Toledo Speedway

This is the 4th of our monthly off-season bulletins.  It will be posted here on the webpages and emailed to our members who have provided email addresses.  If you would like to be added to that list, email your address to Sherry at smiller@arcaracing.com. 

Please direct any calls to the Toledo office during the winter months; the Flat Rock office is closed.  The Toledo phone number is 419-727-1100.

(TOLEDO, Ohio - March 1, 2013) - Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway are moving forward with plans for the new racing season, and that includes taking ticket orders for a variety of special events at both tracks.  Reserved seating will be available for several events, with advance general admission tickets also available for selected races.

Southgate Anderson High School Senior Kayla Miletti now has something her step-father, Tim Moore, does not have—2 championships!

Kayla is a member of her high school Competitive Cheer team, which clinched their second Division I Michigan State Championship in a row last weekend in Grand Rapids, MI.

Tim is the 2011 Flat Rock Speedway Street Stock champion—and he has some work to do to catch up!

(TOLEDO, Ohio - March 6, 2013) - When Toledo Speedway swings open its gates for the season-opening 7-Up 150 for the ARCA/CRA Super Series and ARCA Midwest Tour Late Models Saturday, April 20, history will be made as the event will mark the very first time these 2 touring Series will combine forces as one.  The Glass City oval will hold an open practice session Friday afternoon, April 19, with more practice, qualifying and the 150 lap race set for Saturday afternoon, April 20.

To all drivers and/or car owners:  If you have a number change or you haved moved to a different town, please let us know as soon as possible. Our print deadline for the program for our driver's lists is next Wednesday, March 13.

X CARS:  If you are also competing in another class, just keep your number for that division.  That is the number you will run in the X Cars.  We will sort out any number issues after a race or 2.

 **A Reminder pad rentals are due by April 12!  The form is located under forms on the track webpages.  Please fill it out and mail it in with your payment.  We are NOT mailing out forms.  After the deadline, the price goes up!

Mark down Saturday, March 16!  The annual Racer's Reunion at the Toledo Speedway Bar and Grille goes from Noon to 5, and the Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club (MARFC) Meeting is at 6 p.m.  We will be giving away pad rentals, 4 hour track rentals, tickets and more after the Fan Club Meeting!  Must be present to win!

(TOLEDO, Ohio - March 12, 2013) - Toledo Speedway and Flat Rock Speedway will celebrate significant milestones this season when the local tracks open for racing next month.

TOLEDO, OH—March 14, 2013:  The Toledo Speedway Bar and Grille will host the annual Racer’s Reunion and Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club (MARFC) meeting Saturday, March 16.

Located on the grounds of Toledo Speedway, the Bar/Grille will also be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day all day this Saturday, with a Jigg’s Dinner available.  The kitchen and bar will be open all day.  Admission to all festivities is free and open to the general public.

The Reunion begins at Noon and runs until 5 p.m.  At 6 p.m., the Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club will conduct their monthly meeting at the Bar and Grille.  The Toledo location has hosted the March event for several years in conjunction with the Racer’s Reunion.  ARCA President Ron Drager will speak to the crowd about the 2013 plans for both shorts tracks and for the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards.

Following the meeting, both tracks will give away 4 hour track rentals, pad rentals, tickets and more in a random drawing.  Drivers must be present to win.

This is the last of our monthly off-season bulletins.  It will be posted here on the webpages and emailed to our members who have provided email addresses.  If you would like to be added to that list, email your address to Sherry at smiller@arcaracing.com. 

Please direct any calls to the Toledo office during the winter months; the Flat Rock office will open tentatively Monday, April 8.  The Toledo phone number is 419-727-1100.

Abigail "Abby" Lynn Young, 4 months old, passed away Friday, March 15 after courageously battling a heart ailment.

Abby is survived by her parents Shawn Young and Shannon Frantz, and grandparents Louis Young and Rich Frantz.

