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November 2021
- ARCA champion
Marvin Smith passes away: Marvin Smith, the 1978 and 1979
ARCA Menards Series driving champion, passed away Monday, Nov. 15,
2021, at Soin Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio. He was 77. Smith, whose
21 career ARCA Menards Series victories places him 10th all-time over
the series’ 70 seasons, was a champion late model driver in
the 1970s at Columbus Motor Speedway, Kil-Kare Raceway and Shady Bowl
Speedway prior to his first ARCA start in 1978. Driving orange No. 1
Riverside Auto Parts cars fielded by four-time ARCA car owner champion
Jim Coyle, Smith won the championship in his rookie season of 1978 and
repeated the following season. Smith drove for Coyle from 1979-83, then
drove cars owned by his brother, Carl Smith. Marvin Smith returned to
Coyle in 1993-96 to bookend his ARCA career. Private burial services
will be at David’s Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio. (In part from ARCARacing.com)
(11-18-21)
- Clubb
Racing
signs Rita Thomason for partial ARCA schedule: Clubb
Racing has signed Rita Thomason for a partial 2022 ARCA Menards Series
schedule. The Alex Clubb owned team made the announcment on Facebook.
Clubb
Racing:
"Rita Thomason has signed on to drive four races for
Clubb Racing Inc. in 2022 Thomason a Police Sergeant from Tuscaloosa,
Alabama with a background in road course racing will begin her ARCA
Menards career in the CRI #03 Saturday June 18th at Berlin Raceway in
Marne, Michigan. Her second stop on the ARCA Menards schedule will be
Friday July 8th at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.
Race number three will be Friday July 29th at the Lucas Oil Raceway in
Brownsburg, Indiana. Rita will have her fourth ARCA Menards Series race
of 2022 on Friday August 19th at Watkins Glen International in Watkins
Glen, New York. Rita and the team are currently working on more races
for the 2022 season pending sponsorship." (In part from Clubb
Racing Inc. Facebook) (11-05-21)