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Sonny Adams Passes.....
Thomas "Sonny" Adams, who owned and promoted races at Mt. Clemens Race Track and Toledo Speedway, died Wednesday, August 5 at 2:33 p.m. at a hospital in Florida after suffering a stroke over the weekend. He was 72 years old.
Adams, whose son Tommy Adams drives in the ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series, drove in ARCA sanctioned races for John Marcum in the 1960s, sparking his interest in track ownership and promotion. Mt. Clemens Race Track operated under ARCA sanction for several years in the 1970s with Adams and Johnny May promoting the races. Adams purchased Toledo Speedway from Herb Koester in 1978 and sold the track to Ron Drager and Roy Mott in January 1999. Pictured left to right, Johnny May, John Marcum and Sonny Adams in 1973.
Family and friends may visit on Tuesday from 2-8 p.m. in the Sujkowski Funeral Home Northpointe, 114-128 Alexis Road, Toledo. Funeral services will begin Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the funeral home and continue with the Funeral Service in Crossroads Community Church at 11 a.m. Interment will take place in Richardson Chapel Cemetery in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Memorial donations may be given to the Toledo Humane Society or Crossroads Community Church in Ottawa Lake, MI.
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Tim Ice Returns to Toledo in MSA Portion of Open-Wheel Friday Night Show
TOLEDO, OH: (8-3-09): Former Glass City 200 winner Tim Ice leads the field of entries for the Friday evening, August 7 show at Toledo Speedway, which will play host to its final open-wheel racing show of the 2009 season. The MSA Super Modifieds and the Buckeye 305 Winged Sprint Cars will be featured in the open-wheel double header. The Western Lake Erie Insulation Industry will sponsor the night of racing at the Glass City oval. The track's weekly ARCA Speedway Tire and Auto Factory Stocks will also be in action.
...Toledo's Glass City 200 Returns to 200 Laps in 2009
TOLEDO, OH: (8-3-09): Toledo Speedway's signature event, the famed Glass City 200 Late Model invitational, set for Saturday night October 3, will return to 200 laps for this season. The race was reduced to 150 laps in 2008. The 21st running of the prestigious race is expected to draw the top outlaw Late Model drivers from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Canada.
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July 31 and August 1 Photo Galleries
TOLEDO, Ohio (July 20, 2009)--Photo galleries from this weekend's racing action at Toledo Speedway and Flat Rock Speedway is available by clicking here.
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...Bennett Grabs First Ever Enduro 250 Win at Flat Rock
Hantz Rolls Again at Toledo; Root Hantz Group/Allegiant Air Gold Cup Champ
Toledo Speedway 50th Anniversary: A Look Back at 1980
1980-BOB SENNEKER SCORES 100-LAP FEATURE
Toledo Speedway held its first extra-distance affair of the season and it was the "Bluebird" Bob Senneker taking the twin 50-lap features in his signature late model #84. Senneker, a frequent Toledo Speedway visitor, has tasted success consistently at Toledo as well as in major high-dollar payout late model races throughout the Midwest US and Canada.
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Toledo Speedway 50th Anniversary: A Look Back at 1980
1980-JUNIOR HANLEY SWEEPS TOLEDO CLEAN
Canadian ace Junior Hanley continued his dominance of late model racing at Toledo Speedway, taking the 50-lap mid season championship race over Chuck Roumell, Dave Simko, Don Mallott and Ed Cooper. Hanley, in doing so, also set a new track record (14:21.88), eclipsing the previous record set by Joy Fair (14:44.11) in 1976. Hanley also captured the dash and fast heat, while the Carolina Flash Royce Cornett took the other heat.
...Trackside Tidbits, by Debi Domby
Harold Fair Jr., who has had a season full of lousy luck, got his first win of the season in round #4 of the Hantz Group/Allegiant Air Gold Cup race at Flat Rock. Harold led all 100 laps in route to his victory.
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