FLAT ROCK’S MORAN CHEVROLET-STAN YEE MEMORIAL 150 SET FOR JULY 23
FLAT ROCK’S MORAN CHEVROLET-STAN YEE MEMORIAL 150 SET FOR JULY 23
(Flat Rock, MI—July 12, 2016): Flat Rock Speedway’s biggest race of the season, the Moran Chevrolet-Stan Yee Memorial 150, is set for Saturday night, July 23. The race is leg number 5 of the 6-race Royal Truck and Trailer ARCA Late Model Gold Cup Series.
A field of 25-35 cars is expected for this annual classic. Yee was a championship car owner in the Late Model ranks for over 40 years. Stan passed away in 2008. Flat Rock’s souvenir stand will have Stan Yee Memorial T-shirts on sale at the track.
Winners of the Yee Memorial race include Justin Schroeder (2008), Mike Luberda Jr. (2009), Mike Root (2010, 2012), Eric Lee (2011), Phil Bozell (2013), Harold Fair Jr. (2014) and Jeff Ganus (2015).
The race will award $2533 to the winner and $533 to start the contest. Bonus awards include lap money at $5 per lap, which is now available by calling the track at 734-782-2480 or the Toledo Speedway office at 419-727-1100.
Diamond Racing Products has posted a $333 bonus to the fast qualifier, which goes along with the $100 DTS Drive Train Specialists Gold Cup Series fast time bonus AND the weekly Moran Chevrolet fast time $100 bonus, giving the top lap time a $533 cash award!
Moran Chevy will also award a set of tires to a driver at the event, along with the weekly Moran Hard Charger (Most Improved) $50 bonus.
Flat Rock and Kalamazoo Speedway have also teamed up to post a $300 cash award to the highest-finishing Kalamazoo top 20 driver that make the 150.
An optional practice session is set for Friday evening, July 22 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The pit area will open at 3:30. DTS Drive Train Specialists will sponsor a dinner for each pit pass purchaser after Friday’s practice session.
Race day on Saturday will see the pit area opening at 1, practice begins at 3 p.m. and the front gates will also open at that time. All tickets will go sale race day at the track at 3 p.m. The track’s ARCA DTS Drive Train Specialists Street Stocks will also be in action. Time trials begin at 5:15 and racing gets the green flag at 7 p.m.
The updated entry list and lap money sponsorship list will be posted next Monday, July 18 in the next race box on the Flat Rock website home page.