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Champions honored at Flat Rock/Toledo Banquet
SOUTHGATE MI (11-10-08)--A large crowd of 600 guests converged Friday evening at the annual Flat Rock and Toledo Speedways banquet, held at the elegant Crystal Gardens Banquet Center in Southgate, MI. The evening was hosted by track announcer Gary Lindahl. All the track champions received their championship jackets and garage banners as ARCA President Ron Drager led the toast to the champions.
...2009 Flat Rock, Toledo Mall Car Show Date Set
TOLEDO, OH (12-3-08)--As the snow begins to fly, plans continue to move forward for the 2009 racing seasons at both Flat Rock and Toledo Speedways. A pair of annual race car shows held at shopping malls have been set on back-to-back weekends in March.
...Flat Rock/Toledo Speedway Bulletin
TOLEDO OH (12-10-08)--On behalf of everyone at the tracks, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
...Condolences to the Family of Dorothy Schutt
Toledo Speedway 50th Anniversary: A Look Back at 1960
1960-AL BEALE WINS FIRST-EVER EVENT STAGED AT NEW TOLEDO SPEEDWAY
Al Beale, who with his brother Rollie form the famed Toledo racing Beale Brothers duo, captured the first-ever event at the Toledo Speedway before a good opening night crowd.
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Past to Meet Present at Moran Chevrolet/Stan Yee Memorial 150 at Flat Rock Saturday
RUTTMAN-FAIR-BYRD-COOK-SOMMERS-HAGE-IS IT THE 1970'S AGAIN????
FLAT ROCK, MI: (6-22-09): If you were a race fan back in the 1960's and beyond, you are in for a real treat Saturday night at Flat Rock Speedway. Let's go back in time, say the mid 1970's. Maybe you were at Mt. Clemens, Flat Rock or Toledo.....and there they were...Fair, Ruttman, Byrd, Cook, Sommers, Hage....the heroes, the heavy hitters, the fan favorites. These stars of the past will meet and greet today's Late Model drivers at the prestigious Moran Chevrolet/Stan Yee Memorial 150 Saturday night, June 27 at Flat Rock Speedway!
Excitment Building for Moran Chevrolet/Stan Yee Memorial 150
LEGENDS HERO CARD TO FIRST 1000 FANS THROUGH GATES SATURDAY AT FLAT ROCK
FLAT ROCK, MI: (6-24-09): The anticipation and excitement continues to build each and every day for the prestigious Moran Chevrolet/Stan Yee Memorial 150 Saturday night, June 27 at Flat Rock Speedway. Track staff has just announced that the first 1000 fans through the front gate will receive a Legends Hero Card, picturing many of the drivers who piloted the Stan Yee #33 machines during his over 40 year career as a car builder and owner.
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Strong Turnout at Wednesday Flat Rock Speedway Open Practice
Toledo Speedway 50th Anniversary: A Look Back at 1960
1960-BEALE BROTHERS SHINE
Al Beale became the first repeat feature winner at the new Toledo Speedway, taking the 20-lap supermodified feature. Beale started in the 9th slot in the Butler-Frowns ride and quickly moved to the front by lap 5. Ralph McLennan provided some tough competition coming in the runnerup spot, with Rollie Beale rounding out the top 3, fresh off setting the new track record in qualifications. Al Beale also captured the pursuit and fast heat, while McLennan prevailed in the 4-car dash.
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Flat Rock, Toledo Champions Honored
SOUTHGATE, Michigan (November 6, 2009)--Race teams, officials, family and friends met Friday evening for the annual Flat Rock and Toledo Speedways banquet, held at the elegant Crystal Gardens Banquet Center in Southgate, MI. The evening was hosted by track announcer Gary Lindahl. All the track champions received their championship jackets as ARCA President Ron Drager led the toast to the champions.
Flat Rock's ARCA Moran Chevrolet/Miller Lite Late Models saw second-generation driver Eric Lee claim his second Flat Rock Late Model crown in a row and his third over-all. Eric and his car owner, his father Steve, who also is a past Flat Rock Late Model champ, accepted the championship trophies and a check for $2000. 2007 champ Dennis Strickland, Ron Allen, Paul Pelletier, Steve Cronenwett Jr., Dick Barker, Stan Yee, Chris Benson, Joe Hawes and Dan Trosen Jr. rounded out the top 10 point men for 2008. Kevin Butzin was the Rookie of the Year, while Trosen Jr. notched Sportsmanship honors. Pat Moran of Moran Chevrolet presented the trophies and checks to the drivers.
