Sunday, June 8, 2014

Mount Clemens Race Track veterans part of Michigan Motor Sports HOF induction class

Three members of the Mount Clemens Race Track "family" are to be inducted into the Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame in November, according to Dave DeHem, a Harrison Township resident and member of the Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club.
Odie Skeen, car owner for the likes of Benny Parsons and Ray Nece; Marv Parentau, who drove the No. 33 car owned by Stan Yee, and Chuck Roumell, a 1984 track champion, will be inducted in a ceremony at the hall of fame in Mount Pleasant.

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Monday, June 2, 2014

Jack Varney Sr., former Mount Clemens racer, dies at 66

Jack Varney Sr., a former Warren resident who raced at Mount Clemens Race Track, has died, according to Bill Barnhart, president of the Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club. Varney, of West Branch, was 66. Varney graduated from East Detroit High School and worked as a welder and fabricator at Bell Fork Lift in Mount Clemens, according to his obituary posted on the O'Guinn Family Funeral Home Web site. A funeral service will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday (June 3) at O'Guinn funeral home in Clio.

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