Post by mstrc on Dec 22, 2011 22:55:42 GMT -4
Michigan Short Track Racing Club Contact: Chuck Darling
For Immediate Release: 989-780-5567
9th annual Michigan Short Track Racing Club Bowling Tournament Rolls Saturday, February 18th, 2012
Owosso, Michigan (Saturday, December 10th, 2011): The Michigan Short Track Racing Club (MSTRC) is proud to announce details regarding the 9th annual MSTRC Bowling Tournament! The widely popular fundraising and short track racing event will once again be held at the immaculate Capitol Bowl in downtown Owosso, Michigan on Saturday, February 18th, 2012.
The annual bowling tournament and bench racing extravaganza for the short track racing community in the state of Michigan was started in 2004 as a way for the racing community in the great auto racing state of Michigan to get together over the winter and bowl for a great cause. For the past eight years, the MSTRC Bowling Tournament has proven to be one of the biggest fundraisers dedicated to the short track racing industry in the State of Michigan for racing families in need. This year's tournament will once again benefit two well known family members of the racing community in the Great Lakes State.
The first beneficiary of the 9th annual MSTRC Bowling Tournament will be Mary Whitney, the Mother of former two-time Auto City Speedway Super Stocks Track Champion, Shaun “Bubba” Whitney, who was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Mrs. Whitney was a familiar sight at the race track when Shaun’s familiar #72 raced in the old USPRO Cup Series, (later the ASA Late Model Series) as well as at Auto City. She resides in Saginaw, Michigan.
The second beneficiary will be Tim Phillips, who was the Promoter at Springport Motor Speedway during the 2011 racing season and has been a competitor with the Great Lakes Super Cup Racing Series in recent years. The Otsego, Michigan native helped resurrect the Springport, Michigan speed plant all the while battling a variety of health issues that began during this past season and he has no health insurance.
In addition, the 2011/2012 Chris Throgmartin Spirit & Dedication Award Winner has been decided and this year’s recipient will be Alvie Haynes, a former regular in the UMP Late Models division at Mt. Pleasant Speedway in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. In 2011, he had to abruptly retire from racing after being told by his doctors that continuing to race could result in him being confined to wheelchair because of injuries sustained in a snowmobile accident.
After retiring Haynes helped his son, 17-year-old Richie start his racing career and continued to stay involved in the sport. Three years ago Alvie and started a nonprofit group called "Cans from Race Fans" to help give back to his community and racing sponsors. This group collects non-perishable food items to deliver to those in need in their local communities. Now having had his gall bladder removed and other medical issues resolved, Alvie is looking to make a return to racing in 2012. Recent Past Winners of the Throgmartin Award include: Bill Long (2010/2011), Dave & Eldora Howe (2009/2010), Matt Prieur (2008/2009), George Keen (2007/2008), Matt Schindewolf (2006/2007), Verwayne Greenhoe (2005/2006), and Ed Inloes (2004/2005), no award was given the first year of the tournament.
New for the 9th annual MSTRC Bowling Tournament are the starting times throughout the tournament. Sign In and Lane Assignments begin at 4:00p.m., with Optional "Hot Laps" / Practice beginning at 4:30p.m. Practice will end at 5:30p.m. Then after the random drawing for partners, followed by the Invocation and National Anthem, the Tournament will start at approximately 6:00p.m. A $10.00 donation is all it costs to join in on the fun and all participants will bowl Two (2) Games. Participants don't even have to bowl with their partner! Everyone can still bowl with the group you came with on one or more lanes.
In addition, you don't even have to bowl to participate! Everyone is encouraged to come out and support this annual event. There will be numerous door prizes to be given away throughout the evening as well as 50/50 drawings and several special prizes to be distributed. Following the bowling tournament, the MSTRC Bowling Tournament Awards Ceremony will be held approximately 45-60 minutes after the completion of Bowling in the alleys' adjacent lounge, "The Capitol Bowl Hot Spot."
After the Awards Ceremony, the ARCA Racing Series Presented by Menards 2012 Season Opener, the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 will be shown live on SPEED from Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida on the surrounding televisions throughout the massive bowling alley and inside the Capitol Bowl Hot Spot. Then later in the evening, the Budweiser Shootout for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be LIVE on the televisions as well.
To complete the night, Short Track Racing’s Favorite Band, the “Basement Dawgs” with former Spartan Speedway Modifieds competitor, Matt Schindewolf, from Onondaga, Michigan who was a benefactor during the fifth annual bowling tournament, will be bringing his band back to the Capitol Bowl Hot Spot once again for a great night of classic rock and roll and more.
