Toledo Speedway and Valvoline Instant Oil Change Team Up Again for "Summer Racing Series" in 2011
Toledo Speedway and Valvoline Instant Oil Change Team Up Again for "Summer Racing Series" in 2011
(TOLEDO, Ohio - March 8, 2011) - Officials from ARCA, Toledo Speedway, and Valvoline Instant Oil Change announced today that Valvoline Instant Oil Change and the nine metropolitan Toledo Valvoline Instant Oil Change locations have renewed the "Summer Racing Series" sponsorship program for 2011.
The Valvoline Instant Oil Change Summer Racing Series, which debuted in 2010, will kick off at Toledo Speedway on Friday, May 6. The promotion groups together 10 Friday night races at the Glass City oval, offering race fans the opportunity to receive free admission to select events.
Customers at any of the nine Toledo-area Valvoline Instant Oil Change locations will receive a Family Fun Pak of tickets for two adults and two children to attend one of the 10 Summer Racing Series events with the purchase of an oil change or other premium service offer. Fans will receive a voucher for the Family 4 Pak and will present the voucher and their sales receipt at the Toledo Speedway ticket office at any one of the 10 events for admission.
The dates - all Friday night shows - are: May 6, May 20, June 3, June 24, July 15, July 22, July 29, August 5, August 19, and August 26.
"We are very excited to announce the continuation of the Summer Racing Series concept and our continued partnership with Valvoline Instant Oil Change and Cumulus Radio," said Toledo Speedway promoter Ron Drager. "This package will give Toledo Speedway tremendous exposure and give the fans a chance to obtain free race tickets to any one of the 10 events that make up the Summer Racing Series."
Weekly Friday night racing begins with Race No. 1 of the Valvoline Instant Oil Change Summer Racing Series, "The PNC Season Opener" on May 6. The ARCA Sportsman, Street Stocks, Figure 8s, and 4-Cylinders will provide the racing action. The front gates open at 5 p.m. and racing begins at 7:30 p.m. The track phone number is (419) 727-1100. Toledo Speedway is located on Benore Road at the I-75/Alexis Road exit, just south of the Michigan-Ohio border.
Founded by John Marcum in 1953 in Toledo, Ohio, the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is recognized among the leading sanctioning bodies in the country. Closing in on completing its sixth decade after hundreds of thousands of miles of racing, ARCA administers over 100 race events each season in two professional touring series and local weekly events.