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 KANSAS
CITY, KS (June 1) -- Brandon Ash captured his first career NASCAR
Winston West Series victory, while Frank Kimmel won his fourth ARCA
RE/MAX Series race of the season at Kansas Speedway Saturday. Kimmel
won the BPU 200 for his 37th career victory in the dynamic and
versatile ARCA RE/MAX Series, while Ash won the Kansas Speedway.com
150 for his first-ever series win. Ash's victory was worth $20,111 to
the Umpqua, OR driver.
ARCA RE/MAX SERIES
KANSAS CITY, KS (June 1) -- Frank Kimmel led four times for a total of
99 of the 134 race laps en route to capturing his fourth win in six
events thus far in 2002.
Kimmel started the race from the pole position after
collecting the Old Milwaukee Pole Award after qualifying at 33.278
seconds (162.269 mph) on the 1.5-mile speedway . Kimmel led the final
31 laps in capturing the win--1.720 seconds ahead of runner-up Stuart
Kirby.
Eight of the 38 starters finished the race on the lead
lap. Damon Lusk, Chad Blount, Andy Belmont, Mark Gibson, Shelby Howard
and Mike Duncan finished third through eighth, respectively.
Todd Bowsher won the Hoosier Performance Tire Hard
Charger Award for advancing the most positions. Bowsher finished in
15th place after starting 31st in the field.
Jeff Speer, ARCA and Winston West Product Manager, was on hand to monitor the performance of Hoosier's new compound radials for Kansas Speedway.
Speer commented, "We are very pleased at the outcome of both races. I was encouraged to see the Winston West race run 53 green laps without any tire issues."
Speer continued, "The teams had to work hard this week to setup their cars with the tougher, less traction compounds. Last year, we had a heat
and blistering issue, so we tested in March and came with a heat resistant tire setup that worked flawlessly.
Speer concluded, "By having tires removed from the racing
equation the teams could focus on car set-up, fuel mileage and pit stops."
Frank Kimmel continues to lead in the ARCA RE/MAX
Series standings with 1815 points. Chad Blount is in second place with
1710 points followed closely by Damon Lusk with 1700 points.
The next stop for the series is this Saturday at the
2.5-mile Pocono Raceway in Pocono, PA.
NASCAR WINSTON WEST SERIES
KANSAS CITY, KS (June 1) -- Brandon Ash took his first career win in
NASCAR Winston West Series competition Saturday by winning the Kansas
Speedway.com 150. In 57 career starts, Ash had amassed four runner-up
finishes, but never a win--until Saturday.
A 22-car field took the green flag Saturday afternoon
on the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway. But before one lap could be
completed, an accident happened involving the top three drivers in the starting
grid. Third starting Frank Kimmel moved to the low side of front row
starters, Austin Cameron and John Metcalf. Contact was made sending
the three spinning. Kimmel was done after contact with the wall, while
Metcalf and Cameron were forced to pit for extensive servicing ending
their hopes for a victory.
Although the early portions of the event had several
cautions, the race went green from the 48th circuit to the end of the
race at lap 100. Brandon Ash took the win after starting in seventh
place. Ash collected $20,111 for the win. Mike Duncan took second
place after starting fourth. Duncan earned $9,466 for his runner-up
finish. The previous winner at the last two events, Eric Norris took
third.
Norris moved into the NASCAR Winston West Series point
lead with 654 points, followed by Austin Cameron with 647 and Kevin
Richards with 614 points.
The series next competes at Evergreen Raceway on
June29, in Monroe, WA.
Hoosier Racing Tire Corp. is proud to be the exclusive
tire supplier to both the ARCA RE/MAX Series and the NASCAR Winston
West Series.
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