It’s been a long off-season, but we’re finally back to racing! This past weekend was the star-studded Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona featuring premier sports car racing, and, boy, was it a doozy. Perfect weather in Daytona Beach, Fla., provided spectacular racing conditions for IMSA drivers and teams.
Have you dreamed of getting your car (or motorcycle!) on the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course? 2020 is your year to get on track!
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We’re full speed ahead into the holiday season filling December with delicious baked goods, family feasts, gift giving and - UH-OH! You forgot Great-Uncle Jack! What are you going to do?
The ARCA Menards Series returns to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 2020 for some road racing action the last weekend in May. It hasn't happened since 1965. Take a look at what else is notable from that year in history as we rewind the clock:
Regular Gas Per Gallon - 31 cents
Loaf of Bread - 21 cents
Gallon of Milk – 95 cents
Cost of New Home - $21,500
Average Income per year - $6,450
Significant Events:
Film “Doctor Zhivago” premieres
St. Louis Gateway Arch completed
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads civic rights march in Alabama
Maple leaf becomes Canada’s new national flag symbol
The Grateful Dead play their first concert in San Francisco
U.S. President – Lyndon B. Johnson
Indianapolis 500 winner – Jim Clark
Mid-Ohio ARCA winner - Jack Bowsher
That’s right. In July 1965, Jack Bowsher from Springfield, Ohio, won the 250-mile ARCA race by a half lap around Mid-Ohio in his No. 21 1965 Ford. The purse was $10,000, and the race encompassed 105 laps (click for the race results). Read all about Jack’s victory from this archive clip penned by Mansfield writer Phil Linne.
Bowsher had a great racing career amassing 55 career wins as an ARCA driver while earning three series championships. He also made his mark as a long-time car owner including even fielding an USAC entry with Ford factory backing for racing legend A.J. Foyt in 1968! That year was one of five championships he notched as a car owner. He is also the father of two-time ARCA Champion Bobby Bowsher.
Learn more about Jack’s dominance in this tribute story from the ARCA Menards Series (Remembering the amazing Jack Bowsher...3-time Nashville winner...3-time ARCA champ). A Wikipedia search uncovers even more of the legendary status and fantastic success he had in ARCA and stock car racing. Jack Bowsher passed away in 2006, but his brilliance will be remembered when the ARCA Menard Series makes its return to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course during the Mid-Ohio 170 NASCAR Xfinity Series weekend, May 29-30.
INDIANAPOLIS (December 8, 2019) – INDYCAR released the green flag times today for the 2020 NTT IndyCar Series season that features starting time shifts at four races – St. Petersburg, Circuit of The Americas, Iowa and Mid-Ohio – and the anticipated evening return to Richmond Raceway.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like…...BLACK FRIDAY!