Capitol Bowl is located at 219 South Washington Street behind the J.C. Penny's store and Roma's Back Door Pizzeria and directly across the street from Jumbo's Bar and Grill in Downtown Owosso, Michigan. For more information about Capitol Bowl and the surrounding downtown attractions as well as hotel accommodations, log onto their website at: www.capitolbowl.net
During the eighth edition of the tournament back on February 12th, 2011, Capitol Bowl was once again packed as the tournament benefitted two family members of the racing community; Brock Cogswell of Davisburg, Michigan and Dick LaPratt of Mason, Michigan. In all total; 102 bowlers packed themselves into the 24-lane bowling alley in downtown Owosso, Michigan and the total raised for the two benefactors was a generous $1,785.00!
The Award Winners for the 8th annual MSTRC Bowling Tournament were: Rick Canfield and Calvin Stemler were crowned the overall winners as they combined to roll a MSTRC Bowling Tournament record, 809 series in the two games bowled to win the Team High Series Award. For the individual award winners, Brian Newman rolled a new record high game of a 279 to take home the Men’s High Game while Chief Starter at Owosso Speedway, Jeremy Slayden won the Men’s High Series title with a 447 series.
For the women, Cindy Hernly was the winner of the Women’s High Game Award with a 191 while Cindy Algren took home the Women’s High Series Award with a 374 series. Ashley Crego picked up the Greg Yost Memorial Never Give Up Award while Bill Long of the Michigan Dirt Cup Series as well as Mt. Pleasant Speedway, was the winner of the 2010/2011 Chris Throgmartin Dedication and Spirit Award for his continuous efforts and support of weekly short track racing in Michigan.
“Team Big Mouth” took the special Traveling Team Award pitting Team Big Mouth against Team Gone Fishin. Team Big Mouth consisted of; Ed Inloes, Dave Kennedy, Gary Lindahl, Steve Lindahl, and Matt Prieur. Members of Team Gone Fishin included; Brandon Curtis, Chuck Darling, Brian Howey, Ken Shook, and Kyle Trinklein. Team Big Mouth won the special Five-Man Team Award as they defeated Team Gone Fishin 1545-1118 to take home the Special Traveling “We Whipped Your A$$ Award for an unprecedented fifth year in a row.
The MSTRC Bowling Tournament was started in 2004 and for the first three years, was held at Nic's Restaurant & Bowl (Formerly Tri-Ami Lanes) in Ovid, Michigan. In 2007, a decision was made to move the tournament to a bigger facility and the newly renovated Capitol Bowl in downtown Owosso, Michigan and since then, Capitol Bowl has been the home of the MSTRC Bowling Tournament and will continue to be for the foreseeable future.
Past beneficiaries of the MSTRC Bowling Tournament include; Buck Harsen (2004), Michael Putnam (2005), the Crook Family (2005), the Bouwman Family (2006), the late Greg Yost (2006), Verwayne Greenhoe (2007), the Persails Family (2007), Chad Faur (2008), Matt Schindewolf (2008), the Newman Family (2009), Daniel "Doc" Dutton (2009), Jake Dickman (2010), and Alan Taft (2010), and Brock Cogswell (2011), and Dick LaPratt (2011).
As in years past, the beneficiaries were decided on by the membership of the Michigan Short Track Racing Club as Nominations were presented on the MSTRC message board and decided on by the senior members of the MSTRC Bowling Tournament Committee. That committee consists of; Brenda & Chuck Darling, Linda & Ed Inloes, Elaine Morence, Matt Prieur, and Verwayne Greenhoe.
For more information about the 9th annual MSTRC Bowling Tournament, and to make a donation to the tournament with door prizes, or if you can't make it to the tournament and would like to donate anyways; Please e-mail the following committee members; For MSTRC Founder, Chuck Darling, you can e-mail him at; mstrc_ceo88@yahoo.com For MSTRC President, Verwayne Greenhoe, you can e-mail him at: bmoc66@gmail.com For Ed Inloes, his e-mail address is; gb48507@yahoo.com and for Matt Prieur, you can reach him at: mprieur@mph-promotions.com
You can also log onto the Michigan Short Track Racing Club Website at: www.mstrc.com Then click on "Michigan Auto Racing Discussion" and scroll down for the Thread titled "Official 9th annual MSTRC Bowling Tournament Information"
For Immediate Release: 989-780-5567
9th annual Michigan Short Track Racing Club Bowling Tournament Rolls Saturday, February 18th, 2012
Owosso, Michigan (Saturday, December 10th, 2011): The Michigan Short Track Racing Club (MSTRC) is proud to announce details regarding the 9th annual MSTRC Bowling Tournament! The widely popular fundraising and short track racing event will once again be held at the immaculate Capitol Bowl in downtown Owosso, Michigan on Saturday, February 18th, 2012.
