Toledo Speedway

When you look at the list of winners of the Glass City 200, it’s very, very impressive.  When you think about the drivers that have not won the race and have tried for many years, well, that’s why this race holds the prestige and history in short track Late Model racing.  It’s a quest for many drivers, and, for most of the winners, it was “my biggest win”.  That’s been said over and over. 

For Dave Kuhlman, a 10 year quest to win the 200 finally was met in 2009.  Dave led the event several years, only to have mechanical misfortune or some sort of incident end his bid for that 1 win that was not on his resume—the Glass City 200…..

Kuhlman, a 4-time Flat rock champ, Iceman champ and a winner at pretty much every track he had raced at, was on a mission.  Kuhlman (#24) not only added that Glass City 200 victory to his credentials, but he also posted a win for Butch Giles, a sponsor of Dave’s.  Giles had owned cars and provided equipment to many drivers over the years, but he, too was looking for a Glass City victory.  And he got it with Kuhlman, and also got the runner-up finish with Ron Allen (#88) at the controls of Giles own #88.

Dave had led many, many laps of the race in prior events, but 2009 was all his.  Running a limited schedule due to work obligations, the Glass City 200 was just Dave’s 2^nd race of the year.  Kuhlman led 91 laps on his way to the victory.  Allen was second, John Doering Jr. (#5) third, Johnny Belott (#0) fourth and Dennis Strickland (#90) fifth.  Scott Hantz (#72) set quick time at 14:846.  Hantz, who had been so close to a win in this race, dropped out on lap 177 while leading the event.  Claude Plante Jr. captured the last-chance race.

The 2010 Glass City 200 was pushed back from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to rain.  In one of the more dominating performances in the recent 200’s, Harold Fair Jr. led 159 laps on his way to his second victory in the season-ending race.  Fair (#71) had a half-lap lead at the lap 101 break, as the skies continued to threaten all day long.  On a very cool and windy day, Fair’s big leads in the 2^nd portion of the race kept getting erased by yellow flags.  But the second-generation star had the checkered flag in his sights as he beat Scott Hantz (#72) by 10 car lengths to take the victory.  Fair lapped all but the top 5 cars on the day.  North Carolina driver Brad Rogers, at the wheel of the PB Fab #0, took third spot, fourth was Steve Sauve (#97) and fifth was Mike Root (#9).

Log onto www.toledospeedway.com for photos from the event and past Glass City 200 recaps and more photos!

The  25^th Anniversary of the Great Lakes Helicopter Glass City 200 presented by Francis Engineering, Woodville Auto Finance, Hampton Inn and Holiday Inn Express is set for Saturday, September 28.

As we move closer to the 2013 edition and this special anniversary of one of the top outlaw-bodied Late Model races in the area, please check the website each day for stories, updates, lap money sponsors, the entry list and historic notes and photos (courtesy of ARCA historians Brian Norton, Jim Hehl and track photographer Charlie Orns and Bob Michon) of the Glass City 200. 

Just 15 laps of Lap money sponsorship remains for the 200!  It’s just $10 per lap; reserved seat tickets are also now on sale by calling 419-727-1100 today! 

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