{"id":4454,"date":"2011-02-19T08:13:07","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T13:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-02-19T08:13:07","modified_gmt":"2011-02-19T13:13:07","slug":"carquest-champions-charities-driver-spotlight-todd-szegedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/carquest-champions-charities-driver-spotlight-todd-szegedy\/","title":{"rendered":"CARQUEST CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITIES DRIVER SPOTLIGHT: TODD SZEGEDY"},"content":{"rendered":"

CARQUEST CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITIES DRIVER SPOTLIGHT: TODD SZEGEDY<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)— As the excitement builds for the June 28th
\nCARQUEST Extreme Tuesday Champions for Charities event, Stafford Speedway
\nhas been busy coordinating charities and the drivers that will represent
\nthem. The field for the CARQUEST Champions for Charities race is
\nimpressive, as it represents 42 championships among 12 drivers and 5
\ndifferent open wheel divisions. Todd Szegedy, the 2003 NASCAR Whelen
\nModified Tour Champion, will be racing to help support The Foundation For
\nLife.
\n
\nThe Foundation For Life is an organization which provides funding in
\nConnecticut for underprivileged children. Their motto is to make children\u2019s
\ndreams come true by providing scholarships, bikes, school clothes and
\nsupplies, various playgrounds in CT, and provide volunteers to teach Junior
\nAchievement in CT elementary schools. They have also assisted in the ABC
\nExtreme Makeover Home Edition in Bridgeport, CT by paying off the owner\u2019s
\nmortgage. Since 2006, the Foundation for Life has distributed over $350,000
\nto organizations in Connecticut who are working to better the lives of those
\nin need throughout the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Foundation for Life is a great organization which gives back to
\ncommunities who are in need of giving throughout the state of Connecticut,\u201d
\nsaid Szegedy. \u201cMike and I are extremely proud to represent the Foundation
\nFor Life and we hope to raise a lot of money for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Szegedy is the 2003 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion and he also holds
\nthe distinction of being the only SK Modified\u00ae driver to win the SK
\nModified\u00ae feature event after winning the Coors Light 21 Means 21 feature
\nand transferring into the main feature. Szegedy was also part of one of the
\nmore memorable Stafford moments when he barrel rolled his SK Modified\u00ae
\nduring the Spring Sizzler feature event in 2000. Szegedy has never driven a
\nWild Thing Kart and has never raced around the Stafford Mini-Mile, but he is
\nlooking forward to the race.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never driven these type of go karts before, but I do have WKA and IKS
\nkart experience,\u201d said Szegedy. \u201cI\u2019m going to have to learn how to drive a
\ngo kart all over again and the mini-mile will be a different challenge, but
\nit will be fun to race against the drivers that I\u2019ll be racing against.\u201d
\nThe 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 The Foundation For Life on behalf of
\nTodd Szegedy, and for more information on the event, please refer to the
\nCARQUEST Champions for Charities donation page located at
\nwww.staffordspeedway.com. Stay tuned to www.staffordspeedway.com for more
\ndriver spotlights and exciting information regarding the CARQUEST Champions
\nfor Charities event.<\/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: TODD SZEGEDY (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 […]<\/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-4454","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\/4454","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=4454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}