Factsheets
RACE: KENTUCKY ARCA RE/MAX 150, 7-18-08
TRACK: Kentucky Speedway
LOCATION: Sparta, Kentucky
DISTANCE: 100 laps, 150 miles
SANCTION: ARCA
SERIES: Event #11 of the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series
TRACK PR/MEDIA: Tim Bray/Mike Schmaltz (859) 647-4309
SCHEDULE:
Fri, July 18: Practice 11:30-1:45; SIM Factory Pole Qualifying 4:30; Race at 8:15.
POSTED AWARDS: $194,903 prize, point and contingency money.
ARCA OFFICIAL COMPANIES: RE/MAX International Inc, Aaron's Sales & Leasing, Featherlite Trailers, Hoosier Racing Tire, Lincoln Welders, Mallory Ignition, Racing Electronics, Sunoco Race Fuels.
ARCA OFFICIAL PRODUCTS: Amkus Rescue Systems, Bilstein Shocks, Casite, Cometic Gasket, Dodge Motorsports, Eibach Springs, Exedy, Fast Track High Performance Driving School, Flowmaster, G-Force Racing Gear, Holley HP Carbs, Intercomp, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, Landrum Spring Service, Mo'sGold, Motive Gear, SIM Factory, Stoner Car Care Products, SunTrust Bank, University of Northwestern Ohio.
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES: Accel Wires, BSR Products, Crane Cams, Ford Motor Company, Hutcherson-Pagan, Ilmor Engineering, Impact Racing, JE Pistons, Joyce Julius & Associates, Mechanix Wear, Moroso, RaceSafe Systems, Rhyne Racing Engines, Tesar Engineering, Toyota Racing Development, Wallace Race Car Lettering.
COVERAGE: Qualifying LIVE on SPEED at 4:30. Race LIVE on SPEED at 8:00.
RECORDS: Qualifying - Erin Crocker 30.213 (178.731 mph), 2007. Race - Chad Blount 121.348 mph, 2002.
KENTUCKY WINNERS AFTER 16 EVENTS: Frank Kimmel 4, Chad Blount 2, Ryan Hemphill 2, Kyle Busch 1, Brad Coleman 1, Erik Darnell 1, Michael McDowell 1, Ryan Newman 1, Tim Steele 1, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 1, Steve Wallace 1.
NOTES OF INTEREST: The ARCA RE/MAX 150 at Kentucky Speedway marks the 17th ARCA RE/MAX Series event at Kentucky Speedway since the series debuted there in 2000. After 10 events in 2008, there have been eight different winners. Only Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and Justin Allgaier are repeat winners this year. In 16 events at Kentucky Speedway, there have only been three repeat winners: Frank Kimmel, Chad Blount and Ryan Hemphill. There have been no repeat winners since Hemphill swept both events in 2004. Kimmel, who has 4 Kentucky wins, is the all-time lap leader at Kentucky with 536 laps-led in 10 races. Kimmel is currently fourth in points headed to Kentucky, trailing point leader Stenhouse, second place Scott Speed and third place Matt Carter. Carter occupies the familiar 46 Ford that Kimmel vacated to start his own Kimmel Racing team. Stenhouse, a development driver for Roush Fenway Racing, also lead the Hoosier Superspeedway Challenge Championship headed to Kentucky. The Hoosier Superspeedway Challenge is an accumulation of points from all of the superspeedway races in any given year. Stenhouse has two superspeedway wins in 08 at Kentucky and Pocono. Stenhouse is also the leading SunTrust Rookie of the Year contender headed to Kentucky. From the female ranks, Angela and Amber Cope, nieces of NASCAR veteran Derrick Cope, have filed entries for Kentucky as has series regular Gabi DiCarlo of Phoenix, Arizona. Drivers from 19 states and Canada are currently entered. Surrey British, Columbia's Ryan Fischer, who finished a career-best third at Kentucky back in May, is the only Canadian driver entered. Only one driver is currently entered from the state of Kentucky - that would be Owensboro, Kentucky's Brett Hudson.
