(TOLEDO, Ohio) – Competition remains intense for the CGS Imaging Hard Charger Award in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards, as six drivers stand within 15 points of Buster Graham’s lead with three races remaining.

Graham, who has driven a limited schedule this season for Team BCR Racing, leads the Hard Charger pursuit with 52 total points, most of which were earned in superspeedway action at Daytona (11) and Talladega (23) early this season.

Points for the CGS Imaging Hard Charger Award are awarded race-by-race, with drivers accumulating totals based on positions advanced from the start within a race. Cars must feature a CGS Imaging decal for drivers to be eligible for the award, and drivers using starting provisionals are not eligible. (more…)

(TOLEDO, Ohio) – For the 23 years of competition in the Glass City 200 invitational, there always seems to be a few entries to arrive that weren’t expected, and that’s one of the things that makes this race one of the most prestigious season-ending events in the Midwest.

In the mailbox this morning came entries from Maine and one from Michigan that are new names for this event, as well as several entries from drivers who continue to search for victory in the 24^th running of the Great Lakes Helicopter Glass City 200, set for Saturday, September 29 at Toledo Speedway

Falmouth, Maine driver Scott Mulkern will make the long, long trip from the eastern seaboard state to Toledo for this year’s 200 lap classic. Mulkern has purchased a chassis from Canadian legend Jr. Hanley, who is the 2001 Glass City 200 champion and the 1980 Toledo track champion. (more…)

3 Kimmels, Elliott, Championship Title Fight and More

The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards, celebrating its 60th Anniversary Season in 2012, is steering for Salem Speedway for the 92nd ARCA race on the historic, half-mile southern Indiana oval since the series debuted there in 1955. No track over ARCA’s 60-year tenure has appeared more on the ARCA schedule than Salem.

Medal of Honor Recipient Dakota Myer Named Grand Marshal
Salem Speedway officials have announced that Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer has been named Grand Marshal of the Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic presented by Federated Car Care. Meyer, a United States Marine Corps veteran, was awarded the highest military decoration for his actions during the Battle of Ganjgal on September 8, 2009, as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. He is just the third living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War, and the first living United States Marine in 38 years to be so honored.Meyer, who was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House, is credited with saving 36 lives during the six-hour firefight. (more…)

(TOLEDO, Ohio) – Just like his driver Chris Buescher heads up the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards point standings, crew chief Gary Roulo of Roulo Brothers Racing leads the Cometic Crew Chief of the Year standings with only three races left this season.

Through 17 races, the man who oversees the No. 17 Ford has earned 5665 points in the crew chief standings, 100 more than current runner-up Paul Andrews, crew chief for Alex Bowman and the No. 22 Cunningham Motorsports Dodge.

The Cometic Crew Chief of the Year will receive $3000 at year’s end; the award tabulates points from qualifying and race action. The crew chief of the fastest-qualifying car earns 200 points, with descending positions earning five fewer points per position. The same scoring system is in place for race finishes. Competing crew chiefs must register at the beginning of the season and carry the decal of Cometic Gasket, Inc. on the car to be eligible to score. A maximum of 400 points is possible in each event weekend. (more…)

Title Culminates at Salem Speedway

(TOLEDO, Ohio) – The 2012 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards season is coming down to 19-year-old Chris Buescher and 50-year-old veteran Frank Kimmel, in more ways than one.

This is not to say that rookie Brennan Poole (No. 25 Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet) is not still in the championship hunt. Currently third in championship points, The Woodlands, Texas driver is still very much in the big picture.

However, in matters of the Bill France Four Crown championship, it’s boiling down to Buescher (No. 17 Roulo Brothers Racing Ford) and Kimmel (No. 44 Ansell-Menards Toyota). Buescher, who leads Kimmel in the overall championship point standings, also leads Kimmel in the pursuit of the prestigious season-within-a-season Bill France Four Crown Award, which rewards drivers for success on a diverse slate of tracks. (more…)

(FLAT ROCK, Mich.) – A strong entry list filled with many of the top super late model drivers in the Midwest is assembling for the ARCA CRA Super Series 7Up 125 Saturday night, September 8 at Flat Rock Speedway.

The 2-groove, ¼ mile paved oval is hosting the Series for the first time. Big Wheel races for kids 12 and under will take place prior to the show, while the track’s 300 lap Enduro Championship race will get the green flag following the 7-Up 125.

Like many of the ARCA/CRA drivers, current point leader Johnny VanDoorn will be making his first appearance at “The Rock”. The Coopersville, MI driver has had a great season to date, building up a solid lead over 2^nd place driver, female star Kenzie Ruston. Johnny has racked up victories at Springport, MI, Berlin, MI Raceway and the famed Winchester, IN Speedway in ARCA/CRA competition so far in 2012. (more…)

(TOLEDO, Ohio) – The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards, ARCA’s top division, did not race Monday after consistent Labor Day weekend rain at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds left the facility unsuitable for competition.

The race has been rescheduled for Sunday, October 14, five days before the season finale at Kansas Speedway. Before those two events, the series will contest race No. 18 of 2012 at Salem Speedway next Saturday, September 15.

The last ARCA Racing Series event to be postponed to another weekend for weather was in 2003. A June race at Pocono Raceway was pushed back more than a month after inclement weather in Pennsylvania. Casey Mears then won both legs of the late July doubleheader, one on Friday and one on Saturday. (more…)