ASA Weekend Preview

A championship will be decided for one ASA-branded regional tour and a penultimate race will be held for another in two different parts of the country.

Find out more below with our ASA Weekend Preview.

Champions To Be Crowned in SSS Doubleheader

The 2023 ASA Southern Super Series champion will be crowned this weekend at Five Flags Speedway with a Blizzard Series doubleheader. Friday night’s race will be a makeup from a rainout on July 22, while Saturday night will see champions for both the Southern Super Series and Blizzard Series crowned.

Gio Ruggiero leads Matt Craig by just 23 points going into the weekend doubleheader, with both drivers looking for their first championships with the series. Michael Hinde (-77) and Jett Noland (-87) both still have a mathematical chance at stealing the title for themselves.

Meanwhile, California’s Jeremy Doss holds the Blizzard Series points lead by 28 over Ruggiero and 32 over Matt Craig after his win in the second Blizzard race on July 21. Snowball Derby provisionals will be up for grabs for the top-two in both Southern Super Series and Blizzard Series points.

Racing starts at 8:00pm CT Friday night and 7:00pm Saturday night and both can be viewed live on Racing America.

ASA MT Returns to Elko For Thunderstruck 93

The ASA Midwest Tour returns to Elko Speedway for the first time since 2017 for the Thunderstruck 93. Saturday night’s event will be the second-to-last race of the year for the Tour.

Gabe Sommers enters Saturday’s race with a 79 point lead over Justin Mondeik in the standings. With a maximum of 118 points up for grabs, the Plover, WI driver can clinch his first Midwest Tour championship on Saturday, though unlikely. With a strong run Saturday, Sommers could head to the famed Oktoberfest 200 finale at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway just needing to take the green flag to be crowned champion.

The 125-lap race will honor Elko Speedway Hall of Famer “Thunder” Dan Ryan Sr., who passed away in 2009 after a three-year battle with ALS. Dan was a former racer who became a leader amongst the competitors in the pit area and tutored many young drivers as they worked their way through the racing ranks. The name of the event is named after Ryan’s favorite song, “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC. There will be a ten-minute break on lap 93 of the ASA Midwest Tour race to honor him. Additionally, the second twin weekly Late Model feature will be 39 laps to honor the late driver.

Jake Ryan, son of the late Dan Ryan, will be competing in the weekly Late Model division in honor of his father. The Thunderstruck 93 is also in benefit of A Race Worth Winning – ALS.

Qualifying is at 6:00pm CT with racing slated to begin afterwards. The Thunderstruck 93 will be live on MidwestTour.TV.

For the full ASA STARS National Tour schedule, plus Super Late Model rules and other information, please visit the series website at starsnationaltour.com, or be sure to follow the series on social media (Facebook: STARS National Series | Twitter: @racewithstars | IG: @starsnational).

Winchester 400 Up Next – Entry Blank Posted

The ASA STARS National Tour returns to action on Sunday, October 15 at Winchester Speedway for the 52nd running of the Winchester 400. The entry blank for one of Super Late Model racing’s biggest races is now available.

The series will get just under a month off between Toledo and Winchester, with series championships being decided for the ASA Southern Super Series and ASA Midwest Tour in that time. The Winchester 400 will once again decide the 2023 ASA/CRA Super Series champion.

The Winchester 400 was first contested in 1970, a race won by Dave Sorg. Bob Senneker has the most Winchester 400 wins with seven, while other drivers like Mike Eddy, Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace, Butch Miller, Gary St.Amant, Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott, Erik Jones and Noah Gragson have also claimed wins. Stephen Nasse is the defending Winchester 400 winner.

More ASA-sanctioned races have been held at Winchester than at any other tracks. A total of 51 ASA races were held at the half-mile from 1973 to the final ASA-sanctioned Winchester 400 in 2002.

ENTRY BLANK

The ASA STARS National Tour opened the ten race, six-state schedule at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL on March 11. Jesse Love is the most recent winner, claiming the victory in Glass City 200 on September 16.

ASA STARS National Tour
The ASA STARS National Tour debuted in March of 2023 for Super Late Model racing in America. Announced last October, many of the best drivers in America will compete in the ten-race national tour with a minimum $100,000 point fund. The championship team will be guaranteed $25,000.

The ASA STARS National Tour is made up of three races from each of the regional pavement Super Late Model Series under the Track Enterprises banner; the ASA CRA Super Series, the ASA Midwest Tour and the ASA Southern Super Series.

The Team Construction Winner’s Circle program has been announced as a part of the ASA STARS National Tour for licensed drivers/teams with perfect attendance. The program provides additional financial incentives to those teams who support the Series, thanks to Team Construction.

Track Enterprises, a Racing Promotions Company based in Illinois, will operate the ASA STARS National Tour. It announced the acquisition of the CRA sanctioning body in January and followed that up with the purchase of the Midwest Tour in July. In October, Track Enterprises President, Bob Sargent announced a partnership with the Southern Super Series which set the table for the formation of the ASA STARS National Tour.

More Storylines From Toledo

Special Guests

Toledo Speedway played host to a number of special guests at the Glass City 200, paying tribute to both the history of the tracks marquee event as well as the return of the ASA brand to Northwest Ohio.

Headlining the list of honorees was three-time Glass City 200 winner Bob Senneker, the 1990 American Speed Association Champion who also won the 1992 ASA National Series event at Toledo. ARCA President and Toledo Speedway Track Owner/Promoter Ron Drager presented Senneker with an ARCA Gold Card lifetime membership during pre-race ceremonies. In addition, Sennekers 1979 “Bluebird” vintage race car was on display at the speedway.

