{"id":9423,"date":"2012-04-07T18:30:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-07T22:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9423"},"modified":"2012-04-07T14:35:59","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T18:35:59","slug":"dare-stock-competitor-kris-fluckiger-to-donate-prize-winnings-to-autism-speaks-in-support-of-carquest-champions-for-charities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/dare-stock-competitor-kris-fluckiger-to-donate-prize-winnings-to-autism-speaks-in-support-of-carquest-champions-for-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"DARE STOCK COMPETITOR KRIS FLUCKIGER TO DONATE PRIZE WINNINGS TO AUTISM SPEAKS IN SUPPORT OF CARQUEST CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITIES"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stafford\"<\/a>(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway\u2019s CARQUEST Champions For
\nCharities race pairs championship open wheel winning drivers with a charity
\nof their choice. Pro-4 Modified Limited champion Stan Mertz is paired with
\nthe Connecticut chapter of Autism Speaks and his donation total will be
\ngetting a boost from Stafford DARE Stock driver Kris Fluckiger. Fluckiger
\nwill donate all his prize winnings from the season opening CARQUEST Tech-Net
\nSpring Sizzler through the June 29th Friday night race towards Mertz\u2019s total
\nfor Autism Speaks.
\n
\n\u201cI\u2019m going to donate all of my winnings from the Sizzler to June 29 to Stan
\nand Autism Speaks,\u201d said Fluckiger. \u201cI really wanted to do something like
\nthis last year, but Donny Lia had a scheduling conflict and Stan was a last
\nminute fill-in, so we didn\u2019t get to do anything. My little brother is
\nautistic, so this is a personal thing for me. I just hope that we have a
\nbetter start to the season than we did last year and we can hopefully get a
\nwin or two in there and give Stan a nice boost to his starting position for
\nthe race. It\u2019s all going to a great cause and if anyone wants to match my
\ntotal to Autism Speaks, they\u2019re more than welcome to join in.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his rookie season of DARE Stock competition last season, Fluckiger
\nfinished in the top-10 in 18 of the 19 races held during the year. With 4
\nof those top-10 finishes being top-5 finishes, Fluckiger has a good
\nfoundation to build on as he looks to finish up front every week to raise
\nthe most money for his Autism Speaks donation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe finished in the top-5 in 4 of the last 6 races of the year and it wasn\u2019t
\nuntil the Fall Final that we really hit on something with the setup,\u201d said
\nFluckiger. \u201cIf we can get the car handling this year like we had it at the
\nFall Final, the car will be a rocket ship and we\u2019ll be able to give Autism
\nSpeaks a nice donation. The key is going to be keeping the nose on the car
\nclean and hopefully we can avoid having a brutal sophomore outing this
\nseason.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Fluckiger finished 5th in the points standings last season, he is
\nstill in search of his first feature victory and he thinks that he can be a
\nchampionship contender this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the same equipment as last season, Barry Fluckiger from Fluckiger
\nRace Chassis is helping us out with the setup, we refreshed our R.A.D.
\nAutomachine engine, and I have great support from Star Hardware, Star
\nRentals, Jay\u2019s Auto, and Rob Roy Electric, so we think we can win this
\n year,\u201d said Fluckiger. \u201cI\u2019d like to think we\u2019re going to go for the
\nchampionship this year, but that won\u2019t be easy, there\u2019s a really tough field
\nthis year in the DARE division. There\u2019s about 8 or 9 cars that are going to
\nbe good and running up front every week.\u201d<\/p>\n

To join Fluckiger in making a donation to The Conn. Chapter of Autism Speaks
\non behalf of Stan Mertz, and for more information on the event, please refer
\nto the CARQUEST Champions for Charities donation page located at
\nwww.staffordspeedway.com.<\/p>\n

CARQUEST Champions For Charities is part of CARQUEST Super Saturday, which
\nwill take place on Saturday, June 30, 2012 and feature the ISMA Super
\nModifieds, NEMA Midgets, and Pro-4 Modifieds in addition to the Senior
\nOutlaw Wild Thing Karts. Tickets for CARQUEST Super Saturday are on sale
\nnow at the Speedway Box Office and are priced at $33.00 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 $35.00 for all ages. All ticket prices include 10% CT
\nAdmission Tax. As always, Stafford Motor Speedway offers free parking with
\novernight parking available.<\/p>\n

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(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway\u2019s CARQUEST Champions For Charities race pairs championship open wheel winning drivers with a charity of their choice. Pro-4 Modified Limited champion Stan Mertz is paired with the Connecticut chapter of Autism Speaks and his donation total will be getting a boost from Stafford DARE Stock driver Kris Fluckiger. Fluckiger will donate […]<\/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":[15041,7966],"class_list":["post-9423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-new-england","category-stafford-connecticut","tag-kris-fluckiger","tag-stafford-speedway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9423","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=9423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}