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(Flat Rock, MI - June 8, 2013) - Chad Guinn made the pass on race leader Tim Moore on the white flag lap with a 3-wide move to snare the win in the thrilling finish to the Corrigan Race Fuels 100 lap feature for the ARCA DTS Drive Train Specialists Street Stocks Saturday night at Flat Rock Speedway.  Darrell Krause, Morgan Baird and Robbie Loving also posted feature wins in their respective divisions on a beautiful night for racing.

The track also hosted Kids Night, which brought out a large group of families and fresh faces to the track to watch not only the Corrigan Race Fuels 100, but the TKC Go-Karts, Great Lakes Super Mini Cups and the ARCA Parts Galore Figure-8’s.  Each child under 14 was admitted free to the event and each received a free hot dog, chips and a drink, courtesy of Sherwood Foods, Jim’s Butcher Shop of Flat Rock, Herr’s Potato Chips, the Dr. Pepper/Snapple Group and Schwebel’s Baking Company.

Guy Fire set the Fastime Racing Engines and Parts Quick time for the DTS Drive Train Specialists 32 car Street Stock field with a lap of 13.569.  Guy pulled a 9 for the inversion, putting Scot Bunge and Jarod Maczink on the front row.  Bunge took the lead at the start, with the first 20 laps going caution-free.  A trio of yellow flags slowed the action in the next 7 laps.  On a lap 30 restart, Tim Moore grabbed the lead over Bunge, with Jarod MacZink right there in third spot.  The yellow came back out on lap 47 when MacZink lost a rotor, ending his fine run.  Bunge continued to stay with the leader and shadowed Tim for much of the race as the lap 50 mark went in the books.  Moore, Bunge, Rich Frantz, Chad Guinn and Grant Hedges were the top 5 cars at the half-way mark.

As drivers were deciding when to make their moves to the front, Craig Lange had an engine let go on lap 74, the 7^th yellow flag of the event.  This set up another double-file restart, with an amazing 20 cars still on the track from the 24 car starting field.  As the laps wore down, it appeared that things would remain unchanged, but Chad Guinn had other ideas.  Using the high lane, Guinn worked Bill Meade’s #86 up to the door of Frantz to take third with 5 to go.  With 3 laps left, Guinn nosed by Bunge for second, still in the outside groove.  Moore continued out front and as Chad closed in on Moore with 2 to go, the crowd cheered—the race to the flag was on!  The lead duo had 2 lapped cars in front of them coming out of turn 4 for the white flag.  Tim moved to the 2^nd lane to get by, while Guinn went to the third lane, leaving Joe Haener on the bottom.  Those 3 cars ran 3 wide through turns 1 and 2 and down the backchute, Guinn charged by and sailed to the checkered flag for the amazing finish and $1000 first place money.  Moore’s great run netted him second spot, Bunge’s tremendous run gave him third spot, veteran Frantz was fourth and Grant Hedges took fifth.  Rob Moore, Chris Fitzpatrick, Nick Shanks, Steve Searles and Tadek Stadniczuk completed the top ten.  Fire, Danny Bennett, Arnold Kirsch, Landon Schuster, Scott Selmi, Kevin Stahl Jr., Corey Duane, Jeff Luttermoser, Kyle Worley, Haener, Clyde McKee, Lange, MacZink and Chris Diovardi were next in line in the finishing order.

Things got started in the wrong direction on the green flag of the 20 lap B-Main DTS Street Stock feature.  A full lap was never completed at the start as Rich Abel and Aaron Greathouse got together, stopping the action.  When the race did get the green flag, Darrell Krause had the lead with Michael Kieffer on his bumper.  In lap 7, Rick Bennett took over second position from Kieffer, but Michael grabbed back that spot later in the race.  Krause stayed out front and grabbed the win and went to the Sun Drop Victory Lane.  Kieffer was second, Pete Shrake third, Bennett fourth and Gary Calhoun fifth, Nick Bradley, Abel and Greathouse were next in line at the finish.   Michael Kieffer was the Fastime Racing Engines and Parts fast qualifier with a lap of 14.167 for the B Main cars.  Heat race winners were Abel, Scott Selmi, Rob Moore and Danny Bennett.

The Great Lakes Mini Cups made their first visit to Flat Rock Speedway and Morgan Baird set fast time (14.173), won his heat and the 20 lap feature, giving him a clean sweep for the night and 2 feature wins for the weekend.  Baird also won the feature Friday night at Toledo.  Elliott Pritchett and Daren Bohne battled for the lead early on in the green-white-checkered feature.  Baird took control on lap 9 and zoomed to the victory.  Pritchett was second, Bohne third, Tim Phillips fourth and Kim Hughes fifth, followed by Justin Carley, Kyle Trinklein, Stefanie Hile, Doug Higsby, Bill Rychel and Matt Kemp.  Kemp took the win in the other heat race.

The wild and entertaining ARCA Parts Galore Figure 8 drivers put on a show for the fans to cap off a great night of racing at “The Rock”.  The event ran all green flag, stretching out the field and making for some interesting near-misses at the intersection. Billy Earley, at the controls of Dempsey Apperson’s machine, was out front when Robbie Loving got into Earley on lap 13, sending Billy into a spin.  Loving motored away and stayed in front to take the victory.  Robbie apologized to Earley and car owner Apperson for the mishap in his post-race track interview.  Jeremy Vanderhoof came home in second, Dennis Whisman was third, Jeremy Miller fourth and Greg Studt fifth, followed by Dannhy Gaddis, Dan Apperson, Earley, Jerry Lee, Randy Roberts, Stephanie Bradley and Ian Jezylo.  Roberts got the unofficial Daredevil of the Night Award for his intersection dodge-em car expertise!  Greg Studt posted a lap of 20.983 to take the Fastime Racing Engines and Parts Quick time award.

Saturday, June 15^th is the date for the Parts Galore School Bus Figure 8 race!  The show will also feature the ARCA Parts Galore Figure-8’s, the ARCA Moran Chevrolet Late Models and a Boat Figure 8 race for a great night of entertainment!  The June 15 event marks the first time the Late Models will compete on School Bus Figure 8 night. 

Tickets, both general admission and reserved, are now on sale by calling the track office at 734-782-2480 Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Most major credit cards are accepted.  All reserved seats are $16 each, regardless of age.  General admission tickets are $15 each, children 6-12 are $3 and under 6 are free.

Walk-up sales at the track will take place Monday through Thursday only from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Tickets will then go back on sale race day, Saturday at the track at 4 p.m

The pits open at 3, the front gates and the ticket office open at 4, practice begins at 4:30, time trials are at 6 and racing begin at 7.

Flat Rock Speedway is located on Telegraph Road, just 5 minutes from I-75 or I-275.  Log onto www.flatrockspeedway.com for further information, or like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/toledoflatrock or follow us on Twitter @flatrockspeed.

Make sure you know where to be every Saturday night all summer long as Flat Rock Speedway celebrates its 60^th Anniversary season, with racing every Saturday night through September 14.