Joining Senneker as a special Guest of Honor was ASA standout Scott Hansen, a three-time winner at Toledo Speedway in the original American Speed Association. A 26-time winner in the ASA National Series in the 1980’s and 1990’s, he has been called the best ASA racer to never have won a championship. The Toledo appearance marked the fifth and final time Hansen would be honored as a Guest of Honor at an ASA STARS National Tour event.

Other former Glass City 200 winners honored during the event included Dennis Strickland, Tim Ice, Dave Kuhlman and Terry Senneker Jr.

2024 Rules and Procedures

Officials from Track Enterprises have announced that the 2024 ASA STARS National Tour rulebook will be released during the Winchester 400 weekend on October 13-16. Competition Director Freddie Query spoke at both the morning crew chief meeting and the driver/spotter meeting in Toledo during the Glass City 200, indicating that the ASA STARS rulebook was near completion and would be available at Winchester. Rules for the three ASA Regional Tours (ASA/CRA Super Series, ASA Midwest Tour and ASA Southern Super Series) will be released in the near future.

Safer Barriers, Toledo Style

Toledo Speedway utilizes foam blocks in the corners to minimize impact as a safety element. The Glass City 200 was red-flagged on two occasions Saturday evening after on-track incidents in turn one. The first occurred on lap 39 when Michael Simko made hard contact with the foam barriers after making contact with the front-stretch wall near the start/finish line. On lap 137, Kyle Krump also made hard contact with the barriers in turn one. While both cars were heavily damaged, both drivers walked away from the incidents.

Seven Drivers in Top-Ten Have Best ASA STARS Results

Jesse Love and Chase Burda earned best-career finishes with the ASA STARS National Tour at Toledo, with Love winning the race and Burda finishing in third. They weren’t the only ones to earn their best results with the series, as a total of seven drivers in the top-ten earned or tied their best finish. The others to do so were Andrik Dimayuga (5th in his debut), Austin Nason (6th), Billy VanMeter (7th, tied with Anderson), Scotty Tomasik (8th), and Logan Bearden (10th).

Up Next

The ASA STARS National Tour heads to Winchester Speedway on Sunday, October 15 for the Winchester 400. The race will also serve as the season finale for the ASA/CRA Super Series. Tickets are available for purchase by contacting the speedway office at 765-584-9701 or at the gate on race weekend.

What: 35th Glass City 200

When: Saturday, September 16

Where: Toledo Speedway

Toledo Speedway is located at 5639 Benore Rd, Toledo, OH 43612

(419) 727-1100

www.toledospeedway.com

Who: ASA STARS National Tour and ASA CRA Super Series (Combo Event)

plus Toledo Speedway Sportsman and Factory Stocks

Toledo Speedway will host the ASA STARS National Tour on Saturday, September 16 for the 35th running of the Glass City 200. The event will be race eight on the ten-race ASA STARS National Tour.

For the first time, The Glass City 200 will feature Template-bodied Super Late Models competing exclusively in the 200 lap, 100 mile event.

The 2023 Glass City 200 will see the return of the iconic ASA brand back to Toledo Speedway for the first time in 22 years. The original ASA ran a total of 16 events at Toledo, the most recent in 2002.

The ASA STARS National Tour will introduce stage racing to the Toledo Speedway fanbase. The event will be broken into three “stages,” with stage breaks set for lap 75 and lap 150. Each of the first two stages pays $1,000 to the stage winner, and championship points to the top 10 finishers.

GoFas Pole Qualifying also pays a $1,000 bonus for fast time and championship points to the top five qualifiers.

The series utilizes a “redraw” after qualifying to determine the starting order for the top eight qualifiers.

The Toledo Speedway ARCA Salenbien Excavating Late Model Sportsman and Safety-Kleen Factory Stocks will complete their seasons on Saturday as a part of the afternoon of racing. This final race will serve as championship night for both divisions, all with big points in play for a wild night of racing.

In the Salenbien Excavating Late Model Sportsman division, Ron Allen holds the points lead over Howard Kelley Jr and defending champion Jim Froling for the top spot in this division.

In the Safety-Kleen Factory Stocks, Steve Smith and Brad Turner look to close the gap to Josh Bunting, who holds a lead over the overall division. Bunting, Smith and Turner all look to take their first championships in the Factory Stocks division at Toledo.

Schedule:

Saturday, September 16, 2023
Time
7:30 AM	8:30 AM	Hauler Parking
8:00 AM		Pit Registration Opens
8:00 AM		Officials Meeting
8:30 AM		Pits Open to ASA STARS/CRA
8:45 AM		Crew Chief Meeting
9:00 AM		ASA Stars/CRA Technical Inspection By Appointment
10:45AM		Mandatory Driver/Crew Chief/Spotter Meeting
9:30 AM		Toledo LMS and FS Pit Registration Opens
11:15AM		Toledo LMSP and FS Practice (10 lap Sessions)
11:15AM		Front Gates/Ticket Office Opens
11:45AM		ASA Stars/CRA Practice
2:30 PM		Toledo LMSP and FS Group Qualifying (3 cars, 4 Laps)
1:00 PM	1:45 PM	ASA Stars/CRA Final Practice
2:00 PM		LMSP Feature 25 Laps
		FS Feature 25 Laps
2:15 PM		ASA Stars/CRA Qualifying Inspection
3:30 PM		ASA STARS GoFas Pole Qualifying (Impound)
		Move Cars to Grid After Qualifying
4:10 PM		Top 8 Re-Draw -
4:15 PM	5:05 PM	ASA Stars/CRA Autograph Session
4:55 PM		Start Clearing Grid
5:10 PM		VIP Guest Intro's / Greeters Line
5:10 PM		Driver Introductions
5:20 PM		Invocation
5:21 PM		Canadian and US Anthems
5:27 PM		Special Guest Interviews
5:32 AM		Command to Start Engines
5:38 PM		ASA STARS/CRA Glass City 200

Tickets: Tickets are available at the track, or by visiting

General Admission (Online): $31 - General Admission (Day Of): $30

Children 6-12 (Advance): $6 - Children 6-11 (Day Of): $5

Children 5 & Under (Day Of): FREE

Parking: Parking is FREE in the main lot behind the grandstands

Camping: Camping is limited/no hook ups. Lot opens Friday afternoon, September 15. First come/first Serve. No fee.

