2012-05-10

Coming Up in the ARCA Racing Series: Toledo

For Immediate Release:

Thursday, May 10, 2012

 

 

(TOLEDO, Ohio) - Born in Toledo in 1953, the Automobile Racing Club of America and its premier national tour will celebrate a historical 60th season with one home race this year, as Toledo Speedway will host the Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care next Sunday, May 20. 

 

The series last raced at the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway six days ago, and the contrast between major, national superspeedway and local short track truly showcases the wide range of ARCA's reach over the past six decades. SPEED will air the race for a national television audience, placing Toledo motorsports in the spotlight on a weekend afternoon.

 

The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards - ARCA's flagship series for developmental drivers and veterans alike - will hold practice and qualifying on Saturday, May 19, with the race set for Sunday afternoon.

 

The basic facts and figures surrounding the race are as follows:

 

What: Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care, the fifth race of 20 on the 2012 ARCA Racing Series schedule

 

When: 2 p.m., Sunday, May 20

 

Where: Toledo Speedway

 

Distance: 200 laps, or 100 miles

 

Last year's winner: Ty Dillon in May, Chris Buescher in October.

 

Dillon's spring win was a catalyst for his series championship run, one of seven victories in 2011.

 

Buescher's win in the season finale - and the 70th ARCA Racing Series event at Toledo - was his third of 2011 and his third in the last four ARCA Racing Series events at the track; he drove to victory when Dillon spun race leader Brennan Poole. Though Dillon has moved on to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Buescher and Poole will enter as top contenders for the May 20 race.

 

Last year's pole winner: Tom Hessert, 16.08 seconds (111.94 mph).

 

ARCA qualifying record at track: Justin Lofton, 15.86 seconds (113.493 mph) - 2008.

 

Teams to test: Several race teams plan to test at Toledo Speedway before the Menards 200. Win-Tron Racing and Bobby Gerhart Racing are scheduled to test Saturday, and Roulo Brothers Racing and Andy Belmont Racing are scheduled to test Monday.

 

Over 25 drivers and cars are currently entered and more are expected. Alex Bowman, a short track winner this season at Salem (Ind.) Speedway is entered, as is nine-time Toledo winner and ARCA champion Frank Kimmel.

 

Fifteen-year-old Erik Jones, a Michigan driver, will make his final ARCA start before turning 16. Ohio drivers expected to compete include Jared Marks (Napoleon), Chad Hackenbracht (New Philadelphia), Tim Cowen (Perrysville), Tommy O'Leary (Cygnet), and Levi Youster (Toledo).

 

The entry list, as it stands today, is available on ARCARacing.com and is being updated as necessary until the event.

 

Schedule of accompanying on-track events: Practice: 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1-1:45 p.m., Saturday, May 19; Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell: 3:30 p.m., Saturday, May 19.

 

The ARCA Truck Series will also race, with practice opening at 11:15 a.m. Saturday and a race at 5.

 

ARCA will honor numerous champions, race winners, and key figures from 60 years of competition in a special ceremony before Sunday's race.

 

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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Delaware Speedway Drops Admission Prices: New Discounts, Family Fun Pricing, No Service Fees

May 10, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact: John Houghton (519) 652-5068 x201

 

Attending the races at Delaware Speedway this summer will be more affordable than a night at the movies or an evening at a hockey game with the introduction of the track’s new Family Pass and advanced discount ticket programs.  The updated admission prices, top-notch racing program and expanded non-smoking areas makes Delaware Speedway the best London-area destination for an evening of fun this summer.

 

Details on the new Family Fun pass for Weekly Events:

•     Cost is $32 (taxes included).

•     Includes two adult admissions

•     Includes up to four children aged 6-16

•     Additional children can be added to the pack for $5 each.

 

With the introduction of the family pack, single admission prices have been updated for the regularly priced weekly events.  Regularly priced events which offer the family value pass will be marked on the schedule.