Visitation will take place Saturday, March 23 from 9:30 to Noon at Santieu and Sons Funeral Home, 1139 N. Inkster Road, Garden City, MI (between Cherry Hill and Ford Road).  A short service will take place at Noon, with burial at Cadillac Memorial Gardens West (Babyland), 34224 Ford Road in Westland, MI.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family.

(MILLERSPORT, Ohio) - The ARCA Truck Series, in preparation for its 15th consecutive season of competition, has released some of its 2013 race dates.

March 22, 2013

To: Flat Rock Speedway Enduro teams

The 2013 entry blank for the Enduro races is enclosed with this letter, if you have not sent in your entry. We will begin assigning numbers Monday, April 22. NUMBERS ARE SECURED BY A PAID ENTRY. If you do not have a paid entry in by April 22, car numbers from 2012 will be reassigned --- NO EXCEPTIONS.

NO phone entries.

We do have a limited supply of Hoosier Sportsman tires available. When supply of the Hoosier Sportsman tires becomes an issue, the Hoosier 880 tires will then be allowed. Bu for the May 18 race, only the Hoosier Sportsman tires will be permitted (and treaded street tires).

This matter will be discussed at each driver’s meeting.

You are welcome to attend the open practices at both Flat Rock and Toledo.

Flat Rock: Saturday, April 20, Noon to 5, and Wednesday, April 24, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Toledo: Sunday, April 28, Noon to 5.

*Enduro cars will also be eligible to compete in the X Car Division this season at Toledo.

Thank you, see you soon!

(TOLEDO, Ohio - March 22, 2013) - Angola, IN driver Scott Hantz is one of the first entries for the Saturday, April 20 “Border Wars” 7-Up 150 at Toledo Speedway.  The event will see the stock-bodied ARCA/CRA Super Series Late Models and the ARCA Midwest Late Model tour paired together in competition for the first time in the history of the 2 groups.  A strong contingent of the top Late Model drivers is expected for the race, which opens up Toledo’s 2013 race schedule.

(TOLEDO, Ohio - March 23, 2013) - Never before in history has the ARCA CRA Super Series and the ARCA Midwest Tour competed together in the same race at the same track. That all changes in a big way in 2013 when both tours battle it out together and side-by-side at Toledo Speedway in April and again at Madison Int'l Speedway in August.

Word has been received that former ARCA Late Model owner Curt Wood passed away Monday, March 18.  Curt fielded the #58 machines and had several drivers, including current ARCA Late Model driver Joe Hawes for the 1986 and 1987 seasons.  Curt had battled pneumonia earlier this year.

A memorial service is to be held at a later date.

(TOLEDO, Ohio – March 26, 2013) – To say Kyle Benjamin is on a roll is an understatement.

He was already one of the hottest late model drivers in the country last year when he won the 2012 ARCA/CRA Super Series Southern Championship, the youngest champ the series has ever had. Then he scored an unprecedented four straight wins during “Speedweeks” at New Smyrna, Fla., further building on his increasingly solid racing resume.

Benjamin has continued on his soaring career path by winning six of the 10 races he has entered. He will be a driver to watch when he steers his Benjamin Motorsports Ford into the 7-Up 150 at Toledo Speedway April 20

(TOLEDO, Ohio - March 27, 2013) - The Buckeye Cable Sports Network (BCSN) will now air a total of 12 Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway events for the 2013 racing season.  The local cable access channel of the Buckeye Cable System has added 2 dates to the previously-announced 10 race event schedule with the 2 ARCA-sanctioned tracks. 

William Joseph Giordano, long time ARCA Late Model crew member for the late John Anderson and others including Artie and Jay Sommers, died unexpectedly March 25 at the age of 60. Giordano was a fixture at Mt. Clemens Race Track, Flat Rock and Toledo Speedways and at major late model racing events around the midwest from the late 1960s into the 1980s and was affectionately known as "Dago". He was a frequent visitor to the Stan Yee Racing shop and was employed by high performance parts companies including Diamond Racing Products and Katech Engineering.

