MICHIGAN BEER MILE DRAWS 110 RUNNERS TO FLAT ROCK

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    MICHIGAN BEER MILE DRAWS 110 RUNNERS TO FLAT ROCK

    Flat Rock, MI—November 14, 2015:  Blue skies and comfortable November temperatures greeted a total of 110 runners for the inaugural “Michigan Beer Mile” at Flat Rock Speedway Saturday afternoon.  Hosted and promoted by Boogahonk Events, LLC of Ann Arbor, the event featured an individual class, 2 and 4-person relay teams and the “Elite” division.  Prior to each ¼ mile or lap around Flat Rock Speedway, the competitor consumed a 12 ounce beer.  A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Movember, bringing awareness to Men’s Health.

    A strong group of runners with ties to the speedway competed Saturday.  Drivers Rob Moore, Kyle Worley and Derek Denton, crew members Rob Liedel and Jamie Moore, Stephanie Cronenwett and daughters Talya Knight and Tasha Vokally and track employee Amanda Zimmerman took part in the run, believed to be only the third-such event in the United States.

    The runners were cheered on by family, friends and the curious who ventured to the track Saturday afternoon for the fun event.

    Times were kept for each division.  The winners were:  Ian Hancke, Elite Beer Mile; Christopher Ridgard, Open and Masters class; Dan Skinner/Gary Duke, 2 person relay and Kevin Proudlock, Mark Germain; Matt Smith and Ryan Hudson, 4 person relay. The Moore/Moore/Liedel/Worley quartet finished third, just 10 seconds behind the winners!  Kelly Denton/Derek Denton/Michael Denton/Mark Tonga were fourth.

    To view a video of the event, please click here.

    The videographer was Andrew Kitto.

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    Dan & Gail Dow
    Dan & Gail Dow wrote

    It was alot of fun watching all the runners. Had a great time for a good cause. I was a little disappointed with the video as I felt they should have showed the FLAT ROCK RUNNERS.After all they were there to support our home track. We did have fun though.

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      Rmoore 82
      Rmoore 82 wrote

      This was a fun experience for us all proving we can get around the track more than one way lol.I'd like to challenge other drivers to try this next year if they return just to see how much fun this is plus you get to drink beer.

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