ARCA RE/MAX: Frank Kimmel grabs Gateway gold

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

May 6, 2001

MADISON, IL - Current ARCA RE/MAX Series point leader Frank Kimmel won the rain-shortened Gateway ARCA 150 here Saturday at Gateway Int'l Raceway. Kimmel, in the Advance Auto Parts-Pork White Meat Ford, was leading at the halfway point when the rains came down on the 1.25-mile superspeedway ending the race 56 laps shy of the scheduled 120.

Mike Swaim Jr., in the Dynatek Chevrolet, finished second ahead of Old Milwaukee Polesitter Tim Steele who finished third in the HS Die-Softech Ford. Ed Berrier, in Cavin Councilor's Target Saws & Blades Chevy, finished fourth while Rick Carelli, in the RE/MAX Chevy, finished fifth.

2001 ARCA RE/MAX SERIES EVENT #5
Gateway Int'l Raceway, Madison Illinois, 5-5-01
Official Results, Gateway ARCA 150

FIN STR NO DRIVER/RESIDENCE TEAM & CAR LAPS STATUS

1 3 46 Frank Kimmel/Jeffersonville IN Advance Auto Parts-Pork White Meat Ford 64 Running
2 6 22 Mike Swaim Jr/High Point NC Dynatek Communications Chevrolet 64 Running
3 1 16 Tim Steele/Coopersville MI HS Die-Softech Ford 64 Running
4 5 19 Ed Berrier/Winston-Salem NC Target Saws & Blades-Earthlink Chevrolet 64 Running
5 4 05 Rick Carelli/Englewood CO RE/MAX International Chevrolet 64 Running
6 9 53 Robert Burroughs/Laurel MS Burroughs Diesel-Cooper Tires Pontiac 64 Running
7 2 67 Jason Jarrett/Hickory NC ML Motorsports Pontiac 64 Running
8 7 25 Billy Venturini/Concord NC IRM-Permatex Chevrolet 64 Running
9 8 77 Chad Blount/Walkerton IN Braun Mobility Products Chevrolet 64 Running
10 14 51 Joe Cooksey/Centralia IL Fuelvend.com Chevrolet 63 Running
11 11 38 Mark Voigt/Marine IL Heuiser Truck Service Chevrolet 63 Running
12 15 23 Ron Cox/Soddy Daisy TN Hixson Construction Chevrolet 63 Running
13 13 60 Rick Markle/Mooresville NC Smartwireless.com-racedayad.com Chevy 63 Running
14 12 5 Doug Keller/St Joseph MO Van Am Tool & Engineering Pontiac 63 Running
15 23 43 Scott Kuhn/Thomasville NC Victory Junction-Petty Enterprises Pontiac 63 Running
16 17 17 AJ Henriksen/Mooresville NC Engineered Components Chevrolet 62 Running
17 18 10 Charlie Schaefer/Carlyle IL Schaefer Racing Chevrolet 62 Running
18 19 84 Norm Benning/Pittsburgh PA Benning Motorsports Chevrolet 62 Running
19 24 6 Tim Turner/Pulaski TN Harrah's Casino Pontiac 60 Running
20 20 24 Chuck Weber/Mesquite TX Cardinal Tool Company Chevrolet 59 Running
21 26 75 Larry Hollenbeck/Portage MI SWAT Fitness Club Ford 59 Running
22 22 48 Donny Morelock/Largo FL Mountain Rock Music Ford 58 Running
23 10 1 Andy Belmont/Penndel PA America Online-Racecakes-York Ford 46 Running
24 35 85 Mel Walen/Shakopee MN Rob Totenhagen Ford 38 Running
25 21 28 Mike Buckley/Ann Arbor MI Midwest Mall Fronts Chevrolet 29 Engine
26 32 13 Tony Altiere/Lecanto FL Whitetails Unlimited-Bobby Clark RV Chevy 20 Brakes
27 29 21 Todd Bowsher/South Vienna OH Castle Bail Bonds Ford 14 Electrical
28 33 34 Mike Basham/Henryville IN Darrell Basham Racing Chevrolet 9 Overhtng
29 16 83 Mark Gibson/Winder GA Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet 8 Handling
30 25 4 Greg Sarff/Columbus OH Sarff Motorsports Ford 6 Rear End
31 30 7 Kevin Belmont/Feasterville PA Racecakes.com Ford 6 Ignition
32 27 02 Dick Tracey/Columbus GA Arielgears.com Chevrolet 5 Ignition
33 31 8 James Hylton/Inman SC Vermeer Diggin' Dutchman Ford 5 Engine
34 34 91 Todd Antrican/Miamisburg OH Norm Benning Motorsports Chevrolet 3 Ignition
35 28 56 Eric Martin/Chattanoogo TN Hixson Construction Chevrolet 1 Ignition

OLD MILWAUKEE POLE AWARD: Tim Steele 33.646 (133.745 mph) *NTR
MRGN OF VICT: Under Caution CAUTIONS: 3 for 11 laps
TIME OF RACE: 00:47:52 AVG SPEED: 100.279 mph
LAP LEADERS: Steele 1-16 (16); Kimmel 17-64 (48)

Text Provided by ARCA

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