2012-05-10

Save Big Money: June 24 ARCA Racing Series Tickets

For Immediate Release:

Thursday, May 10, 2012

 

Going on Sale at Menards Stores near Winchester Speedway

 

(WINCHESTER, Ind.) - In addition to roles as the presenting sponsor of the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards and as a co-primary sponsor on Frank Kimmel's No. 44 Ansell/Menards Toyota, Menards is participating heavily in promotion of the Sunday, June 24 Herr Foods Chase the Taste 200 at Winchester Speedway

 

.As the ARCA Racing Series continues through its 60th Anniversary Season, race fans in Indiana and Ohio have the chance to "Save Big Money" on tickets to see the action live.

 

Starting tomorrow - Friday - fans can buy tickets for the ARCA race at $20 - a $7 discount off of the advertised at-track price - at nine Menards stores near the track.

 

The store locations are: Anderson; Celina, Ohio; Muncie; Richmond; Sidney, Ohio; Tipp City, Ohio; and three in Fort Wayne.

 

The in-store ticket promotion will last until Saturday, June 23, one day before the race.

 

While in the store, race fans and customers can also enter a promotion to win four VIP tickets, at-track hospitality, and the chance to wave the green flag at the start of the race, among other prizes. The promotion begins tomorrow and will end on Sunday, June 17.

 

The Herr Foods Chase the Taste 200 will begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 24, with practice and Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell taking place the day before. Each driver in the starting field will participate in a Sunday on-track autograph session from noon to 1 p.m., just before the green flag. Winchester Speedway is located at 2656 W. State Rd. 32 in Winchester.

 

The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards has crowned an ARCA national champion each year since its inaugural season in 1953, and has toured over 200 race tracks in 28 states since its inception. The series has tested the abilities of drivers and race teams over the most diverse schedule of stock car racing events in the world, visiting tracks ranging from 0.4 mile to 2.66 miles in length, on both paved and dirt surfaces as well as a left- and right-turn road course in its most recent season. This year, the series visited Alabama's Mobile International Speedway for the first time. In June, the first event at Minnesota's Elko Speedway will give ARCA a race in a 29th state.

 

Founded by John and Mildred 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 three professional touring series and local weekly events.

 

CONTACT:

Griffin Hickman, ARCA

 

Don Radebaugh, ARCA

 

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