FLAT ROCK’S MORAN CHEVROLET-STAN YEE MEMORIAL 150 JULY 24
FLAT ROCK’S MORAN CHEVROLET-STAN YEE MEMORIAL 150 JULY 24
Flat Rock, MI: Flat Rock Speedway’s biggest race of the season, the Moran Chevrolet-Stan Yee Memorial 150 presented by DTS Drive Train Specialists, is set for tomorrow, Saturday night, July 24. Middleville, MI driver Brian Bergakker is the defending race winner.
Yee was a championship car owner in the Late Model ranks for over 40 years. His son, Stan Jr. captured the 2003 Flat Rock title and is entered for the prestigious event. Stan passed away in 2008.
Winners of the Yee Memorial race include Justin Schroeder (2008), Mike Luberda Jr. (2009), Mike Root (2010, 2012), Eric Lee (2011), Phil Bozell (2013), Harold Fair Jr. (2014), Jeff Ganus (2015), Dakota Carlson (2016), Jimmy Thiel (2017) and Bergakker in both 2018 and 2019. The pandemic cancelled Flat Rock’s entire 2020 racing season.
The race will award $2633 to the winner and $533 to start the contest. The $33 increments are in honor of Stan’s famous car #33, now driven by his son, Stan Jr.
Bonus awards include lap money at $5 per lap and the $50 Moran Chevrolet Hard Charger Award.
There is no advance ticket sale. ALL tickets go on sale at 4:30 p.m. at the track when the ticket office and front gates open.
Race day on Saturday will see the pit area opening at 2:30, practice begins at 4:30 p.m. and the front gates will also open at that time. The track’s ARCA Figure 8 division will also be in action. Racing gets the green flag at 7 p.m.
A rain date of next Saturday, July 31 has been established if needed.
The current entry list and lap money sponsorship list can be found by clicking on the July 24 race date on the right margin of the Flat Rock website home page.