ROBERT ALDERTON FROM CARQUEST BELTS & HOSE TO SERVE AS CARQUEST FALL FINAL
WEEKEND GRAND MARSHAL AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Robert “Michigan Bob” Alderton, Regional Manager
for CARQUEST Belts & Hose, has been named as the Grand Marshal of Stafford
Motor Speedway’s 38th annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend. As Regional
Manager for CARQUEST Belts and Hose, Alderton is responsible for the entire
Northeast from the Dakotas to Maine and as far south as St. Louis, covering
12 CARQUEST Distribution Centers. Alderton will give the command to send
the Whelen Modified Tour on its way with the most famous words in
motorsports and he will also indulge his inner motorcycle enthusiast by
being part of the pre-race pace laps by riding a 2010 Harley-Davidson
courtesy of TSI Harley-Davidson.
“It was very surprising that I got the call to do this for a second time,”
said Alderton. “It’s a huge honor for me and I’m looking forward to seeing
the Whelen Modified Tour cars race again.”
CARQUEST Belts and Hose has been the presenting sponsor of the CARQUEST
Belts & Hose Pit Parties for each of the past 5 seasons and their
participation has helped carry on a 20 plus year tradition of Stafford
Speedway hosting Pit Parties. The CARQUEST Belts and Hose Pit Party will be
part of the celebration of 25 years together in racing between CARQUEST Auto
Parts and Stafford Motor Speedway.
“We’ve been involved with the Spring and Fall events at Stafford for the
past 5 years and it’s always a great race event with a great bunch of
people,” said Alderton. “Jeff Brekke, Steve Nichols, and myself had a
meeting with Rich Pallai several years ago and we saw some of the pictures
of Stafford in Rich’s office and we got to talking about how we could become
involved in the program. Rich suggested that we could do something with the
Pit Parties in the spring and the fall, which has been a win, win situation
for us. Racing fans are very brand loyal customers, and our involvement
with the Pit Parties is a unique way for us to reach CARQUEST customers and
promote the CARQUEST Belts and Hose name.”
This year’s CARQUEST Belts and Hose Pit Party will offer a special bonus.
The first 700 fans that enter through the CARQUEST Belts and Hose Pit Party
gates will receive a reusable bag compliments of CARQUEST Auto Parts. Fans
can also stop by the #39 Bosch Spark Plugs car of Richie Pallai, Jr. to
receive a complimentary CARQUEST Belts & Hose tee-shirt. The CARQUEST Belts
and Hose Pit Party will give fans the opportunity to meet the drivers and
cars of Stafford’s five NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions as well
as the drivers and cars of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.
The 38th annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend gets underway Friday, October
1st with a practice session for Stafford’s weekly divisions. The general
admission grandstands will be open to the public at no charge for the
practice session.
Action continues on Saturday, October 2nd with Coors Light Pole Qualifying
for the Whelen Modified Tour cars, along with heat and consolation races for
Stafford’s five NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions. Following the
heat and consolation events will be the final 2010 feature events for
Stafford’s SK Light, Limited Late Model, and DARE Stock divisions, including
the All-Star Paradiso-Muska Shoot-Out event for the DARE Stocks.
On Sunday, October 3rd, the CARQUEST Belts & Hose Pit Party takes center
stage beginning at 11:00am as all the racecars, drivers, and teams gather on
Stafford Motor Speedway’s infield to meet and greet fans. The pit party
concludes at noon and the first race of the day will be the 30-lap Late
Model feature at 1:00pm. The SK Modified® feature will follow the Late
Model feature and “Michigan Bob” Alderton will send the Whelen Modified Tour
field on its way for the CARQUEST 150 at approximately 3:15pm.
Tickets for the 38th annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend are on sale now at
the Speedway Box Office. Tickets will also be available for purchase the
day of the event at the admission gates. Tickets are priced at $35.00 for
adult general admission tickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children
ages 5 and under are admitted free of charge when accompanied by an adult.
Reserved seating is priced at $38.00 for all ages. As always, Stafford
Motor Speedway offers free parking with weekend overnight parking available
at no extra cost.
For more information, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at
860-684-2783 or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com.