Steve Cronenwett Jr. of Flat Rock finished second in the final race of the season Saturday night and claimed the championship of the ARCA Moran Chevrolet Late Model series at Flat Rock Speedway. Paul Pelletier of Trenton won the race. Derek Wiley of Belleville finished third and Frank Jiovani (Harrison Township) fourth.

Flat Rock Speedway holds its annual championship night on Saturday.
Champions in four racing divisions, including the ARCA Moran Chevrolet Late Model class, will be crowned.
Steve Cronenwett Jr. is the driver to beat in the late model division.
The Flat Rock resident has a 70-point lead over Paul Pelletier of Trenton.
Frank Jiovani of Harrison Township is third, Derek Wiley of Belleville  fourth and Stan Yee Jr. of Clinton Township fifth.
Titles in street stock A main, street stock B main and figure 8s also will be decided.
Pit gates open at 2:30 p.m., and practice starts at 4. Time trials start at 5:30 and racing begins at 7. Tickets for the public go on sale at 4:30.

Frank Jiovani of Harrison Township and Stan Yee Jr. of Clinton Township are in the top five in driver points for the ARCA Moran Chevrolet Late Model racing season at Flat Rock Speedway.

Steve Cronenwett Jr. (Flat Rock) leads with 1,825 points. Paul Pelletier (Trenton) is second with 1775, Jiovani third with 1,655, Derek Wiley (Belleville) fourth with 1,615 and Yee Jr. fifth with 1,525.
The late model division races Saturday night at Flat Rock, a quarter-mile oval.

Stan Yee Jr.

Frank Jiovani of Harrison Township and Stan Yee Jr. of Clinton Township are in the top five in the updated standings for the ARCA Moran Chevrolet Late Model series at Flat Rock Speedway.
Steve Cronenwett Jr., who won the July 12 race at the quarter-mile oval, is first with 1,635 points, and Paul Pelletier is second with 1,575.
Jiovani is third (1,495), Derek Wiley fourth (1,465) and Yee Jr. fifth (1,400).
The next race is the Stan Yee Memorial, a 150-lap event named in honor of Yee Jr.'s father, on July 26.

Steve Cronenwett Jr. won the ARCA Moran Chevrolet Late Model race at Flat Rock Speedway on Saturday night. It was points leader Cronenwett Jr.'s second win of the season.
Brad Riethmeyer finished second and Paul Pelletier third. Dennis Strickland was fourth and Stan Yee Jr. of Clinton Township fifth.
Frank Jiovani of Harrison Township took seventh place.

Justin Schroeder's victory in the ARCA Moran Chevrolet Late Model feature race at Flat Rock Speedway on June 28 made him the first two-time winner in the division this season.
Here are the race winners:
Race 1, April 26: Eric Lee (Macomb Township)
Race 2, May 3: Frank Jiovani (Harrison Township)
Race 3, May 24: Justin Schroeder
Race 4, May 31: Paul Pelletier
Race 5, June 14: Steve Cronenwett Jr.
Race 6, June 21: Brad Riethmeyer
Race 7: June 28: Justin Schroeder

Frank Jiovani

Terry Bogusz

Justin Schroeder took the lead on lap 20 and went on to win the ARCA Moran Chevrolet Late Model race at Flat Rock Speedway on Saturday night.
Harrison Township resident Frank Jiovani, who was fifth, had the highest finish among five Macomb County drivers who started the 50-lap race that included multiple caution periods.
"That was a rough race. People weren't giving much room out there," Jiovani said. "To come home in mostly one piece is a good night."
Stan Yee Jr. of Clinton Township led the first 19 laps, but Canton resident Schroeder passed him on lap 20, and Yee Jr. got shuffled back in what started as an 18-car field.
Terry Bogusz (Shelby Township) was unable to finish the race after being involved in multiple incidents on the quarter-mile oval.
"A lot of inexperienced drivers out there who don't know racing courtesy yet," Bogusz said. "It happens."
Derrick Sheppard (Mount Clemens) and Jim Alvis (Lenox Township) were also in the race.
Last Saturday, the 50-lap feature race included no caution flags.
"Kind of the complete opposite," Jiovani said. "Carnage and destruction. It's a tight bullring."

Frank Jiovani

Points leader Steve Cronenwett Jr. finished second to Schroeder. Paul Pelletier was third and Dennis Strickland fourth.
"It was a good night for us," Schroeder said.
Steve Hawes, Bryan Richards and Cronenwett Jr. won the heat races.
Pelletier was the fastest qualifier in 11.659 seconds.
Jiovani was third in points entering the race. Pelletier was second.

