{"id":5945,"date":"2011-07-10T21:43:25","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T01:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-06-30T21:44:07","modified_gmt":"2011-07-01T01:44:07","slug":"25000-grabs-stafford%e2%80%99s-8th-annual-carquest-sk-150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/25000-grabs-stafford%e2%80%99s-8th-annual-carquest-sk-150\/","title":{"rendered":"OVER $25,000 UP FOR GRABS IN STAFFORD\u2019S 8TH ANNUAL CARQUEST SK 150"},"content":{"rendered":"

OVER $25,000 UP FOR GRABS IN STAFFORD\u2019S 8TH ANNUAL CARQUEST SK 150<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)— The 8th annual CARQUEST SK 150, scheduled for
\nFriday, July 22 at Stafford Motor Speedway, will feature total posted awards
\nof over $25,000, making the event one of the most lucrative races anywhere
\nin the northeast for the 2011 season.
\n
\nThe winner of the 8th Annual CARQUEST SK 150 has the potential of walking
\naway with $3,800. The winner\u2019s share of the purse is $3,500 with $300 in
\nfirst place contingency money available from CARQUEST Auto Parts and
\nTrantolo and Trantolo. Additional contingency bonuses of $125 for second
\nplace will be paid by Call Before You Dig, and New England Race Fuel will
\nsupply a $50 product bonus to the third place finisher and a $25 product
\nbonus to the top-3 finishing cars using the Stafford Speedway SK Modified\u00ae
\nSpec Engine, bringing the total posted awards for the 8th Annual CARQUEST SK
\n150 up to $25,300. Drivers must have contingency decals from each
\ncontingency sponsor on their cars to receive the contingency bonus and
\ndrivers must use Sunoco Race Fuel in order to receive the New England Race
\nFuel product bonuses.<\/p>\n

The 8th Annual CARQUEST SK 150 will start 30 cars and pays $300 to start the
\nrace, while 10th place will pay $1,000. The purse increases by $100 for
\neach position from 9th place to 3rd place, while second place pays $2,200.
\nThe payout for 11th place is $900, and from positions 12 through 16, the
\npurse decreases by $100 per position. The 17th position pays $375, and the
\nremainder of the starting positions decreases by $25 per position to 20th
\nplace, with all drivers finishing 20th thru 30th receiving $300.<\/p>\n

In 7 previous CARQUEST SK 150 events at Stafford, there have been four
\ndifferent race winners: Ted Christopher (2000, 2001), Ronnie Silk (2002),
\nFrank Ruocco (2003, 2009, 2010), and Woody Pitkat (2008). Ruocco has been
\nthe dominant driver of late when it comes to the CARQUEST SK 150, with three
\nwins and a second place finish in the past four 150-lap events. The
\nCARQUEST SK 150 has also produced two first-time SK Modified\u00ae feature
\nwinners at Stafford with Silk\u2019s victory in 2002 and Ruocco\u2019s win in 2003.
\nTickets for the 8th Annual CARQUEST SK 150 are on sale now at the Speedway
\nBox Office. Tickets are priced at $25.00 for adult general admission
\ntickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 and under are
\nadmitted free of charge when accompanied by an adult. Reserved seating is
\npriced at $28.00 for all ages. As always, Stafford Motor Speedway offers
\nfree parking with overnight parking available.<\/p>\n

For more information on the 8th Annual CARQUEST SK 150, or to order tickets,
\ncontact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at 860-684-2783 or visit us
\non the web at www.staffordspeedway.com .<\/http:><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OVER $25,000 UP FOR GRABS IN STAFFORD\u2019S 8TH ANNUAL CARQUEST SK 150 (Stafford Springs, CT)— The 8th annual CARQUEST SK 150, scheduled for Friday, July 22 at Stafford Motor Speedway, will feature total posted awards of over $25,000, making the event one of the most lucrative races anywhere in the northeast for the 2011 season.<\/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-5945","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\/5945","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=5945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}