{"id":5892,"date":"2011-06-28T06:30:12","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T10:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-06-28T06:19:44","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T10:19:44","slug":"stafford-speedway-teaming-niagara-collect-relief-supplies-massachusetts-tornado-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/stafford-speedway-teaming-niagara-collect-relief-supplies-massachusetts-tornado-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"STAFFORD SPEEDWAY TEAMING WITH FIRST NIAGARA TO COLLECT RELIEF SUPPLIES FOR MASSACHUSETTS TORNADO VICTIMS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stafford\"
\nSTAFFORD SPEEDWAY TEAMING WITH FIRST NIAGARA TO COLLECT RELIEF SUPPLIES FOR MASSACHUSETTS TORNADO VICTIMS<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway and First Niagara are teaming up
\nto help victims of the recent Massachusetts tornado. As part of the First
\nNiagara Independence Day Fireworks Celebration this Friday night, Stafford
\nSpeedway will be collecting donation items at the main gate that will be
\nused to assist Massachusetts residents who were affected by the tornado.
\nStafford Speedway is offering a special deal for fans who bring a donation
\nitem with them to the track this Friday night. Any adult who brings a
\ndonation item with them to the track this Friday night will receive $3.00
\noff an Adult General Admission ticket for the First Niagara Independence Day
\nFireworks Celebration.
\n
\nThe following is a list of items that are needed the most: Work Gloves,
\nGatorade, Insect Repellent, Coolers, Plastic Bins & Boxes, Tylenol, Large
\nTrash Bags, Gasoline Cards, Sunscreen, Canopy Tents, Tarps & Ropes, Internet
\nCards, Bandages, Chain Saws and Chain Saw Parts, and Trash Barrels.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re happy to be partnered with First Niagara in this relief supply
\nendeavor,\u201d said Stafford COO\/GM Mark Arute. \u201cThe Monson, Mass. area is very
\nclose to home for us here at Stafford. There are a lot of fans, drivers,
\nand crew members from that area that come to Stafford every Friday night and
\nwe\u2019re happy to be able to do a small part in helping those who are in need
\nof these supplies get back on track.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Stafford Speedway will serve as a drop point this Friday night for
\nrelief items, donations can be made at any time at any of the following
\nFirst Niagara branch locations: Stafford Springs, Willington, Vernon
\nTri-City, Vernon, Storrs, Ellington, and Tolland.<\/p>\n

Tickets for this Friday night\u2019s First Niagara Independence Day Fireworks
\nCelebration are available and on sale now at the SMS Box Office. Tickets
\nare priced at $15.00 for Adult General Admission, $5.00 for Children Ages
\n6-14 General Admission, and $18.00 for Reserved Seating for all ages.
\nTickets can be ordered by calling the Stafford Motor Speedway track office
\nat 860-684-2783 or tickets are available at the admission gate the night of
\nthe event. Spectator gates will open at 5:15pm, qualifying heats will begin
\nat 6:15pm, and feature events will begin at 7:15pm with the Fireworks
\ndisplay after dark.<\/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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

STAFFORD SPEEDWAY TEAMING WITH FIRST NIAGARA TO COLLECT RELIEF SUPPLIES FOR MASSACHUSETTS TORNADO VICTIMS (Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway and First Niagara are teaming up to help victims of the recent Massachusetts tornado. As part of the First Niagara Independence Day Fireworks Celebration this Friday night, Stafford Speedway will be collecting donation items at the main […]<\/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":[72],"class_list":["post-5892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-new-england","category-stafford-connecticut","tag-stafford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5892","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=5892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}