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12/05/2014 |
CALL BEFORE YOU
DIG RETURNS AS TITLE SPONSOR OF AUGUST
WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR EVENT AT STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY |
Stafford
Motor Speedway has announced that Call Before You
Dig has returned as the title sponsor of the track’s
August 7th NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event. The
2015 Call Before You Dig 150 will mark the second
consecutive season that CBYD has served as the title
sponsor of the NWMT race at Stafford.
“We were all very pleased with our sponsorship of
the race this season,” said Derek Brown, Vice
President of Damage Prevention and Education for
Call Before You Dig. “This race works out great for
us to be able to not only promote Call Before You
Dig, but our 811 nationwide number and our
www.cbyd.com website as well. The NASCAR Whelen
Modified Tour race brings the biggest crowds, so
it’s an ideal race for us to sponsor in order to
reach the largest audience. That fact combined with
the close proximity of the race date to August 11 is
the perfect combination for CBYD. August 11th is
National 811 Day, which we use to remind everyone
that it’s the law and you must call 811 before
undertaking any type of project that involves
digging underground.”
Last year’s Call Before You Dig 150 saw hometown
driver Woody Pitkat score his very first career
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in a dominating drive
that saw him lead 111 of the race’s 150 laps to beat
Ronnie Silk to the checkered flag by over 3 seconds.
The Call Before You Dig 150 has been a race where
typically the cream rises to the top. In the 15 CBYD
150’s that have been run at Stafford Speedway since
the year 2000, 11 times the race has been won by a
driver who was either a former or future NASCAR
Whelen Modified Tour Champion. Mike Stefanik was the
2001 winner, Ted Christopher was the 2002, 2007, and
2011 winner, Todd Szegedy was the 2003, 2004, and
2010 winner, Tony Hirschman was the 2005 winner,
Ryan Preece was the 2009 winner, Doug Coby was the
2012 winner, and Bobby Santos, III was the 2013
winner. The only 4 drivers who have broken the cycle
of champions in NAPA Victory Lane for the Call
Before You Dig 150 were John Blewett, III in 2000,
James Civali in 2006, Jimmy Blewett in 2008, and
Pitkat this past season.
Call Before You Dig is a non-profit organization
funded by public utility companies with facilities
located in Connecticut. Call Before You Dig is a
free service that provides homeowners and
professional excavators an easy way to learn just
what underground utilities lie within their proposed
work area. 811 was created to help people know
what's below and from unintentionally hitting
underground utility lines while working on
excavation projects. 811 is a free call to make, and
calling Call Before You Dig before using mechanized
excavating equipment is the law in Connecticut.
After 2 full working days of your call, a
representative from each member utility company that
may be affected by an excavation project will come
to the site and mark the utility location of their
underground facilities with color coded paint or
flags, or call if there are no conflicts. Call
Before You Dig can be found online at www.cbyd.com
for more detailed information and guidance.
Contractors can use the
cbyd.com website to get an E-ticket, in
which case they wouldn’t have to call. The E-ticket
is available online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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:
December 5, 2014 |
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