News
Mike Bolick Update (1-17-09)
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 Speedway Becomes A "Pepper"; New Soft Drink Company Takes Over
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.
...Toledo Speedway's 50th Anniversary Schedule Ready: USAC Returns
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.
...Flat Rock Schedule Ready: Toledo to Follow
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.
...Stay tuned for 2009 Flat Rock/Toledo Speedway Schedules...
The Stock Market: Short track racing responds to economic troubles by nailing the gas
By Karl Fredrickson
Reprinted with permission, from the December, 2008 issue of Speedway Illustrated.
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ARCA Member Floyd LaLonde Passes.....
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.
...Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway DVD's Available
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
...Flat Rock/Toledo Speedway Bulletin
TOLEDO OH (12-10-08)--On behalf of everyone at the tracks, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
...ARCA RE/MAX Dates Set for 2009 at Toledo; Trucks Go At Flat Rock, Toledo
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.
...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.
...Condolences to the Family of CJ Landry
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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