Toledo Speedway

(FLAT ROCK, Mich. - July 26, 2010) - DeWitt, Mich. driver Chad Finley will make the trip to Flat Rock Speedway for the fifth and final leg of the ARCA Allegiant Air Late Model Gold Cup Series on Saturday, July 31. The Butch Giles Memorial 100 will decide the 2010 Gold Cup champion from the series of five events between Flat Rock and Toledo Speedways. The race has been named in honor of Butch Giles, a long-time sponsor and car owner at both tracks. Giles passed away just prior to the start of the 2010 season. 

Finley, who has wheeled the Brad Keselowski Racing ARCA Racing Series entry at several superspeedways this season, will pilot the No. 29 car at "The Rock" for the 100-lap Late Model contest. The second-generation driver ran in the top five early at Flat Rock in the Stan Yee Memorial 150 in June and finished eighth. 

The 100-lap race pays $2000 to win and $425 to start. A field of 25-35 Late Models is expected for the race, and a total of 24 cars will take the green flag. The track's Figure 8 and DTS Drive Train Specialists Street Stocks will also be in action.

Pleasant Lake, Ind. driver Scott Hantz holds a 15-point lead over Grand Rapids, Mich. driver Mike Root heading into the final series event of the season. Hantz has won two of the events at Toledo, with Harold Fair Jr. taking the other Toledo race. Root captured the Moran Chevrolet/Stan Yee Memorial 150 at Flat Rock in June and is the defending champion of the Allegiant Air Gold Cup Series. Both Hantz and Root have been very successful throughout the Michigan-Ohio-Indiana area this summer. 

The top three in the final Gold Cup points will each receive two (2) round trip tickets from Toledo to Florida, courtesy of Allegiant Air. The Series also receives three (3) provisional starting positions for the 22nd running of the Glass City 200 presented by Cherry Picked Auto Parts, set for Saturday, October 2 at Toledo Speedway.

Flat Rock's Saturday, July 31 schedule will see the pit area opening at 1:30 p.m., practice beginning at 3, time trials at 5, and racing at 7.

There is no advance ticket sale for the event. All tickets go on sale just prior to practice Saturday afternoon, July 31. Flat Rock Speedway is located on Telegraph Road, just 5 minutes from I-75 or I-275.  The track phone number is 734-782-2480. Log onto http://www.flatrockspeedway.com for more information.

Entries for the Butch Giles Memorial 100 ARCA Allegiant Air Gold Cup Series Event at Flat Rock Speedway on July 31 (Race 5 of 5):

4 Justin Schroeder/Canton, MI
9 Mike Root/Grand Rapids, MI
18 Ricky Kargel/Flat Rock, MI
26 Steve Peters/Dundee, MI
27 Ken Matthews III/Ypsilanti, MI
29 Chad Finley/DeWitt, MI
33 Stan Yee Jr./Roseville, MI
33 Dave Stehouwer/Grand Rapids, MI
40 Nick Grodi/Oak Harbor, OH
44 Paul Pelletier/Trenton, MI
47 Donald Burkhart/New Boston, MI
53 Joe Hawes/Brownstown, MI
61 Jason Burkhart/New Boston, MI
64 Jim Alvis/Chesterfield, MI
71 Harold Fair Jr./Milan, MI
72 Scott Hantz/Pleasant Lake, IN
79 Jeff MacZink/Rockwood, MI
88 Ron Allen/Lincoln Park, MI
90 Dennis Strickland/Carleton, MI
98 Larry Smouthers Jr./Taylor, MI
116 Jack Varney Jr./St. Clair Shores, MI