Toyota Racing Development driver Hailie Deegan will make her highly anticipated ARCA Menards Series debut with Venturini Motorsports on Sunday, May 19 in the Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 at Toledo Speedway. Making her first of six ARCA starts on the season, Deegan, 17, will drive the team’s No.55 TRD 40th Anniversary […]
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Toledo, Ohio is the glass capital of the world, nicknamed the Glass City, due to the production of a wide range of glass products. A significant amount of window glass used in the automotive manufacturing boom of the early to mid-20th Century was produced in Toledo, and the process that produces glass bottles was perfected […]
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For most drivers rocketing up the stock car ladder system, their eventual goal is to reach the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Their dream is to race and win at Daytona and go on to become a champion to join the likes of Petty, Pearson, Yarborough, Gordon, Waltrip, Allison, Earnhardt and Johnson as legends of […]
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In today's racing world, becoming a star takes more than just on-track performance. Just like the high component braking systems and components offered by StopTech, it takes the full package. Part of that package involves a driver's presence, creativity and ability to interact with fans on social media. With that in mind, Speed51.com has […]
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The sport of automobile racing has evolved greatly since the 1950s, moving from dusty fairgrounds tracks carved out of unused farm land to glitzy stadiums that encircle ribbons of pavement as smooth as a billiard table. The cars have changed, from street cars driven off the showroom floor then modified for racing to purpose-built tube […]
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Sixteen drivers have earned their first ARCA Menards Series victory at the series’ home track, Toledo Speedway. Of those, three of them earned their way into victory lane in their series debut, including current NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series championship contender and recent ARCA winner at Talladega Superspeedway Todd Gilliland. Hailie Deegan, from Temecula, […]
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It’s not very often that a championship contender in a racing series will visit a track that’s been on the schedule for years for the very first time. That’s exactly what’s going to happen when ARCA Menards Series contender Michael Self visits Toledo Speedway for the May 19 Sioux Chief […]
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In 1981, forty-year-old Joe Gibbs started his professional football head coaching career with five straight losses. A tough start for sure, but his Washington Redskins team would recover to win eight of their final eleven games and end the season at 8-8. The slow start belies what would become an NFL Hall of Fame […]
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TOLEDO, Ohio, April 28 — Nolen Racing’s Kody Swanson continues to rewrite the USAC Silver Crown record book, as he dominated the Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness “Rollie Beale Classic” Sunday afternoon at Toledo Speedway. He won the pole, led all 100 laps of the race, had more than a 4-second lead over runner-up Bobby Santos III […]
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Toledo, Ohio .........Mother Nature may have delayed Sunday's USAC Silver Crown race at Toledo Speedway by one day, but it still couldn't keep Kody Swanson out of victory lane as he wired all 100 laps to score his fourth career Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness "Rollie Beale Classic" victory, his record-extending 26th overall Silver Crown […]
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