Factsheets
RACE: Toyota 150, 8-9-08
TRACK: Nashville Superspeedway, 1.33-mile concrete oval
LOCATION: Nashville, TN
DISTANCE: 113 laps, 150 miles
SANCTION: ARCA
SERIES: Event #14 of the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series
NASHVILLE PR: Sean Dozier (615) 547-7500
ARCA PR: Don Radebaugh/Jackie Franzil (734) 847-6726
SCHEDULE:
Fri, August 8: Practice 1:30-4:30 PM local
Sat, August 9: SIM Factory Pole Qualifying 10:30 AM; Toyota ARCA 150 at 3:30 PM local
POSTED AWARDS: $196,403 in 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.
RECORDS:
Qualifying - Ryan Hemphill, 29.140 (164.681) 2004.
Race - Stephen Leicht (119.424 mph) 2006.
TV: LIVE on SPEED at 4:30 PM ET.
NASHVILLE WINNERS: Frank Kimmel 3, Mario Gosselin 2, Joey Miller 2, Chad Blount 1, Kyle Busch 1, Jeremy Clements 1, Blake Feese 1, Stephen Leicht 1, Chad McCumbee 1, Ken Schrader 1.
NOTES OF INTEREST:
The Toyota 150 marks the 15th ARCA RE/MAX Series event at Nashville Superspeedway since the series debuted there in 2001.
Speed's Red Bull Toyota Leads - For the first time since early May, there's a new point leader atop the ARCA RE/MAX Series point standings. SunTrust Rookie of the Year contender Scott Speed, in Eddie Sharp's Red Bull Toyota, following his second place finish at Pocono, leads rookie Matt Carter by 95 points headed to Nashville. Rookie Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., who has led the points since May, fell from first to third following his DNF at Pocono. Pocono winner Justin Allgaier jumped from fifth to fourth in points while Frank Kimmel, following his DNF at Pocono, dropped from third to fifth. Kimmel is the only three-time winner at Nashville with consecutive victories in '01 and '02. Kimmel is also the all-time lap leader at Nashville with 442 laps-led 10 races.
Solid Entry List - At present, 46 top-notch teams are entered for the Toyota 150 at Nashville including defending race winner Jeremy Clements. Other notable entrants include Austin Dillon, the grandson of Richard Childress; Sean Caisse in a Shigeaki Hattori Toyota and Penske Racing development driver Billy Wease in a Cunningham Motorsports Dodge. In addition to the Wease entry, Cunningham Motorsports is fielding two more cars at Nashville including SunTrust Rookies Tayler Malsam and Michael Phelps. Eddie Sharp Racing is also fielding three cars with Scott Speed, Lilburn, Georgia's Ken Butler III and Westmorland, California's Justin Lofton. Five-time Daytona winner Bobby Gerhart is also entered.
The Dirt on ARCA - After Nashville, the ARCA RE/MAX Series, renowned for its diverse schedule on short-tracks and superspeedways, heads to Illinois for back-to-back dirt-track races at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield August 17th at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds September 1st. Ken Schrader, already entered for DuQuoin, is the defending DuQuoin winner.
