ARCA RE/MAX story, Kentucky

Kimmel cleans up in Kentucky
For Immediate Release (5-12-01)

SPARTA KY, 5-12-01, by Don Radebaugh – Just ten laps deep into the
Kentucky 150, Frank Kimmel’s power steering pump failed. It didn’t
matter. Kimmel still stomped the competition Saturday afternoon at
Kentucky Speedway earning his third consecutive ARCA RE/MAX Series
victory.

The popular Jeffersonville, Indiana veteran started from the pole, led
96 of 100 laps and coasted across the finish line for a badly needed
breather with Tim Steele peddling hard in second ten lengths back. Mike
Swaim, Jr. finished third while Philip Kranefuss finished fourth
recording his career-best RE/MAX Series finish. Also recording his
career-best finish was local favorite Willie Green of Walton, Kentucky
who trailed in fifth in the Wildwood-Inn.com Ford.

It was Kimmel’s 26th career RE/MAX Series win in his 195th start. “This
is big for the Advance Auto Parts-Pork White Meat Ford team,” said
Kimmel in victory lane. “We consider this track our hometown
superspeedway; we’ve got a lot of support here; this is great. But I’ll
tell you; the checkered flag couldn’t have come any sooner. We lost our
power steering right away. It’s been awhile since I’ve been this tired
in a racecar; I’m just glad it’s over. Just want to give a big thanks to
my car owner Larry Clement for the opportunity, and the whole crew; it’s
just a first-class deal. I’m really lucky.”

In addition to Kimmel’s domineering day, the current point leader and
defending champion won the Old Milwaukee Pole award as well as the
National Pork Producers Pole-Win bonus and the Loctite Halfway Leader
honors bringing his earnings total to $20,645 for the afternoon.

Steele, in the HS Die-Softech Ford, got within a length of Kimmel on a
couple of occasions, but that was as close as the three-time champ could
get throughout the 150 mile race. Swaim, in the Dynatek Chevrolet, was
reeling in both Kimmel and Steele late in the race before time ran out
on the High Point, North Carolina driver. Union, Kentucky driver Darrell
Lanigan was in the hunt all afternoon and finished sixth in the RA
Mueller-GE Ford while Laurel, Mississippi driver Robert Burroughs
continued to impress with another top-ten run finishing seventh in the
Cooper Tire Pontiac. Andy Belmont, in the AOL-York HVAC-Racecakes Ford,
finished eighth. John Metcalf, in the RE/MAX Chevy, was the only other
leader during the race, and that was only when Kimmel came down pit road
for service. Metcalf, who was running fifth on the last lap before
running out of gas, coasted to the checkered flag in ninth. Coach Jerry
Glanville, in his 14th RE/MAX Series start, raced back from an early
race spin to finish a respectable tenth in the Fricker’s-Zicam Cold
Remedy Ford.

Donny Morelock, in James Hylton’s Ford, won the Hoosier Tire Hard
Charger award as well as the Thermo-Tec Cool Drive honors for charging
from the 36th position to 11th in the final running order. Morelock was
the last car on the lead lap. Jason Jarrett, in the Biomet-Damon RV
Pontiac, was running fourth just past the halfway point until the
Hickory, North Carolina third-generation driver cut down a right front
tire and hit the wall in turn three. Jarrett was not hurt in the
incident and walked off with the Landrum Spring Hard Luck award as a
consolation.

CONTACT: Don Radebaugh, ARCA PR (734) 847-6726 or www.arcaracing.com