CARQUEST Belts & Hose Pit Party Ushers In a New Season of Racing at Stafford’s CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler
Stafford Springs, CT — Stafford Motor Speedway opens its doors to the racing season with the 41st Annual CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler on April 28-29, with the CARQUEST Belts & Hose Pit Party again ready to serve a distinguished role in the weekend’s activities. The CARQUEST Belts and Hose Pit Party gives fans the chance to get up close and personal with their favorite drivers and cars on the frontstretch infield prior to racing activities on Sunday, April 29th. Fans will have access to all of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour drivers as well as drivers from Stafford’s five NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions. One driver who will have an extra special giveaway during this year’s CARQUEST Belts & Hose Pit Party is Richie Pallai, Jr.
Pallai is the driver of the #39 Bosch Spark Plugs Chevrolet on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and he is one of the 13 drivers that will be taking part in the CARQUEST Champions For Charities race as part of CARQUEST Super Saturday on June 30. As part of his fundraising duties for the Danbury Animal Welfare Socitey (DAWS), Pallai will be giving away CARQUEST Belts and Hose tee-shirts during the CARQUEST Belts and Hose Pit Party for a $5.00 donation to DAWS.
Pallai’s tee-shrit giveaway will be just one of many items that will be given away by drivers during the CARQUEST Belts & Hose Pit Party. Drivers will also be available to sign autographs and pose for pictures, as well as giving race fans unique access to their chariots of speed that they hope will carry them to CARQUEST Victory Lane during this year’s CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler Weekend.
The CARQUEST Belts and Hose Pit Party turns 23 this year as the very first Stafford Pit Party was held in 1990. Stafford saw how successful the pit party concept was during its Monster Truck events, and they decided to implement the Pit Party as part of the race weekend festivities for the first time at the 1990 CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend. While the pit party concept was new to weekly New England race tracks, it has gained in popularity throughout the years and is now considered an industry standard at many tracks throughout the northeast. CARQUEST Belts and Hose became the title sponsor of the Stafford Pit Party in 2007, making the 2012 season the 5th consecutive year that Stafford’s pit parties have carried title sponsorship from CARQUEST Belts and Hose.
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The CARQUEST Belts & Hose Pit Party will be held on Sunday, April 29 as part of the 41st annual Tech-Net Spring Sizzler presented by CARQUEST from 11am-noon. Tickets for “The Greatest Race in the History of Spring” are now on sale at the Stafford Motor Speedway box office. Tickets are priced at $38.50 for adult general admission tickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, free for children ages 5 & under, and reserved seating is priced at $42.00 for all ages. Tickets are good for admission to the Saturday, April 28, and Sunday, April 29 portions of the Tech-Net Spring Sizzler, with the Friday, April 27 practice session open the public free of charge. The CARQUEST Belts & Hose Pit Party is open to all CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler ticket holders.
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Sources: Scott Running/Stafford Motor Speedway PR