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Toledo Opens Under Perfect Weather
TOLEDO, OH (4-30-10)-- Toledo Speedway's Valvoline Summer Racing Series presented by Cumulus Radio got underway Friday evening under sunny skies and warm temperatures. The PNC Bank Friday night opener winners were Ron Allen, Dennis Whisman, Cory McCaughey and Brad Turner. The track also held its annual Armed Forces Appreciation Night, with all military personnel admitted as guests of the speedway.
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Shirey Sails to Sprint Car Win at "The Rock"
Flat Rock, MI (5-15-10)-- Allen Chevrolet-Cadillac Night at Flat Rock Speedway provided race fans with a great night of action. Kevin Shirey took top honors in the Buckeye 305 Sprint Car event, while Chad Guinn and Rich Abel were victorious in the DTS Drive Train Specialists Street Stock features. Gary Cronenwett won his first-ever ARCA Figure 8 feature, and the duo of Dan Apperson and Dennis Whisman were the winners in the wild Figure 8 Train race. John Allen and John Ogren from Allen Chevrolet greeted the winners in victory lane.
...Attention Flat Rock Race Teams......
A reminder that Autograph Night is this Saturday, May 22. Times are moved up ½ hour:
1:30 p.m. Pits open
3 p.m. Practice
4:30 Time trials
6:15 On-track autograph session
7 p.m. Racing
The on-track Autograph Night promotion is a required participation event for all teams racing at Flat Rock Speedway Saturday night-in order to race, you will be required to be on the track for the autograph session (EIRI). In today's economic climate and entertainment market, it takes all of us to keep things going forward, so thanks in advance for your cooperation and participation. On behalf of the track, the fans and the sponsors, we appreciate your understanding how important this is.
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Burge Wrecking Night of Destruction Lives Up To Billing
(TOLEDO, Ohio - May 28, 2010) - Great weather brought out a big crowd to Toledo Speedway Friday evening for the Burge Wrecking Night of Destruction. Dave Arnold Sr., in his first action in a bus, took the win in the wreck-filled School Bus Figure 8 main event.
...Trackside Tidbits, by Debi Domby
Enduro Bulletin
May 22, 2013
To: Flat Rock Speedway Enduro teams
RE: June 29, 2013 Enduro race
For the June 29, 2013 Enduro race, the tires eligible for this event are as follows:
Treaded Street tires or….
Hoosier Sportsman Tires, 26.5 and 27.5 sizes.
The Sportsman tires are available at the track. Tires sales during the week are held on Thursdays only from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There is no mounting of tires on Thursday.
Tires are also available on any race day at Flat Rock, with mounting available.
The tire program for the August 3 race will be discussed at the June 29 drivers meeting.
Thank you,
Bill Leach
Ron Drager
...Updated Entry List for Spartan Speedway
| ARCA GLASS CITY GOLD CUP SERIES | |||
| CHARLIE RYAN MEMORIAL 100 | |||
| SPARTAN SPEEDWAY--JUNE 30, 2013 | |||
| OFFICIAL PRE-ENTRY LIST-as of 6-26-13 | |||
| Car No. | Driver/Hometown | Sponsor | |
| O | Nick Bailey/Toledo, OH | PB Fabrication | |
| 1 | Craig Everage/Angola, IN | EverageAuto.com/Krieger Race Engines | |
| O1 | Mike Young/Toledo, OH | PB Fabrication/CGS Imaging | |
| 9 | Mike Root/Grand Rapids, MI | Universal Graphics Solutions/Midwest Maintenance and Pipeline | |
| 14 | Tim Ryan/Flushing, MI | Ryan Motorsports | |
| 19 | Derek Wiley/Belleville, MI | Mike's Barber Shop/Wiley's Coyote Grill/Gochta Prod/VJ's Pantry | |
| 20 | Jeff Vrsek/Brownstown, MI | Amsoil-Pat O'Dell/Diamond Racing Prod/Trend Perf./Performance Engineering | |
| 21 | Steve Cronenwett Jr./Canton, MI | Giles Auto Body | |
| 25 | Jimmy Gallagher/St.Johns, MI | A.T. Racing Engines/Kendall Oil/Maple Rapids Lumber Mill | |
| 33 | Dave Stehouwer/Muskegon, MI | Stehouwer Motorsports | |
| 41 | Brent Jack/Butler, IN | Brent Jack Motorsports' | |
| 44 | Paul Pelletier/Trenton, MI | Fraza Forklift/ABC Plumb/Exotic Automation/Dusty's Coll/Duane's Roadrunners | |
| 51 | Scott Pemberton/St. Johns, MI | A-1 Auto Parts-Service | |
| 64 | Jimmy Alvis/Chesterfield, MI | Alvis Motorsports | |
| 71 | Harold Fair Jr./Milan,MI | Royal Truck-Trailer | |
| 75 | Marcus Malcuit/Strasburg, OH | McIntosh Oil/VP Fuels | |
TOLEDO, FLAT ROCK ALL SET FOR HOLIDAY WEEKEND ACTION!
