ARCA RE/MAX Factsheet, Berlin Raceway

BERLIN FACTSHEET PLUS


RACE:                           Pork The Other White Meat 200 presented by GFS Marketplace, Saturday May 24

TRACK:               Berlin Raceway, .5-mile paved oval

LOCATION:                   Marne, Michigan

DISTANCE:                   100 Miles (200 laps)

SANCTION:                   ARCA
SERIES:                        Event #8 of the 2003 ARCA RE/MAX Series

PROMOTIONS:            John Guthrie (616) 813-6095

SCHEDULE:                   Sat, May 24:    Practice 2:30-4 pm; Old Milwaukee Pole Qualifying 5 pm; Start of Pork the Other White Meat 200 presented by GFS Marketplace at 9:15 pm. 

POSTED AWARDS:            $104,076 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, University of Northwestern Ohio.

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, Evernham Performance Parts, 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, Tex Racing/Hawk Brakes, Thermo-Tec Header Wrap, Tilton Engineering, Victor-Reinz Gaskets, Wallace Race Car Lettering.

 

RADIO:              WMUS 106.9 FM (LIVE)

RECORDS:            Qualifying - Bob Keselowski, 1986, 17.112 (105.189 mph)

                        Race - Bob Senneker, 1973, 67.416 mph

 

NOTES OF INTEREST:  With 1 travel day to get there, and nearly 800 miles in between, Saturday's (May 24) Pork The Other White Meat 200 presented by GFS Marketplace at Berlin Raceway will have been preceded by Thursday night's (May 22) ARCA RE/MAX Series race at Lowe's Motor Speedway. This year's Pork The Other White Meat 200 will be the 16th ARCA RE/MAX Series event at Berlin since the series first raced there in 1958. Past ARCA RE/MAX winners at Berlin include Bob James and Tim Steele with 2 wins; and tied with 1 each: Fred Campbell, Andy Hampton, Iggy Katona, Bob Keselowski, Frank Kimmel, Bob Senneker, Harold Smith, Les Snow, Nelson Stacy, Ramo Stott & Don White. Frank Kimmel and Tim Steele are the only past champions entered. This year's Pork The Other White Meat 200 has its share of local flavor in the line-up including defending race winner and 10-time Berlin late model track champion Fred Campbell driving for Berlin Raceway veteran Vern Slagh who is also entered. In addition, Berlin late model competitors Billy Shotko, Andy Ponstein and Chris Anthony will take their best shot at the RE/MAX Series regulars. Slagh, at 63, is the oldest driver entered while 17-year-old Shelby Howard is the youngest. Howard became the youngest ARCA RE/MAX Series winner in its 51-year history with a victory back in April at Salem Speedway. Howard, at 16, finished 6th at Berlin in September of 2001. There are 2 sons of former ARCA RE/MAX Series champions in the field including Todd Bowsher whose father Jack won ARCA titles in 63, 64 & 65 and Billy Venturini whose father Bill won ARCA crowns in 87 & 91. Other notable entrants include 3rd-generation Hickory, North Carolina driver Jason Jarrett whose father Dale won the Winston Cup championship in 99 while his grandfather Ned won a pair of Winston Cup titles. 


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