Coolers: No coolers, cans, or bottles are allowed.

Re-entry: The following re-entry policy is in effect at both tracks: When you wish to leave the grandstand area, fans must obtain a pass-out ticket from the ticket gate attendant. In order to re-enter the track, you must have both your admission stub and the pass-out ticket.

How to Watch:

Can’t make it in person? The event will be broadcasted on three platforms: TrackTV.com; Midwesttour.tv and Racing America. Subscribers to any of these streaming services can purchase an annual package to catch all the ASA STARS National Tour events at a discount. Subscribers can also get a race-by race discount. For more info, please visit www.starsnationaltour.com/watch/

The Glass City 200 will also be broadcast on a tape-delayed basis on MAVTV on Monday, September 25 at 8:00pm ET.

Up Next: The Outlaw Super Late Models will compete at Toledo Speedway on Saturday, October 7th as a part of the ARCA Menards Series Shore Lunch 200.

For the full ASA STARS National Tour schedule, plus Super Late Model rules and other information, please visit the series website at www.starsnationaltour.com, and be sure to follow the series on social media (Facebook: STARS National Series | Twitter: @racewithstars | IG: @starsnational).

Hearn Industrial to Sponsor Glass City 200

Hearn Industrial, an industrial services company with offices in southeast Michigan and Ontario, Canada, has reached an agreement with Toledo Speedway to become the entitlement sponsor of the ASA STARS National Tour Glass City 200.

The race, now known as the ASA Hearn Industrial Glass City 200, is scheduled for Saturday, September 16. In addition to the 200-lap super late model headliner, the track’s ARCA Salenbein Excavating Late Model Sportsman and ARCA Safety Kleen Factory Stock divisions will be in action as they compete in their season championship events.

The ASA Hearn Industrial Glass City 200 marks the return of the American Speed Association to Toledo Speedway for the first time since 2003. Previous ASA winners at Toledo Speedway include the late Rick Knotts, former Toledo Speedway regular and eventual NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series winners Joe Ruttman and Butch Miller, NASCAR Cup Series champion and NASCAR Hall of Fame member Rusty Wallace, multi-time Toledo Speedway winner and 1990 ASA champion Bob Senneker, and 1989 ASA rookie of the year Scott Hansen.

Both Senneker and Hansen will be in attendance; they will participate in the pre-race on-track driver autograph session and pre-race driver introductions. Senneker’s famed “No. 84 Bluebird” Camaro will also be on display.

The ASA Hearn Industrial Glass City 200 will continue the history of the race that dates to the inaugural running of the race in 1968, won by the winningest driver in ARCA-sanctioned late model competition Joy Fair. Other winners include Senneker, who won three times total in 1970, 1971, and 1977, Ruttman, Danny Byrd, John Anderson, Tim Ice, Tim Fever, Junior Hanley, Steve Sauve, Jack Landis, Brian Campbell, Dave Kuhlman, Harold Fair, Jr., Angie Grill, Terry Senneker, Dennis Strickland, Johnny VanDoorn, J.R. Roahrig, Bradley Reithmeyer, Tyler Roahrig, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series winners Tyler Ankrum and Carson Hocevar, Steve Needles, Cayden Lapcevich, Blake Rowe, Trevor Berry, and recently crowned ARCA Menards Series East champion William Sawalich.

Tickets for the ASA Hearn Industrial Glass City 200 are available online at ToledoSpeedway.com and at the gate on race day. The 200-lap main event will be streamed live on Racing America.

Bob Senneker to Attend Glass City 200 at Toledo Speedway

Bob Senneker, the all-time leading winner in American Speed Association history and a three-time winner of the Glass City 200, will attend this year’s running of the race on Saturday, September 16.

This year’s Glass City 200 is the first in the event’s history to be run under the ASA sanction. Senneker won 85 times in ASA competition and was the 1990 series champion. He’s also one of only two drivers, along with Joe Ruttman, to win an ASA race at Toledo Speedway and win the Glass City 200.

Senneker’s ASA win at Toledo came in the 1992 Toledo 400, and his Glass City 200 wins came in 1970, 1971 and 1977.

Senneker was inducted into the Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1988.

In addition, the famed No. 84 Camaro known as “The Bluebird” will be on display throughout the day.

Senneker will be joined by another former ASA winner at Toledo Speedway at the Glass City 200. Wisconsin racer Scott Hansen, the 1989 ASA rookie of the year and a 28-time winner, will also be on hand. Hansen won at Toledo three times; he won the Toledo 400 in 1991 and 1994 and the Glass City 300 in 1996.

ASA legends Bob Senneker, Hansen and Gary St. Amant, plus past Glass City 200 winners Terry Senneker Jr., Johnny Van Doorn, Dennis Strickland and Brian Campbell who is entered in Saturday’s race, will all participate in the on-track autograph session prior to the 200.

