Daily Archives: July 23, 2014

Board Member Bill Walters greeted our members and once again the weather was great for racing. Bob Hammer 21BH Late Model driver received the MARFC/Uniform Helmet Bag. Bob has had a tough year with the race cars. He has been involved in several crashes not his fault and keeps coming back. He is also a supporter of Merritt Speedway sometimes bring 2 or 3 race cars. MARFC Raffle winner was Candy Baschal, twice in one weekend great Congrats! Many Thanks to Steve & Stacey Potter and the crew at Merritt Speedway for hosting our club this season! Helpers at the table for the night were Greg Shepard and Bill Walters.(Top: Board Member Bill Walters & Bob Hammer) (Bottom: Candy Baschal & Greg Shepard) (Photo’s provided by Bob Steele)

Fantastic night of racing! Weather was perfect and races were great as MARFC was on hand to greet all members who came to see some clean fast dirt racing. Hobby Stock driver # 55 Amber Eberspeaker was presented our MARFC Uniform/Helmet Bag for having some hard luck during the early season but has been able to stay the leader in points in her division. Candy Baschal was our MARFC members raffle winner. Many Thanks to Greg Shepard & Randy Kinne for helping out at our table that night! Thanks to Betty Crook & staff at Mt. Pleasant for once again inviting us back and to “The Chief” Leo Pego for all the great PR.(Top: MARFC Bag Winner Amber Eberseaker) (Bottom: Greg Shepard, Candy Baschal & Randy Kinne)

After a short rain delay during qualifying and before the race program started, Sue Ginter met several MARFC members and Phillip, 82, the oldest living member of the Whittemore Race Club, having joined in 1959.  The track opened in 1948 and is the oldest continually operating track in Michigan.  Sue presented the MARFC uniform/helmet bag to Sam Tremble Jr. driver of #84x limited late model.  New member Shawn Crane won the membership raffle.  The race program started with the visiting Dwarf cars heat races.  While the regular classes were starting their heats, the rain came again. We would like to thank Whittemore Speedway and President Andy Hess for inviting us back again this year. ( Sam Tremble Jr. & Board Member Sue Ginter) 

With perfect weather and packed grandstands fans seen over 80 cars compete on the dirt for a night of fun & excitement. Our MARFC Uniform/Helmet Bag was presented to a longtime track worker Brian Bennett for volunteering to help out were doing whatever needs to be done at any time. Jack Colpean Jr. won our MARFC Members raffle for the evening. Many thanks to Steve and his crew at Tri-City for having us again this year! Table helpers for the night were Dennis Trinklein and Bill & Linda Walters. (Top Left: Brian Bennett, Promoter Steve Puvalowski, & Bill Walters)(Top Right: Jack Colpean Jr.)