Toledo Speedway is a half-mile paved oval racetrack located in Toledo,

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. It is owned jointly by Roy Mott and ARCA President Ron Drager. It is operated by ARCA and run as the sister track to

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History

Toledo Speedway opened in 1960 and was paved in 1964. In 1978 it was sold to Thomas "Sonny" Adams Sr. The speedway was reacquired by ARCA in 1999. The track also features the weekly racing divisions of sportsman on the half-mile and

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, factory stock, and four cylinders on a quarter-mile track inside the big track. They also have a series of races with outlaw-bodied

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that includes four 100-lap races and ends with Glass City 200. The track hosts the “Fastest short track show in the world” which features winged

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and winged Super Modifieds on the half mile. Toledo also used to host a 200-lap

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race until its sale to ARCA in 1999. Toledo is known for the foam blocks that line the race track, different than the concrete walls that line many short tracks throughout America. The crumbling walls can make track cleanup a tedious task for workers. Toledo was one of the oldest tracks to still host an

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race until 2019. Starting in 2020, after

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bought ARCA, the race became part of the rebranded ARCA Menards Series East (former

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). However, due to COVID-19 related scheduling changes, the track ended up hosting three ARCA races in 2020, and is back on the national schedule in 2021.

National events

Toledo, as a track owned by the

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, plays host to an ARCA Menards Series East race, the Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 in early October as the Final race of the season. The

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also visits the track. A touring

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series, the

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, also holds an event at Toledo.

References

External links

Official Website

Toledo Speedway
race results at Racing Reference
Toledo Speedway
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