Despite rain 13 of the last 14 days at both tracks, Toledo and Flat Rock Speedways are ready for the holiday weekend race schedule!
Tonight, Friday, July 5, Toledo Speedway will play host to the Red, White and Blue Festival. ALL military, police, fire and EMT personnel, both active and retired, will be admitted FREE! Please show your ID card at the ticket windows upon arrival to the track. It's also Teamsters Union Night-tickets dated June 28 will be honored tonight only.
The ARCA ACME Dismantling Sportsman, R & M Recycling X Cars, 4 Cylinders and a Boat Figure 8 race are on tap!
Front gates open at 5, racing starts at 7:30.
Saturday, July 6 is a big night at "The Rock"! Flat Rock Speedway will celebrate its 60th Anniversary season with over 200 laps of feature racing and FIREWORKS! Remember, racing starts at 6:30 this Saturday night!
The rescheduled Diamond Racing Products Joy Fair Memorial 100 for the ARCA Moran Chevrolet Late Models is set, with 37 cars entered! The race is part of the ARCA Glass City Gold Cup Series.
Add to that the A & M Transmissions 60 lap Figure 8 feature and the Corrigan Race Fuels 60 lap Street Stock feature, plus heats for these 2 classes, and you have an action-packed night of family fun and entertainment, topped off with the famous Flat Rock Speedway Fireworks extravaganza!
Time trials are at 4:30, racing at 6:30 p.m. Saturday night!
See you at the tracks!
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FAIR JR. LEADS PRACTICE FOR MORAN CHEVY-STAN YEE MEMORIAL 150
Milan, MI driver Harold Fair Jr. finished on top of the leader board for Friday's practice session at Flat Rock Speedway, preparing for Saturday's Moran Chevrolet-Stan Yee Memorial 150 for the ARCA Glass City Gold Cup Late Models.
A total of 24 Late Models were at the track Friday night for the open practice. Fair's lap of 11:741 was tops on the chart for the night.
A field of 42 cars are entered for tomorrow's race, Flat Rock's biggest of the season. Marcus Malcuit and Tim Ryan have withdrawn their entries. Danny Slater has added his name to the list for the 150 lap contest.
All Friday pit pass purchasers enjoyed dinner, courtesy of DTS Drive Train Specialists.
The pits open at 1:30, practice begins at 3, time trials are at 5 and racing begins at 7 p.m.
RUTTMAN-FAIR COMBINATION NEARLY UNBEATABLE AND TAKES 1973 GLASS CITY 200
In 1968, Toledo Speedway promoter and ARCA founder John Marcum came up with the idea of running a 200 lap Late Model invitational—the Glass City 200. Despite a 20-year hiatus of the race from 1978-1998 (when the Toledo track was sold), the race was revived in 1999 when Marcum’s grandson, Ron Drager, purchased the track with business partner Roy Mott.
And the race still carries the prestige and notoriety that it once did back in the 1960’s and 1970’s.
The 1973 edition of the 200 saw a formidable duo team up for this race. With Joy Fair on the sidelines due to a serious crash at Toledo in July, Joe Ruttman was tabbed by car owner William Gillelan and Fair to drive the now-famous #1 Ford Maverick.
Ruttman wheeled the Maverick for the final 2 months of the season, and get this—the combo won 13 of 14 races, taking wins throughout the Midwest not only at weekly shows, but also several big races, including Toledo’s Glass City 200….
...REMEMBERING BILL DICKEY
Former Flat Rock Speedway Street Stock driver and car owner Bill Dickey, age 60, passed away Sunday, September 8 after a courageous battle against cancer.
Bill owned and drove the car number 30 in the 1990’s and his son, Carl, drove the car in the early 2000’s.
He is survived by his son Carl and step-son Chris Kehn.
Per Bill’s wishes, there will be no visitation or services.
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ED COOPER VICTORIOUS IN 1976 GLASS CITY 200
In 1968, Toledo Speedway promoter and ARCA founder John Marcum came up with the idea of running a 200 lap Late Model invitational—the Glass City 200. Despite a 20-year hiatus of the race from 1978-1998 (when the Toledo track was sold), the race was revived in 1999 when Marcum’s grandson, Ron Drager, purchased the track with business partner Roy Mott.
