ARCA RE/MAX: Kirby shatters Pocono track record
Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
June 15, 2001LONG POND PA, In his first look at the 2.5-mile triangular Pocono superspeedway, 20-year-old rookie Stuart Kirby, in Bob Schacht's Athens Mobil Speed Park Ford, shattered the one-lap ARCA RE/MAX Series track record here Thursday at Pocono Raceway.
The Bowling Green, Kentucky driver won the Old Milwaukee Pole Award with a speed of 169.329 mph, earning his career-first pole in only his 5th ARCA RE/MAX Series start. Tim Steele held the old mark at 167.380 mph. Three-time RE/MAX Series winner David Keith, in the CLR Ford, qualified outside pole with a speed of 166.834.
2001 ARCA RE/MAX SERIES EVENT #10
Pocono Raceway, Long Pond PA, 6-16-01
Official Starting Grid, Pocono ARCA RE/MAX 200
STR NO DRIVER/RESIDENCE TEAM & CAR TIME SPEED
1 75 Stuart Kirby/Bowling Green KY Athens Mobile Speed Park Ford 53.151 169.329
2 57 David Keith/Mooresville NC CLR Ford 53.946 166.834
3 16 Tim Steele/Coopersville MI HS Die-Softech Ford 54.199 166.055
4 46 Frank Kimmel/Jeffersonville IN Advance Auto Parts-Pork Ford 54.267 165.847
5 22 Mike Swaim Jr/High Point NC Dynatek Communications Chevrolet 54.457 165.268
6 14 Josh Richeson/Mooresville NC Brett Bodine Racing Ford 54.593 164.856
7 91 Blaise Alexander/Montoursville PA LJ Racing Pontiac 54.704 164.522
8 25 Skip Smith/Williamsport PA Shop Vac Chevrolet 55.13 163.25
9 19 Ed Berrier/Winston-Salem NC Target Saws & Blades Chevrolet 55.175 163.117
10 67 Jason Jarrett/Hickory NC Biomet-Damon RV Chevrolet 55.183 163.094
11 1 Andy Belmont/Penndel PA America Online-York HVAC-Racecakes Ford 55.457 162.288
12 53 Robert Burroughs/Laurel MS Burroughs Diesel Chevrolet 55.523 162.095
13 54 Richard Mitchell/Bruceton Mills WV Coach USA-Forest River Pontiac 55.911 160.97
14 17 AJ Henriksen/Mooresville NC Fastenal-Engineered Components Chevy 56.069 160.517
15 38 Tom Eriksen/Hesston PA Eriksen Water Well Drilling Chevrolet 56.119 160.373
16 5 Bobby Gerhart/Lebanon PA Gerhart Racing Chevrolet 56.158 160.262
17 15 Larry Hollenbeck/Portage MI SWAT Fitness Club Ford 56.392 159.597
18 94 Dion Ciccarelli/Severn MD Shamrockrelo.com Ford 56.649 158.873
19 7 Jerry Hill/Port Tobacco MD Gerhart Racing Chevrolet 57.623 156.188
20 48 Donny Morelock/Largo FL TracVision-Mountain Rock Music Ford 57.872 155.516
21 21 Todd Bowsher/South Vienna OH pbrnow.com-Resistol Ford 58.725 153.257
22 11 Malcolm Bennett/Worcester PA Fast Track Driving School Ford 59.788 150.532
23 60 Matt Hummel/Northumberland PA Shop Vac Chevrolet 62.657 143.639
24 4 Scott Ritter/Lehighton PA McDonald's Ford 62.866 143.162
25 9 Michael Zazula/Turnersville NJ NW Signs-Gateway Trucking Chevrolet 65.296 137.834
26 6 Tim Mitchell/Fayetteville TN Nealco Pontiac 67.496 133.341
27 39 Dick Tracey/Columbus GA Arielgears.com Chevrolet 67.914 132.521
28 23 Ron Cox/Soddy Daisy TN Hixson Construction Pontiac Provisional
29 24 Chuck Weber/Mesquite TX Cardinal Tool Company Chevrolet Provisional
30 84 Norm Benning/Pittsburgh PA Benning Motorsports Chevrolet Provisional
31 51 Kevin Belmont/Feasterville PA Racecakes.com Ford Provisional
32 34 Darrell Basham/Henryville IN Basham Racing Chevrolet Provisional
33 56 Eric Martin/Chattanooga TN Hixson Construction Chevrolet Provisional
34 26 Brad Smith/Lakeville MI Brad Smith Motorsports Chevrolet Provisional
35 64 Todd Antrican/Miamisburg/OH Benning Motorsports Chevrolet Provisional
Text provided by ARCA
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