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Toledo Speedway is a half-mile paved oval racetrack located in Toledo,
Toledo Speedway opened in 1960 and was paved in 1964. In 1978 it was sold to Thomas "Sonny" Adams Sr. The speedway was reacquired by ARCA under president Ron Drager in 1999. The track also features the weekly racing divisions of sportsman on the half-mile and Figure 8, factory stock, and four cylinders on a quarter-mile track inside the big track. They also have a series of races with outlaw-bodied late models that includes four 100-lap races and ends with Glass City 200. The track hosts the “Fastest short track show in the world” which features winged sprints and winged Super Modifieds on the half mile. Toledo also used to host a 200-lap late model race until its sale to ARCA in 1999.
Toledo is known for the foam blocks that line the race track, different than the concrete walls that line many short tracks throughout America. The crumbling walls can make track cleanup a tedious task for workers.
Although
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, United States
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. It is owned by ARCA President Ron Drager, and is the sister track to Flat Rock Speedway in Flat Rock, Michigan.
History
Toledo Speedway opened in 1960 and was paved in 1964. In 1978 it was sold to Thomas "Sonny" Adams Sr. The speedway was reacquired by ARCA under president Ron Drager in 1999. The track also features the weekly racing divisions of sportsman on the half-mile and Figure 8, factory stock, and four cylinders on a quarter-mile track inside the big track. They also have a series of races with outlaw-bodied late models that includes four 100-lap races and ends with Glass City 200. The track hosts the “Fastest short track show in the world” which features winged sprints and winged Super Modifieds on the half mile. Toledo also used to host a 200-lap late model race until its sale to ARCA in 1999.
Toledo is known for the foam blocks that line the race track, different than the concrete walls that line many short tracks throughout America. The crumbling walls can make track cleanup a tedious task for workers.
Although NASCAR
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purchased ARCA in 2018, Drager retained ownership of the speedway.
Toledo was one of the oldest tracks to still host an ARCA Menards Series
The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car racing, stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into ...
race until 2019. Starting in 2020, the race became part of the rebranded ARCA Menards Series East
The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly known by other names) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) and the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR).
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(former NASCAR K&N Pro Series East). However, due to COVID-19 pandemic
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-related scheduling changes, the track ended up hosting three ARCA races in 2020, and returned to the national schedule in 2021 before becoming the season finale the following year.
National events
Toledo, as a track owned by the Automobile Racing Club of America, plays host to anARCA Menards Series East
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race, the Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 in early October as the Final race of the season. The USAC Silver Crown Series also visits the track. A touring super late model series, the ARCA/CRA Super Series, also holds an event at Toledo.
References
External links
Official Website
Toledo Speedway
race results at Racing Reference
Toledo Speedway
race results at The Third Turn {{ASA National Tour racetracks Buildings and structures in Toledo, Ohio Motorsport venues in Ohio NASCAR tracks ARCA Menards Series tracks Tourist attractions in Toledo, Ohio Figure 8 Motorsport venues