The racing world has lost the Queen of our Royal Racing Family Lynda Petty! Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Petty family at this time. Mrs. Petty was a most gracious lady and always keep the family close to their home roots. “May God Bless & Keep” the Petty family Always!
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From the Desk of the President: Well we have once again moved up a notch into the modern era of the cyber net. We now have a Facebook Page and are now able to accept Pay pal on our web site. I look forward to adding more things in the coming months. With Pay-Pal you can join, renew your membership or make donations to the club. Many thanks to Rand Thompson, Rob Michon and Dave DeHem for setting up the Facebook page! We hope that is page will help get the word out about our club and the benefits of being a MARFC Member. Once again if you name is Highlighted you will need to renew your membership ASAP! I will being update our mailing light by April 15th and if you have not renewed by then you will be dropped from our mailing list. It is now easier to do on the website with Pay-Pal. So don’t delay do it today! As always any questions or comments contact me at: Bill Barnhart at: president@marfc.org
Great meeting was held at the Toledo Speedway Bar & Grille that followed the RACER’S REUNION. Brian Norton & his helpers did a great job once again this year and then Ron Drager told all of how the 2013 ARCA season went and also talked about the MSPA meeting in which they talked about the how the younger generation is a harder sell to get them to the races and be coming race fans. Ron also gave us an update on his partner at the Toledo Speedway Roy Mott on his kidney transplant and is currently doing well at this time. We here at MARFC do send our Get Well wishes to Roy. Then Scott Schultz informed us on the different events that will take place at both Flat Rock & Toledo Speedways for 2014 and the race scheduled for both speedways called the Road Rage Race. Sounded like a fun one to all who were there. Dennis Whisman was able to tell all about his 11 time ARCA Figure”8” Championships and his looking forward to see his son Dennis Jr. race later on this season.
(Top Left: Ron Drager, Top Right: Scott Schultz, Bottom Left: Dennis Whisman, Bottom Right: Race Fans Checking out vintage photos)
Sad News to Report: MARFC Lifetime member Donald Friend passed away last month! Donald was a charter lifetime member when he joined the club back in December 1965. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Chris and the entire Friend family at this time. We have also learned of the passing of long time member from the Spartan Speedway Ed Luke. We send our thoughts and prayers to his wife Dolores & daughter Angie. Gods Speed” to both of these race fans!