeln put a new motor in his vehicle and then started getting reacquainted with the cars and also with the competition.
"The tracks have changed, but as far as these cars, we’ve got spo
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