(Stafford Springs, CT)---Stafford Speedway has announced that Valvoline, in conjunction with CARQUEST Auto Parts, has renewed their SK Modified® 1st place contingency partnership for the 2008 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season. Valvoline's weekly $150 contingency bonus, combined with $150 1st place contingency awards from CARQUEST Auto Parts and Davidson Foods, brings the total winner's check for each weekly SK Modified® feature event to $1,850.

Valvoline has a long and storied history in motorsports, with over 100 years of powering drivers to victory lane in various forms of racing. Valvoline has powered Indy 500 champions like Al Unser, A.J. Foyt, Johnny Rutherford, Gordon Johncock, Bobby Rahal, Al Unser, Jr., Jacques Villeneuve, NASCAR Champions like Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, and Jeff Gordon, NHRA Top Fuel Champions Joe Amato and Tony Schumacher, as well as 9-time ARCA champion Frank Kimmel.

"We're happy to have Valvoline as a member of our contingency program for another season," said SMS CEO/GM Mark Arute. "Valvoline has an overwhelming history when it comes to success in motorsports, and we look forward to having that winning tradition associated with our SK Modified® division here at Stafford Motor Speedway for another season."

Valvoline, a division of Ashland Inc., serves more than 100 countries worldwide and is a leading marketer, distributor and producer of quality branded automotive and industrial products and services. Products include automotive lubricants, transmission fluids, gear oils, hydraulic lubricants, automotive chemicals, specialty products, greases and cooling system products. Valvoline also offers Eagle One car care products for automotive cleaning and maintenance and operates Valvoline Instant Oil Change, the second largest quick-lube chain in the U.S. For more information about Valvoline and the products and services that they have to offer, please visit www.valvoline.com.

For more information, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at 860-684-2783 or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com.