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07/07/2011 |
CARQUEST AUTO
PARTS AND STAFFORD SPEEDWAY TEAM UP TO RAISE
OVER $44,000 FOR CHARITY WITH CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITIES EVENT |
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As
part of the 8th Annual CARQUEST Extreme Tuesday
event at Stafford Motor Speedway, CARQUEST and
Stafford teamed up to create a charity race,
CARQUEST Champions For Charities. The result was a
smashing success as over $44,000 was raised for the
various charities that were represented by 14 open
wheel champion drivers. CARQUEST and Stafford
contributed $3,000 to the total with the other
$41,000 plus raised through donations that were made
by drivers, team members, fans, and businesses.
“We were thrilled with the response we saw for this
event,” said CARQUEST VP of Marketing Rich Pallai.
“Everyone really got behind it and to raise over
$44,000 for charity was a great accomplishment.
We’re looking forward to the 2012 edition of
CARQUEST Champions For Charities and we intend to
build upon the success of this year’s event.”
Special invitations were extended to 14 open wheel
champions for the race and each driver selected a
charity that they would be representing. Leading the
way in the charity race was 2006 Stafford SK
Modified® champion Frank Ruocco, who raised $18,885
for the Lustgargen Foundation to fight Pancreatic
Cancer. Russ Wood was second with $5,795 raised for
Racing Against Cancer, Keith Rocco raised $4,230 for
the Connecticut Wishes on Wheels Program, Woody
Pitkat raised $2,728 for Victory Junction Gang Camp,
Richie Pallai, Jr. raised $2,425 for the Danbury
Animal Welfare Socitety, Mike Stefanik raised $2,150
for the National MS Society, Stan Mertz raised
$1,730 for the Connecticut Chapter of Autism Speaks,
Todd Szegedy raised $1,178 for the Foundation For
Life, Bobby Santos, III raised $1,067 for the USAC
Benevolent Fund to benefit Eric Saunders, Ted
Christopher raised $1,016 for the Connecticut Breast
Health Initiative, Randy Cabral raised $937 for the
Spalding Foundation, Bob Potter raised $881 for
Compassion for Cats of New London County, Chris
Perley raised $550 for the North Shore Arthritis
Walk in honor of Katie Blouin, and Jon McKennedy
raised $485 for the Relay For Life of Pelham, NH.
The 15-lap CARQUEST Champions For Charities event
featured each open wheel champion driver behind the
wheel of a Wild Thing Kart Senior Outlaw machine,
which races on Stafford’s Mini-Mile on Monday
nights. The race was a thrill a second with a new
leader virtually every lap in the first 10 laps
before a caution came out for debris on the track.
Defending NASCAR Whelen All-American Series National
Champion Keith Rocco took the checkered flag after a
thrilling duel over the final laps with 2-time
Modified Racing Series champion Jon McKennedy.
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: July
7, 2011 |
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