Using Short Track Fan Input, Stafford Creates New Ways For Fans To Engage With The Important Moments That Make Stafford So Memorable
Stafford Springs, CT (April 19, 2022) - In another first, Stafford Motor Speedway has created an NFT (Non-Fungible Tokens) Collection supported by a secondary marketplace allowing any fan to buy, own, hold and resell their NFTs using a Visa or Mastercard credit card or crypto-currency. Stafford enlisted Stafford Motor Speedway fans to design an easy user experience accessible via computers, tablets, and smartphones. The experience offers fans an easy to buy process using their choice of Visa or Mastercard credit card or cryptocurrency, the ability to hold their NFTs on wallets held on the new site, and the option to use the Stafford Motor Speedway NFT Marketplace to resell or move to other NFT marketplaces such Opensea.IO with minimal to no fees.
“We see NFTs as the future in fan engagement,” said Paul Arute, COO of Stafford Motor Speedway. “Similar to when we launched StaffordSpeedway.com in 1996, we see NFTs as another way for race fans and teams to become invested in the Stafford Speedway product. We’re launching with a focus on memorabilia and digital moments with an eye toward the future where NFTs go much further. Our team worked hard to create a marketplace for both the first time NFT buyer who wants to use a Visa or Mastercard credit card and is new to NFTs as well as the advanced NFT collector purchasing with an existing wallet using cryptocurrency.”
The initial release will be built to capture the excitement of the 50th running of the NAPA Spring Sizzler® featuring:
Each NFT will be assigned a serial number enhancing the value and certain NFTs will give owners the chance to get exclusive NFTs. In addition, because only a very limited number will be minted, owners will know they have a valuable memory.
To make these more accessible, the initial Spring Sizzler collections will have NFTs ranging in price as low as $10 with a variety of price points with the highest being $100.
Additional drops will take place throughout the season enabling fans to continually engage with Stafford Motor Speedway. In addition, a “photographers showcase”, “fan sponsor garage”, and “amazing experiences NFTs” are planned. To see the full roadmap visit staffordspeedwaynft.com/about
The Stafford Motor Speedway NFT Marketplace was conceived and built by ShortTrack NFTs, a company co-owned by Stafford Motor Speedway and SRE Racing Innovations.
Stafford Motor Speedway NFTs are built on the Polygon Network. Polygon is a protocol and a framework for building and connecting Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks. Aggregating scalable solutions on Ethereum supporting a multi-chain Ethereum ecosystem. Polygon combines the best of Ethereum and sovereign blockchains into a full-fledged multi-chain system. Polygon solves pain points associated with Blockchains, like high gas fees and slow speeds, without sacrificing security. NFTs minted on Polygon can be transferred with basically no fees to Opensea. This multi-chain system is akin to other ones such as Polkadot, Cosmos, Avalanche etc, but with at least three major upsides: It is able to fully benefit from Ethereum’s network effects It is inherently more secure and it is more open and powerful.