NASCAR Camping World Series Added to CARQUEST Fall Final
Stafford Springs, CT — Stafford Motor Speedway has announced that its season ending CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend event has added the NASCAR Camping World East Series, formerly known as the NASCAR Busch East Series, to its weekend lineup. The NASCAR Camping World East Series will join the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour to give the Connecticut half-mile two 150-lap NASCAR Touring events and create a sensational weekend of NASCAR racing to close out the 2008 Whelen All-American Series season at Stafford Motor Speedway.
The 36th annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend, scheduled for September 26-28, will feature the two NASCAR Touring events plus the final SK Modified®, Late Model, SK Light, Limited Late Model, and DARE Stock events of the 2008 season that will see the crowning of the five 2008 Stafford Motor Speedway Track Champions.
The addition of the NASCAR Camping World East Series to the CARQUEST Fall Final once again brings the event back to its original format. The CARQUEST Fall Final was run as a combination Whelen Modified Tour / NASCAR Camping World Series combination event from 2001-2003 before returning to modifieds only in 2004.
The inaugural Fall Final was run in 1973 and was the brainchild of Stafford Motor Speedway track promoter Jack Arute, Jr. and Ken Squire as a way to try to make Stafford Motor Speedway into the Martinsville of the north by hosting premier race events in both the spring and fall. The inaugural Fall Final was a stand-alone 80-lap feature race for the NASCAR Northern Late Model Stock Car Series, which has now become the NASCAR Camping World East Series. Without a modified race as part of the event, there was a boycott by media and fans alike which brought about the addition of the modifieds to the Fall Final schedule the next year in 1974. Today, the CARQUEST Fall Final is the second longest continuous running event on the SMS schedule of events. The CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler, scheduled for April 25-28, 2008, will be the 37th annual running of that event while the CARQUEST Fall Final will be the 36th running of that event.
Tickets for the 36th Annual CARQUEST Fall Final weekend are available and on sale now at the Stafford Motor Speedway Box Office. Tickets are priced at $35.00 for Adult General Admission, $5.00 for Children Ages 6-14, and FREE for Children ages 5 & under. Adult Reserved Seating is priced at $38.00. All tickets are good for admission to the Saturday and Sunday portions of the CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend, the Friday practice session will be open to the public at no cost. As always, Stafford Motor Speedway offers FREE Parking with overnight parking for RV’s and campers available for the weekend.
For more information on the 36th Annual CARQUEST Fall Final, or to order tickets, contact Stafford Motor Speedway at (860) 684-2783 or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com.
Sources: Scott Running/Stafford Motor Speedway PR