Monthly Archives: August 2019

What a night of racing they had at the Silver Bullet Speedway for our annual MARFC Night. Our MARFC Uniform/Helmet Bag was given to Ed Manninen driver of the Michigan Stock # 11. With longtime member Bob Bergevin was our MARFC membership raffle winner that evening. Great to have the Bullet as part of our track members! Thanks to MARFC Board members, Al & Kyle Peltier, Jeff Horan, Bill Walters and our VP Dave DeHem for working our table and enlisting some new members into our club.(Photo: Jeff Horan, Bill Walters, Ed Manninen and VP Dave DeHem)

Well we tried once again and lost! We were set up and ready for a night of great dirt track racing at Crystal Motor Speedway then Mother Nature stepped in and flooded us out. SUCKS! Thanks to Ron Flinn and the staff at the speedway for trying to get our annual event in by rescheduling.

Perfect weather for an awesome night of racing at the Birch Run Speedway & Event Center. Many members made their way to the track and enjoy the evening with an autograph session, kid’s bike give away and good racing. The MARFC Uniform/Helmet Bag went to Street Stock # 20 driver Tim Lahar for being the overall fastest qualifier for the night. Then he preceded to win his heat & feature so, maybe our bag was a good luck piece for Tim. Ronald Smith was our MARFC members winner for the night. Many thanks to Fred and the crew for the great hospitality and to the “Wolfman” Randy Adam for all the great PR too! Volunteers at the MARFC table were Bill Walters, John Jackson and myself for the evening and a big Thank You to Kamille Fitzpatrick who is one of our JR. Racers for helping with the bag presentation. (Photo Top: John Jackson, Tim Lahar & Bill Walters) (Photo Middle: Tim Lahar & Kamille Fitzpatrick) (Photo Bottom: Bill Walters, Ronald Smith & John Jackson)

Beautiful day of racing at one of Michigan’s most picturesque racetracks on Sunday July 28 as Waterford Hills Road Racing hosted MARFC. On tap was the Vintage race weekend their biggest race weekend of the year with drivers from all over the US & Canada in attendance with their cool vintage racing machines. Buzz Merchlewitz from Crossville, Tennessee was the grateful recipient of the MARFC Helmet/Uniform bag. Buzz was racing his 1959 Austin Healey Sprite # 511 which he has owned since 1973. This was his very first visit to the challenging twists and turns of Waterford Hills and he took quite a liking to the track, with two firsts and one second place finish on the weekend. Buzz told the crowd that not only was he coming back next year, but he was going to tell all his friends down South about the fantastic facility and great people he met at Waterford Hills and to come up next year. Thanks to Joel Hershoren, Kathy Arnold, Mark Hershoren and Keith Price of Waterford Hills for their hospitality. Special thanks to Rand Thompson for representing the club and this report & photos.(Photo Top: Buzz races his red 1959 Austin Healey Sprite #511 down the frontstretch at Waterford Hills) (Photo Bottom: Buzz Merchlewitz (center) with Waterford Hills representative Keith Price (L) and MARFC Board Member Rand Thompson (R)