 BROOKLYN,
MI (June 14, 2008) -- Justin Lofton led the final 11 laps en route to winning
the ARCA RE/MAX Series' Racing For Wildlife 200 at Michigan International
Speedway on Saturday. The California rookie also becomes the ARCA Series'
eighth
different winner in the nine events contested so far this season.
Forty-five cars were entered for the race with 41 posting times in
qualifying. Scott Speed won the pole for the event as the fastest qualifier
circling the 2-mile superspeedway in 38.895 seconds (185.114 mph). Justin
Lofton was second quickest with a time of 39.133 seconds (183.988 mph).
The race was scheduled to start Friday afternoon at 5:00 PM, but rain postponed
the start until Saturday morning.
The race featured eight leaders among five different drivers. Leaders during
the event included; Scott Speed 1-14 (14 laps), Brian Scott 15-22, 26-30 (13
laps), Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 23-25, 60-67 (11 laps), Sean Caisse 31-59, 68-89
(51) and Justin Lofton 90-100 (11 laps).
At the finish, Justin Lofton took the lead from Sean Caisse with just 11
laps to go. Lofton, in the #20 Lofton Cattle Dodge, held off previous race
winner Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. to take the win by 1.850 seconds at the stripe.
Stenhouse, who started 21st, was followed to the line by Frank Kimmel who
started 15th. Pole-sitter Scott Speed finished in fourth followed by Brian
Scott in fifth.
In all, 18 of the 41 race starters finished the race on the lead lap.
In the season-long points battle, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., increased his lead
in the driver standings to 95 points. Stenhouse has been on a roll of late. He
has two wins and a runner-up finish in three of his last four starts.
Scott Speed jumps from third to second (1920) in the standings after yet
another top-ten finish. Matt Carter falls to third (1890) after finishing 12th,
while defending series champion Frank Kimmel and John Wes Townley are fourth
and fifth, respectively.
Hoosier Racing Tire Corp. is proud to be the official tire of the ARCA
RE/MAX Series.
The ARCA RE/MAX Series takes a week off before returning to
action on Sunday, June 29th, at Cayuga Speedway Park in Canada.
For more information about the ARCA RE/MAX Series visit www.arcaracing.com.
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