ARCA RE/MAX Factsheet, Daytona

DAYTONA ARCA RE/MAX SERIES FACTSHEET

RACE:   40th Annual Advance Discount Auto Parts 200, Feb 8, 2003
TRACK:  Daytona Int'l Speedway, 2.5-mile paved oval
LOCATION:  Daytona Beach, Florida
DISTANCE:  200 miles (80 laps)
SANCTION:  ARCA
SERIES:  Event #1 of the 2003 ARCA RE/MAX Series
PROMOTER:  International Speedway Corporation (ISC)
SCHEDULE:  Tues, Feb 4 – Registration, technical inspection
   Wed, Feb 5 – Practice
   Thur, Feb 6 – Old Milwaukee Pole Award Qualifying (2 laps, all
positions)
   Fri, Feb 7 – Final Practice
   Sat, Feb 8 – 40th Advance Discount Auto Parts 200 at 4 pm Eastern

POSTED AWARDS: $275,285 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, Cloyes Gear & Products,
Cookies BarBQ Sauce, Earl's Performance Products, Fast Track High
Performance Driving School, Flowmaster Mufflers, Gladiator GarageWorks,
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.

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

TELEVISION:  SPEED Channel (LIVE) 4 pm. Re-airs same night 11 pm & Feb
20 at 9 pm & Feb 21 at 2 am. All Eastern.

RADIO: WNDB (LIVE) 1150 AM or at wndb.com (complete pre-race and race
coverage). WNDA 1490 AM (LIVE)
RADIO: Bill Connell's Pros in Motorsports (LIVE), Sweetwaters Cafe,
Thurs Feb 6, Fri Feb 7 & Sat Feb 8 from 8 PM - 9 PM.

RECORDS:  Qualifying, Bill Venturini, 1987, 200.209 mph (44.953); Race,
Lennie Pond, 1976, 153.224 mph

RACE WINNERS AT DAYTONA SINCE 1964 (39 events): 3 - Iggy Katona; 2 each
- Bobby Gerhart, Andy Hampton, Ben Hess, Andy Hillenburg, Jimmy Horton,
Jeff Purvis; 1 each - Grant Adcox, Charlie Blanton, Jack Bowsher, Woody
Fisher, Mickey Gibbs, Ferrel Harris, Ron Hutcherson, Kenny Irwin, Ralph
Jones, David Keith, Ralph Latham, Ryan Newman, Benny Parsons, Kyle
Petty, Lennie Pond, John Rezek, Tim Richmond, Joe Ruttman, Jim Sauter,
Glenn Sears, Nelson Stacy, Ramo Stott, Mike Wallace, Rick Wilson 1.

NOTES OF INTEREST:  More than 60 teams are entered for the 40th running
of the Daytona ARCA 200 recognized this year as the Advance Discount
Auto Parts 200. This year’s Daytona ARCA classic, with a 4 pm Saturday
start-time, will serve as a pre-amble for Saturday night’s Winston Cup
Bud Shootout. Currently, drivers representing 19 states are entered. Of
the drivers entered, only Andy Hillenburg and Bobby Gerhart are former
Daytona ARCA 200 winners; each is a 2-time winner of the Daytona classic
(Hillenburg in ’95 & ‘97/Gerhart in ’99 & ’02). 3 former ARCA RE/MAX
Series champions are entered to include Frank Kimmel, Tim Steele and
Hillenburg although Kimmel and Steele are winless at Daytona. Kimmel has
finished a career-best 3rd at Daytona in ’01 & ’02 while Steele finished
2nd in ’94 & ’96. Steele has made only 2 Daytona ARCA starts since ’97.
Renowned open-wheel driver Christian Fittipaldi, in a Kyle Petty Racing
Dodge, will make his career-1st ARCA RE/MAX Series attempt at Daytona.
His car owner Petty won the Daytona ARCA 200 in 1979 in his first
superspeedway attempt. NASCAR Winston Cup veteran Greg Sacks, of Port
Orange FL, is also entered. Only 6 ARCA drivers have won from the pole
at Daytona: Benny Parsons '69, Andy Hampton '72, Iggy Katona '74, Woody
Fisher '77, Jeff Purvis '93 and Hillenburg '97. No driver has repeat
wins in consecutive years.