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Notice to Flat Rock and Toledo Race Teams Participating in Open Practice
The I-75/Alexis Road exit heading southbound is closed at this time. Teams heading to Toledo from Michigan for Sunday's practice should take the Summit Street exit (exit 2). Follow Summit south about 2 miles (runs parallel to I-75) to Shoreland Drive. Turn right at the stoplight at Shoreland, follow Shoreland and go straight through the first traffic light at the corner of Suder Avenue. Shoreland turns into Benore Road. It will take you right to the speedway. It may open before Sunday, but there is no indication that it will be open. ...
ASA To Return to Toledo Sunday, June 1st
ASA Toledo Weekend Postponed;Raindate to be Announced Monday
TOLEDO OH (4-12-08) - Cold temperatures, rain and blustery winds forced ASA officials to postpone the Glassbreaker weekend for the ASA North Late Models, USPRO Series and the USA Modifieds Saturday.
...April Bulletin for Flat Rock/Toledo Speedways
2008 APRIL BULLETIN
FLAT ROCK/TOLEDO SPEEDWAY RACE TEAMS
April 10, 2008
The waiting is over for the ASA Late Model Series Northern Division and USPRO Cup Series
Lexington, Michigan (04/07/2008): The ASA Late Model Series Presented by GM Performance Parts continues on with the 2008 racing season as the ASALMS Northern Division and the return of the USPRO Cup Series will take their turns in the spotlight at one of the most historic tracks in the entire United States.
Come see the only Late Model racing action going on in the area as this is widely regarded as the Official 2008 Season Opening Weekend in the Great Lakes Region of the United States on Friday and Saturday, April 11-12, 2008!
...Mall Shows Signal Start of Flat Rock, Toledo Racing Season
TOLEDO OH (3-31-08)--There's something about walking into Frenchtown Square Mall in Monroe and Westfield Franklin Park in Toledo at this time of year and seeing the freshly-painted, sharp-looking race cars on display in the concourse, signaling the fast-approaching racing seasons at Flat Rock Speedway and Toledo Speedway.
Well, maybe everyone doesn't get quite as excited as the rest of us, but fans, officials and race teams are getting ready to go as both mall shows this past weekend stirred the thoughts of burning rubber as ARCA's short tracks get ready to kick off their 2008 racing seasons. Healthy crowds visited the two venues this past weekend, while more than 75 drivers were seen roaming the malls, checking out the new paint schemes and bench racing with their fellow racers and teams as curious mall patrons checked out the cars that dotted the mall concourses.
...Division Sponsors, New Marketing Partners Set for 2008
TOLEDO, OH (3-28-08)--Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway are proud to announce the return of a majority of the race car division sponsors for the upcoming 2008 season, the addition of one new title sponsor and the new association with several companies at both tracks.
Moran Chevrolet of Clinton Township, MI and Miller Lite, through O & W, Inc. of Ypsilanti, will again return as co-sponsors of the ARCA Late Model class at Flat Rock Speedway. The duo begins its second year of title sponsorship of the super-fast, sleek Late Models at the ¼ mile paved oval. Moran Chevrolet has been involved with the division for several years, backing Dick Barker's #25. O & W, Inc. is in its second season of sponsorship at "The Rock". The new kid on the block will serve as the sponsor for Flat Rock's ultra-competitive Street Stocks, to be known as the Greater Detroit Auto Auction Street Stocks. Michael Haddon of the auctions, with locations in Port Huron and the Romulus business, just 5 miles north of the track, became involved with Flat Rock last season as the Winner's Circle sponsor.
...Flat Rock, Toledo to Accept Credit Cards at Front Gate on Race Nights
TOLEDO, OH AND FLAT ROCK, MI (3-28-08)--Beginning with the 2008 weekly race opening night events at Flat Rock and Toledo Speedways, both tracks will now accept credit cards for walk-up ticket purchases on race nights. The change marks the initial move towards the new policy, which in the past only accepted plastic for advance tickets on selected events.
...ARCA Late Model Champ Bickerstaff Passes
James E. (Jim) Bickerstaff, 76, ARCA late model race winner and track champion, died Friday, March 21, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center near his hometown of Mineral Ridge, Ohio.
...5th Annual Racer's Reunion Successful; More than 200 Guests
Condolences to the Family of Diane Walker
TOLEDO OH (3-19-08)--Condolences to ARCA member Gary Allen, brother of Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway driver Ron Allen, on the death of his girlfriend Diane Walker.
...March Flat Rock/Toledo Speedway Bulletin
TOLEDO OH (3-18-08)--This is the last bulletin of the off-season. Flat Rock office opens April 7; Toledo phone number is 419-727-1100. Please direct all calls to Toledo until April 7; then you may call either track.
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