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Flat Rock/Toledo Banquet Ticket Deadline Oct. 31
(TOLEDO, Ohio - October 12, 2011) - Reminder: The deadline for Flat Rock/Toledo Speedway banquet tickets is Monday, October 31. The order form may be downloaded from the website, located under Forms.
The banquet is Friday evening, November 18 at the Crystal Gardens in Southgate, Mich. The doors will open at 6:30 and dinner will be at 7:30 p.m., with the awards ceremony to follow. Music will follow the awards.
Tickets are just $26 each. Only 500 tickets will be sold. Don’t delay; place your order today!
Tickets will be mailed out November 1. For further information, call the Toledo Speedway office at (419) 727-1100.
...USAC Silver Crown "Rollie Beale 150" Entry List
*BOTH THE SILVER CROWN AND MIDGETS LISTS ARE ROSTERS ONLY. THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY ENTRY LIST
CAR # _DRIVER/HOMETOWN ENTRANT/SPONSOR/CHASSIS/ENGINE
2 ERIC GORDON/Greenfield, IN Bowman-Canine Racing/Banjo Corporation/Beast/Chevy
3 A.J. FIKE/Galesburg, IL RFMS Racing/Liberty Village - McGladrey & Pullen/Beast/Foxco
6 BOBBY EAST/Brownsburg, IN Klatt Enterprises/Klatt Motorsports Classic Car Sales – Bill Estes Brownsburg Ford/Beast/Ford
7 TRACY HINES/New Castle, IN RW Motorsports/Rotondo Weirich – Champion Brands Oil/Beast/Chevy
07 JACOB WILSON/Crawfordsville, IN WBR-Team 6R/Fatheadz.com – Jet Star/Beast/Claxton Toyota
10 LEVI JONES/Olney, IL Tony Stewart Racing-Curb-Agajanian/Chevrolet GM Performance Parts – Curb Records/Beast
/Chevy
15 BRIAN GERSTER/Noblesville, IN Team 6R/Armstrong Garage Doors – Bosma Enterprises/Beast/Toyota
17 RW Motorsports/Rotondo Weirich –Champion Brands/Beast/Toyota
19 KODY SWANSON/Kingsburg, CA Team Six-R/Toyota – Team Six-R/Beast/Toyota
20 SHANE HOLLINGSWORTH/Indianapolis, IN Gene Nolen/Ray Skillman – KECO/Competition Welding/Chevy
21 BRIAN TYLER/Parma, MI Team Six-R/Toyota – Team Six-R/Beast/Toyota
22 BRYAN CLAUSON/Noblesville, IN Tony Stewart Racing-Curb-Agajanian/Chevrolet GM Performance Parts – Curb Records/Beast
/Chevy
23 TANNER SWANSON/Kingsburg, CA Team 6R - TK Motorsports/Toyota – TK Motorsports/Beast/Toyota
25 JIMMY KITE/Stockbridge, GA Eddie Sachs Motorsports/ULine/Beast/Chevy
26 AARON PIERCE/Muncie, IN Sam Pierce/Sam Pierce Chevrolet – Valvoline/Beast/Chevy
27 JERRY COONS JR./Tucson, AZ RW Motorsports/Rotondo Weirich –Champion Brands/Beast/Toyota
29 BUD KAEDING/Campbell, CA BK Motorsports/Alviso Rock – High Five Pizza/Beast/Speedway Mopar
32 John Vance/Aristocrat Products/Beast/Gaerte Chevy
40 DAVID BYRNE/Shullsburg, WI Byrne Racing/Truck Country - Bytec Resource Management/Beast/Chevy
50 ZACH DAUM/Pocahontas, IL Dan Daum/Daum Insurance – Weld/Beast/Gaerte
51 RUSS GAMESTER/Peru, IN Gamester Motorsports/First Financial Bank – G & R Home Sales/GRP/Toyota
63 DePalma Motor Sports/Radio Hospital/Beast/Hampshire
71 KYLE LARSON/Elk Grove, CA Keith Kunz Motorsports/IWX Motor Freight/Beast/Speedway Chevy
91 DEREK HAGAR/Marion, AR RE Technologies/R.E. Technologies/J & J/Dynotech
98 BOBBY SANTOS III/Franklin, MA Santos Motor Sports/Santos Motor Sports – K & N Air Filters/Beast/Chevy
99 DAVE STEELE/Tampa, FL RE Technologies/Hemelgarn Enterprises – Roush-Yates Ford/Beast/Yates Ford
USAC SILVER CROWN TRACK RECORDS at Toledo Speedway
1 Lap* 10/16/10 Jerry Coons Jr. 14.970 120.240
...USAC Midget Entry List
*BOTH THE SILVER CROWN AND MIDGETS LISTS ARE ROSTERS ONLY. THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY ENTRY LIST
CAR # _DRIVER/HOMETOWN ENTRANT/SPONSOR/CHASSIS/ENGINE
