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09/13/2011 |
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CARQUEST FALL
FINAL WEEKEND TO CLOSE OUT
2011 SEASON AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY |
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 Stafford
Motor Speedway will close out its 2011 NASCAR season
with the 39th Annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend,
scheduled for Sept. 30th through Oct. 2nd. The track
will host the final races for its five NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series divisions as well as the
penultimate round of the 2011 NASCAR Whelen Modified
Tour season. Stafford will crown its track champions
that weekend and the Whelen Modified Tour
championship could potentially be decided.
In the three Whelen Modified Tour races held at
Stafford thus far this season, there has been three
different winners with Bobby Santos winning the
CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler in April, current
WMT points leader Ronnie Silk won the TSI
Harley-Davidson 125 in May, and Ted Christopher won
the Town Fair Tire 150 in August. Silk won the most
recent WMT race at Delaware Speedway in Canada, and
he currently holds a 77-point lead over Todd Szegedy
in the chase for the championship.
The Whelen Modified Tour will race at Thompson, Lime
Rock, and New Hampshire before heading to Stafford
for the CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend. Both Silk and
Szegedy have stellar records at each of those three
tracks, so the points race promises to be tight when
the Tour returns to Stafford. Silk recorded top-5
finishes in each of those races last season and he
has 2 second place finishes along with an 11th and a
23rd place finish at Thompson and New Hampshire this
season. Szegedy's record has been just as good as
Silk's, with two top-6 finishes in those three races
last season and he has finishes of first, third,
sixth, and 22nd at Thompson and New Hampshire this
season.
Stafford’s tightest weekly point races are in the
Limited Late Model division, where Kevin Gambacorta
currently holds a 2-point lead over Shawn Thibeault,
and in the DARE Stock division, where Don Wood has
an 8-point lead over Andrew Hayes. In Stafford’s
Late Model and SK Light Modified divisions, there
are two drivers looking to repeat as track
champions. 2010 Late Model champion Ryan Posocco
holds a 30-point advantage over Woody Pitkat, and
2010 SK Light champion Matt Galko is currently 40
points clear of Joey Cipriano. In Stafford’s premier
SK Modified® division, Ryan Preece is currently 64
points ahead of Pitkat.
The 39th Annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend kicks
off on Friday, Sept. 30 with pit gates opening at
12:00pm with a practice session running from 2:00pm
to 6:30pm for Stafford’s weekly divisions. The
General Admission grandstands will be open to the
public at no charge for the practice session. The
G.A. Grandstands will open at 2pm.
Action continues on Saturday, Oct. 1 with Coors
Light Pole Qualifying for the Whelen Modified Tour
cars at 2:15pm, followed by heat and consolation
races for Stafford’s weekly divisions. Saturday’s
events wrap up with feature events for Stafford’s SK
Light Modified, Limited Late Model, and DARE Stock
divisions.
The CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend continues on Sunday,
Oct. 2 with the famous Stafford CARQUEST Belts &
Hose Pit Party kicking off the day’s activities from
11:00am to 12:00pm, with the final SK Modified® and
Late Model feature events of 2011 being accompanied
by the Whelen Modified Tour 150-lap CARQUEST Fall
Final.
Tickets for the CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend are
available and on sale now at the Stafford Motor
Speedway Box Office. Tickets are priced at $35.00
for adult General Admission, $5.00 for children ages
6-14, and children ages 5 & under are free. Reserved
seating is $38.00 for all ages. All tickets cover
both Saturday and Sunday admission to the Fall
Final. As always, Stafford Motor Speedway offers
free parking with overnight parking available.
Tickets can be ordered by calling the Stafford Motor
Speedway track office at 860-684-2783.
For more information, or to order tickets, 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: September
13, 2011 |
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