ARCA RE/MAX factsheet, Kansas

Updated entry lists at arcaracing.com; and thanks. Don Radebaugh

KANSAS FACTSHEET PLUS.......

RACE:   BPU 200, 6-1-02
TRACK:  Kansas Speedway, 1.5-mile paved oval
LOCATION:  Kansas City, KS
DISTANCE:  134 laps, 200 miles
SANCTION:  ARCA
SERIES:  Event #7 of the 2002 ARCA RE/MAX Series
PROMOTER:  ISC
SCHEDULE: Thurs, May 30: Practice 11 AM – noon, 2 PM – 3 PM, 3:30 PM – 4
PM
Fri, May 31: Practice 11 AM – 12:30 PM, Old Milwaukee Pole Qualifying
2:30 PM (2 laps)
   Sat, June 1: BPU 200 at 2 PM

POSTED AWARDS: $227,783 in prize, point and contingency money.

ARCA OFFICIAL COMPANIES: RE/MAX International Inc, Damon RV, Featherlite
Trailers, Hoosier Racing Tires, Racing Electronics, 76 Racing Gas.

ARCA OFFICIAL PRODUCTS: Amkus Rescue Tools, Carolina Motorsports, Earl's
Performance Products, Fast Track High Performance Driving School,
Flowmaster Mufflers, Harris Torches & Regulators, Holley HP Carbs, K&N
Air Filters, K&N Oil Filters, Kluhsman Racing Products, Landrum Spring
Service, Lincoln Electric Welders, Magnum Police Equipment, Motive Gear,
National Pork Board, Old Milwaukee Beer, QuicShine 99, RJS Uniforms, S-W
Scales by Intercomp, Who’s Your Daddy?/Big Daddy’s Company.

PARTICIPATING COMPANIES: ATI Dampers, Auto Meter Instruments, Berryman
Products, Bilstein Shocks, Blake Carburetors, BSR Racing Products,
Clevite Engine Parts, CV Products, Dayco Belts & Hoses, Dr. Gas Exhaust
Components, Edelbrock, EMCO Transmissions, Ford Motor Co., Gatorade,
Hedman Hedders, Hoosier Performance Tire, Hurd Air Wrenches,
Hutcherson-Pagan, Jacobs Electronics, JE Pistons, Joyce Julius &
Associates, Leading Edge Race Cars, Loctite Corporation, Lowe Lug Nuts,
MSD Ignition, Mechanix Wear, Nelson Specialties, Ohlins Shocks, Penske
Racing Shocks, Perfect Circle Piston Rings, Pro Shocks, Quarter Master,
Reed Cams, Rhyne Racing Engines, RJS Racing Equipment, 76 Performance
Products, Simpson Race Products, Thermo-Tec Header Wrap, Tilton
Engineering, Victor-Reinz Gaskets, Wallace Race Car Lettering, Wilson
Manifolds.

RECORDS: Qualifying – Ryan Newman, 31.549 (171.162 mph) 2001. Race –
Jason Jarrett (122.478 mph) 2001.

TELEVISION:  The Outdoor Channel; airs Sunday, June 9 from 5 PM – 6:30
PM eastern.
RADIO: LIVE flag-to-flag on Sports Radio WHB 810 AM

NOTES OF INTEREST:  The BPU 200 will be the second ARCA RE/MAX Series
race at Kansas Speedway since the inaugural event in 2001. At present, a
record 45 drivers from 18 states have filed entries for this year’s
race. 3-time ARCA RE/MAX Series champion Frank Kimmel leads the points
coming to Kansas over young-guns Damon Lusk and Chad Blount who are tied
for 2nd. 22-year-old Blount is also in a tight race for Rookie of the
Year honors currently leading 18-year-old Chase Montgomery by 10 and
16-year-old Shelby Howard by 16. Although Kimmel only holds a 75-point
margin in the national championship points battle, the Jeffersonville,
Indiana driver has dominated the lap-leader category in ’02 having led
341 laps in 5 events. Andy Belmont (5th in points) is next in line with
89 laps-led in 2 races. Kimmel recently posted a career-best 26th place
NASCAR Winston Cup finish in Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600. Kimmel and El Cajon
CA driver Austin Cameron are competing in both the BPU 200 as well as
the same-day Winston West Kansasspeedway.com 150. At present, there are
3 female drivers entered: Kansas City KS driver Jennifer Jo Cobb,
Carroll IA driver Karla Lampe and Pryor OK sprint car driver Christi
Passmore. Tim Steele, the only other ARCA RE/MAX Series champion
entered, is the all-time superspeedway winner with 24 victories as well
as the all-time superspeedway lap-leader with 2,308 laps-led in 49
races. Other notable entrants include 3rd-generation driver and
defending race winner Jason Jarrett, former NFL football head coach
Jerry Glanville, Jason Rudd (nephew of Ricky Rudd), 2nd/3rd generation
drivers Todd Bowsher (son of 3-time champ Jack Bowsher), Billy Venturini
(son of 2-time champ Bill Venturini) and veterans Mark Gibson, Ron Cox,
Chuck Weber, Brad Smith, Mike Buckley, Darrell Basham, Kansas City MO
driver Frog Hall and Norm Benning to name a few.

CURRENT TOP-10 POINTS:  1) Frank Kimmel 1555; 2) Damon Lusk 1480; 2)
Chad Blount 1480; 4) Jason Jarrett 1265; 5) Andy Belmont 1185; 6) Chase
Montgomery 1175; 6) Shelby Howard 1175; 8) Mark Gibson 1135; 9) Michael
Vergers 1105; 10) Mike Buckley 1080.