Toledo Speedway

TOLEDO OH (1-27-09)--Teams who plan to display their cars in the 2009 mall shows should download the order form and submit the completed version to Scott Schultz at Toledo Speedway.  mall_show_form_2009 ...

FLAT ROCK, MI: (1-26-09): Good things come in groups of threes. And for the third consecutive season, Moran Chevrolet will step to the front and serve as the sponsor of the ARCA Late Model class at Flat Rock Speedway. Pat Moran has confirmed the sponsorship at a recent meeting with track officials.

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TOLEDO OH (3-24-09)--2009 Flat Rock Speedway and Toledo Speedway Pad Rental Forms can be downloaded by visiting the ARCA Competitor Site. Race teams can save $50 on the pad rental price by purchasing before April 1st. For more information, call 419-727-1100.

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FLAT ROCK/TOLEDO SPEEDWAY BULLETIN (1-19-09) This is the second of our winter bulletins. February issue will be posted around the 19th. The new schedules are posted on the website. We'll be adding promotions and things like that as we move forward. Flat Rock office is closed; Toledo phone number is 419-727-1100. Please direct all calls to Toledo. Please share this bulletin with those who do not use the computer! ...

TOLEDO OH (1-16-09)-Beginning with the 2009 race season, Arcaracing.com will now include a photo gallery geared toward weekly racing at Flat Rock Speedway and Toledo Speedway. To view photos from various Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway events, click on the "photos" tab at the top of the arcaracing.com website. ...

Long time Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway ARCA driver, car owner and sponsor Mike Bolick has been hospitalized after suffering multiple gunshot wounds in an attack Friday January 9 outside his home in Carleton, Michigan. He is currently in the intensive care unit at St. Vincent Mercy Memorial Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio, and is in critical but stable condition. Bolick, 54, is the owner of MB Windows & Doors and is the long time sponsor of ARCA Late Model driver Joe Hawes. Mike's father Reed Bolick Sr. owned ARCA late models driven by Fran Harden in the 1970s and his brothers Pat and Reed Jr. also raced. Messages and well wishes can be sent to Mike at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, 2213 Cherry Street, Toledo OH 43608 (419) 251-3232.

Update Friday, January 16, 2009

Mike Bolick's condition has been upgraded and he may be released from the hospital to return home as early as today.

Update Saturday, January 17, 2009

Mike Bolick is home and would like everyone to know that he is "on the mend". Messages and well wishes can be sent to Mike Bolick, 2490 Toben Rd., Carleton MI 48117.

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FLAT ROCK, MI: (1-14-09): Flat Rock Speedway management and the Dr. Pepper/Snapple Bottling Group is pleased to announce the formation of a marketing partnership for the next 3 racing seasons at the ¼ mile asphalt oval. Beginning with this April, the Toledo, OH based soft drink distributor will provide product to "The Rock" for Flat Rock's concession operation.

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TOLEDO OH (1-12-09): The 2009 season will mark the 50th Anniversary of racing at Toledo Speedway. The new schedule is now out, featuring weekly racing, open-wheel racing and the usual variety of touring series that will make stops at the lightning-fast 1/2 mile paved oval.

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TOLEDO OH (1-9-09): Flat Rock Speedway's 2009 schedule is now out, with the 1/4 mile asphalt oval slated to begin its 56th consecutive season of operation beginning Saturday night, April 25. The ARCA Late Models, Figure 8's and Street Stocks will provide a majority of the action at "The Rock" again this year.

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TOLEDO OH (01-07-09)--Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway officials continue to work on the 2009 race schedules. They may be ready as early as the end of this week. Schedules will be available on arcaracing.com as soon as they are released. ...

By Karl Fredrickson

Reprinted with permission, from the December, 2008 issue of Speedway Illustrated.

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Long time ARCA member Floyd LaLonde, who drove in the ARCA Figure-8 and Street Stock divisions at Flat Rock Speedway, passed away recently at the age of 75. Lalonde finished 3rd in ARCA Street Stock points at Flat Rock in 1978, and after retiring from driving sponsored 1981 and 1983 ARCA Street Stock champion Danny Leppen for many years through his Floyd's Muffler Shop business. Messages of condolence can be sent to Verna LaLonde at 29169 Beverly Rd., Romulus MI 48174.

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TOLEDO OH (12-15-08)--Order a DVD copy of weekly Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway racing by downloading the attached order form. Makes a great gift!  arca-dvd-orderform

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TOLEDO OH (12-10-08)--On behalf of everyone at the tracks, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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TOLEDO, OH: (12-9-08): Track management at Flat Rock and Toledo Speedways have finalized their dates with the touring series of ARCA for the 2009 season. The ARCA RE/MAX Series will make 2 stops at Toledo again next year, while the ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series will visit both tracks for a race event in the upcoming season.

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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.

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Charles Joseph "C.J." Landry, a sports writer for The Blade who wrote about local automobile racing, died Wednesday in St. Charles Mercy Medical Center. He was 62.

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TOLEDO OH (11-18-08)--There will be a benefit dinner for Debbie Burkart on Saturday, November 22nd, 2008, at Willow United Methodist Church (36925 Willow Road, New Boston, MI 48164, church located next to Benito's Pizza), from 4:30-7 p.m. ...

TOLEDO OH (11-12-08)--Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway gift items are perfect for that special race fan in your life. More information is available by clicking on the order form. holiday-flyer-web2008 ...

FLAT ROCK MI (11-11-08)--It's getting cold, there's a few snow flurries in the air around the Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway area, but it's also time to keep plans moving for the 2009 season. And with that, ARP Bodies has announced it will renew its contingency program with the 2 tracks for the upcoming year.

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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.

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TOLEDO OH (11-3-08)--Congratulations to Bob Gillelan, who was inducted into the Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday. ...

 

A total of fifty (50) banquet tickets remain for next Friday's Flat Rock/Toledo Speedway banquet.  The Friday, November 7 banquet will take place at Crystal Gardens in Southgate, MI. 

Tickets are $36 each.  Please contact Scott at 734-782-2480 as soon as possible.  The ticket includes dinner and an open bar.

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TOLEDO OH (as of 10-27-08): ARCA LATE MODEL RULE CHANGES

Pg. 40, B, IGNITION: (Point of emphasis): Box must be mounted out of reach of driver, towards right side of car. All wiring must be exposed and be in plain view.

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Just a reminder, Flat Rock/Toledo banquet ticket order deadline is this Saturday, October 25.  NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR.

Tickets will be mailed out beginning Monday, October 27.

2009 RULE CHANGES

Rule changes/amendments will be mailed out Monday, October 27 to the Driver/Owner list for each of the six divisions.  Very, very few changes------

See you at the banquet!

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RACER’S FLEA MARKET
TOLEDO SPEEDWAY PARKING LOT
SUNDAY, OCT. 19, 2008
7 A.M. TO 4 P.M.
$25 PER SPACE

(PUBLIC FLEA MARKET HELD AT SAME TIME)

CONCESSIONS, RESTROOMS ON GROUNDS

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL TOLEDO SPEEDWAY AT 1-419-727-1100.

Banquet deadline is fast approaching.

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Remember the deadline is OCTOBER 25, 2008.  The date is Friday, November 7 at Crystal Gardens in Southgate.  NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR.

 

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