{"id":7715,"date":"2011-09-09T11:27:38","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T15:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-09-09T07:28:18","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T11:28:18","slug":"carquest-fall-final-weekend-close-2011-season-stafford-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/carquest-fall-final-weekend-close-2011-season-stafford-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"CARQUEST FALL FINAL WEEKEND TO CLOSE OUT 2011 SEASON AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stafford\"
\nCARQUEST FALL FINAL WEEKEND TO CLOSE OUT 2011 SEASON AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway will close out its 2011
\nNASCAR season with the 39th Annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend, scheduled
\nfor Sept. 30th through Oct. 2nd. The track will host the final races for
\nits five NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions as well as the
\npenultimate round of the 2011 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season. Stafford
\nwill crown its track champions that weekend and the Whelen Modified Tour
\nchampionship could potentially be decided.<\/p>\n

In the three Whelen Modified Tour races held at Stafford thusfar this
\nseason, there has been three different winners with Bobby Santos winning the
\nCARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler in April, current WMT points leader Ronnie
\nSilk won the TSI Harley-Davidson 125 in May, and Ted Christopher won the
\nTown Fair Tire 150 in August. Silk won the most recent WMT race at Delaware
\nSpeedway in Canada, and he currently holds a 77-point lead over Todd Szegedy
\nin the chase for the championship.<\/p>\n

The Whelen Modified Tour will race at Thompson, Lime Rock, and New Hampshire
\nbefore heading to Stafford for the CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend. Both Silk
\nand Szegedy have stellar records at each of those three tracks, so the
\npoints race promises to be tight when the Tour returns to Stafford. Silk
\nrecorded top-5 finishes in each of those races last season and he has 2
\nsecond place finishes along with an 11th and a 23rd place finish at Thompson
\nand New Hampshire this season. Szegedy’s record has been just as good as
\nSilk’s, with two top-6 finishes in those three races last season and he has
\nfinishes of first, third, sixth, and 22nd at Thompson and New Hampshire this
\nseason.<\/p>\n

Stafford\u2019s tightest weekly point races are in the Limited Late Model
\ndivision, where Kevin Gambacorta currently holds a 2-point lead over Shawn
\nThibeault, and in the DARE Stock division, where Don Wood has an 8-point
\nlead over Andrew Hayes. In Stafford\u2019s Late Model and SK Light Modified
\ndivisions, there are two drivers looking to repeat as track champions. 2010
\nLate Model champion Ryan Posocco holds a 30-point advantage over Woody
\nPitkat, and 2010 SK Light champion Matt Galko is currently 40 points clear
\nof Joey Cipriano. In Stafford\u2019s premier SK Modified\u00ae division, Ryan Preece
\nis currently 64 points ahead of Pitkat.<\/p>\n

The 39th Annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend kicks off on Friday, Sept. 30
\nwith pit gates opening at 12:00pm with a practice session running from
\n2:00pm to 6:30pm for Stafford\u2019s weekly divisions. The General Admission
\ngrandstands will be open to the public at no charge for the practice
\nsession. The G.A. Grandstands will open at 2pm.<\/p>\n

Action continues on Saturday, Oct. 1 with Coors Light Pole Qualifying for
\nthe Whelen Modified Tour cars at 2:15pm, followed by heat and consolation
\nraces for Stafford\u2019s weekly divisions. Saturday\u2019s events wrap up with
\nfeature events for Stafford\u2019s SK Light Modified, Limited Late Model, and
\nDARE Stock divisions.<\/p>\n

The CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend continues on Sunday, Oct. 2 with the famous
\nStafford CARQUEST Belts & Hose Pit Party kicking off the day\u2019s activities
\nfrom 11:00am to 12:00pm, with the final SK Modified\u00ae and Late Model feature
\nevents of 2011 being accompanied by the Whelen Modified Tour 150-lap
\nCARQUEST Fall Final.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend are available and on sale now at
\nthe Stafford Motor Speedway Box Office. Tickets are priced at $35.00 for
\nadult General Admission, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 &
\nunder are free. Reserved seating is $38.00 for all ages. All tickets cover
\nboth Saturday and Sunday admission to the Fall Final. As always, Stafford
\nMotor Speedway offers free parking with overnight parking available.
\nTickets can be ordered by calling the Stafford Motor Speedway track office
\nat 860-684-2783.<\/p>\n

For more information, or to order tickets, contact the Stafford Motor
\nSpeedway track office at 860-684-2783 or visit us on the web at
\nwww.staffordspeedway.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CARQUEST FALL FINAL WEEKEND TO CLOSE OUT 2011 SEASON AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY (Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway will close out its 2011 NASCAR season with the 39th Annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend, scheduled for Sept. 30th through Oct. 2nd. The track will host the final races for its five NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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-7715","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\/7715","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=7715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}