Toledo Speedway

This is our 2ND bulletin of the off-season.  We’ll do one each month through March of 2014. The winter office for both tracks is at Toledo; 419-727-1100.  The bulletins will be posted on the website and sent to our email list; if you are not on the email list, call us at 419-727-1100 or email cwagner@arcaracing.com and we will add your name!   The schedules will be posted Monday, December 23.

Christmas gifts—You still have time!  Season tickets, $25 gift cards, track jackets, ARCA yearbook and DVD’s are on sale!  Check out the order form on the website or call us at the office to order your gifts today!

Membership forms are now available and can be downloaded from the ARCA website.  They will not be mailed.  If you need us to mail them, call us.  The membership cost is the same as last year.

TIRE SEMINAR:  Saturday, March 1, Irish Saunders of Hoosier Tire will be at the Toledo Speedway Bar and Grille to provide information and answer questions for all of our teams.  The day will begin at 12 Noon.  Admission is free; we will set up some kind of lunch special for this day…we’ll also do membership registration, pad rentals, ticket sales, etc…..MARK THIS DATE DOWN!

RACER’S REUNION date is Saturday, March 15 at Speedway Bar and Grille.  It will be followed by the March meeting for the Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club.  The Reunion begins at Noon; the MARFC meeting is at 6.

The rules updates for each class were posted and sent out at the beginning of November. The Enduro updates were posted on the website today; the rules/entry form for the Enduro races will be mailed out in January.  The 4 Cylinder class will not return in 2014, but the cars are eligible to run the Enduro, X Cars and the “fun” races.

*Enduro drivers will be required to be ARCA members in 2014.  See the rule update sheet posted

Toledo’s first race is Saturday, April 12, with a 150 lap race for the ARCA/CRA Super Series/ARCA Midwest Tour Late Models.  An open practice is set for Friday, April 11.  Any car may take part in the practice day on Friday.  Open practice will also take place Sunday, April 27.  The first Friday night show is May 9.

Flat Rock will open Saturday, April 26.  *There is only 1 pre-season practice this season.  Pre-season practice is Saturday, April 19; NOTE THE TIME CHANGE:  11 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Tech will stay open until 5:30 that day.  The practice rain date is Wednesday, April 23, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The Glass City 200 date has been moved up a week to Saturday, September 20.

The 2014 Awards Night is set for Saturday, October 18 at the Toledo Speedway Bar and Grille.  We are still in the process of working out all the details of the night.  Around 300 attended the 2013 event.

Late Model Gold Cup dates:  Flat Rock:  May 24 (Joy Fair Memorial 100-raindate Sun. May 25 (holiday weekend); July 26 (Stan Yee Memorial 150-raindate Aug. 2); Toledo:  June 6, July 11, Aug. 15;  **We will be adding a B Main for the 2 Flat Rock dates; we will still run the last-chances, then add the B Main (number of cars at the track will determine if B Main is run).  More on this later                                                                         

Other special dates:  Toledo:  The X Cars will run Twin 25 lap features Friday, June 20; Fastest Short Track Show in World is Friday, June 13, with AVBBSS Winged Sprints and MSA Super Modifieds; Toledo show the week of the 4^th of July will be the Winged Sprint Car Spectacular, and will be run either Wednesday or Thursday, July 2 or 3; the 2 school bus dates are May 23 and August 29.

Flat Rock:  Triple 50’s and Fireworks show is Saturday, July 12; the Figure 8’s (30 laps) and the Street Stocks (40 laps) will run these specials May 10 and August 23; The four Enduro dates are May 17, July 5, August 2 and September 13.  The Sportsman cars will be at Flat Rock July 5 and August 9.  The ARCA/CRA Super Series returns to Flat Rock August 16.  The 2 school bus dates are June 13 and September 6.

Racer’s Swap Meet:  will be moved to Flat Rock Speedway for 2014.  The date is Saturday, October 25, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  More information later.

And just in time for Christmas, the Rusty Wallace Racing Experience is offering a 50% discount to our membership on 3 of their packages!  Go to www.RacewithRusty.com or call 855-22-RUSTY.  Use the Promo code Toledo2014 to purchase.  They will be at Toledo on 4 weekends in 2014!

On behalf of all of our staff, may we extend our best wishes to all of you and your families for a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!   Next bulletin will be posted in mid-January!  Stay warm!