(TOLEDO, Ohio - March 31, 2013) - The weather finally broke, and the gates swung open at Toledo Speedway for the first round of several tests already scheduled in preparation for the first two big-shows of the season - the 7-Up 150 on Saturday, April 20 and the Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care on May 19. And the father-son duo of Fred and Brian Campbell were the first to put their car on the pavement at Toledo Friday afternoon. Their focus was the 7-Up 150, when the ARCA CRA Super Series and the ARCA Midwest Tour join forces for the first time in history to battle it out in the annual Border Wars 7-Up 150.

The Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway track officials and race teams send their thoughts and prayers to Kim Hebert,the wife of ARCA Street Stock driver Chris Hebert (Car #31).

Word has been received that Kim has been diagnosed with a serious illness.  Please keep Kim and Chris in your thoughts and prayers. 

(TOLEDO, Ohio - April 2, 201) - While it’s just a day after April Fools Day, a sneak peek at the current entry list for the Saturday, April 20 “Border Wars” 7-Up 150 at Toledo Speedway is no joke.  The event will see the stock-bodied ARCA/CRA Super Series Late Models and the ARCA Midwest Tour paired together in competition for the first time in the history of the 2 groups.

TO:  ARCA FLAT ROCK, TOLEDO SPEEDWAY RACE TEAMS

TIRES:  For the 2013 racing season, tire prices are as follows:

Hoosier 3035, 3045, Hoosier F-45, F-56 and Hoosier Star 56: 

$136 each (includes sales tax). 

Hoosier 26.5 and 27.5 Sportsman and Hoosier 26.5 and 27.5 880 Series:

$111 each (includes sales tax).

**Tires will be available beginning Thursday, April 11 at both tracks and the ARCA office. 

FUEL:  Price yet to be determined; we will know after deliveries arrive week of April 15.

PAD RENTALS:  A reminder pad rentals are DUE by April 12.  After April 12, the price goes up.  You can download the pad rental forms from the track web pages.  They are located under forms.  We are not mailing them out!

ENGINE SEAL DAY:  Crate or performance engine—this is your opportunity to have your engine sealed BEFORE the season begins!  Thursday, April 18 at Toledo Speedway from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.  YOU MUST MAKE AN APPOINTMENT!  Call 419-727-1100 to reserve a time slot!

PRE-SEASON PRACTICES-FLAT ROCK

Saturday, April 20, Noon to 5; pits open at 10 a.m.

Wednesday, April 24, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.,pits open at 4.

PRE-SEASON PRACTICE-TOLEDO

Sunday, April 28, Noon to 5; pits open at 10 a.m.

*Download and print your membership form from the website, fill it out and cut down your time standing in line on practice day or race day!  Get to the practices, go through tech---we will not wait for you on opening nights! 

Flat Rock office opens on daily basis beginning Monday, April 8.  734-782-2480

Toledo office is open daily:  419-727-1100

Salem, IN (April 4, 2013) – CRA officials have released the first list of entries to date for the historic “Border Wars” 7-UP 150 at Toledo Speedway on Saturday, April 20^th, were the ARCA Midwest Tour presented by SCAG Power Equipment and Lester Buildings and the ARCA/CRA Super Series will contest the first ever combination race between the two template touring late model powers. Both series will bring an extreme amount of talent together for the season opener at Toledo Speedway along with some southern flare including Georgia top gun Bubba Pollard and 15 year old South Carolina native Kyle Benjamin who has been on a tear so far this year with four wins at New Smyrna Speedway during Speedweeks in February, a win at The Rattler at South Alabama Speedway on March 17^th and a second place finish in his first ever ARCA Racing Series event on March 9^th at Mobile International Speedway.

The upcoming 7-Up 150 at Toledo Speedway gets more interesting by the day.

The entry list already contains more than 40 names and includes drivers from across the Midwest and south that have multiple track championships and feature wins from across the country.

