 SPRINGFIELD,
IL (August 20, 2006) -- On Sunday, 37 cars were entered for the "Allen
Crowe 100" race at the 1-mile clay oval at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.
In qualifying, Damon Lusk set a new track record with a time of 33.402 seconds
(107.778 mph). Lusk broke the old record set by Justin Allgaier last year
(33.423 seconds/107.710 mph).
The 100-lap race featured six race leaders among six different drivers
including Damon Lusk (1-14), Frank Kimmel (15-22), Doug Keller (23-26), AJ Fike
(27-57), Bob Strait (58-99) and Justin Allgaier (100).
On the final lap, Bob Strait and Justin Allgaier were battling for the win.
Allgaier made the pass for the lead with Strait momentarily losing control. The
bobble allowed Allgaier to capture his first career win in the series with
Frank Kimmel and Mark Gibson also able to sneak by Strait at the line. Strait,
who pitted just once for fuel, settled for a fourth place finish followed by
Joe Cooksey in fifth.
Doug Keller wound up finishing sixth followed by Norm Benning, Damon Lusk,
Billy Venturini and Mike Harmon to round out the top ten. The race was slowed
nine times due to various cautions for a total of 39 laps with 17 of the 35
starters finishing the race on the lead lap.
An elated Justin Allgaier commented after the race, "Wow,
I just can't express what it means to win here at Springfield. We had a lot of
family and friends in the stands and in the pits, which makes this win that
much sweeter." Allgaier added, "I have to thank my entire team, my
family and especially my dad for all his help and support." Justin
is the son of Mike and Dorothy Allgaier--owners of Hoosier Tire Midwest located
in Springfield, IL.
Norm Benning, who finished in seventh place, won the Hoosier Tire Hard
Charger Award for advancing the most positions after starting 20th.
All the competitors at Springfield used Hoosier's 11.0/88.0-15 D45 (left
side) and 11.0/88.0-15 D70 (right side) bias-ply tires. Springfield is one of
two dirt tracks the ARCA RE/MAX Series competes at on their 23-race schedule.
The other is the DuQuion (IL) State Fairgrounds which is coming up on Labor
Day.
With the win, Allgaier becomes the 14 different winner in the 16 events
contested to date in the ARCA RE/MAX Series.
Frank Kimmel continues to lead the driver standings with 3715 points
followed by Bobby Gerhart with 3585 points. Damon Lusk is in third place (3250)
followed by Billy Venturini (3205) and Ryan Foster (3150) to round out the top
five.
All ARCA Series events are serviced out of Hoosier headquarters in
Lakeville, IN. Dave Wroblewski, Chad Wright and Larry Merrill were part of the
Hoosier service team at both weekend events. Doug Barnes, Rick Tostevin,
Mike Haenes, Derrik Duszynski, Chris Grossman and Jacob Hartle were also on
hand at Michigan, while Fred Awald, Mark Curtis and Arik Ott rounded out the
service team at Springfield.
If you want to witness
the excitement of the ARCA RE/MAX Series, they will be back in action this
Sunday, August 27th, at the Milwaukee Mile.
For complete race results and more information about the ARCA
RE/MAX Series visit their website at www.arcaracing.com.
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BROOKLYN,
MI (August 18, 2006) -- A huge 53-car field was entered for Friday afternoon's
"Hantz Group 200" at Michigan International Speedway with 48 drivers
posting times in qualifying. Brent Sherman won the Pork Pole Award as the
fastest qualifier when he circled the 2-mile oval in 39.003 seconds (184.601
mph). Last year's winner, Steven Wallace was second with a time of 39.379
seconds (183.839 mph). Frank Kimmel, Brad Coleman and Pete Shepard rounded out
the top five in qualifying.
