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(Stafford Springs, CT)—When the green flag is unfurled for the 41st Annual
\nCARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler at Stafford Speedway on April 28 & April
\n29, it will mark the beginning of the 27th consecutive season that CARQUEST
\nAuto Parts and Stafford have been partners in racing. CARQUEST Auto Parts
\nis practically synonymous with Stafford Speedway and the relationship
\nbetween the two is one of the longest running associations anywhere in
\nmotorsports.
\n
\nThroughout its 27-year association with Stafford Motor Speedway, CARQUEST
\nhas strived to bring to race fans new and exciting events. The 2012 season
\nat Stafford will see a familiar event with a brand spanking new format as
\nthe CARQUEST Extreme program that features the ISMA Supermodifieds, NEMA
\nMidgets, and Pro-4 Modifieds, will move from Tuesday to Saturday. The
\nSaturday, June 30 CARQUEST Super Saturday program will mark the first time
\nsince Stafford changed their weekly format from Saturday nights to Friday
\nnights in 1977 that a regularly scheduled event will be hosted on a Saturday
\nat Stafford Speedway.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt CARQUEST, our goal is to bring fans an exciting racing experience,\u201d said
\nCARQUEST V.P. of Marketing Rich Pallai. \u201cWe decided to spice up our ISMA
\nSupermodified show and bring Saturday night racing back to Stafford. We
\nthink the Saturday night setting will make for a more exciting show not only
\nfor the race fans, but for the drivers as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Along with the ISMA Supermodifieds, NEMA Midgets, and Pro-4 Modifieds,
\nCARQUEST Super Saturday will see the return of the CARQUEST Champions For
\nCharities race. The Inaugural Champions For Charities event paired past and
\npresent open wheel champions with a charity of their choosing, which
\nculminated with the drivers squaring off against one another in a special
\n15-lap race using Wild Thing Kart Senior Outlaw machines. Last year\u2019s
\nInaugural CARQUEST Champions For Charities race raised over $44,000 for
\ncharity and the race was won by Keith Rocco after a thrilling duel for the
\nrace lead with Jon McKennedy in the closing laps.<\/p>\n
Some of the drivers for this year\u2019s edition of CARQUEST Champions for
\nCharities include 3-time NEMA Midget champion Randy Cabral, 2-time Pro-4
\nModified Limited champion Stan Mertz, 2009 Spring Sizzler SK Modified\u00ae
\nchampion Richie Pallai, Jr., 2006 Whelen All-American Series Regional
\nchampion Woody Pitkat, 2011 SK Modified\u00ae champion Ryan Preece, 2006 SK
\nModified\u00ae champion Frank Ruocco, 2011 Whelen Modified Tour champion Ronnie
\nSilk, 2010 Whelen Modified Tour champion Bobby Santos, III, 2003 Whelen
\nModified Tour champion Todd Szegedy, and 8-time ISMA Supermodified champion
\nRuss Wood. Stafford Motor Speedway is still in the process of sending out
\ninvitations to the CARQUEST Champions for Charities event and the full field
\nwill be announced shortly.<\/p>\n
In addition to the newly formed CARQUEST Super Saturday event, CARQUEST Auto Tickets for the 41st Annual CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler are on sale now For more information on the 41st annual CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler\u00ae, (Stafford Springs, CT)—When the green flag is unfurled for the 41st Annual CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler at Stafford Speedway on April 28 & April 29, it will mark the beginning of the 27th consecutive season that CARQUEST Auto Parts and Stafford have been partners in racing. CARQUEST Auto Parts is practically synonymous with Stafford Speedway […]<\/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-8778","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\/8778","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=8778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nParts is also the title sponsor of the CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler on
\nApril 27-29, the CARQUEST SK 150 on July 20, and the CARQUEST Fall Final on
\nSept. 28-30. CARQUEST has been the biggest supporter of NASCAR Whelen
\nModified Tour competition at Stafford, sponsoring 39 of the 90 Whelen
\nModified Tour events held at Stafford since 1989, meaning that CARQUEST has
\nsponsored nearly half of all WMT events at Stafford since the 1989 season.
\nCARQUEST Auto Parts is a premier supplier of replacement products for all
\nmakes of automobiles. With over 3,000 locations throughout North America
\nand 18,000-customer service associates, CARQUEST is ready to serve all your
\nautomotive needs. To locate your closest CARQUEST please refer to the store
\nlocater found at www.carquest.com
\nat the Speedway Box Office. Tickets are priced at $38.50 for adult general
\nadmission tickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 and
\nunder are admitted free of charge when accompanied by an adult. Reserved
\nseating is priced at $42.00 for all ages. As always, Stafford Motor
\nSpeedway offers free parking with overnight parking available. All ticket
\nholders are entitled to participate in the CARQUEST Belts & Hose Pit Party.<\/p>\n
\nor to order tickets, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at
\n860-684-2783 or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com.<\/http:><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"