 

FAMILY VALUE PASS:  $32

Adults: $16

Seniors (65+) / Students (with valid student ID): $12 Youth (Aged 16 & Under): $5 Children 5 & Under: FREE!

Reserved Seating: $20

 

--Advanced Online Ticket Discounts for All Events – With NO Service Fees!--

 

Online tickets for weekly events will now be $1 cheaper than purchasing at the gate with even stronger discounts for special events when buying early.  Buying a ticket online saves you a bit of cash, but most importantly allows you to have your ticket printed and in hand before even arriving at the speedway.  The discounted admissions will be available until the Wednesday evening leading up to the race.

 

--More Non-Smoking Areas--

 

Following on the success of the new non-smoking family grandstand introduced last season, the speedway is expanding its non-smoking areas.  When the season starts, half of the speedway will be non-smoking.  The non-smoking sections include the reserved seating section, family grandstand, and the lawn-chair seating in turn one.

 

--About Delaware Speedway:--

 

Delaware Speedway is a half-mile paved oval stock-car track located just west of London, Ontario, Canada. Since 1952, Delaware Speedway has been the home to some of the best stock car racing in Canada. Its unique natural amphitheatre-like setting allows a family or group of friends to enjoy exciting, comfortable and affordable evening or afternoon of action at the track.

 

 

 

 

 


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Hoar's Epic ACT Reign Hits Speed Bump

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                   ACT-051012-30

 

Attached Photo: BrianHoar.jpg – Eight-time ACT Champion Brian Hoar (37VT) celebrates his first of back-to-back wins to open the 2012 season. (Photo by Leif Tillotson)

 

Waterbury, VT – On Sunday, May 6 Brian Hoar of Williston, VT relinquished the American Canadian Tour point lead to Dover, NH’s Wayne Helliwell, Jr. Helliwell dominated the second half of the Spring 112 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on his way to his first ever ACT victory, while Hoar struggled early and came home 11th. The finish seemed uncharacteristic of Hoar, known for his eight American Canadian Tour Championships and “ice cold” driving style, but uncharacteristic hardly describes the historic run that was shattered on Sunday. 

 

Hoar’s 11th place finish marked just the third time he has finished outside the top ten in a point-counting event in his last 35 ACT starts. More impressive than that was the streak in which Hoar sat atop the points list. 

 

Helliwell’s win ended a jaw-dropping 973-day stretch during which Hoar had led the points on the American Canadian Tour.  Hoar took over the point lead after the Labor Day Classic at Thunder Road on September 6, 2009, and went on to win his sixth championship.  In 2010, Nick Sweet won the season opener, but Brian Hoar outgained him in the standings through bonus points.  He then led through every event of the season in 2010, as well as in 2011, after claiming the win at the season opener at Lee USA Speedway.  He started off 2012 with two more wins to continue the streak, but it all came to a screeching halt on Sunday at the hands of Helliwell.  

 

The previous point lead record had been set by seven-time ACT Champion Jean Paul Cyr who, during a stretch of four championships in a row, set the record of 637 days between July 30th, 2005 and April 28th, 2007. Hoar trumped that record by nearly a year.

 

Hoar has set the bar on the American Canadian Tour for most of his career.  He sits atop the all-time win list with 35 wins, 16 more than any other driver, but the last three seasons may have been the most impressive. In his points lead reign, he claimed 10 feature victories and 25 top five finishes in 29 starts. Hoar’s historic point lead run, though snapped, will remain in the American Canadian Tour history books forever. 

 

The battle for the American Tour Championship, however, is far from over.  Helliwell now has the task of protecting his 30-point lead from eager former champs Hoar and Cyr, but also from rising young stars Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., and Austin Theriault as they head to Oxford Plains Speedway for the Oxford 150 on Sunday, May 20.  Post time is 2:00pm.

 

For additional information, head to our website at www.acttour.com or contact us at media@acttour.com or call the office at 1(802) 244-6963.

 

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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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