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 JOLIET,
IL (September 6) -- Frank Kimmel captured his 7th ARCA RE/MAX Series
victory of the season and 50th of his career Saturday winning the
ReadyHosting.com 200, at Chicagoland Speedway. Kimmel led twice for a
total of 71 laps en route to the win over NASCAR veteran Greg Sacks
and Bob Strait. Kimmel passed Sacks with 12 laps to go in the 134-lap
race to take the milestone victory. With the win, the driver of the
Advance Auto Parts-Pork Ford now takes a commanding 750-point lead in
the standings as the series heads into its final four events of the
season.
Thirty-seven cars started the ReadyHosting.com 200.
Frank Kimmel was on the pole after posting the fastest time in
qualifying with a lap of 31.116 seconds (173.544 mph) around the
1.5-mile Chicagoland Speedway. Kimmel was joined in the front row by
Greg Sacks.
The race featured seven leaders among five different
drivers before it was over. Those leading during the event were; Frank
Kimmel 1-59, 123-134 (71 laps), AJ Henriksen 60-64, 66-90 (30 laps),
Brent Sherman 65 (1 lap), Bob Strait 91 (1 lap), Greg Sacks 92-122 (31
laps). The race had six cautions for a total of 46 laps.
Following Kimmel to the finish line were Greg Sacks
and 16th starting Bob Strait. Rounding out the top five were Brent
Sherman and former NASCAR All-Pro champion Wayne Anderson.
Anderson started back in 37th position before making his charge to the
front and finally finishing in fifth place. Nine of the 37 starters
finished the race on the lead-lap. Completing the list of lead-lap
finishers were Darryl Sage, Bill Eversole, Mark Gibson and Christi
Passmore in sixth through ninth, respectively. For complete results,
visit www.arcaracing.com.
The race was attended by Hoosier engineers Ken Kolter
and Rick Tostevin along with ARCA Track Service Manager Doug Barnes
who attends every race. Also in attendance were the entire staff of
"tire-busters" servicing the event out of the Hoosier Tire
tractor trailer rig and many Hoosier employees who made the hour and a
half trip to Joliet, IL from northwestern Indiana.
Hoosier's Doug Barnes commented on the race,
"Unfortunately, we did see a lot of cut tires this weekend from debris
on the track. There were several blown engines and faulty drive lines
causing much of the debris." Barnes continued, "The tire
wear was excellent. So much so, that some teams were pushing the
envelope on the number of laps they would run on a set of tires.
Amazingly, some teams ran more than 100 laps on a set of tires.
Overall, we were happy with the performance of the Hoosier tires
today."
Frank Kimmel now leads the ARCA RE/MAX Series driver
standings with 4910 points followed by Jason Jarrett with 4160 points.
Jarrett finished Saturday's race in 11th place--one lap down. Mark
Gibson is in third place with 3990 points followed by Brent Sherman
(3845) and Billy Venturini (3810).
The ARCA RE/MAX Series will be back in action this
weekend, September 13, at Indiana's .555-mile Salem
Speedway.
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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