{"id":4708,"date":"2011-04-02T18:25:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T23:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-04-02T13:26:20","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T18:26:20","slug":"bobby-santos-iii-holds-lead-race-pole-position-carquest-champions-charities-event-sms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/bobby-santos-iii-holds-lead-race-pole-position-carquest-champions-charities-event-sms\/","title":{"rendered":"BOBBY SANTOS, III CURRENTLY HOLDS THE LEAD IN THE RACE FOR POLE POSITION IN CARQUEST CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITIES EVENT AT SMS"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOBBY SANTOS, III CURRENTLY HOLDS THE LEAD IN THE RACE FOR POLE POSITION IN CARQUEST CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITIES EVENT AT SMS<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway\u2019s CARQUEST Champions For
\nCharities event, schedule for Tuesday, June 28, has an impressive driver
\nlineup with over 50 open wheel championships represented among the 14
\ndrivers that will participate in the 20-lap race utilizing Senior Outlaw
\nWild Thing Karts. Before the champions take to Stafford\u2019s mini-mile for the
\nrace, they must first qualify in a heat race.<\/p>\n

The starting lineups for the heat races will be determined by how much money
\neach driver has raised for their respective charity. The driver with the
\nmost money raised will start on pole position, the driver who has raised the
\nsecond highest dollar amount for their charity will start on the outside
\npole, and so on through the 14 driver field.<\/p>\n

Currently holding the lead for the pole position is defending Whelen
\nModified Tour champion Bobby Santos, III, who has so far raised $830 for the
\nUSAC Benevolent Fund to benefit Eric Saunders. Santos recently took part in
\nthe 14th Annual Fun at Fastimes 3-hour endurance Go-Kart event, which helped
\nhim raise $630 towards his CARQUEST Champions For Charities efforts.
\nThe fight for the outside pole is currently a tie between Chris Perley and
\nKeith Rocco, who have each raised $250 thusfar. Perley, the 6-time ISMA
\nSupermodified champion, is racing for the Arthritis Walk to Benefit Katie
\nBlouin, while Rocco, the 2010 Whelen All-American Series National Champion
\nand 2-time Stafford SK Modified\u00ae champion, is racing for the Connecticut
\nChapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Ever the racer, Rocco is planning to
\nbe very coy about his donation total and will keep his rival drivers
\nguessing about how much money he has raised for a preferred starting
\nposition right up until it is time to reveal the totals and earn a starting
\nposition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re stockpiling our donations and I\u2019m not going to show all my cards
\nuntil the very end,\u201d said Rocco.<\/p>\n

Race fans can help move their favorite driver closer to the front of the
\nfield by making a donation to their favorite driver\u2019s charity by visiting
\nthe CARQUEST Champions For Charities driver roster, which can be accessed by
\nclicking the CARQUEST Champions For Charities banner found on the
\nwww.staffordmotorspeedway.com
\nhomepage. The driver roster page also has up to date dollar totals so that
\nfans can see where their favorite driver stacks up in the race to raise the
\nmost money and start on the pole position.<\/p>\n

In addition to CARQUEST Champions For Charities, the 8th Annual CARQUEST
\nExtreme Tuesday will also feature the ISMA Super Modifieds, NEMA Midgets,
\nand Pro-4 Modifieds in feature racing action. Tickets for CARQUEST Extreme
\nTuesday are on sale now at the Speedway Box Office and are priced at $30.00
\nfor adult general admission, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages
\n5 and under are admitted free of charge when accompanied by an adult.
\nReserved seating is priced at $32.00 for all ages. As always, Stafford Motor
\nSpeedway offers free parking with overnight parking available.<\/p>\n

For more information, or to order tickets to the 8th Annual CARQUEST Extreme
\nTuesday event, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at
\n860-684-2783 or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com
\n<\/http:>.<\/http:><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BOBBY SANTOS, III CURRENTLY HOLDS THE LEAD IN THE RACE FOR POLE POSITION IN CARQUEST CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITIES EVENT AT SMS (Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway\u2019s CARQUEST Champions For Charities event, schedule for Tuesday, June 28, has an impressive driver lineup with over 50 open wheel championships represented among the 14 drivers that will participate in […]<\/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":[196,126,197],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-new-england","category-stafford-connecticut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4708","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=4708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}