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9/29/2010 |
ROBERT
ALDERTON FROM CARQUEST BELTS & HOSE TO SERVE AS CARQUEST
FALL FINAL WEEKEND GRAND MARSHAL AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY |
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Robert
“Michigan Bob” Alderton, Regional Manager for CARQUEST Belts & Hose,
has been named as the Grand Marshal of Stafford Motor Speedway’s
38th annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend. As Regional Manager for
CARQUEST Belts and Hose, Alderton is responsible for the entire
Northeast from the Dakotas to Maine and as far south as St. Louis,
covering 12 CARQUEST Distribution Centers. Alderton will give the
command to send the Whelen Modified Tour on its way with the most
famous words in motorsports and he will also indulge his inner
motorcycle enthusiast by being part of the pre-race pace laps by
riding a 2010 Harley-Davidson courtesy of TSI Harley-Davidson.
“It was very surprising that I got the call to do this for a second
time,” said Alderton. “It’s a huge honor for me and I’m looking
forward to seeing the Whelen Modified Tour cars race again.”
CARQUEST Belts and Hose has been the presenting sponsor of the
CARQUEST Belts & Hose Pit Parties for each of the past 5 seasons and
their participation has helped carry on a 20 plus year tradition of
Stafford Speedway hosting Pit Parties. The CARQUEST Belts and Hose
Pit Party will be part of the celebration of 25 years together in
racing between CARQUEST Auto Parts and Stafford Motor Speedway.
“We’ve been involved with the Spring and Fall events at Stafford for
the past 5 years and it’s always a great race event with a great
bunch of people,” said Alderton. “Jeff Brekke, Steve Nichols, and
myself had a meeting with Rich Pallai several years ago and we saw
some of the pictures of Stafford in Rich’s office and we got to
talking about how we could become involved in the program. Rich
suggested that we could do something with the Pit Parties in the
spring and the fall, which has been a win, win situation for us.
Racing fans are very brand loyal customers, and our involvement with
the Pit Parties is a unique way for us to reach CARQUEST customers
and promote the CARQUEST Belts and Hose name.”
This year’s CARQUEST Belts and Hose Pit Party will offer a special
bonus. The first 700 fans that enter through the CARQUEST Belts and
Hose Pit Party gates will receive a reusable bag compliments of
CARQUEST Auto Parts. Fans can also stop by the #39 Bosch Spark Plugs
car of Richie Pallai, Jr. to receive a complimentary CARQUEST Belts
& Hose tee-shirt. The CARQUEST Belts and Hose Pit Party will give
fans the opportunity to meet the drivers and cars of Stafford’s five
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions as well as the drivers
and cars of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.
The 38th annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend gets underway Friday,
October 1st with a practice session for Stafford’s weekly divisions.
The general admission grandstands will be open to the public at no
charge for the practice session.
Action continues on Saturday, October 2nd with Coors Light Pole
Qualifying for the Whelen Modified Tour cars, along with heat and
consolation races for Stafford’s five NASCAR Whelen All-American
Series divisions. Following the heat and consolation events will be
the final 2010 feature events for Stafford’s SK Light, Limited Late
Model, and DARE Stock divisions, including the All-Star
Paradiso-Muska Shoot-Out event for the DARE Stocks.
On Sunday, October 3rd, the CARQUEST Belts & Hose Pit Party takes
center stage beginning at 11:00am as all the racecars, drivers, and
teams gather on Stafford Motor Speedway’s infield to meet and greet
fans. The pit party concludes at noon and the first race of the day
will be the 30-lap Late Model feature at 1:00pm. The SK Modified®
feature will follow the Late Model feature and “Michigan Bob”
Alderton will send the Whelen Modified Tour field on its way for the
CARQUEST 150 at approximately 3:15pm.
Tickets for the 38th annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend are on sale
now at the Speedway Box Office. Tickets will also be available for
purchase the day of the event at the admission gates. Tickets are
priced at $35.00 for adult general admission tickets, $5.00 for
children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 and under are admitted free
of charge when accompanied by an adult. Reserved seating is priced
at $38.00 for all ages. As always, Stafford Motor Speedway offers
free parking with weekend overnight parking available at no extra
cost.
For more information, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track
office at 860-684-2783 or visit us us on the web at
www.staffordspeedway.com. |
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Source: Scott Running / Stafford Motor Speedway
Posted: September
29, 2010 |
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