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01/29/2011 |
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CARQUEST
CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITIES DRIVER SPOTLIGHT:
TED CHRISTOPHER |
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 As
the excitement builds for the June 28th CARQUEST
Extreme Tuesday Champions for Charities event,
Stafford Speedway has been busy coordinating
charities and the drivers that will represent them.
The field for the CARQUEST Champions for Charities
race is impressive, as it represents 42
championships among 12 drivers and 5 different open
wheel divisions.
Ted Christopher, Stafford’s all-time winningest
driver with 110 feature victories, will continue a
relationship that he forged during the 2010 season
and will be racing to raise funds for the
Connecticut Breast Health Initiative. Last season,
Christopher raised $100 for each feature victory and
$1 for every lap he completed at Stafford for the CT
Breast Health Initiative. With a matching
contribution from Stafford Motor Speedway,
Christopher was able to raise $4,000, which he
presented during the CARQUEST Belts & Hose Pit Party
during the CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend festivities.
In addition to his CARQUEST Champions For Charities
duties, Christopher has plans to once again raise
money through his laps completed and feature
victories at Stafford during the 2011 season.
“I’m really looking forward to it,” said
Christopher. “We’re going to do the same deal that
we did last year with the wins and laps. Everyone
was real appreciative of what we were able to do
last year and hopefully this year I can win more
races than I did last year and raise more money. A
friend of my wife’s had breast cancer and she was
only 24. Breast cancer is a disease that
unfortunately affects a lot of families and we’re
trying to help raise money to defeat breast cancer.
The great thing about the CT Breast Health
Initiative is that all the money we raise is
distributed right here in Connecticut.”
The starting lineups for the CARQUEST Champions For
Charities qualifying races will be determined by how
much money each driver raises for their selected
charity. The starting grid will be set with the
drivers who have raised the most money starting up
front. Fans are encouraged to get involved in the
event by donating to their favorite driver or
favorite charity. To make a donation to the
Connecticut Breast Health Initiative and for more
information on the event please refer to the
CARQUEST Champions for Charities donation page
located at
www.staffordspeedway.com. Stay tuned to
www.staffordspeedway.com for more driver spotlights
and exciting information regarding the CARQUEST
Champions for Charities event.
While Christopher has 110 career wins spread over 5
divisions at Stafford, the CARQUEST Champions For
Charities event will mark a new segment of his
racing career at Stafford. Christopher and the
CARQUEST Champions For Charities field will sit
behind the wheel of a Wild Thing Senior Outlaw Go
Kart and will race around the Stafford Mini-Mile
rather than the half-mile that the field of champion
drivers is used to navigating when they come to race
at Stafford.
CARQUEST Extreme Tuesday will take place on June 28,
2011 and will also feature the ISMA Super Modifieds,
NEMA Midgets, and Pro-4 Modifieds. Tickets for
CARQUEST Extreme Tuesday are on sale now at the
Speedway Box Office and are priced at $30.00 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 $32.00 for all
ages. As always, Stafford Motor Speedway offers free
parking with overnight parking available.
For more information, contact the Stafford Motor
Speedway track office at
860-684-2783 or visit us on the web at
www.staffordspeedway.com. |
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Source: Scott Running / Stafford Motor Speedway
Posted: January
29, 2011 |
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