Justin Schroeder

Schroeder won the Joy Fair Memorial, one of Flat Rock's signature races, in May. He was the first two-time late model winner in seven races at Flat Rock this season.

Brad Riethmeyer

Brad Riethmeyer finished first and Harrison Township's Frank Jiovani was second in the 50-lap ARCA Moran Chevrolet Late Model feature race at Flat Rock Speedway on Saturday night.
Riethmeyer, 30, from Mooresville, N.C., navigated through lapped traffic to extend his lead after about 30 laps in the race that was run without a caution flag.
"My spotter helped me get through the traffic," Riethmeyer, driver of the No. 56 car, said.
Riethmeyer, who has made some starts in the NASCAR truck series, is running the ARCA Gold Cup races and selected others in a late model.
"It's been a lot of fun," he said.
Jiovani, who started the race third in driver points, said his engine might have lost a cylinder during the race.
"Coming away with second is pretty good, since we were a little down on power." Jiovani said. "We were hoping for a yellow to get even with (Riethmeyer). He got away from us."
Jiovani has been involved in only one other all-green feature at Flat Rock. That was his first late model race at the quarter-mile track.
"This place is tough, it's so small," the 2013 Flat Rock Rookie of the Year said. "It's lapped traffic after lapped traffic (in long green-flag runs).
"We're happy with the finish."

Frank Jiovani

Late model race car of Terry Bogusz of Shelby Township. Bogusz runs the full season at Flat Rock plus selected tracks. He finished fifth at Auto City Speedway in Clio on May 31.

That’s one.

Frank Jiovani posted his first Flat Rock Speedway outlaw late model victory when the won the 50-lap ARCA Moran Chevrolet feature on May 3.

The Harrison Township native nipped three-time track champion Paul Pelletier by inches at the finish line.

Jiovani, who started seventh, overtook Pelletier coming out of turn 4 and took the checkered flag at the quarter-mile paved oval.

Jiovani had the fastest qualifying time for the 19-car field at 11.764 seconds.

Dates have been set for two of the more prominent outlaw super late model races at Flat Rock Speedway.
The Joy Fair Memorial will be May 24, and the Stan Yee Memorial will be July 26 at the quarter-mile track.
The Fair race will be 100 laps, and the Yee 150.
Rain dates are May 25 for Fair, Aug. 2 for Yee.
Last year, multiple rainouts compelled Flat Rock to run the two races as one.
Phil Bozell of Portage won the race.

Frank Jiovani capped his late model rookie season with a fourth-place finish in the Championship Night race at Flat Rock Speedway on Saturday.

Late model of Dennis Strickland

The Harrison Township native finished fifth in the season standings.

Dennis Strickland won the season championship, the second for the Carleton racer who also won in 2007. Steve Cronenwett Jr. (Canton) was second, Paul Pelletier (Trenton) third and Scott Pemberton St. Johns) fourth.

Pelletier won Saturday's race. Strickland finished second and Ron Allen third in the race. Cronenwett finished fifth, Derek Wiley sixth, Stan Yee Jr. (Clinton Township) seventh, Eric Lee (Macomb Township) eighth, Pemberton ninth and Chris Benson 10th.

Saturday will be season championship night at Flat Rock Speedway for the late model, figure 8 and street stock divisions. Practice begins at 4 p.m., time trials at 5:30 and racing at 7.

Dennis Strickland of Carleton leads the late model points standings with 1230. Steve Cronenwett Jr. is second and defending champion Paul Pelletier is third.

Seven Macomb County drivers are on the probable entry list posted by Flat Rock Speedway for the running Saturday of the combined  Joy Fair Memorial-Stan Yee Memorial 150 sponsored by Moran Chevrolet and Diamond Racing Products.

The ARCA Glass City Gold Cup Late Model Series race will go 150 all-green-flag laps for the biggest race of the season at the track.

The ARCA ACME Dismantling Sportsman Division will make its second visit to Flat Rock and compete in a 50 lap feature, while the Parts Galore Figure 8 Division will stage a 20 lap feature on the figure 8 track.

The pit area opens at 1 p.m., front gates open and practice starts at 3, and time trials get under way at 5. Racing starts at 7 p.m.

Eric Lee of Macomb Township, Derrick Sheppard of Mount Clemens, Paul Calo of Sterling Heights, Stan Yee Jr. of Roseville, Frank Jiovani of Harrison Township, Jim Alvis of Chesterfield Township and Terry Bogusz of Shelby Township are listed as probable entries by the speedway Web site.