Toledo Speedway’s ARCA Salenbein Excavating Late Model Sportsman and ARCA Safety Kleen Factory Stock divisions will also be in competition, with their season championships on the line.

Advance tickets for the Glass City 200 are available at ToledoSpeedway.com and will be available at the gate on race day.

Clash of the Titans Set for Glass City 200 at Toledo Speedway

The ASA STARS National Tour returns to action on Saturday, September 16 at Toledo Speedway for the 35th running of the Glass City 200 Presented by DTS Drive Train Specialists and Courtyard by Marriot. Fans attending the event will get to see two of the top Super Late Model drivers in the country competing head-to-head.

Ty Majeski and Bubba Pollard will be taking part in their respective first Glass City 200 appearances when the series arrives at the half-mile on Saturday. While both drivers have competed at Toledo Speedway in the past, it has been several years for the both of them.

Majeski will be making his first start at Toledo since 2015 for an ASA/CRA Super Series race. He finished 11th in that race one lap down, one of his first races with long-time Crew Chief Toby Nuttleman.

“The racetrack is fast, it doesn’t have a ton of grip but with the tire we’re on there’s a lot not a lot of falloff. You’re just fighting for grip from what I remember,” said Majeski. “It’s pretty smooth but incredibly fast, it reminds me of a flatter and smoother Pensacola. We weren’t very good, it was in the beginning of Toby (Nuttleman) and I’s tenure together. I feel like our racecars are a lot better now than they were then and I feel like I’ve come a long way since then as well. We feel pretty decent about it, our flat track package is pretty good with some of the tracks we have in Wisconsin. We didn’t get a chance to test or anything so we’ll see what we’ve got.”

It's been even longer since Pollard’s been at Toledo, with his last start coming with the ARCA Menards Series in 2015. It was over ten years ago when he was last at Toledo in a Super Late Model, finishing fifth in an ASA/CRA Super Series/ASA Midwest Tour combination event in April 2013. He took advantage of a test session at Toledo on September 8 to get ready for the 200-lap event.

“It had been since 2013 since we’ve gotten to race there, just wanted to make some laps. We have five or six races here and we really wanted to take advantage of those races. With the way the schedules worked out we had some opportunity to test,” said Pollard. We were very happy when we left, we had to work out a few things but all in all, it was a good day.”

Pollard’s career accolades rival any other driver’s in short track racing. He’s won the Oxford 250, All American 400, Rattler 250, Slinger Nationals, and many other marquee races across the United States and into Canada. He recently won the Battle at Berlin 250 at Berlin Raceway last month.

Since 2004, he was won 156 races and has finished in the top-ten in an astonishing 70% of his 564 recorded starts. The Georgia driver has one ASA STARS National Tour win on the season, coming at North Wilkesboro Speedway back in May.

With it having been ten years since his last Super Late Model appearance at Toledo, Pollard felt the need to get track time before Saturday’s race.

“We go to so many racetracks and that’s why we felt like we needed to go up there. With the way the schedule works out on Saturday, we don’t get very much track time. We’re taking these new Senneker Performance racecars to new places for the first time and we felt like we needed some track time. The racetrack’s very fast, it’s got a lot of grip. I feel like it’s going to be a good race, a lot of fun. I watched some videos of the last race up there and take in as much information and data as I can to apply it to this weekend.”

After having traditionally been a 200-lap Outlaw Super Late Model race – and more recently a Twin-100 format with Outlaw and Template-bodied Super Late Models – the 2023 Glass City 200 is the first as a 200-lap Template-bodied Super Late Model race. Pollard does have a start in a Outlaw Super Late Model, coming in 2016 at the Kalamazoo Klash at Kalamazoo Speedway.

He says there are stark differences between the two disciplines.

“The body has so much grip built into it with the downforce and things like that. It gives you a lot different feel than what we’re accustomed to. The way you adjust a racecar can be quite a bit different as far as mechanical grip. There’s not much we can take from the two but I always enjoy racing the Outlaw cars. They’re cool racecars and I’m sure they would be super fast around Toledo. You never know, hopefully one day we can get back in an Outlaw car.”

Meanwhile, Ty Majeski heads into Toledo with a 93-point lead in the ASA STARS National Tour standings. He’s won three races with the series in 2023 – Madison, Milwaukee, and WIR – and has yet to finish outside the top-ten. Additionally, he also won the Slinger Nationals and the ASA Midwest Tour Jim Sauter Classic.

The Wisconsin driver’s accolades include a record five ASA Midwest Tour championships, a 2020 Snowball Derby win, five Rattler 250 wins, three Florida Governor’s Cup wins, and victories in every major race in the state of Wisconsin. In total, he has won 126 races since 2011, not including weekly wins in his home state.

The 2023 ASA STARS National Tour season has seen Majeski take on three new tracks, with a fourth new facility coming up next month at Winchester Speedway.

“On the Super Late Model side it’s been a fantastic season. We’re five-for-five in Wisconsin races, we’ve only raced the big ones,” stated Majeski. “We’ve run solid at racetracks we’ve never been to this year with North Wilkesboro, Hickory and Anderson. We’ve done a good job at adapting to places we’ve never been to pretty quickly.

“I feel like last year we didn’t get to race as much because I was working full-time at the shop here at ThorSport. I’ve been able to be back more with the Late Model program and racing more and I feel like our cars have gotten better as a team all across the board. On the Late Model side it’s been a great season, we’ve won a lot of races this year and they’ve all been big ones too. We’re excited to go into Toledo and see how we stack up.”

Majeski is also in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series playoffs, where he has a win at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park this season. The second round of the playoffs starts tonight at Bristol Motor Speedway, a race where he earned his first-career win with the series last season.