4 KYLE O’GARA/Beech Grove, IN East Enterprises-Sarah Fisher Racing/Service Central/Beast/Gaerte
4w JASON WOLFE/Mount Vernon, OH Richard Wolfe/Richard Wolfe Trucking/Beast/Mopar
5 ZACH DAUM/Pocahontas, IL Dan Daum/Daum Insurance/Beast/Fontana
5A AARON ANDRUSKEVITCH/Riverton, IL Larry Domark/Domark Racing/Spike/Esslinger Ford
06 MARIO CLOUSER/Auburn, IL MCM Motorsports/Illinois Corn Marketing Board – Clouser Auto/Beast/Stanton Mopar
7 TATE MARTZ/Rushville, IN Steele-Alexander-Martz Racing/Steele Racing/Beast/Esslinger
7A DALTON ARMSTRONG/New Castle, IN C & A Motorsports/Ferrell Gas – Syngenta Seed/Beast/Toyota
7c CALEB ARMSTRONG/New Castle, IN C & A Motorsports/Ferrell Gas – Syngenta Seed/Beast/Toyota
9 DILLON WELCH/Carmel, IN Nine Racing/Nine Racing/Beast/Esslinger Ford
9x ADAM WILSDON/Howell, MI Mark WIlsdon/Commercial Building Maintenance/Beast/Esslinger Ford
10 JACOB WILSON/Crawfordsville, IN Don Moore/Don Moore Music Publications/Beast/Mopar
10x MIKE WALLACE/Chicago, IL MWR Technology/Heroes West Sports Grill/Lightning/Esslinger Ford
11Y TRAVIS YOUNG/Franklin, IN Travis Young/Three Wide Life – BG Products/Beast/Esslinger Ford
16 MORGAN NELSON/Mooresville, IN Team Nelson Racing/True Fuel – Pluntz Lawn Care/Beast/Esslinger Ford
20D DAVID BYRNE/Shullsburg, WI Byrne Racing/Truck Country - Bytec Resource Management/Beast/Esslinger Ford
21F TOM FEDORCZYK/Warren, MI Tom Fedorczyk/Joe’s Woodshop/Hawk/Ford
28 TYLER COTTONGIM/Avon, IN Eric Cottongim/Pit Stop Bar-B-Q & Grill/Beast/Mopar
31 DEREK BISCHAK/Angola, IN Bischak Racing/Snap-On Tools – Angola Collision Racing/Spike/Gaerte Ford
33 KYLE HAMILTON/Danville, IN Spike Chassis/Hamilton Painting – Esslinger Engineering/Spike/Esslinger Ford
33w PATRICK WILDA/Minooka, IL Wilda Brothers Racing/Lucas Oil/Lightning/Esslinger Ford
34 THOMAS HENNIGAN/Indianapolis, IN Thomas Hennigan/Fatheadz – Frame Workls/Beast/Gaerte Chevy
36 JIM ANDERSON/Joliet, IL Guess Racing/Packard Transport – Mr. B’s Bar & Grill/Beast/Mopar
39 JAKE BLACKHURST/Mapleton, IL Paul Blackhurst/Kitchen Cooked – Simpson/Beast/Mopar
52 ISAAC CHAPPLE/Wilkinson, IN Isaac Chapple Racing/CFH Enterprises – Life Lawn & Landscape/Beast
/Esslinger Ford
55 TAYLOR FERNS/Shelby Township, MI Jim Ferns/Stanton Mopar – Fatheadz Sunglasses/Beast/Stanton Mopar
59 BRYAN NUCKLES/Columbus, OH Jerry Nuckles/Columbus Motor Speedway/Beast/Ford
84 GRANT GALLOWAY/Lakeville, IN Todd Galloway/Dragon Racing Fuels – Todd Galloway Construction/Beast/Toyota
85 MARIO MARIETTA/Clinton, IN Marietta Motorsports/Double Star Firearms – First Financial Bank/Beast/Esslinger Ford
FOR PURPOSES OF COMPARISON:
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET TRACK RECORDS at Toledo Speedway
1 Lap* 7/3/09 Brad Sweet 14.983 120.136
8 Laps 7/3/09 Darren Hagen 2:03.15 116.931
10 Laps 7/8/06 Dave Steele 2:37.28 114.446
...Trackside Tidbits, by Debi Domby
I have one more column, the champions. If you haven't sent me something on your
season, send me something next week to the email at the end of the article.
Augie Grill won the 23rd annual Glass City 200 sponsored by Great Lakes Helicopters Saturday night at Toledo Speedway. He led 175 laps enroute to the victory and a total of $7,850 ($5,500 for the win, $1,750 lap money, $200 halfway and $400 from Francis Engineering). The phrase “on rails” comes to mind for his dominating run. What makes it all the more amazing is he had never raced at Toledo before (although he said it reminded him of Five Flag Speedway in Pensacola, Fla.), let alone run an outlaw late model (he normally drives a template bodied Late Model).
