ARCA RE/MAX Series
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| ARCA RE/MAX Series | |
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| Sport | Auto racing |
| Founded | 1953 |
| No. of teams | 30 Fulltime in '07 |
| Country(ies) |  United States
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| Most recent champion(s) |
Frank Kimmel |
The ARCA RE/MAX Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America. It is considered a minor, but professional, league of stock car racing, perhaps two steps down from the top-level NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and one step down from that series' minor league, the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
The series races on tracks as varied as small ovals and as large as Daytona International Speedway during the Daytona Speedweeks. It is one of the last major oval track circuits to still compete on dirt tracks. The series will return to racing on a road course in 2008.[1]
Frank Kimmel is the current champion, and has won the series nine times so far. He won the championship eight consecutive times (2000-2007) and is considered the "veteran to beat" among other racers as they often use ARCA as a stepping stone to higher levels of stock car racing.
It is unaffiliated with NASCAR, instead run by the Automobile Racing Club of America. The series has raced since 1953.[2]
[edit] History
The series started as a local touring group. Led by John Marcum, the Midwest Association for Race Cars was formed with drivers like Iggy Katona and Nelson Stacy being early drivers.[3]
The series became a part of the Daytona Speedweeks in 1964.[4]
[edit] Fatalities
- Gene Richards - ARCA 200 at Talladega Superspeedway (July 31, 1982)
- Ken Kalla - ARCA 200 at Talladega Superspeedway (1983)
- Francis Affleck - practice for ARCA 200 at Daytona International Speedway (February 7, 1985)
- Stuart Lyndon - Atlanta Motor Speedway (1985)
- Tracy Read - race at Talladega Superspeedway (July 25, 1987)
- Slick Johnson - ARCA 200 at Daytona (February, 1990)
- Chris Gehrke - Poulan Pro 500k at Talladega Superspeedway (May 7, 1991)
- Chad Coleman - Atlanta Motor Speedway (1998)
- Scott Baker - ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series 150 Toledo Speedway (June 23, 2000)[5]
- Blaise Alexander - EasyCare 100 at Lowe's Motor Speedway (October 4, 2001)[6]
- Eric Martin EasyCare 100 practice at Lowe's Motor Speedway (October 9, 2002)[7]
[edit] See also
[edit] Past ChampionsARCA RE/MAX Series 2007: Frank Kimmel ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series 1999: Bill Baird ARCA Series 1993: Tim Steele Midwest Association for Race Cars 1963: Jack Bowsher |
[edit] Rookie of the Year
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[edit] 2008 Schedule
| Date | Track |
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| February 9, 2008 | Daytona International Speedway |
| April 13, 2008 | Salem Speedway |
| April 19, 2008 | Iowa Speedway |
| April 26, 2008 | Kansas Speedway |
| May 4, 2008 | Rockingham Speedway |
| May 10, 2008 | Kentucky Speedway |
| May 18, 2008 | Toledo Speedway |
| June 7, 2008 | Pocono Raceway |
| June 13, 2008 | Michigan International Speedway |
| June 29, 2008 | Cayuga Speedway Park |
| July 11, 2008 | Kentucky Speedway |
| July 26, 2008 | Berlin Raceway |
| August 9, 2008 | Nashville Superspeedway |
| August 17, 2008 | Illinois State Fairgrounds |
| September 1, 2008 | DuQuoin State Fairgrounds |
| September 6, 2008 | Chicagoland Speedway |
| September 13, 2008 | Salem Speedway |
| September 28, 2008 | New Jersey Motorsports Park |
| October 3, 2008 | Talladega Superspeedway |
| October 12, 2008 | Toledo Speedway |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.arcaracing.com/content/view/5922/2/
- ^ http://www.arcaracing.com/content/blogcategory/58/84/
- ^ http://www.arcaracing.com/content/blogcategory/58/84/
- ^ http://www.arcaracing.com/content/blogcategory/57/83/
- ^ Scott Baker Obituary
- ^ http://www.arcaracing.com/content/view/2428/2/
- ^ CNNSI.com - SI Online - Denise N. Maloof - On NASCAR - CNNSI.com's Denise N. Maloof: Spotters on the spot - Wednesday October 16, 2002 03:34 PM
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