And the race still carries the prestige and notoriety that it once did back in the 1960’s and 1970’s.
In the 1960’s and 1970’s, a driver driving for a car owner instead of his own machine was commonplace on the short tracks. The #24, owned by Adrian, MI businessman John Ramus, put Ed Cooper in the seat of his Camaro and the Jackson, MI native made sure Ramus got a big victory with the win in the 1976 version of the Glass City 200. Ramus, Cooper and Marcum (left to right) pose for a photo in the Winner’s Circle.
...TOLEDO TESTING TIME AVAILABLE
As the Glass City 200 quickly approaches, testing time is filling up at Toledo Speedway.
The following 4 hour blocks are available for track rental as of Monday, September 16:
Sunday, September 22: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (room for 2 cars)
Tuesday, September 24: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m; (room for 4 cars)
Tuesday, September 24: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (room for 2 cars)
Up to 4 cars per block, 1 car at a time on the track.
Please call Scott or Casey at 419-727-1100 to arrange the rental.
...PARTS GALORE RENEWS FIGURE 8 DIVISION SPONSORSHIP
Flat Rock, MI and Toledo, OH—December
10, 2013: Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway officials are
proud to announce the return of Parts Galore as the title sponsor of the ARCA
Figure 8 division at both tracks for the 2014 season.
Parts Galore,
with 2 locations in the Detroit area and its facility just north of Flat Rock
Speedway, will enter into its 4th year as the title sponsor of the “Motor City
Madmen”, the ARCA Figure 8 division. The
business, which features the u-pull-it auto and truck parts concept, will also
sponsor the track’s School Bus Figure 8 race June 14, as well as sponsoring
school buses at both of those events this year.
Bill Wild of Parts Galore began his relationship with Flat Rock over 30 years
ago, tying in several of his previous business ventures with the speedway.
“We are very
pleased to announce the return of Parts Galore to our family of sponsors to
kick off the 2014 season,” noted Scott Schultz, General Manager of the 2
tracks. “We are very fortunate to have a
business relationship with Bill Wild and Jim McClellan of Parts Galore and
their staffs.”
Several other
announcements, in addition to the 2014 race schedules, are expected to follow
in the coming weeks. Log onto www.flatrockspeedway.com or www.toledospeedway.com for updated
information and news on both tracks during the winter months.
JR BUNTING PASSES AWAY (Updated 1-22-14)
Former ARCA/Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway Figure 8 driver JR Bunting passed away this weekend. Bunting, age 62, competed in the division in the late 1960’s and 1970’s in his familiar #34 machines.
...Annual Safety Seminar at Toledo Speedway December 1st
TOLEDO OH (9-12-07)--The ARCA Safety Seminar, featuring the latest information in race car/driver safety and technology updates, is set for Saturday, December 1 at the Toledo Speedway Banquet Room, located on the grounds of track.
...Will Track Record Fall at Fastest Short Track Show in World Friday?
Johnny Benson Enters ISMA Portion of Event.
TOLEDO, OH (6-10-2008)-- Toledo Speedway’s track surface is one of the finest in the nation; ultra-smooth, consistently fast and with plenty of grip. Lap times for every type of race car that has competed on the ½ mile paved oval so far in 2008 has a common element—FAST! And with the fastest race cars on the planet making the trip to Toledo this Friday for the “Fastest Short Track Show in the World”, chances are the incredible 1 lap track record may be rewritten.
...Rain Washes Out Toledo's Fastest Short Track Show
TOLEDO, OH (6-13-2008)-- For the first time in the history of the event, Toledo Speedway’s All American Coach/Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness “Fastest Short Track Show in the World” was washed out by rain. The ISMA Super Modifieds and the Auto Value Super Sprints both hit the track for practice but the rain set in and put the damper on the event.
...Toledo's Fastest Short Track Show not to be Rescheduled.
TOLEDO, OH (6-16-2008)-- Toledo Speedway’s “Fastest Short Track Show in the World”, featuring the ISMA Super Modifieds and Auto Value Super Sprints, which was washed out Friday evening, will not be rescheduled for the 2008 season. Conflicts in dates for both divisions and the track will keep the event off the books for this year.
...Fair Jr. among four former Glass City 200 winners entered in the Silver Anniversary event
(TOLEDO, Ohio – Sept. 27, 2013) – Harold Fair Jr. knows what it takes to win the Glass City 200. The southeast Michigan resident won the event in 2008 and 2010.
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