Come the weekend of November 3-5, Majeski could very well be chasing after both a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship and an ASA STARS National Tour championship.

“I hope that’s the case, we have a little bit of work to do on the Truck side. We want to make it to the final four again, and we start the final round this weekend at Bristol. That would be a dream come true to not only compete for both championships, but it would be unbelievable to somehow some way capture both of them. That would be a pretty special weekend on both fronts. I don’t know if anything like that’s ever been done, or at least not in a decent while. I’m thankful to have the opportunity to race Late Models and Trucks and have each be capable of winning every time we hit the racetrack. It’s been a dream of mine come true for the last couple years with ThorSport and my Late Model program. It would be really cool to make the most of it.”

The respect the two drivers share for each other has been mutual ever since they competed against each other for the first time at the 2014 Snowball Derby. The two have had exciting battles on the track over the years, the latest coming in March when Pollard outdueled Majeski in the final laps at the Rattler 250 and in May when Majeski got the best of Pollard in a 1-2 finish at the Joe Shear Classic.

“Bubba’s a guy where even; which is rare, if he struggles in practice and you think he’s not going to be a factor, he’s almost always ends up being a factor,” Majeski said of Pollard. “You always have to keep an eye on Bubba, he’s super smart, knows what he wants in his racecars and knows how to get them to where they need to be even if he unloads off. No matter if you think he’s off that day, he’ll be there at the end of the race. He’s really sneaky good, right? Sometimes people write him off but you can’t, I’ve learned that the hard way. He’s a great racer, old-school guy. It’s cool to race guys like him.”

““I have a lot of respect for the guy, he’s done a great job over the last several years. He’s very talented behind the wheel of a racecar. It’s a lot of fun getting to race with him,” said Pollard of his Midwest counterpart. “We’re in two separate areas of the country and we don’t get to race together too much, but when we do we’re both up towards the front. We struggle at places that’s up into the Wisconsin area. The tracks are just so unique and that’s one of the reasons that they are good. The experience he and Toby (Nuttleman) have on those racetracks are a lot different than what we are accustomed to down here. We’ll have a good race this weekend, hopefully we can be up towards the front with those guys because you know they’ll definitely be up there.”

The ASA STARS National Tour heads to Toledo Speedway on Saturday, September 16 for the Glass City 200 Presented by DTS Drive Train Specialists and Courtyard by Marriott. Tickets are on sale now at toledospeedway.com/glasscity200tickets.

The Glass City 200 will be co-sanctioned with the ASA/CRA Super Series, the fifth race of the CRA season. Gio Ruggiero leads the ASA/CRA Super Series points standings over Cassten Everidge.

The ASA STARS National Tour opened the ten race, six-state schedule at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL on March 11. Ty Majeski is the most recent winner, claiming the victory in the Gandrud Auto Group 250 on Tuesday, August 1.

Noah Gragson, Rette Jones Racing Enter Glass City 200

NASCAR national series driver Noah Gragson has filed an entry for Saturday’s ASA STARS National Tour Glass City 200 at Toledo Speedway. Gragson will team up with Rette Jones Racing, co-owned by Terry Jones, a former ARCA Late Model Sportsman champion at Toledo Speedway, along with 2009 ARCA Menards Series championship crew chief Mark Rette.

Gragson started his climb to the NASCAR Cup Series by racing in what is now the ARCA Menards Series West in 2015, winning two races on his way to second in the series championship standings. In 2016, he competed for the ARCA Menards Series East and West championships, winning two races in each series and finishing fifth in the East standings and third in the West.

He made the leap into the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2017, winning at Martinsville Speedway as a rookie. In 2018, he won at Kansas Speedway to lock into the Truck Series playoffs, and he reached the final four to compete for the championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Gragson finished third in the finale which was good for second in the championship standings behind Brett Moffitt.

Gragson then made the leap into the NASCAR Xfinity Series, racing his first full-time season for JR Motorsports in 2019. After a winless rookie season, Gragson found his stride the next season when he won the season opener at Daytona International Speedway, the first of two 2020 victories. In 2021, he won three more times and raced for the championship at Phoenix Raceway, eventually finishing third in the standings. Then, in 2022, Gragson exploded with eight wins and over 1,000 laps led. He finished second at Phoenix, missing out on the series championship by just 0.397 seconds to winner Ty Gibbs.

Gragson has started 39 NASCAR Cup Series races for Beard Motorsports, Kaulig Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, and most recently LEGACY Motor Club. His best career Cup Series finish is fifth at Daytona in August, 2022.

Gragson has teamed with Rette Jones Racing’s super late model program previously, most notably for the 2022 Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida.

The ASA STARS National Tour Glass City 200 is set for Saturday, September 16 at Toledo Speedway. The 200-lap super late model headliner will be preceded by championship events for the ARCA Salenbein Excavating Late Model Sportsman and ARCA R&M Recycling Factory Stock divisions. The 200-lap main event is scheduled to begin at 5:30 pm. For ticket information, please visit ToledoSpeedway.com.

Pro Late Model Champion Chasing First SLM Win at Toledo

Over the weekend, Chase Burda clinched the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour title at Birch Run Speedway a race early by simply taking the green flag. He then drove from 12th to second with the aid of only one yellow at the halfway point.

Now, the Lapeer, MI driver’s attention turns towards Toledo Speedway and the Glass City 200 Presented by DTS Drive Train Specialists and Courtyard by Marriott. He made his Toledo Speedway half-mile debut last year with the ASA/CRA Super Series portion of the Glass City 200, finishing fourth in the race three years after he won a CRA Junior Late Model race on the 1/5th mile.

