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JERRY MARQUIS
NAMED GRAND MARSHAL OF
NAPA FALL FINAL WEEKEND AT STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY |
Stafford
Motor Speedway has announced that modified great
Jerry Marquis will serve as the Grand Marshal of the
44th Annual NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final. Marquis will
send the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour to the green
flag for their 150-lap race with the most famous
words in motorsports.
Marquis has a long and storied career in New England
Motorsports. Marquis has collected over 150 feature
wins and 23 track championships during his career.
Marquis is also a former NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
champion, wining the title during the 2000 season
driving the #44 car owned by Mario Fiore and he is a
2-time NASCAR Whelen All-American Series regional
champion, winning the Northeast Region in 1991 and
the New England Region in 1999. When it comes to his
racing career just at Stafford Speedway, Marquis has
some impressive numbers.
Marquis is a 3-time Stafford Speedway track
champion, winning the Late Model Sportsman
championship in 1980 and 1981 and he was the 1999 SK
Modified® track champion driving for Rob Chowansky’s
team. Marquis nearly pulled off a championship
double during the 2000 season but he came up just
short of Ted Christopher in the race for the SK
Modified® crown while he won the Whelen Modified
Crown. Marquis has won a total of 16 races at
Stafford spread across the LM Sportsman, ProStock,
K&N Pro Series East, SK Modified®, and Whelen
Modified Tour divisions, including the 2004 Spring
Sizzler. Marquis will be inducted into the NEAR Hall
of Fame this year along with Ken Bouchard, Ricky
Craven, Nokie Fornoro, George “Moose” Hewitt, Dwight
Jarvis, and Randy LaJoie.
“It’s an honor to be asked to serve as the Grand
Marshal and I kid with my wife now that this just
means I’m at a point in my career where I’m old,”
said Marquis. “But there’s so many drivers who have
come through Stafford so this is definitely an
honor. You work hard at racing and you have a lot of
fun and meet a lot of people, but it’s always nice
to be able to meet and talk with the fans when you
go back to the track and they still recognize you
and appreciate what you’ve done to put on shows for
them. Being inducted into the NEAR Hall of Fame is a
great honor for me and I have a lot of great
memories at Stafford. I think my favorite Stafford
memory was when we won the Modified Tour 300-lap
race. I was running for Mario Fiore that year and
having that team behind me, it was so much fun and
those guys put me in position to win in more races
than I can remember that season. I remember our
final pit stop during that 300 I told all the guys
that we’ve got this race in the bag because the car
was phenomenal that day. We passed Mike Ewanitsko
for the lead and it was a big accomplishment for me
to be racing against Art Barry’s car and Mike was
one of the hardest charging drivers that I raced
against. Winning that race was a huge reward for us
and I’ve had a very gratifying 34 years in racing.”
The 2016 NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final Weekend gets
underway on Saturday, October 1st with practice
sessions for Stafford’s Whelen All-American Series
divisions, Legend Cars, TQ Midgets, Mr. Rooter Truck
Series, and the Whelen Modified Tour. Action
continues with Coors Light Pole Qualifying for the
Whelen Modified Tour cars, along with heat races for
all divisions with feature events for the SK Light,
Limited Late Model, DARE Stock, Legend Cars, TQ
Midgets, and Mr. Rooter Truck Series divisions
wrapping up Saturday’s on track activities. The
Legend Cars feature will be a national qualifier
event. The NAPA Fall Final continues on Sunday,
October 2nd 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. Visit your local
participating NAPA Auto Parts Store for discount
tickets.
For more information on the 44th 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 / Stafford Motor Speedway
Posted:
September 26, 2016 |
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