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GARY BARNES
OF NAPA CANTON
TO SERVE AS NAPA FALL FINAL GRAND MARSHAL |
Stafford
Motor Speedway has announced that NAPA Canton store
owner Gary Barnes will serve as the Grand Marshal of
the 45th Annual NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final Weekend.
Barnes will send the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour to
the green flag for their 150-lap race with the most
famous words in motorsports.
“I’m really thrilled to be the Grand Marshal,” said
Barnes. “It’s something that I never expected and
I’m really looking forward to the opportunity. It’s
a huge honor. We’ve been in business for 27 years
and we’ve been with NAPA for almost the entire 27
years. It’s been a great relationship with NAPA and
we’re proud to be NAPA Store owners and also to be
part of Stafford Speedway along with NAPA.
Partnering with the track is something that we could
never do on our own but to be part of the NAPA group
and to be able to have such a presence at Stafford,
it’s been great and Stafford does a really great job
of promoting NAPA. From the announcers with Ben
Dodge and Matt Bucker to all the drivers who go to
victory lane, they all thank NAPA for participating
at Stafford and that is a big thing for us as store
owners.”
Barnes has owned and operated the NAPA Canton
location for the past 27 years and he has sponsored
the SK Modified® teams of Curt Brainard and Ryan
Preece and more recently he has been helping the SK
Light teams of Cory DiMatteo and Glenn Korner.
“We’ve been with Ryan Preece and done the most with
him and it’s been a thrill of a lifetime,” said
Barnes. “We’ve been fortunate to travel with Ryan
wherever he might be racing, whether its SK’s at
Stafford, the Modified Tour, or the Cup and Xfinity
races he’s run. We’ve done some things with Curt
Brainard over the years with Curt being from Canton
and we’ve enjoyed our relationship with Curt. We
also help out Cory DiMatteo and Glenn Korner in the
SK Lights and the cool thing about our relationship
with them is that we do business with both of their
fathers. We’re very fortunate to have been able to
work with the drivers that we have over the years.”
Ryan Preece kicked off the 2017 season by winning
the NAPA Spring Sizzler back in April and he won the
Stafford 150 in August. A third NASCAR Whelen
Modified Tour win at Stafford would be extra special
for Barnes and his NAPA Canton team.
“It’s always exciting for us when Ryan races at
Stafford because that’s his home track,” said
Barnes. “Winning the first two Tour races at
Stafford, especially the NAPA Spring Sizzler, it
would be tremendous if he were able to win the NAPA
Fall Final. I know the Sizzler was a race that had
been on his list for a while that he wanted to win
because it’s such a prestigious race and it would be
a nice bookend to the season if he can win the Fall
Final.”
Discount tickets for the NAPA Fall Final Weekend are
available at your local participating NAPA Auto
Parts Store. The NAPA tickets include general
admission for both days along with a lunch buffet on
Sunday, all for only $38 per person. For a list of
participating NAPA Stores, please click the
PARTICIPATING NAPA STORES link found at the top of
the
www.staffordspeedway.com homepage.
The 2017 NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final Weekend gets
underway on Saturday, September 30th with practice
sessions for Stafford’s Whelen All-American Series
divisions, 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 and consolation races for all
divisions with feature events for the SK Light,
Limited Late Model, DARE Stock, and Mr. Rooter Truck
Series divisions wrapping up Saturday’s on track
activities. The NAPA Fall Final continues on Sunday,
October 1st with the NAPA Auto Parts Pit Party from
11am-12noon followed by a number retirement ceremony
for Ted Christopher and pre-race activities before
Stafford’s SK Modifieds® and Late Models take to the
track along with the Whelen Modified Tour in feature
action starting at 1pm.
Tickets for the NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final Weekend
are available and on sale now at the Speedway Box
Office. Tickets are priced at $40.00 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 45th 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 21, 2017 |
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