Toledo Speedway

The Jolly Old Elf has filled his sleigh with Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway gifts for that race fan in your life!  Order today and have that special gift under the tree!  Choose from Season Tickets (an even better buy NOW with...

In an effort to preserve and maintain the Outlaw Late Model class, and with the goal to reduce speeds, track officials from Berlin, Flat Rock, Kalamazoo, the Main Event Series and Toledo have unanimously agreed to the...

Benny Parsons sits in his Late Model prior to the Race Against Cancer at Toledo Speedway in 1977.  Parsons, who passed away in 2007, won the ARCA National Championship in 1968 and went on to capture the then-NASCAR Winston...

Didn’t find that gift you were looking for on Black Friday?  And you were really working on work from your computer instead of shopping on Cyber Monday? Look no farther---Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway can fill those...

Guess who in the number 38 Figure 8 car?  It’s none other than Flat Rock/Toledo tech inspector Terry Smith, posing with the checkered flag circa 1976.  Terry ran for several years in the Figure 8 division, and was a crew...

After a heavy volume of phone calls and additional re-search, the nose piece rule previously announced has been revised and is below. This has been adopted by Berlin, Flat Rock, Kalamazoo, Toledo, and the Main Event Series....

Toledo, Ohio—December 8, 2015: The Toledo Speedway 13th annual Racer’s Reunion and Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club Meeting has a new date for 2016. The day-long event will be moved to Saturday, April 2 and take place at the...

It's the 1977 "Race Against Cancer" at Toledo Speedway.  ARCA founder and President/Toledo promoter John Marcum brought in NASCAR's top dogs to battle with the Late Model short track stars of the Midwest, with the proceeds...

Nancy J. Hoffman, who teamed with her husband, Bob, to own the championship-winning ARCA Late Model Sportsman car driven by Jim Froling, passed away suddenly Thursday, December 10. She was employed by the MIAT College of...

This is our first winter bulletin of the season.  We will post one for each month through March.  The winter office for both tracks is at Toledo:  419-727-1100. Christmas presents!  You still have time to order gift cards,...

The “Clown Prince” of racing in the Figure 8 wars of the 1960’s and early 1970’s is pictured here in his famous Pontiac Tempest---Lubie Allen of Taylor, MI.  Always a threat to win, Lubie was a tough racer who was also a...

This year was the year of the first time winner or at least their first win in this division. Jeremy Vanderhoof is the only driver to win a championship in the same division (it was his fourth championship at Toledo in the...

Shirley Allen, whose late husband Archie Allen served in various capacities during a 23-year run as an ARCA Official at Flat Rock Speedway, and whose sons Gary Allen and Ron Allen have raced at Flat Rock and Toledo Speedways,...

The 2016 schedules for Flat Rock and Toledo Speedways are now ready for release!  Both schedules are as of December 22, 2015; they are subject to change. Negotiations continue for several non-racing type events at both...

The legendary Joe Ruttman is seen in the pit area (in the infield) at Toledo Speedway in 1970.  Ruttman’s brother, Troy, won the Indy 500 in 1952.  Joe was a very strong competitor in the Midwest for many years, and competed...

Toledo, OH—January 4, 2016:  Royal Truck and Trailer Sales has agreed to return as the title sponsor of the ARCA Gold Cup Late Model race series for the upcoming season.  A total of six (6) events will comprise the Gold Cup...

A benefit for ARCA Figure 8 driver Jerry Lee will take place Sunday, January 17 at the Indian Lanes Bar and Bowling Center in Wyandotte, MI.  Jerry will be undergoing a kidney transplant at the University of Michigan hospital...

The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Stock Car Series will contest its 75th event at Toledo Speedway on May 22 of this year.  Pictured is Zanesville, OH driver Butch Hartman, one of the top drivers from the 1960’s and...

Toledo, Ohio—January 7, 2016:  Fans and race teams will notice the Friday-Saturday, August 12-13 race nights have been switched for Toledo and Flat Rock Speedways.  The one-time only trade will see Flat Rock host its weekly...

The legendary Dick Trickle gets ready for the Glass City 200 in his Ford Mustang at Toledo.  Trickle, from Wisconsin Rapids, WI, made the trip to the Glass City oval for the big season-ending event in 1974.  He qualified 5th,...

Toledo, Ohio—January 18, 2016:  Flat Rock Speedway officials are proud to announce the return of DTS Drive Train Specialists as the title sponsor of Flat Rock’s ARCA Street Stock division for the upcoming season. One of the...

This is our second winter bulletin of the season.  We will post one for each month through March.  The winter office for both tracks is at Toledo:  419-727-1100. 1099 forms: will be sent out soon.  If there are any changes...

One of the early pioneers of short track racing flies around Toledo in the early 1970’s…the driver? Johnny Benson Sr. of Grand Rapids, MI. Long known for his success on both dirt and asphalt, the elder Benson was a standout...

(January 25, 2016): The Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club’s (MARFC) 50th Anniversary banquet was held Saturday night in Warren, MI and the 2015 Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway track champions were honored as part of the...

Toledo, Ohio—January 25, 2016: The newly-created 3-race “Silver Cup” Series for ARCA’s Aramark Late Model Sportsman division has a sponsor. Local businessman Mike Rogers has pledged his support of the trio of events for the...

Toledo, Ohio—January 27, 2016: Toledo Speedway management has added a Non-Wing Sprint Car race to the USAC Silver Crown date Saturday, April 30, creating an open-wheel double-header at the ½ mile paved oval. The Non-Wing...

By Andrea Blum, The News-Herald Jerry Lee is used to living an adventurous life.

The Taylor resident spent years as a racecar driver with the Automobile Racing Club of America, zooming around tracks at the Flat Rock...

Toledo Speedway got its first coat of asphalt for the 1961 season.  The track, built by Herb Koester, began as a 1/2 mile dirt track in 1960.  The grounds of the speedway once was a tomato field. Many short tracks of the era...

Voting is now underway for Speed Sport New's My Favorite Track. Eldora Speedway has been voted the top track the last four years. Click the link below to vote for Toledo...

Toledo, Ohio—February 8, 2016: Officials from the ARCA Royal Truck and Trailer Late Model Gold Cup Series and the Main Event Late Model Racing Series have announced the scheduling of three (3) events that will be...