{"id":4233,"date":"2011-01-28T20:40:21","date_gmt":"2011-01-29T01:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-01-28T19:42:20","modified_gmt":"2011-01-29T00:42:20","slug":"carquest-champions-charities-driver-spotlight-ted-christopher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/carquest-champions-charities-driver-spotlight-ted-christopher\/","title":{"rendered":"CARQUEST CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITIES DRIVER SPOTLIGHT: TED CHRISTOPHER"},"content":{"rendered":"

CARQUEST CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITIES DRIVER SPOTLIGHT: TED CHRISTOPHER<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—As the excitement builds for the June 28th CARQUEST
\nExtreme Tuesday Champions for Charities event, Stafford Speedway has been
\nbusy coordinating charities and the drivers that will represent them. The
\nfield for the CARQUEST Champions for Charities race is impressive, as it
\nrepresents 42 championships among 12 drivers and 5 different open wheel
\ndivisions.
\n
\nTed Christopher, Stafford\u2019s all-time winningest driver with 110 feature
\nvictories, will continue a relationship that he forged during the 2010
\nseason and will be racing to raise funds for the Connecticut Breast Health
\nInitiative. Last season, Christopher raised $100 for each feature victory
\nand $1 for every lap he completed at Stafford for the CT Breast Health
\nInitiative. With a matching contribution from Stafford Motor Speedway,
\nChristopher was able to raise $4,000, which he presented during the CARQUEST
\nBelts & Hose Pit Party during the CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend festivities.
\nIn addition to his CARQUEST Champions For Charities duties, Christopher has
\nplans to once again raise money through his laps completed and feature
\nvictories at Stafford during the 2011 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to it,\u201d said Christopher. \u201cWe\u2019re going to do
\nthe same deal that we did last year with the wins and laps. Everyone was
\nreal appreciative of what we were able to do last year and hopefully this
\nyear I can win more races than I did last year and raise more money. A
\nfriend of my wife\u2019s had breast cancer and she was only 24. Breast cancer is
\na disease that unfortunately affects a lot of families and we\u2019re trying to
\nhelp raise money to defeat breast cancer. The great thing about the CT
\nBreast Health Initiative is that all the money we raise is distributed right
\nhere in Connecticut.\u201d<\/p>\n

The starting lineups for the CARQUEST Champions For Charities qualifying
\nraces will be determined by how much money each driver raises for their
\nselected charity. The starting grid will be set with the drivers who have
\nraised the most money starting up front. Fans are encouraged to get
\ninvolved in the event by donating to their favorite driver or favorite
\ncharity. To make a donation to the Connecticut Breast Health Initiative and
\nfor more information on the event please refer to the CARQUEST Champions for
\nCharities donation page located at www.staffordspeedway.com. Stay tuned to
\nwww.staffordspeedway.com for more driver spotlights and exciting information
\nregarding the CARQUEST Champions for Charities event.<\/p>\n

While Christopher has 110 career wins spread over 5 divisions at Stafford,
\nthe CARQUEST Champions For Charities event will mark a new segment of his
\nracing career at Stafford. Christopher and the CARQUEST Champions For
\nCharities field will sit behind the wheel of a Wild Thing Senior Outlaw Go
\nKart and will race around the Stafford Mini-Mile rather than the half-mile
\nthat the field of champion drivers is used to navigating when they come to
\nrace at Stafford.<\/p>\n

CARQUEST Extreme Tuesday will take place on June 28, 2011 and will also
\nfeature the ISMA Super Modifieds, NEMA Midgets, and Pro-4 Modifieds.
\nTickets for CARQUEST Extreme Tuesday are on sale now at the Speedway Box
\nOffice and are priced at $30.00 for adult general admission tickets, $5.00
\nfor children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 and under are admitted free of
\ncharge when accompanied by an adult. Reserved seating is priced at $32.00
\nfor all ages. As always, Stafford Motor Speedway offers free parking with
\novernight parking available.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at
\n860-684-2783 or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com
\n.<\/http:><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CARQUEST CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITIES DRIVER SPOTLIGHT: TED CHRISTOPHER (Stafford Springs, CT)—As the excitement builds for the June 28th CARQUEST Extreme Tuesday Champions for Charities event, Stafford Speedway has been busy coordinating charities and the drivers that will represent them. The field for the CARQUEST Champions for Charities race is impressive, as it represents 42 championships […]<\/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":[72],"class_list":["post-4233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-stafford-connecticut","tag-stafford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4233","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=4233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}