The annual bowling tournament and bench racing extravaganza for the short track racing community in the state of Michigan was started in 2004 as a way for the racing community in the great auto racing state of Michigan to get together over the winter and bowl for a great cause. For the past eight years, the MSTRC Bowling Tournament has proven to be one of the biggest fundraisers dedicated to the short track racing industry in the State of Michigan for racing families in need. This year's tournament will once again benefit two well known family members of the racing community in the Great Lakes State.
The first beneficiary of the 9th annual MSTRC Bowling Tournament will be Mary Whitney, the Mother of former two-time Auto City Speedway Super Stocks Track Champion, Shaun “Bubba” Whitney, who was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Mrs. Whitney was a familiar sight at the race track when Shaun’s familiar #72 raced in the old USPRO Cup Series, (later the ASA Late Model Series) as well as at Auto City. She resides in Saginaw, Michigan.
The second beneficiary will be Tim Phillips, who was the Promoter at Springport Motor Speedway during the 2011 racing season and has been a competitor with the Great Lakes Super Cup Racing Series in recent years. The Otsego, Michigan native helped resurrect the Springport, Michigan speed plant all the while battling a variety of health issues that began during this past season and he has no health insurance.
In addition, the 2011/2012 Chris Throgmartin Spirit & Dedication Award Winner has been decided and this year’s recipient will be Alvie Haynes, a former regular in the UMP Late Models division at Mt. Pleasant Speedway in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. In 2011, he had to abruptly retire from racing after being told by his doctors that continuing to race could result in him being confined to wheelchair because of injuries sustained in a snowmobile accident.
After retiring Haynes helped his son, 17-year-old Richie start his racing career and continued to stay involved in the sport. Three years ago Alvie and started a nonprofit group called "Cans from Race Fans" to help give back to his community and racing sponsors. This group collects non-perishable food items to deliver to those in need in their local communities. Now having had his gall bladder removed and other medical issues resolved, Alvie is looking to make a return to racing in 2012. Recent Past Winners of the Throgmartin Award include: Bill Long (2010/2011), Dave & Eldora Howe (2009/2010), Matt Prieur (2008/2009), George Keen (2007/2008), Matt Schindewolf (2006/2007), Verwayne Greenhoe (2005/2006), and Ed Inloes (2004/2005), no award was given the first year of the tournament.
New for the 9th annual MSTRC Bowling Tournament are the starting times throughout the tournament. Sign In and Lane Assignments begin at 4:00p.m., with Optional "Hot Laps" / Practice beginning at 4:30p.m. Practice will end at 5:30p.m. Then after the random drawing for partners, followed by the Invocation and National Anthem, the Tournament will start at approximately 6:00p.m. A $10.00 donation is all it costs to join in on the fun and all participants will bowl Two (2) Games. Participants don't even have to bowl with their partner! Everyone can still bowl with the group you came with on one or more lanes.
In addition, you don't even have to bowl to participate! Everyone is encouraged to come out and support this annual event. There will be numerous door prizes to be given away throughout the evening as well as 50/50 drawings and several special prizes to be distributed. Following the bowling tournament, the MSTRC Bowling Tournament Awards Ceremony will be held approximately 45-60 minutes after the completion of Bowling in the alleys' adjacent lounge, "The Capitol Bowl Hot Spot."
After the Awards Ceremony, the ARCA Racing Series Presented by Menards 2012 Season Opener, the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 will be shown live on SPEED from Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida on the surrounding televisions throughout the massive bowling alley and inside the Capitol Bowl Hot Spot. Then later in the evening, the Budweiser Shootout for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be LIVE on the televisions as well.
To complete the night, Short Track Racing’s Favorite Band, the “Basement Dawgs” with former Spartan Speedway Modifieds competitor, Matt Schindewolf, from Onondaga, Michigan who was a benefactor during the fifth annual bowling tournament, will be bringing his band back to the Capitol Bowl Hot Spot once again for a great night of classic rock and roll and more.
