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HOOSIER TIRE
EAST'S BOB SUMMERS NAMED GRAND MARSHAL
OF NAPA FALL FINAL WEEKEND AT STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY |
 Stafford
Motor Speedway has announced that Bob Summers of
Hoosier Tire East will serve as the Grand Marshal of
the 42nd Annual NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final. Summers
will send the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour to the
green flag for the 150 lap race with the most famous
words in motorsports.
Summers, now a Hoosier Tire distributor, began his
60-year career in the tire business in 1955 working
for the Firestone tire company in Indianapolis.
During his time with Firestone Summers worked with
some of the legends of the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway such as Mario Andretti, the Unsers, and A.J.
Foyt as well as a host of Grand National, Sprint Cup
as it is currently known, drivers. Summers left
Firestone in 1981 and a phone call from Bob Newton
shortly thereafter got Summers into the business as
a Hoosier distributor. Summers passion for short
track racing is still going strong 34 years later
operating Hoosier Tire East out of Manchester, CT.
Currently Hoosier Tire East services local tracks
Stafford, Thompson, and Waterford as well as the
Whelen Modified Tour, and the Super Modifieds at
Star Speedway.
“It’s an absolute honor to be the Grand Marshal of
the NAPA Fall Final,” said Summers. “I hung around
racing a lot as a kid and I hung around Firestone a
lot and when one of the guys quit, I took his place
and the rest is history. Firestone started phasing
out of short track racing and I left in 1981 and
then a couple of weeks later I got a call from Bob
Newton and we made a deal that made me a
distributor. It’s been a great relationship, Hoosier
has great people and they’ve done a lot for me and
I’ve done a lot for them also. I’m looking forward
to giving the command and I have to also recognize
my wife Connie and my son Robbie. When I first got
started in 1981, I couldn’t have got this business
going without their help.”
The 2015 NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final Weekend gets
underway on Saturday, October 3rd with practice
sessions for Stafford’s Whelen All-American Series
divisions, the Legend Cars, and the Whelen Modified
Tour. Action continues on with Coors Light Pole
Qualifying for the Whelen Modified Tour cars, along
with heat races for Stafford’s weekly divisions and
the Legend Cars with action wrapping up on Saturday
with feature events for the SK Light, Limited Late
Model, DARE Stock, and Legend Cars divisions. The
Legend Cars feature will be a national qualifier
event. The NAPA Fall Final continues on Sunday,
October 4th with the NAPA Auto Parts Pit Party from
11am-12noon followed by Stafford’s SK Modifieds® and
Late Models joining the Whelen Modified Tour in
feature action.
Tickets for the NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final Weekend
are on sale now at the Speedway Box Office. Tickets
are priced at $38.50 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 will be
priced at $42.00 for all ages. All ticket prices
include 10% CT Admission Tax.
For more information on the 42nd Annual NAPA Auto
Parts Fall Final, 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
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Stafford Motor Speedway
Posted:
September 28, 2015 |
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