 SALEM,
IN (September 13, 2008) -- Frank Kimmel is really on a roll. The 9-time and
defending series champion won the Eddie Gilstrap Motors 200 at Salem
Speedway Saturday night leading the race's final 62 laps en route to the win.
Kimmel has now won three of the last four events in the ARCA RE/MAX Series
after going winless in the first 14 races of the season. Despite the strong
performance, Kimmel remains in fourth place in the driver standings behind
Scott Speed, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and Matt Carter.
Thirty-three cars were entered for Saturday's race with 30 cars posting
times in qualifying. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. set the pace around the .555-mile
paved oval with a time of 17.271 seconds (155.685 mph). It was Stenhouse's
third consecutive pole award. Sean Caisse was second with Scott Speed third in
qualifying.
The 200-lap race featured six leaders among six different drivers including;
Sean Caisse 1-85 (85 laps), Scott Speed 86-97 (12 laps), Ken Butler III 98-114
(17 laps), Brett Hudson 115-122 (8 laps), Matt Carter 123-138 (16 laps) and
Frank Kimmel 139-200 (62 laps).
The race was also slowed eight times for cautions for a total of 46 laps.
At the finish, it was 11th starting Frank Kimmel taking the win by a margin
of 2.080 seconds over Matt Carter. It was Kimmel's ninth series win at
Salem.
Dexter Bean finished in third place followed by Justin Allgaier and Sean
Caisse to round out the top five.
Brett Hudson was sixth followed by John Wes Townley, Scott Speed, Bryan
Silas and Michael Phelps in seventh through tenth, respectively. Patrick
Sheltra finished 11th and was the final car on the lead lap.
With just three events remaining on the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series schedule,
Scott Speed sits atop the driver standings with 4325 points. Speed is followed
by Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. with 4235 points. Matt Carter is third (4190) followed
by Frank Kimmel (4110) and Justin Allgaier (4047).
From the short-track of Salem Speedway, the ARCA Series will travel to the
2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway to hold an open house this Wednesday and
Thursday. Currently, more than 30 cars are expected for testing.
The next ARCA RE/MAX Series race is in two weeks on Sunday, September 28,
when they race on the road course at New Jersey Motorsports Park.
It's the first time the series has been on a road course since 2001.
Hoosier's new short track radial RS tire (40 code) will be used on all four
corners when they travel to New Jersey Motorsports Park for the Loud Energy
150.
Hoosier is proud to be the official tire of the ARCA RE/MAX Series.
All ARCA RE/MAX Series events are serviced by Hoosier Racing Tire Corp
located in Lakeville, IN.
Members of the Hoosier service team included; Rick Tostevin, David
Wroblewski, Chad Wright, Kevin Wroblewski, Mike Haenes, Eriks Bers and Jim
Bartholomew.
For more information about the race at Salem Speedway or the ARCA RE/MAX
Series visit www.arcaracing.com
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