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WWe want to hear from you!Do you have any comments, concerns, complaints or compliments about your visit to Butler? If so we would like to hear them. We want you to enjoy your experience here and if something interfered with it we want to know. FSC Pictorial Be sure to visit Jim Fishers homepage. Jim has a lot of photos from Butler and all over the mid-west.
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Homer, MI (December 9, 2000) It has been a tough couple of weeks here in the off season at the Butler Motor Speedway. We have lost a long time racer and a long time employee. Tom Frantom, Jr. of Coldwater, Michigan passed away November 30, 2000. Tom has raced at Butler for several years in the Butler Modifieds and most recently in the Late Models. Marylee Petersen of Tekonsha, Michigan passed away December 8, 2000. Mrs. Petersen has worked at Butler for the past 15 years. Most recently she was the concession manager. The Staff & Management of the Butler Motor Speedway sends their condolences to the families of Mr. Frantom and Mrs. Petersen. Concession Manager Marylee Petersen passes away She was employed at Wal-Mart in Coldwater for 11 years. Born Dec. 1, 1938, in Fredonia Twp., she was the daughter of Ervin and Laura (Lake) Herrick. Marylee graduated from Homer High School in 1957 and had been an Avon representative for 30 years. She had also worked at Butler Motor Speedway in the concessions stand for 15 years and was a member of the Homer Women's Bowling Association. She loved her cats. On Sept. 25, 1960, she married H. Dale Petersen, and he survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Carmen Petersen of Wisconsin and Mrs. Charles (Cheryl) McKean of Tekonsha; a son, Terry Petersen of Tekonsha; two sisters, Joyce Fairchild of Homer and Anna O'Conner of Albion; a grandchild, Alexis McKean of Tekonsha; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents. Funeral services will be Monday, Dec. 11, 2000, at 3 p.m. at the George White Funeral Home in Litchfield. Interment will follow at West Clarendon Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 4-7 p.m. Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association or the Humane Society. Arrangements are by J. Kevin Tidd, George White Funeral Home in Litchfield.
COLDWATER MI - Thomas D. Frantom, Jr., 46, of Doves Landing in Coldwater, passed away Thursday, Nov. 30, 2000, at home. He was born in Hillsdale on Sept. 6, 1954, to Thomas and Arlene (Guise) Frantom, Sr. Tom was employed at the Dexter Axle Industries in Fremont, Ind. He was a graduate of Camden-Frontier High School in 1972. He was a race car driver at various race tracks. On Jan. 27, 1973, he married Debbie Kinder, and she survives. Also surviving are 2 sons, Thomas D. Frantom and Steven D. Frantom, both of Coldwater; his mother and step-father, Arlene and Robert Kaufman of Leipsic, Ohio; 5 brothers, Loren Frantom of Coldwater, Doren Frantom of Leipsic, Ohio, Jeffrey Frantom of Coldwater, Marty Frantom of Galesburg, Mich. and Aaron Frantom of Leipsic; a step-sister, Robin Fox of Leipsic; and 2 step-brother, Ernest and Kenneth Kaufman, both of Leipsic. He was preceded in death by his father, Thomas, Sr. Funeral services will be Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the VanHorn-Eagle Funeral Home in Hillsdale officiated by Rev. Marlin Ludwig. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Ranson Twp. The family will receive friends Sunday from 2-5 p.m. at the funeral home.
Michigan Sprints 2000!! Check it out! By John Heath Michigan Sprints 2000! What a great tape! This has action from several Michigan tracks plus Indiana and Canada. This tape gave me a look at some tracks that I’ve never been to and have always wondered what they look like. You don’t just get a look at one race here, it’s a whole season in one tape. Jeff Converse of High Vista Video Productions has done a great job. He always seems to find the wrecks too. Not only do you get the whole season in one tape you also get a look at a lot of crashes. There are several flips in this tape! I highly recommend that you purchase this tape for that special race fan in your life and don’t forget that the holiday season that is right around the corner. See below for ordering information.
High Vista Video has new tapes available High Vista Video Productions has 2 great new videos available; 'Michigan Sprints! 2000' is Sprint Car Racing season in review. Includes all the highlights and lowlights from Butler, GLOSS, SOD, Hartford, New 96, Dealers Choice, and all the specials. Cost is $25.00. 'Michigan Dirt Track Spills! 2000' is also new. Thrills, Spills, Crashes, and Bashes from all other divisions at Michigan's Dirt Tracks. Cost is $20.00. Check out www.highvistavideo, or email hvista@home.com for details, plus many other racing tapes from the 2000 season. 2001 Schedule Posted 2000 Banquet pictures posted The 2000 Butler Motor Speedway banquet was held Saturday night at the Quality Inn in Coldwater MI. Butler photographer Jim Fisher has several pictures of the event that are posted here.
Fall Classic race results Hurley, Hendershot & Bezuin victorious! Report by Jim Fisher Drivers in all three divisions captured
their first Butler Motor Speedway feature victories during the Fall
Classic, as the track closed out the 2000 season. Phil Hendershot won
the late model division feature, with Jerry Bezuin winning in the
modifieds and Renton Hurley in the street stocks. Photos from the Dealer's Choice are now posted! Here are all the photos that we have of the Dealer's Choice event.
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