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 LAKEVILLE,
IN -- While most of us were enjoying the long Labor Day holiday
weekend by taking it easy, the ARCA RE/MAX Series competitors were
pulling double-duty racing on asphalt Saturday and then again on
Monday on dirt. Saturday's race at Indiana's Winchester Speedway was
won by defending series champion and current points leader Frank
Kimmel, while Monday's Labor Day race at the Duquoin State Fairgrounds
in Illinois was dominated by defending NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
Tony Stewart. The series has just five events left on its 22-race
schedule before crowning its 2003 champion.
WINCHESTER, IN (August 30) -- Thirty-four cars started
the Winchester ARCA 200 Saturday night with Paul Menard and young
Shelby Howard on the front row. The race had six different leaders
among five different drivers. Those leading during the race were; Paul
Menard for 28 laps (1-28), Frank Kimmel twice for 141 laps (29-102,
137-203), Mike Buckley once for 2 laps (103-104), Jason Jarrett once
for three laps (105-107), and Brent Sherman once for 29 laps
(108-136).
Following the 4th starting Kimmel to the finish line
were Shelby Howard, Jason Jarrett, Randy VanZant and Todd Bowsher in
second through fifth, respectively. These five drivers finished the
race on the lead-lap, while Brent Sherman finished in 6th--a lap down.
The race on the 1/2-mile oval was slowed by 10
cautions for a total of 67 laps. Paul Menard won the Old Milwaukee
Pole Award with a lap of 16.418 seconds for an average speed of
109.636 mph in qualifying. Ohio's John Sadinsky won the Hoosier Tire
Hard Charger Award for advancing the most positions. Sadinsky finished
in tenth after starting 22nd.
DUQUOIN, IL (September 1) -- The field for Monday's
Southern Illinois 100 by Federated Car Care had some well known
competitors including the never-idle NASCAR Winston Cup veteran Kenny
Schrader and defending NASCAR Winston Cup Champion Tony Stewart to
name a few of the well known drivers making up the 37-car grid. Tony
Stewart earned the pole for the race with his qualifying lap of 34.927
seconds (103.072 mph) on the Duquoin State Fairground's 1-mile clay
oval.
Stewart dominated the race leading 85 of the 103 race
laps. Brent Sherman also led once for five laps (17-21), while Doug
Keller also led for 13 laps (22-34) with Stewart leading the remainder
of the laps. Eleven of the 37 starters finished the race on the lead
lap including Ken Schrader in second followed by Joe Cooksey, Norm
Benning, Frank Kimmel, Mark Gibson, Bill Eversole, Todd Bowsher, Billy
Thomas, Jim Eubanks and Jerry Nemire who also won the Hoosier Tire
Hard Charger Award after starting 31st. The race had 12 cautions for a
total of 57 laps.
Frank Kimmel continues to hold a huge advantage in the
series point standings with 4650 points followed by Jason Jarrett with
3985 points and Mark Gibson with 3800 points.
The ARCA RE/MAX Series will next race this Saturday,
September 6, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, IL. The ARCA season
will end with five races over a six week period.
Hoosier Racing Tire Corp. is proud to be the exclusive
tire provider to the ARCA RE/MAX Series through the 2006 season.
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