The Glass City 200 will be his second start with the ASA STARS National Tour after a 10th place run at the Redbud 400 at Anderson Speedway in July.

“There’ll be a stout field there so it would be cool to compare ourselves to them and see where we’re at, especially in the Super car,” said Burda. “I’m excited and I can’t wait.”

Burda made the move to Pro Late Model racing in 2020 after winning the inaugural CRA Junior Late Model championship the year before, running full-time with the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour. After running part-time with the series last season, he returned full-time and won his first-career Pro Late Model race at Birch Run in May. He also won the Masters of the Pro’s at Owosso Speedway and at Winchester Speedway during the World Stock Car Festival, all but clinching the series title in the process.

He began dabbling in select Super Late Model races in 2022, making his debut with the ASA Midwest Tour at the Milwaukee Mile and also competing in four ASA/CRA Super Series races.

After a runner-up effort in the Super Late Model at Winchester, he hopes for more of the same success at Toledo.

“With me just not being in it as much, it takes a few laps for me to get used to it. I felt like last weekend at Winchester I was able to adapt to it a lot better than I have been. Hopefully going to Toledo, we’ll be a lot better.

“We didn’t have a win until this year and now we have three wins, so that’s awesome. We’ve been unloading fast cars everywhere we go and keeping up the momentum.”

His second at Winchester was his best run to date in the Super Late Model. The goal for Burda at Toledo remains the same – complete all 200 laps and leave Ohio with a good finish.

“We’re just looking for a good, solid run. A top-ten, top-five; just finish all the laps and on the lead lap and maybe a top-five, that’s the goal.”

The Glass City 200 will be co-sanctioned with the ASA/CRA Super Series, the fifth race of the CRA season. Gio Ruggiero leads the ASA/CRA Super Series points standings over Logan Bearden.

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ss City 200 Entry List

Drivers challenging for two of stock car racing’s most prestigious championships headline a strong list of drivers entered for Saturday’s ASA STARS National Tour Glass City 200 Presented by DTS Drive Train Specialists and Courtyard by Marriott at Toledo Speedway.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship contender Ty Majeski and ARCA Menards Series championship leader Jesse Love headline a stout list of drivers who have already filed an entry for the first ASA national tour race at Toledo Speedway since 2003.

Majeski, who drives the No. 66 Ford for ThorSport Racing, kicked off the Truck Series playoffs with a win at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, and he’s primed to challenge for his first series title. He’s no stranger to competing for championships; Majeski is a four-time ASA Midwest Tour champion and he currently leads the ASA STARS National Tour standings by 93 points over runner-up Cole Butcher.

Love, who drives the No. 20 Toyota for Venturini Motorsports in the ARCA Menards Series, has won nine times so far in 2023 and leads the series standings by 128 points with three races remaining in the season. Love is a two-time ARCA Menards Series West champion, and he finished second in the Shore Lunch 200 Presented by CGS Imaging at Toledo Speedway in 2022.

Others who have filed an entry for the Glass City 200 include super late model superstar Bubba Pollard, Cole Butcher, Gio Ruggiero, 2022 Glass City 200 winner Blake Rowe, 2007 race winner Brian Campbell, and local favorites David Liaff, Michael Simko, Albert Francis, and Brandon Varney. Liaff is a former Toledo Speedway regular and is the son of former Toledo Speedway Detroit Iron division champion Rob Liaff. Simko is the son of former Toledo Speedway late model winner and ARCA Menards Series competitor David Simko.

FULL ENTRY LIST

The ARCA Salenbein Excavating Late Model Sportsman and ARCA Safety Kleen Factory Stock divisions will also be in action, with season championships on the line for both. Racing action is set to start at 5:30 pm. Advance tickets are available at ToledoSpeedway.com.

About the Glass City 200
The 35th Running of the Glass City 200 Presented by DTS Drive Train Specialists and Courtyard by Marriott roars to life under the ASA STARS National Tour banner in Toledo on Saturday, September 16th. Built in 1960, Toledo Speedway first hosted its signature event in 1968, providing some of the most memorable moments in Ohio pavement short track racing history. Local and national stars alike have raced in this historic event at Toledo Speedway, with a deep wins list that includes Joy Fair, Bob Senneker, Joe Ruttman, Danny Byrd, John Anderson, Brian Campbell, Junior Hanley, Harold Fair, Augie Grill, Johnny Van Doorn, J.R. and Tyler Roahrig, Tyler Ankrum, Carson Hocevar and many others. Click here for a full list of Glass City 200 winners. New in 2023, the return to the 200-lap main event will prove to be a new endurance test for many of the top drivers in the country. You can get your tickets now for this race by clicking the link.

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Bubba Pollard has officially filed his entry for the ASA STARS National Tour Glass City 200 Presented by DTS Drive Train Specialists and Courtyard by Marriott at Toledo Speedway on Saturday, September 16.

The Senoia, GA driver has two previous starts at Toledo Speedway. He contested an ASA/CRA Super Series/ASA Midwest Tour combination event at the half-mile in April 2013, finishing fifth in the race. He also has an ARCA Menards Series start at Toledo in 2015, when he finished 18th after getting collected in a six-car wreck in the final 25 laps.

He recently completed a test at Toledo Speedway on Friday, September 8 to prepare for the Glass City 200, his first start in the prestigious event. He won the ASA STARS National Tour stop at North Wilkesboro Speedway in May and sits fourth in series points.

The Glass City 200 will be co-sanctioned with the ASA/CRA Super Series, the fifth race of the CRA season. Gio Ruggiero leads the ASA/CRA Super Series points standings over Logan Bearden.

