 LONG
POND, PA (June 7, 2008) -- Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. increased his lead in the ARCA
RE/MAX Series driver standings to 70 points after winning the Pocono 200 at
Pocono Raceway Saturday afternoon. After eight races, the Olive Branch,
Mississippi driver becomes the first repeat winner in 2008. The 20-year-old
driver of the #99 Roush Fenway Racing-Conway Freight Ford led the final 20 laps
en route to his second win of the season.
On Friday, 38 cars were on hand for qualifying on the 2.5-mile Pocono
tri-oval. Scott Speed was the top qualifier in the Eddie Sharp Racing #2 Red
Bull Toyota. Speed's time was 53.862 seconds (167.094 mph). Justin Allgaier was
second with a time of 53.928 seconds (166.889 mph).
The race featured ten leaders among six different drivers. Leaders during
the event included; Scott Speed 1-12, 33-47, 53-64 (39 laps), Justin Allgaier
13-29, 48-50 (20 laps), Bryan Silas 30, 51-52 (3 laps), Dexter Bean 31-32 (2
laps), Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 67-86 (20 laps).
The race also had eight cautions for a total of 44 laps with 19 of the 38
starters finishing on the lead lap.
At the end of the race, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. had to fight off the late-race
challenge of Scott Speed.
Speed commented after the race, "We were 25th with seven laps to go,
and finished second."
After starting on the pole, Speed settled for second
place--.601 seconds behind Stenhouse at the finish.
Taylor Malsam finished a career-best third followed by Bobby
Gerhart and Justin Allgaier to round out the top five.
With his win, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (1790) extends his lead in
the driver standings over Matt Carter from 10 points to 70 points after
Carter's 12th place.
Scott Speed jumps to third place (1690) in the rankings with
his runner-up finish, while Justin Allgaier moves up to fourth place
(1660).
Tom Hassert III fell to fifth (1655) in the standings after
finishing 30th in Saturday's race.
All the ARCA competitors at Pocono raced on
Hoosier superspeedway radials.
Hoosier, the official tire of the ARCA RE/MAX
Series for the past 14 seasons, provided trackside sales
and service for the event.
Hoosier staff working the event included; Ken
Kolter, Rick Tostevin, David Wroblewski, Mike Haenes, Eriks Bers, Jim
Bartholomew, Chris Bartholomew, Luke Morris and Rick Sisk.
The ARCA RE/MAX Series will be back in action
this Friday, June 13th, at Michigan Speedway.
The race will be broadcast LIVE on SPEED at 5:00
PM ET.
For more information about the ARCA RE/MAX
Series visit www.arcaracing.com.
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