Factsheets
RACE: Hantz Group 200 presented by Belle Tire & Federated Car Care
TRACK: Toledo Speedway, .5-mile paved oval
LOCATION: Toledo, Ohio
DISTANCE: 200 laps, 100 miles
SANCTION: ARCA
SERIES: Final Event #21 of the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series
PROMOTER: Roy Mott, GM Scott Schultz (419) 727-1100
SCHEDULE:
Sat, Oct 11: Practice 12:30-2:00 PM; SIM Factory Pole Qualifying 3:30 PM.
Sun, Oct 12: Hantz Group 200 by Belle Tire & Federated Car Care at 2:00 PM ET.
POSTED AWARDS: $115,157 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, Main Event, 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 - Andy Hanson, 15.891 (113.272 mph), 2008. Race - Frank Kimmel, 86.400 mph, 1998.
TV: LIVE on SPEED at 2:00 pm. All times Eastern.
INTERNET: LIVE Audio/LIVE Timing & Scoring on arcaracing.com.
NOTES OF INTEREST: This year's Hantz Group 200 presented by Belle Tire marks the 64th appearance of the ARCA RE/MAX Series at its hometown Toledo Speedway since debuting there in 1963. At present, 44 first-class entries have been filed to compete for the 35-car starting field. The entry list includes drivers from 21 states and three countries. Current ARCA RE/MAX Series point leader Scott Speed leads Roush Fenway Racing's Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. by 85 points headed into ARCA Championship Weekend at Toledo. That means that Speed can clinch the title by finishing 13th or better in the race. Speed is one of three drivers entered who will be attempting to make the starting field for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Lowe's Motor Speedway Saturday night. If Speed makes the Cup race, there will be a helicopter waiting across the street from Toledo Speedway to whisk Speed away immediately following his qualifying effort Saturday afternoon. The helicopter would take him to Metcalf Field Airport so that he could make it in time for Saturday night's Cup race, which is scheduled to start at 7:25. Cup veterans David Ragan and Ken Schrader are also entered in the Hantz Group 200, and will also be competing in the Cup race in Charlotte Saturday. However, Ragan and Schrader will both forego SIM Factory Pole Qualifying at Toledo, which means that both will have to start from the tail-end at Toledo, provided that their sub drivers make the starting field for Sunday's ARCA race. ARCA RE/MAX Series regulars Justin Allgaier and John Wes Townley will also be doing double duty as both will attempt to make the starting field for Friday night's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Lowe's. Nine-time series champion Frank Kimmel is also the all-time Toledo winner with 9 wins on the half-mile oval. Toledo was also the site where Kimmel earned his career-first ARCA RE/MAX Series win in 1994. Kimmel's victory march at Toledo also includes 5 consecutive from 2000-2004. Past winners at Toledo through the years include Bobby Bowsher, Benny Parsons, Blaise Alexander, Iggy Katona, Ken Schrader, Bill Venturini, Ramo Stott, Andy Hampton, Bob Strait, Michael McDowell and Matt Carter to name a few. 17 winners have won from the pole at Toledo.
