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ARCA: Lincoln Welders Truck Series 2001 Racing Schedule

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
TOLEDO, OHIO - In its third season, the ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series has released its 2001 schedule to include 14 events in six states.

The ‘01 schedule, like previous years, will include a mix of dirt and pavement tracks beginning with a 50-lapper on the ¼ mile paved track at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky on May 11 and ending with a non-points 100-lapper at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October 6. The season-opening Kentucky race, which will run in conjunction with the USAC MCI WorldCom Midget Series, will serve as a prelude for the next-day ARCA RE/MAX Series Kentucky 150 on the 1.5-mile adjoining superspeedway.

ARCA-sanctioned Toledo and Flat Rock Speedways will host three events including 50-lap features at Toledo on June 22 and September 15 as well as a 100 lap main event at Flat Rock on July 21. In addition, the June Toledo event and the July Flat Rock event will be televised on Speedvision, which, at present, broadcasts to 37 million homes nationwide.

Venues returning to the schedule in ’01 include dirt-track races at Crystal Motor Speedway in Crystal, Michigan on May 26 and the LaSalle Speedway ¼-mile clay in LaSalle, Illinois on June 9. Also returning for the new season include Lorain County Speedway in South Amherst, Ohio on July 28, a tentative date at Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville, Indiana on September 1 and Salem Speedway in Salem, Indiana on September 8. Similar to the season-opening Kentucky race, the Lincoln Welders Truck Series will join the ARCA RE/MAX Series at Salem for a two-day ARCA extravaganza.

New venues in ’01 include a two-day event at the new 3/8ths-mile paved I-75 Speedway in Mount Vernon, Kentucky on June 30 and July 1, Dixie Motor Speedway in Birch Run, Michigan on July 13, New Paris Speedway in New Paris, Indiana on August 4 and Grundy County Speedway in Morris, Illinois with a date to be announced.

2001 ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series Schedule

DATE TRACK LOCATION TRACK LAPS

  • 5-11 Kentucky Speedway Sparta KY .25 paved 50
  • 5-26 Crystal Motor Speedway Crystal MI .375 clay 50
  • 6-9 LaSalle Speedway LaSalle IL .25 clay 100
  • 6-22 Toledo Speedway Toledo OH .5 paved 50
  • 6-30/7-1 I-75 Speedway Mount Vernon KY .375 paved 100
  • 7-13 Dixie Motor Speedway Birch Run MI .333 paved 100
  • 7-21 Flat Rock Speedway Flat Rock MI .25 paved 100
  • 7-28 Lorain County Speedway South Amherst OH .375 paved 100
  • 8-4 New Paris Speedway New Paris IN .25 paved 100
  • T 9-1 Illiana Motor Speedway Schererville IN .5 paved 100
  • 9-8 Salem Speedway Salem IN .555 paved 100
  • 9-15 Toledo Speedway Toledo OH .5 paved 50
  • tba Grundy County Speedway Morris IL .333 paved 100
  • * 10-6 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas NV .375 paved 100

T=Tentative
*=Non points race

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