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RGeeProductions
10-27-2011, 07:57 PM
During the 2011 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series
season at Stafford Motor Speedway, drivers took home an extra $28,000 in
contingency bonuses. Of that total, $25,800 came from Stafford Motor
Speedway’s Contingency Program, while Reliable Welding and Speed’s
sponsorship of the track’s Rookie of the Year Program totaled another $2,200
and Rogers Towing contributed $300.

In the SK Modified® division, CARQUEST Auto Parts, Trantolo & Trantolo Law
Firm, Call Before You Dig, and New England Racing Fuel contributed a grand
total of $10,025. In the Late Model division, CARQUEST Auto Parts and New
England Racing Fuel provided a grand total of $4,750. In the SK Light
division, The Davidson Company in Memory of Dave Rowe and New England Racing
Fuel contributed a grand total of $4,275. The SK Light division also
welcomed a new contingency sponsor in Gunsmoke Stables with the Gunsmoke
Stables Front Runner Challenge, which was worth another $2,000 to SK Light
drivers. In the Limited Late Model division, CARQUEST Auto Parts and New
England Racing Fuel contributed a grand total of $3,325 for competitors, and
New England Racing Fuel contributed $1,425 to DARE Stock competitors.

Stafford’s two largest contributors to the Contingency Program this season
were CARQUEST Auto Parts and New England Racing Fuel with their Sunoco
Brand. CARQUEST Auto Parts paid out an additional $6,975 to drivers in the
SK Modified®, Late Model, and Limited Late Model divisions, while New
England Racing Fuel supported all five of Stafford’s NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series racing divisions with over $9,000 in certificates that
were redeemable at the track for Sunoco Race Fuel.

Additonal contingency awards were paid out by Reliable Welding and Speed,
who contributed $2,200 to the Stafford Motor Speedway Rookie of the Year
program. Heather DesRochers will receive a $700 bonus as the SK Modified
Rookie of the Year, while Peter Thickett, Cody Gneiting, and D.J. Burnham
will each receive $500 bonuses as the Late Model, SK Light Modified, and
Limited Late Model Rookies of the Year. Reliable Welding and Speed’s
sponsorship pushes the total 2011 Stafford contingency award bonuses paid to
$28,000 for the 2011 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season.

Rogers Towing was another contributor to the Stafford Contingency Program,
offering bonuses of $100 and $50 to the first and second place SK Modified®
feature finishers in the season opening CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler as
well as the CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend for a total of $300.

Stafford Motor Speedway is currently looking for partners to join the SMS
Contingency Program for the 2012 season. If you would like to become a
Contingency Program Partner at Stafford Speedway, please contact the
Speedway Office at 860-684-2783.

For more information about the Stafford Motor Speedway, or its Contingency
Progarm, contact the track office at 860-684-2783, or visit the Contingency
Program portion of Stafford’s Marketing Kit on the web at
www.staffordspeedway.com (http://www.staffordspeedway.com).

Scott Running