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01-06-2011, 11:37 PM
CARQUEST AUTO PARTS & STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
LAUNCH AN IMPRESSIVE FIELD OF CHAMPIONS AND CHARITIES

CARQUEST and Stafford Motor Speedway have begun the
New Year in the spirit of giving by extending personal invitations to
open-wheel Champions for the very first CARQUEST Champions for Charities
event.

“With the driving talent that we have lined up, it’s going to be a great
fight to see who will end up in victory lane as the race winner,” said Rich
Pallai, Vice President of Marketing for CARQUEST. “However, the biggest
winner will be the charities that the drivers are racing for.”

Special invitations have been sent to past and current champions from the
Whelen Modified Tour, Whelen All-American Series, ISMA Super Modifieds,
Modified Racing Series, and Stafford’s SK Modified® divisions to form a
star-studded cast that will pilot Senior Outlaw Go-Karts all in the name of
charity. A list of 12 drivers has been confirmed for the CARQUEST Champions
for Charities race, which will be held in conjunction with the CARQUEST
Extreme Tuesday program.

“CARQUEST Auto Parts and Stafford Speedway are pleased to support this
important charity drive by making a contribution of $3,000 that will be
shared among each driver,” said Mark Arute Stafford Motor Speedway General
Manager. “It is going to be great to see Champions from all different series
come together and race for our fans in a car foreign to them all in the name
of charity.”

Fans will have the chance to help their favorite drivers to victory lane by
donating to their specific charity. Starting positions for the
all-important qualifying races will be set in order of the most money
raised; the top two fund raisers will be the pole sitters, the 3rd and 4th
highest fundraisers will be on the outside poles, and so on to set the rest
of the field.

Donations can be made through the CARQUEST Champions for Charities page that
will linked on the staffordspeedway.com home page throughout the months
leading up to the event.

Below are the past and present open-wheel Champions who are confirmed:
? Ted Christopher - NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champion, 7-time Stafford SK
Modified® Track Champion - Racing For Connecticut Breast Health Initiative
? Stewart Friesen - 2010 Race of Champions DART DIRT Modified Tour Champion,
Syracuse 200 Race Winner - Racing For The Spalding Foundation
? Donny Lia - 2-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champion - Racing For
Autism Speaks Connecticut Chapter
? Jon McKennedy - 2-time Modified Racing Series Champion - Charity T-B-A
? Chris Perley - 6-time ISMA Supermodified Champion - Charity T-B-A
? Bob Potter - 5-time Stafford SK Modified® Track Champion - Racing For
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Connecticut Chapter
? Keith Rocco - 2010 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series National Champion,
2-time Stafford SK Modified® Track Champion - Racing For Make A Wish Wishes
On Wheels
? Frank Ruocco - 2006 Stafford SK Modified® Track Champion - Racing For
Lustgarten Foundation to Cure Pancreatic Cancer
? Bobby Santos, III - NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champion - Racing For
Massachusetts Children’s Fund
? Mike Stefanik - 7-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champion - Racing For
Connecticut Breast Health Initiative
? Todd Szegedy - 2-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champion - Charity T-B-A
? Russ Wood - 7-time ISMA Supermodified Champion - Charity T-B-A

For more information about CARQUEST Extreme Tuesday and the CARQUEST
Champions For Charities event, please call the Stafford Motor Speedway track
office at 860-684-2783, or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com.

Scott Running