{"id":2961,"date":"2010-08-03T06:27:37","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T11:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2010-08-03T06:27:37","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T11:27:37","slug":"versus-broadcast-team-to-meet-and-greet-with-fans-at-stafford-speedway%e2%80%99s-20th-annual-town-fair-tire-150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/versus-broadcast-team-to-meet-and-greet-with-fans-at-stafford-speedway%e2%80%99s-20th-annual-town-fair-tire-150\/","title":{"rendered":"VERSUS BROADCAST TEAM TO MEET AND GREET WITH FANS AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY\u2019S 20TH ANNUAL TOWN FAIR TIRE 150"},"content":{"rendered":"

VERSUS BROADCAST TEAM TO MEET AND GREET WITH FANS AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY\u2019S
\n20TH ANNUAL TOWN FAIR TIRE 150<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)— With the Whelen Modified Tour coming to Stafford
\nMotor Speedway for the 20th Annual Town Fair Tire 150 on Friday, August 6th,
\nVersus will also be making a stop at the Connecticut half-mile to provide
\ntape-delayed television coverage of the race. The Versus broadcast team
\nconsisting of Jack Arute, Jimmy Spencer, and Ralph Sheheen, will meet and
\ngreet with fans and sign autographs at the Town Fair Tire booth following
\nthe conclusion of Whelen Modified Tour Time Trials.
\nArute left his Stafford promoter duties in 1973 to pursue a broadcasting
\ncareer first with NASCAR’s MRN Radio and then with ABC Television where he
\ncovered a variety of sports including NASCAR, the Iditarod Sled Dog Race,
\nOlympic Soccer, Cycling, and Luge. For more than 25 years he was a
\ncornerstone to ABC’s coverage of NCAA College Football as well as the
\nIndyCar Series and the Indianapolis 500. Arute\u2019s television efforts have
\nearned him multiple broadcasting awards and he is a current member of his
\nhometown’s (New Britain, CT) Sports Hall of Fame. Since returning to the
\nNortheast in the early ’90’s Jack has been the force behind Stafford’s
\ntelevision coverage including ESPN’s telecast of the Fall Final and NESN’s
\nNASCAR New England. Now the IZOD IndyCar Pit Analyst for Versus’ IndyCar
\nseries telecasts, Jackie was also a key catalyst in the network’s decision
\nto air 9 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour events this year including the Town
\nFair Tire 150 and Stafford’s season ending CARQUEST Fall Final.
\n Jimmy Spencer, also known as \u201cMr. Excitement\u201d, is a former two-time Whelen
\nModified Tour champion and he is the 1984 CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler
\nchampion. Spencer moved from the Modified ranks into the Sprint Cup Series
\nwhere he won 2 races while driving for Junior Johnson. Spencer is one of a
\nhandful of drivers that have victories in each of NASCAR\u2019s three top series.
\nSpencer has 2 career Sprint Cup wins, 12 career Nationwide Series wins, and
\n1 career Camping World Truck Series victory, which came at the New Hampshire
\nMotor Speedway in 2003. Spencer is a former co-host of NASCAR Race Day and
\nNASCAR Victory Lane on SPEED, and he is now the host of What\u2019s the Deal on
\nSPEED.
\nRalph Sheheen is currently a pit reporter for NASCAR on TNT, an announcer
\nfor AMA motocross and supercross on SPEED, as well as announcing many other
\nforms of racing on SPEED. Sheheen’s broadcasting career began in 1988, when
\nhe did ISMA sports car race for ESPN and he has since worked for ESPN2, FSN,
\nSpike TV( formerly TNN), and CBS covering various forms of auto racing.
\nVersus is one of the fastest growing sports channels in the country. Versus
\noffers a wide range of professional sports to viewers, including the Izod
\nIndycar Series, National Hockey League, WEC, UFC, College Football and
\nCollege Basketball, Professional Bull Riders Tour, the Tour de France, and
\nthe UFL. Versus is available nationwide in high definition on DirecTV and
\nDish Network and is available on a regional level on cable.
\nTickets for the 20th Annual Town Fair Tire 150 are on sale now at the
\nSpeedway Box Office. Tickets are priced at $30.00 for adult general
\nadmission tickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 and
\nunder are admitted free of charge when accompanied by an adult. Reserved
\nseating is priced at $32.00 for all ages. As always, Stafford Motor
\nSpeedway offers free parking with overnight parking available.
\nFor more information on the 20th Annual Town Fair Tire 150, or to order
\ntickets, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at 860-684-2783 or
\nvisit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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