Capitol Bowl is located at 219 South Washington Street behind the J.C. Penny's store and Roma's Back Door Pizzeria and directly across the street from Jumbo's Bar and Grill in Downtown Owosso, Michigan. For more information about Capitol Bowl and the surrounding downtown attractions as well as hotel accommodations, log onto their website at: www.capitolbowl.net
During the eighth edition of the tournament back on February 12th, 2011, Capitol Bowl was once again packed as the tournament benefitted two family members of the racing community; Brock Cogswell of Davisburg, Michigan and Dick LaPratt of Mason, Michigan. In all total; 102 bowlers packed themselves into the 24-lane bowling alley in downtown Owosso, Michigan and the total raised for the two benefactors was a generous $1,785.00!
The Award Winners for the 8th annual MSTRC Bowling Tournament were: Rick Canfield and Calvin Stemler were crowned the overall winners as they combined to roll a MSTRC Bowling Tournament record, 809 series in the two games bowled to win the Team High Series Award. For the individual award winners, Brian Newman rolled a new record high game of a 279 to take home the Men’s High Game while Chief Starter at Owosso Speedway, Jeremy Slayden won the Men’s High Series title with a 447 series.
For the women, Cindy Hernly was the winner of the Women’s High Game Award with a 191 while Cindy Algren took home the Women’s High Series Award with a 374 series. Ashley Crego picked up the Greg Yost Memorial Never Give Up Award while Bill Long of the Michigan Dirt Cup Series as well as Mt. Pleasant Speedway, was the winner of the 2010/2011 Chris Throgmartin Dedication and Spirit Award for his continuous efforts and support of weekly short track racing in Michigan.
“Team Big Mouth” took the special Traveling Team Award pitting Team Big Mouth against Team Gone Fishin. Team Big Mouth consisted of; Ed Inloes, Dave Kennedy, Gary Lindahl, Steve Lindahl, and Matt Prieur. Members of Team Gone Fishin included; Brandon Curtis, Chuck Darling, Brian Howey, Ken Shook, and Kyle Trinklein. Team Big Mouth won the special Five-Man Team Award as they defeated Team Gone Fishin 1545-1118 to take home the Special Traveling “We Whipped Your A$$ Award for an unprecedented fifth year in a row.
The MSTRC Bowling Tournament was started in 2004 and for the first three years, was held at Nic's Restaurant & Bowl (Formerly Tri-Ami Lanes) in Ovid, Michigan. In 2007, a decision was made to move the tournament to a bigger facility and the newly renovated Capitol Bowl in downtown Owosso, Michigan and since then, Capitol Bowl has been the home of the MSTRC Bowling Tournament and will continue to be for the foreseeable future.
Past beneficiaries of the MSTRC Bowling Tournament include; Buck Harsen (2004), Michael Putnam (2005), the Crook Family (2005), the Bouwman Family (2006), the late Greg Yost (2006), Verwayne Greenhoe (2007), the Persails Family (2007), Chad Faur (2008), Matt Schindewolf (2008), the Newman Family (2009), Daniel "Doc" Dutton (2009), Jake Dickman (2010), and Alan Taft (2010), and Brock Cogswell (2011), and Dick LaPratt (2011).
As in years past, the beneficiaries were decided on by the membership of the Michigan Short Track Racing Club as Nominations were presented on the MSTRC message board and decided on by the senior members of the MSTRC Bowling Tournament Committee. That committee consists of; Brenda & Chuck Darling, Linda & Ed Inloes, Elaine Morence, Matt Prieur, and Verwayne Greenhoe.
For more information about the 9th annual MSTRC Bowling Tournament, and to make a donation to the tournament with door prizes, or if you can't make it to the tournament and would like to donate anyways; Please e-mail the following committee members; For MSTRC Founder, Chuck Darling, you can e-mail him at; mstrc_ceo88@yahoo.com For MSTRC President, Verwayne Greenhoe, you can e-mail him at: bmoc66@gmail.com For Ed Inloes, his e-mail address is; gb48507@yahoo.com and for Matt Prieur, you can reach him at: mprieur@mph-promotions.com
You can also log onto the Michigan Short Track Racing Club Website at: www.mstrc.com Then click on "Michigan Auto Racing Discussion" and scroll down for the Thread titled "Official 9th annual MSTRC Bowling Tournament Information"