Flat Rock Speedway

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...

Let's go back 36 years..1979 is the year that Rick Bundon captured the Flat Rock Speedway Street Stock championship.  The class was started in 1977, with Len Jaynes the very first champion of the division.  Johnny Hi and Dick...

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 #104 Figure 8 machine of Pat Haywood sits in the infield at “The Rock” for a photo in 1971.  Pat was known as the “Weekend Warrior”, a moniker that appeared on his race cars throughout his career.  Haywood later teamed...

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...

A very young-looking Dick Barker (17?) poses with ARCA founder and Flat Rock promoter John Marcum circa 1978.  Barker would capture the 1978 and 1980 Late Model track titles at “The Rock”.  Barker zipped to 20 feature wins in...

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...

Flat Rock Speedway was a stop for many drivers during their careers.  Count Mike Eddy as one of them!  This photo is from the late 1960’s, in his Chevelle at “The Rock”.  One of the fiercest competitors to ever hit the track,...

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...

Harold Cook poses with his #21 machine at Flat Rock.  Cook began his career at Toledo and Flat Rock, running the #8 until switching to the #21.  Cook would post 24 wins at Flat Rock, good for 6th on the all-time Late Model...

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...

The fabulous Figure 8 division back in 1969! This is Bobby Rouston in action at Flat Rock in his #1. Bobby would later run the #26 in the Late Model class. These were the days before firesuits and much of the safety equipment...

(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...

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...

Here's how it all began!  This aerial shot of Flat Rock Speedway shows the layout of the track, which ran its first race August 14, 1953--64 years ago! The original construction featured grandstands in the front and back...

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 Flat Rock...

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...

Monroe, MI driver Steve Bunge stands by his Mopar in 1974 at Flat Rock Speedway.  Bunge's career began as a weekly racer, owning and driving his own car with the help of his family.  With a great deal of experience, Steve...

For this week, it's Throwback Friday!  It's the Fearsome Foursome of the ARCA Figure 8 division of the 1930's...oh, sorry, the 1970's...Pictured are Gary Earley, Bob Studt, Dave Miller and champion Chuck Hall.  All four of...

This is our third winter bulletin of the season. The March bulletin will be the final bulletin before we open the new season. The winter office for both tracks is at Toledo: 419-727-1100. The office at Flat Rock will open in...

The ARCA Figure 8 class has proven to be a great training ground throughout the years for oval track racers.  A rising star emerged from the Flat Rock Speedway Figure 8 division in 1968.  This is Jerry "The Bear" Makara, the...

TOLEDO, OH: (3-1-16):  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, general...

(March 1, 2016) - Long time ARCA driver and official Bob Thomsen Sr. died Tuesday, March 1 at the age of 79 after a lengthy illness.  Bob’s son Bobby Thomsen is the Technical Services Director for the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards, and both Bobby and his grandson Brice Thomsen followed in his footsteps as drivers in ARCA sanctioned races at Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway.

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Some 40 years ago, 1976 to be exact, Parker Wade holds the checkered flag after a victory at Flat Rock Speedway in the #22 Figure 8 machine. Wade has 9 feature wins to his credit at "The Rock", including the victory in the...