Fresh Off Test Session, Pollard to Compete at Glass City 200

The Glass City 200 will be co-sanctioned with the ASA/CRA Super Series, the fifth race of the CRA season. Gio Ruggiero leads the ASA/CRA Super Series points standings over Logan Bearden.

Love Starts Busy Month at Toledo With Glass City 200 Appearance

Jesse Love returns to Toledo Speedway and the ASA STARS National Tour on Saturday, September 16 for the Glass City 200 Presented by DTS Drive Train Specialists and Courtyard by Marriott.

The current ARCA Menards Series points leader is batting over .500 with the series in 2023, having won nine of the 17 races. With three races remaining in the ARCA season, Love has a chance to match Tim Steele’s mark of 12 wins in 1997 for most wins in a single season in the modern era (1979).

Love competed in both the ASA/CRA Super Series portion of the Glass City 200 and the ARCA Menards Series finale at Toledo in 2022. Despite dominating both races, he finished second both times after late-race battles for the win – first to William Sawalich after leading 78 laps in the Super Late Model, then to Sammy Smith in the ARCA race after leading 192 of 200 laps.

With a 129 point advantage going into the most recent ARCA race at Kansas Speedway, Love could very well walk into the ARCA finale three weeks after the Glass City 200 having already been crowned ARCA Menards Series champion.

He has one previous start with the ASA STARS National Tour, coming at Hickory Motor Speedway in May. He won stage two of the Tar Heel 250, but was relegated to an 11th place finish after late-race contact with William Byron. The California driver rejoins Wilson Motorsports in the No.20 alongside series race winners Cole Butcher and Gio Ruggiero, the car’s third race of the season following Love’s start at Hickory and Sean Hingorani’s lone race at the Milwaukee Mile.

The Glass City 200 will be co-sanctioned with the ASA/CRA Super Series, the fifth race of the CRA season. Gio Ruggiero leads the ASA/CRA Super Series points standings over Logan Bearden.

Original American Speed Association Has History at Glass City Oval

Toledo, OH (Sept. 8, 2023) – When the ASA STARS National Tour invades Toledo Speedway for the Glass City 200 Presented by DTS Drive Train Specialists and Courtyard by Marriott on September 16, it will mark the return of the ASA brand to the Northwest Ohio half-mile oval for the first time in 22 years.

The original American Speed Association sanctioned a total of 16 National Tour events at the venerable speedway located in the city of Toledo, near the Ohio/Michigan state line. ASA founder Rex Robbins and ARCA Founder and Toledo Speedway owner/promoter John Marcum forged both a business relationship and a personal friendship during Stock Car racing’s formative years, which would see the two co-exist with touring stock car series for several decades.

Some of the biggest names in ASA history found success at the track.

Scott Hansen, considered by most the best ASA driver to never win a championship, found victory lane at Toledo on three occasions (1991, 1994 and 1996). Seven-time ASA National champion Mike Eddy was a two time winner at Toledo in 1981 and again in 1995. Three-time ASA National champion Butch Miller was victorious in 1994.

Other ASA National champions who won at Toledo included Rusty Wallace, who won at Toledo on his way to the 1983 ASA National Championship; ASA’s all-time victory leader Bob Senneker was victorious in 1992; 1993 Champion Johnny Benson won during his championship season; Bryan Reffner won in 1995 on the way to his only ASA Title; ’99 ASA Champ Tim Sauter won in 2000 and his brother Johnny Sauter was victorious during his 2001 championship season.

Joey Clanton rounded out the list of ASA Champions who won at Toledo, earning the victory in the National Tour’s final visit on August 11, 2002.

ASA History at Toledo Speedway
May 20, 1979 – Ricky Knotts
May 30, 1981 – Mike Eddy
August 14, 1982 – Joe Ruttman
June 4, 1983 – Rusty Wallace
October 20, 1991 – Scott Hansen
October 4, 1992 – Bob Senneker
October 3, 1993 – Johnny Benson, Jr.
May 15, 1994 – Butch Miller
October 2, 1994 – Scott Hansen
May 7, 1995 – Mike Eddy
October 1, 1995 – Bryan Reffner
May 5, 1996 – Scott Hansen
September 29, 1996 – Brad Loney
August 1, 2000 – Tim Sauter
July 1, 2001 – Johnny Sauter
August 11, 2002 – Joey Clanton

The Glass City 200 will be co-sanctioned with the ASA/CRA Super Series, the fifth race of the CRA season. Gio Ruggiero leads the ASA/CRA Super Series points standings over Logan Bearden.

Senneker’s Bluebird #84 Returns to Toledo

The famous Senneker Bluebird 84 is expected to be placed on display as a part of the festivities at the 35th running of the Glass City 200 at Toledo Speedway, Presented by DTS Drive Train Specialists and Courtyard by Marriott!

Senneker is the winningest driver in ASA history, with 85 victories over the course of his career. He is one of the most popular drivers in Michigan motorsports history, capturing state-wide fan support over his decades of competition in the Great Lakes state.

The Bluebird that will be on display ran during the 1979 ASA National Tour season, including a race at Toledo Speedway back on May 20th, 1979, and a win at the Buckeye 300 at Queen City Speedway outside of Cincinnati.

Bob Senneker competed in this blue 84 car over the course of the 1979 season, racking up wins across the midwest in his familiar colors.

Senneker’s history at Toledo Speedway is as victorious and storied as nearly any driver to pass through its gates through history. Senneker took three Glass City 200 wins over the decade of the 1970’s.

In 1970, Senneker won the Glass City 200 for the first time in dominating fashion, cementing his name in the history books of the long-time event.

