{"id":2849,"date":"2010-07-24T06:25:24","date_gmt":"2010-07-24T11:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2010-07-24T06:25:24","modified_gmt":"2010-07-24T11:25:24","slug":"over-25000-up-for-grabs-in-stafford%e2%80%99s-7th-annual-carquest-sk-150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/over-25000-up-for-grabs-in-stafford%e2%80%99s-7th-annual-carquest-sk-150\/","title":{"rendered":"OVER $25,000 UP FOR GRABS IN STAFFORD\u2019S 7TH ANNUAL CARQUEST SK 150"},"content":{"rendered":"

OVER $25,000 UP FOR GRABS IN STAFFORD\u2019S 7TH ANNUAL CARQUEST SK 150<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)— The 7th annual CARQUEST SK 150, scheduled for
\nFriday, July 23 at Stafford Motor Speedway, will feature total posted awards
\nof over $25,000, making the event one of the most lucrative races anywhere
\nin the northeast for the 2010 season.
\nThe winner of the 7th Annual CARQUEST SK 150 has the potential of walking
\naway with $4,000. The winner\u2019s share of the purse is $3,500 with $500 in
\nfirst place contingency money available from CARQUEST Auto Parts, The
\nDavidson Company in memory of Dave Rowe, and Valvoline. Additional
\ncontingency bonuses of $125 for second place will be paid by Call Before You
\nDig, and New England Race Fuel will supply a $50 product bonus to the third
\nplace finisher and a $25 product bonus to the top-3 finishing cars using the
\nStafford Speedway SK Modified\u00ae Spec Engine, bringing the total posted awards
\nfor the 7th Annual CARQUEST SK 150 up to $25,500. Drivers must have
\ncontingency decals from each contingency sponsor on their cars to receive
\nthe contingency bonus and drivers must use Sunoco Race Fuel in order to
\nreceive the New England Race Fuel product bonuses.
\nThe CARQUEST SK 150 will start 30 cars. The 7th Annual CARQUEST SK 150 pays
\n$300 to start the race, while 10th place will pay $1,000. The purse
\nincreases by $100 for each position from 9th place to 3rd place, while
\nsecond place pays $2,200. The payout for 11th place is $900, and from
\npositions 12 through 16, the purse decreases by $100 per position. The 17th
\nposition pays $375, and the remainder of the starting positions decreases by
\n$25 per position to 20th place, with all drivers finishing 20th thru 30th
\nreceiving $300.
\nIn 6 previous CARQUEST SK 150 events at Stafford, there have been four
\ndifferent race winners: Ted Christopher (2000, 2001), Ronnie Silk (2002),
\nFrank Ruocco (2003, 2009), and Woody Pitkat (2008). Ruocco has been the
\ndominant driver of late when it comes to the CARQUEST SK 150, with two wins
\nand a second place finish in the past three 150-lap events. The CARQUEST SK
\n150 has also produced two first-time SK Modified\u00ae feature winners at
\nStafford with Silk\u2019s victory in 2002 and Ruocco\u2019s win in 2003. Along with
\nthe four CARQUEST SK 150 champions, other Stafford SK Modified\u00ae extra
\ndistance feature winners that will be in the starting field include Eric
\nBerndt, Bo Gunning, and Todd Owen.
\nTickets for the 7th Annual CARQUEST SK 150 are on sale now at the Speedway
\nBox Office. Tickets are priced at $20.00 for adult general admission
\ntickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 and under are
\nadmitted free of charge when accompanied by an adult. Reserved seating is
\npriced at $23.00 for all ages. As always, Stafford Motor Speedway offers
\nfree parking with overnight parking available.
\nFor more information on the 7th Annual CARQUEST SK 150, or to order tickets,
\ncontact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at 860-684-2783 or visit us
\non the web at www.staffordspeedway.com .
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OVER $25,000 UP FOR GRABS IN STAFFORD\u2019S 7TH ANNUAL CARQUEST SK 150 (Stafford Springs, CT)— The 7th annual CARQUEST SK 150, scheduled for Friday, July 23 at Stafford Motor Speedway, will feature total posted awards of over $25,000, making the event one of the most lucrative races anywhere in the northeast for the 2010 season. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[196,197],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-stafford-connecticut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}