Monthly Archives: June 2011

Hey Race Fans,

  We have the re-scheduled date for Kalamazoo Speedway which we had lost to rain last May 21st. We will be the guests of the Kalamazoo Speedway and Gary and Donna Howe on July 9, 2011. I realize that this is the night before our annual family picnic but with our full schedule of Fan Club Days this season this was the best day available to re-schedule. So if you weren’t planning on going to the picnic then go west and see some great racing at “The Zoo”, Kalamazoo Speedway, you will be happy that you paid them a visit. Thank You Gary and Donna for supporting this great club and for having our MARFC Members out to the races.

  Now, if you want to do both, don’t forget that we have our annual picnic on Sunday July 10th at the Stony Creek Metro Park. It is a free event with burgers and dogs for all, bring a dish to pass if you would like, and a lawn chair. The main dish and soft drinks are on the club. Just be sure to RSVP your attendance so we have enough food and beverage. Picnic starts at 11 AM with food about noon. We will have plenty of games and frivality led by the biggest kid himself, our VP “Wild Bill’ Barnhart.

Yours in Racing,
Dave DeHem
MARFC President.

Hot sunny skys awaited us as we made our annual trek to the Flat Rock Speedway for our 2011 Fan Club Day event. Our MARFC Bag winner was Dan Trosen Jr. driver of the #95 Late Model. Dan puts everything he has into his racing operation and has been a great supporter of the division and the track for many years. Bob Egan was the winner of our members raffle drawing while table helpers were Larry Iacoboni, Rand Thompson, Dennis Schalm, Fran Russo and Dave DeHem.

May 28, 2011

Our club attened the 59th Annual National Association of Auto Racing Fan Clubs convention in Indy. MARFC club member Eddie Sachs Jr. was awarded the prestigious Arthur McHugh Memorial Award presented annually to a very deserving auto racing individual.  Presenting the award was J. P. Mc Hugh (2nd Vice President of NAARFC from Oreland, PA – left) and Art Mc Hugh Jr. (NAARFC Publicity Director from Saugus, California – right) with MARFC Bill Walters (center) accepting the award for Eddie Sachs Jr. Eddie was at the speedway working and was unable to attend the convention himself not knowing that this was a suprise award for him at the time. (Photo’s provided by Paul Anton)

May 20, 2011

The club head to Spartan Speedway where the MARFC Helmet Bag was presented to Chris Hettinger by our P.R. Director, Rand Thompson. Chris races in three different divisions at the speedway and along with his family have been longtime supporters of Auto Racing not only at Spartan but all over the state of Michigan and the Midwest. Our raffle prize went to Doug Jakeaway who also had assisted Dennis Schalm, Chuck Horan, Dennis Trinklien, and Rand Thompson at the membership table.