One of those drivers -- Bubba Pollard -- scored another win this weekend when he collected the trophy in the first Southern Super Series race in Nashville. Pollard held off several other late models, including some that he will be contending with at Toledo Speeday in the 7-Up 150 April 19-20.

Douglas George “Doug” Beasley, long time ARCA pit crew member and 4-Cylinder Driver at Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway, died Sunday April 7 at the age of 34 of leukemia. Doug was a familiar and friendly presence at both tracks and an enthusiastic supporter since 1997. In addition to his ARCA Gold Card Lifetime Membership, Doug was Sergeant At Arms for the Wayne Civitans Club, C.E.R.T. Member, Special Olympian, Licensed Groomer at Northville Downs, and a lifetime member of First Congregational Church of Wayne. Surviving Doug are his parents Norman and Linda Beasley; Brothers Paul Beasley and Eric Blaine; Grandmother Marion Beasley; Uncles Kenneth (Kathy) Beasley and Dave Orahoske; and Aunts Judy (Charles) West and Carolyn (Dave) Criner. Visitation is Wednesday, April 10 from 2-9 p.m. at Uht Funeral Home, 35400 Glenwood Rd., Westland MI 48186. Services are 11 a.m. Thursday, April 11 at the First Congregational Church of Wayne, 2 Towne Square St., Wayne MI 48184. The family suggests gifts to the First Congregational Church of Wayne or the Leukemia Fund.

(TOLEDO, Ohio - April 9, 2013) - The entry list to date for the Saturday, April 20 “Border Wars” 7-Up 150 at Toledo Speedway now stands at 46 cars as of April 8 at 5 p.m.  An additional 3 cars have entered the history-making event, while 1 car has withdrawn.  The race will see the stock-bodied ARCA/CRA Super Series Late Models and the ARCA Midwest Tour paired together in competition for the first time.

(TOLEDO, Ohio - April 9, 2013) - While his official entry has not yet been received, it's hard to ignore the Tweet sent out today from current ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards point leader Mason Mingus, who says he's joining the long and very impressive list of entrants for the April 20 season-opener at Toledo Speedway - the "Border Wars" 7-Up 150.

(TOLEDO, Ohio - April 10, 2013) - Toledo Speedway's home-opener - the "Border Wars" 7-Up 150 - is getting bigger by the day. With more than 50 quality entries expected from 10-plus states across the country for the Saturday afternoon, April 20 big show late model race, the media spotlight is also getting brighter by the moment.

PAD RENTALS:  Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway pad rental fees are due by April 12.  After this date, the price goes up.  You may download the pad rental forms from the web pages.  They are located under forms.  Questions?  419-727-1100.

**ENGINE SEAL DAY:  Your chance to have your engine sealed before we start!  Crate or performance engine.  Thursday, April 18 at Toledo, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.  CALL to reserve a time.  IF no one signs up by Monday, April 15 at 5 p.m., this program will be cancelled. 

*RACECEIVERS: Will be available at the practice days:  $90 each, earbuds included, batteries are NOT included.

Tires go on sale tomorrow, Thursday, April 11 at both tracks and the ARCA office. 

See you at the practices!

(FLAT ROCK, Michigan - April 11, 2013) - Saturday, April 27 Flat Rock Speedway will open its gates to begin the 60^th Anniversary season at the Telegraph Road speedplant.  The Jet’s Pizza Opening Day event will feature the ARCA Moran Chevrolet Late Models, Parts Galore Figure 8’s and the DTS Drive Train Specialists Street Stocks for a full race card at the ¼ mile asphalt oval.

It's only a week away and it just keeps getting bigger. At least a fifth of the country will be represented next week when the 7-Up 150 takes place at Toledo Speedway.

As expected, the entry list for the historic event has hit 50. It also has drivers from 11 different states entered.

Tickets are now on sale for the 7-Up 150, which will feature drivers from the ARCA/CRA Super Series, the ARCA Midwest Tour and several other late model drivers from across the Midwest and South compete together on the same track for the first time.