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 SPRINGFIELD,
IL (August 21) -- Less than 48 hours later, the ARCA RE/MAX Series was
back in action. This time, it was not on a paved 2.0-mile
superspeedway, but a slippery 1.0-mile dirt track with the ARCA
drivers switching from Hoosier radials used at MIS to Hoosier bias-ply
tires for the dirt track at Springfield. When the "Allen Crowe
Memorial 100" was over, a familiar face was in the winner's
circle. Frank Kimmel captured his 6th victory of the season and stretched
his lead in the driver standings to 370 points over Joey Miller with
just five races remaining in the 2005 season. Kimmel is shooting for
his seventh series championship in the past eight years.
Justin Allgaier won the Pork Pole Award as the event's
fastest qualifier smashing the previous track record set 10 years ago.
Allgaier circled the track in 33.423 seconds (107.710 mph) in front of
his hometown fans. In fact, the top four times in qualifying broke the
record set in 1995 by Bob Hill.
Thirty-four cars started the race which featured five
leaders among four drivers. A.J. Fike led the first 13 laps from the
outside pole with Frank Kimmel taking over the lead for two laps
before giving way to Justin Allgaier who led through lap 23. Bill
Eversole led the next four laps before Kimmel regained the lead on lap
28. Kimmel led the remaining 73 laps to take the win--his 6th in 18
races to date this year.
Kimmel was followed to the finish line by Justin
Allgaier who battled back from 30th place after pitting out of
sequence. Joe Cooksey was third followed by Mark Gibson, Bill Eversole,
Brandon Knupp, Doug Keller, A.J. Fike, Ken Weaver and Jason Jarrett in
fourth through tenth, respectively.
Eighteen of the 34 starters finished the race on the
lead lap. The 100-lap race also had nine cautions for a total of 40
laps. Brandon Knupp won the Hoosier Tire Hard Charger Award finishing
6th after starting back in 20th place.
TIRES: Hoosier 11.0/88.0-15 45 (left side) and
11.0/88.0-15 70 (right side) tires were used. Springfield is one of
two dirt tracks the ARCA RE/MAX Series competes at on their 23-race
schedule. The same Hoosier tires will be used Labor Day at DuQuoin
State Fairgrounds.
All ARCA Series events are serviced out of Hoosier
headquarters in Lakeville, IN under the direction of ARCA RE/MAX
Series Track Service Manager Doug Barnes. Additional Hoosier staff
doing double-duty making the trip to both Michigan and Springfield to
help service the event included; Dave Wroblewski, Chad Wright, Larry
Merrill, Jacob Hartle and Chris Grossman. Hoosier's Rick Tostevin and
Eriks Bers were also on hand at Michigan.
The ARCA RE/MAX Series and its competitors will take a
well deserved week off before retuning to action September 2nd at
Toledo Speedway and again on September 5th at the DuQuoin State
Fairgrounds. 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 19, 2005) -- Steve Wallace won the ARCA RE/MAX Series
"Hantz Group 200" at Michigan International Speedway on
Friday. Wallace, driving the Penske Racing Kodak Dodge #27, dominated
the race leading 84 of 106 race laps after starting fifth. With the
win, Wallace becomes the youngest driver to ever win (in any series)
at the famous superspeedway.