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METDPENNINGEN CLOSES FLAT ROCK SEASON WITH WIN AND ENDURO TITLE
(FLAT ROCK, Michigan - October 8, 2011) - Jeff Metdpenningen staged another classic battle with Jeff Maran for much of the event and zipped to victory in the 300 lap Enduro Championship race Saturday night at Flat Rock Speedway. Jeff’s win was worth $1100 and also secured his first Enduro Series title at “The Rock”.
...NASCAR TRUCK CHAMP JACK SPRAGUE ENTERS TOLEDO ARCA FINALE’
Toledo, Ohio—October 7, 2011: Former NASCAR Truck Series champion Jack Sprague will wheel a car owned by Mark Beard in next Sunday’s ARCA Racing Series (ARS) presented by Menards Federated Car Care 200 at Toledo Speedway. The entry was confirmed today while the Beard Oil team prepares for a race tonight at the Kansas Speedway. The Toledo race is part of National Championship Weekend, set for Saturday and Sunday, October 15-16.
The Toledo event is the final race for the ARS Series for the 2011 season. Sprague, a native of Spring Lake, MI will drive a car for fellow Wolverine resident Mark Beard of Mt. Pleasant, MI. Beard is no stranger to Toledo Speedway, having competed many times at the fast, ½ mile paved oval in an ARCA Late Model in the 1970’s. The Beard Oil team has Clay Rogers in the driver’s seat for the Kansas race tonight.
...FLAT ROCK SPEEDWAY-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2011 LAST RACE OF THE SEASON AT “THE ROCK”!
300 LAP ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
Plus Wives/mechanics race
Pits: 3:30 p.m.
Front Gate and Ticket office: 5 p.m.
Wives/mechanics practice: 5:30 p.m. (15 minutes)
Racing: 6 p.m. NOTE SPECIAL START TIME
Grandstand: $11 adult, children 6-12 are $3, under 6 are free
Pits: $20 member, $30 non-member
NO carry-in coolers, cans or bottles permitted in grandstands or spectator hill.
*If you are planning on bringing a car for the wives/mechanics race, please call Scott or Casey at 419-727-1100.
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AUGIE GRILL TAKES GREAT LAKES HELICOPTERS GLASS CITY 200 WIN
(TOLEDO, Ohio - October 1, 2011) - A pair of Snowball Derby wins, numerous big event victories and championships and now a Glass City 200 title. Birmingham, AL driver Augie Grill added that crown to his impressive resume by winning Saturday night’s Great Lakes Helicopters Glass City 200 at Toledo Speedway in front of a good crowd on a very cold and windy evening. Grill’s victory was worth $7,850 out of a purse of over $57,000 in cash and awards.
...GLASS CITY 200 IS ON---RACING AT 5 P.M.
It's chilly and windy, but everything is on schedule for today's Great Lakes Helicopters Glass City 200 at Toledo Speedway. A total of 34 Late Models were on the grounds Friday, and several more cars have already arrived this morning.
Practice is scheduled to begin at noon, qualifying for the PASSTIME $500 Fast Qualifier Award starts at 3 and racing begins at 5 p.m. The track's Sportsman, Street Stock and Figure 8 divisions will run features prior to the green flag for the 23rd edition of the Great Lakes Helicopters Glass City 200.
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FAIR JR. LEADS GREAT FIELD IN PRACTICE FOR GREAT LAKES HELICOPTERS GLASS CITY 200
(TOLEDO, Ohio - September 30, 2011) - Defending race winner Harold Fair Jr. led a great field of cars with a lap of 15:089 in practice Friday night for the 23rd running of Saturday’s Great Lakes Helicopters Glass City 200 at Toledo Speedway, set to take place Saturday.
...TOLEDO GLASS CITY 200 PRACTICE READY FOR 5 P.M. START; GRILL, ST. DENIS ON GROUNDS!
Bellieve it or not, it's dry at Toledo Speedway and practice is a go at 5 p.m. for the 23rd running of the Great Lakes Helicopters Glass City 200. The 2 hour session, weather permitting, will give drivers a chance to dial in their cars before qualifying and the 200 Saturday.
A pair of late entries have arrived on the grounds, and their names are quite familiar to Late Model fans; Birmingham, Al driver Augie Grill and former Toledo champ Don St. Denis.
Grill will be at the wheel of Jerry Artuso's Car #5, while St. Denis returns to the track 5 years after his infamous altercation with Michael Simko. The video of the incident, which gained world-wide attention, occured during a red flag of the Glass City 200. Simko laid a flying drop kick on the windshield of St. Denis' car, and then the duo squared off in a short boxing match.
Saturday's schedule has practice at noon, time trials at 3 and racing at 5 p.m. For all the details regarding the Glass City 200 and for the practice times after tonight's 2 hour session, log onto www.toledospeedway.com or www.arcaracing.com.
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GREAT LAKES HELICOPTERS GLASS CITY 200 IS HERE! PRACTICE FRIDAY, RACE SATURDAY!
(TOLEDO, Ohio - September 29, 2011) - All systems are go for the 23rd running of Saturday’s Great Lakes Helicopters Glass City 200 at Toledo Speedway.
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