TOLEDO OH (10-16-08)--the 2008 ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series Awards Banquet is on Saturday evening, November 15th, 2008 at the Park Inn in downtown Toledo. To attend, return the completed .pdf form to Shalene Williams at the ARCA Office by October 31st. alwts2008banquetinvite-teams

TOLEDO OH (10-11-08) - ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series veteran Steve Christman won the K-100 by Champion Credit Union Saturday afternoon at Toledo Speedway while Paul Hahn (above), by virtue of a fourth place finish, secured the 2008 ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series championship.

TOLEDO (10-10-08) - The ARCA Championship Weekend at Toledo Speedway is living up to its name on all accounts. Not only is the ARCA RE/MAX Series championship battle raging, the title fight in the ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series is still very much alive.

TOLEDO OH (10-9-08)-Champion Credit Union, an Ohio-based member-owned financial cooperative, will serve as presenting sponsor of the Saturday afternoon, October 11th ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series race at Toledo Speedway as part of ARCA Championship Weekend. The race's title sponsor is K-100 WKKO-FM Radio, the No. 1 FM station in the Toledo, Ohio market.

Selling Out, but Hopefully not Retiring!
By Robbin Slaughter - GROVE CITY OH (10-9-08) - Most of you probably don't know but a couple of months ago I made the decision to sell out at the end of this season. The expenses versus what there is the potential to take in are just way out of proportion. It has finally reached the point where I can't even justify it in my own mind.

Ever since I made that decision I have been thinking about what it will be like heading into the last race of the season. When I sold out the last time at the end of the 2003 season I knew that I was going to do some races in 2004 with the Robert Locke ARCA Re/Max Series team and maybe some truck series races so I knew I would be racing something. At this point I want to keep driving but the reality is I have nothing lined up for 2009 and after twenty nine years of driving it is a little scary......

TOLEDO OH (10-8-08)-Toledo's K-100 WKKO-FM Radio, a Cumulus Broadcasting Station, will serve as title sponsor of the Saturday afternoon, October 11th ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series race as part of ARCA Championship Weekend at Toledo Speedway.

SALEM IN (9-13-08) - ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series veteran Steve Christman, in the Bagman Racing Chassis-R&B Fabrication Chevy S-10, raced from the 10th starting position to win the Advance Auto Parts 50 Saturday afternoon at Salem Speedway.

The Fort Wayne, Indiana driver took the lead for the final time on lap 28, and then held off Nick Gullatta to earn the hard-fought victory and first-ever at Salem.

"Can't think of anyone else I'd rather be battling with out there other than Nick (Gullatta)," said Christman. "He races me hard, but always clean. Our truck was really working. I could put it about anywhere I needed to."  Results

By Robbin Slaughter
Salem Speedway, a Very Special Place
GROVE CITY OH (9-11-08) - Salem Indiana Speedway has been in my top three favorite tracks (along with Winchester & Toledo) ever since our first race there in September 1999. I was fortunate to be seated at the same table with track owners Owen and Beverly Thompson at the 2000 ARCA RE/MAX Series banquet and really enjoyed talking to them about the track, its history and racing in general. It didn't take long to figure out they are very passionate about their track and are a hard working couple! On top of that Owen bought my last ARCA Pro-4 car and raced it for many years in his track's 4 cylinder division! There are numerous reasons why Salem is a special place to us and I would like to share a few of them.

DuQUOIN IL (8-24-08) - Current ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series point leader Paul Hahn out-maneuvered series veteran Norm Weaver in a late-race duel at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds mile-dirt Sunday afternoon to win the action-packed Lincoln Welders 50.

By Robbin Slaughter
GROVE CITY OH (8-22-08) - Numerous people (OK, at least two) have been asking when I am going to do another column, so here it is. It is hard to believe that we have run four races and had a rainout since my last one. At this point I am just thankful that we are still out there "living the dream!"

At the end of my last column I mentioned that we had come to the realization that there was something wrong with our engine and had taken it to Tom Hooker Engines in Indy. Hooker did a great job getting it repaired for us in time for the Kil Kare race.

SPRINGFIELD IL (8-16-08) - Nick Gullatta fought off Norm Weaver for much of the way, then, turned back a late-race charge from Steve Christman to win the ARCA Lincoln Welders Trucks Series Best Western Challenge Saturday afternoon at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield.

SPRINGFIELD IL (8-16-08) - Current ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series point leader Paul Hahn earned his 15th career 2BKool Fast Qualifier Award Saturday afternoon at the Illinois State Fairgrounds mile-dirt in Springfield. Hahn leads the way in the all-time pole category over Jeff Speakman, who has 14. By inversion, Hahn, in the no. 7 Hahn's Powder Coating-Fox Auto Parts-Howe Racing Chevrolet, starts 7th in this afternoon's Best Western Classic.  Starting Grid

By Dave Bell
SPRINGFIELD IL (8-15-08) - At 8 am Friday morning 5 ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series officials and our illustrious PR guy set out on a 420 mile journey to Springfield, Illinois for the Saturday running of the Best Western Challenge - on a mile dirt track.

The journey, as we like to call it, kind of reminds me of the grass roots style of racing that we have all come to love.

We all usually travel in one vehicle along with all the equipment needed to put on the show. We usually get meals to go so we can get back on the road.