The third running of the Glass City 200 at Toledo Speedway saw Senneker zip to victory in the 200 lap event. Driving one of the famous “bluebird” Chevelles that Bob became known for, he beat 1969 winner Joe Ruttman by 2 laps.

In 1971, Senneker would follow up and become the first driver to ever take back-to-back Glass City 200 wins.

Senneker would lead the final 97 laps of the feature taking the win by a lap over Joy Fair in second place.

Detroit Free Press, Monday September 27, 1971

After a runner-up performance in 1974 and a top ten in 1975, Senneker would return to the top step of Toledo’s biggest race with a dramatic win in the 1977 Glass City 200.

He was on his way to the win in the first 100-lap race of the night, before disaster struck on the final lap. Bill Daniels blew a motor on the final lap, Senneker spun in the oil, and Ed Cooper would take the first checkered flag of the night.

Senneker came back and led all 100 laps in the second race to take the second 100-lap win and overall win.

Cooper was second and Joy Fair and Randy Sweet tied for third.

Senneker would become the first three-time winner of the Glass City 200, and the last to win the Glass City 200 before its 21 year hiatus between 1978 and 1998.

The Republican, Thursday July 21, 1977

Senneker was a defining driver of the earliest era of the Glass City 200, setting in stone the prestige of this event, and what it means to be a victor at Toledo Speedway.

While his wins came in unique fashions, a tied thread comes from the color of the car, and the number on the door. Every Glass City 200 win he took came in a blue #84 car.

Senneker won in a wide range of disciplines, including the ASA Challenge Series, the Iceman 1000 series, the ARCA Menards Series, and other disciplines of motorsport. Senneker is a member of the Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame, inducted in 1988.

He even toured a stint in the NASCAR Cup Series, including a run in the 1968 Daytona 500. He would finish 13th in the Great American Race, just one spot behind AJ Foyt.
He is the second winningest late model driver in Toledo Speedway history, picking up 33 late model wins at Toledo over a long career in the midwest.

The Senneker surname has, over time, grown to become an illustrious name around the motorsports community. In 2012, Terry Senneker Jr would win the 2012 Glass City 200 after taking the lead with just four laps to go, putting a second Senneker in Monroe Asphalt Winners Circle and entering the Senneker name into history.

Very few drivers have such a history in the Glass City 200, as well as the ASA National Tour. It is only fitting to take a look at the Bluebird, as a new era begins at Toledo Speedway.

As the ASA National Tour returns to Toledo Speedway on Saturday September 16th, stay tuned to ToledoSpeedway.com for more information on this huge night of racing!

Advance Tickets for the 39th All American 400 Now Available - November 3rd-5th

(Nashville, TN) Story By: Koty Geyer - Advance sale discount tickets for the 39th All American 400 weekend at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway are now on sale. The three-day All Amercian 400 weekend will be highlighted by the crowning of the inaugural ASA STARS National Tour champion on Sunday, November 5. Two full days of support class racing will take place on Friday and Saturday, November 3-4, followed by one of short track racings crown jewel events for Super Late Models.

Advanced tickets are $3 off for Friday and Saturday, and $5 off for Sunday. An advanced three-day ticket is $50, $20 off the race weekend price. Kids 6-12 are $5 and kids five and under are free each day. Military and senior discounts are available both in advance and at the gate.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Ty Majeski leads the ASA STARS National Tour points standings after seven races over Redbud 400 winner Cole Butcher and Tar Heel 250 winner Gio Ruggiero. Participating in the Truck Series Playoffs, Majeski could very well compete for two different series championships that weekend.

The action starts Friday night, November 3 with championships being decided for all six quarter-mile divisions. Limited Late Models, Pure Stocks, Street Stocks, Pest Doctor Front Runners, US Air Force Legends, and Murfreesboro Fence Bandoleros will take to the track to crown 2023 track champions.

Saturday, November 4 will feature a busy day of racing on the big track. The ASA STARS National Tour will qualify for the All American 400 while the CRA Street Stocks and Vores Compact Touring Series will contest their races. New to 2023, the local Pro Late Model division and JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour will race on Saturday night, crowning a 2023 Pro Late Model track champion.

The nation’s top Super Late Model stars will have the spotlight all to themselves on Sunday, November 5 for the All American 400. Once again, the Super Late Models will go for 300 laps with a famed Nashville guitar up for grabs. The ASA STARS National Tour will crown an inaugural champion at the conclusion of the race.

Friday Admission Price:
Advance GA - $12.00
Advance Military/Senior - 10.00
Advance Kids 6-12 - $5.00
Kids 5 & Under - FREE

Day of GA - $15.00
Day of Military/Senior - $12.00
Day of Kids 6-12 - $5.00
Kids 5 & Under - FREE

Saturday Admission Prices:
Advance GA - $22.00
Advance Military/Senior - $19.00
Advance Kids 6-12 - $5.00
Kids 5 & Under - FREE

Day of GA - $25.00
Day of Military/ Senior - $22.00
Day of Kids 6-12 - $5.00
Kids 5 & Under - FREE

Sunday Admission Prices:
Advance GA - $25.00
Advance Military/Seniors - $22.00
Advance Kids 6-12 - $5.00
Kids 5 & Under - FREE

Day of GA - $30.00
Day of Senior/Military - $25.00
Day of Kid 6-12 - $5.00
Kids 5 & Under - FREE

For more information on Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, go to our website at nashvillefairgroundsspeedway.racing. Follow us on Facebook at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, on Twitter at @RaceFairgrounds, and on Instagram at nashvillefairgroundsspeedway.

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