ARCA RE/MAX qualifying results, Daytona

YOUNG GUNS MONTGOMERY, VENTURINI, PONTIACS GRAB FRONT ROW AT DAYTONA

DAYTONA BEACH FL (2-8-02)  After posting the quickest speeds in practice
all week here at Daytona Int'l Speedway, 18-year-old ARCA RE/MAX Series
rookie Chase Montgomery, in his father Ray Montgomery's Pontiac, did
what everyone thought he'd do - win the Old Milwaukee Pole Award for the
39th annual Discount Auto Parts 200 here Friday.

Montgomery's speed was 184.543 mph. "We've had a good car all week,"
said the Mt. Juliet, Tennessee driver. "The crew has put an insane
number of hours at the shop for the past few weeks to put a good piece
under me and it showed. And hopefully there's more of it to come."

Montgomery sat outside pole in ARCA RE/MAX Series competition in 2001 at
Lowe's Motor Speedway and Kentucky Speedway. Montgomery's career-best
RE/MAX Series finish was 5th last year at Kentucky.

Second-generation driver Billy Venturini, in his father Bill Venturini's
Sports Authority-Future Network Broadcasting Pontiac, qualified outside
pole with a speed of 184.215 mph. "It was pretty much a complete
surprise to me for us to run that good. We struggled all week. We came
here with a really good piece. We expected it to be different with the
car, and then we got here and then we struggled. We had some problems;
we had a spring that was binding up; we fixed that; and then we had a
little piece of junk in the carburetor. When we made those 2 changes, I
didn't know what we were going to have for qualifying. We went out, ran
fast. I was surprised, but it's about what I expected when we unloaded
off the trailer. I was more disappointed with the way we performed all
week. But that was no fluke - that lap. We didn't have any tricks up our
sleeves or anything like that. You'll see that in the next practices
because we're going to be fast the rest of the week. We came here with a
good piece and if you look at it, and know what you're looking at,
you'll know that we have a good car. We'll be there on Sunday."

Venturini's career-best RE/MAX Series finish was 3rd in 2001 at Kentucky
Speedway. His prior-best superspeedway qualifying run was 7th at Pocono
Raceway in 2000 and 7th at Gateway Int'l Raceway in 2001. Venturini's
father Bill is a 2-time ARCA RE/MAX Series champion (1987 & 1991).

CONTACT: Don Radebaugh, ARCA PR, cell (419) 467-0800 or arcaracing.com


2002 ARCA RE/MAX SERIES EVENT #1
  Daytona Int'l Speedway, Daytona Beach FL, 2-10-02
  OFFICIAL STARTING GRID, 39th ANNUAL DISCOUNT AUTO PARTS 200

STR NO DRIVER/RESIDENCE TEAM & CAR TIME SPEED
1 27 Chase Montgomery/Mt Juliet TN Montgomery Motorsports Pontiac 48.769
184.543
2 25 Billy Venturini/Charlotte NC Sports Authority-Future Network
Pontiac 48.856 184.215
3 04 Keith Segars/Jacksonville FL Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q Chevrolet
48.887 184.098
4 67 Jason Jarrett/Hickory NC Biomet-Damon RV Pontiac 48.981 183.745
5 5 Bobby Gerhart/Lebanon PA Gerhart Racing Pontiac 49.066 183.426
6 77 Chad Blount/Walkerton IN Braun Auto Group Dodge 49.067 183.423
7 75 Michael Vergers/Oxford UK Bruichlauddich.com Ford 49.211 182.886
8 4 Justin Labonte/Trinity NC Kerry Scherer Dodge 49.355 182.352
9 66 Tina Gordon/Cedar Bluff AL Sticks N Stuff Ford 49.439 182.043
10 22 Damon Lusk/Kennewick WA Dynatek Communications Pontiac 49.439
182.043
11 50 Frank Kimmel/Jeffersonville IN Advance Auto Parts-Pork Ford 49.499
181.822
12 05 Rick Carelli/Arvada CO RE/MAX Int'l Chevrolet 49.546 181.649
13 17 Nate Monteith/Bristol TN King Pharmaceuticals Pontiac 49.700
181.087
14 82 Robby Benton/Charlotte NC Mac Tools Ford 49.849 180.545
15 31 Randal Ritter/Franklin TN Miss Audrey's Fried Pies Chevrolet
49.893 180.386
16 36 Casey Mears/Bakersfield CA Jesel Valve Pontiac 49.999 180.004
17 7 Rich Woodland/Templeton CA National Cold Storage Pontiac 50.001
179.996
18 64 Shelby Howard/Greenwood IN Lucas Oil-Mack Trucks Pontiac 50.036
179.870
19 1 Andy Belmont/Penndel PA AOL-Spirit Fuels-Southern Pan Service Ford
50.096 179.655
20 40 Jerry Hill/Port Tobacco MD American Kennel Club Chevrolet 50.120
179.569
21 49 Dan Shaver/Charlotte NC Petro Express-Citco Pontiac 50.255 179.087

22 11 Andy Hillenburg/Concord NC Llumar Window Film Chevrolet 50.317
178.866
23 51 Joe Cooksey/Centralia IL SunSpeed.net Chevrolet 50.325 178.838
24 54 Richard Mitchell/Bruceton Mills WV Coach USA-Mountaineer
Gaming-Forest River Pontiac 50.410 178.536
25 09 GJ Mennen/Cornelius NC Greased Lightning-Motorcheck Pontiac 50.474
178.310
26 53 Robert Burroughs/Laurel MS Burroughs Motorsports Pontiac 50.481
178.285
27 28 Mike Buckley/Ann Arbor MI Midwest Mall Fronts Chevrolet 50.594
177.887
28 15 Carl McCormick/Jacksonville FL TheRaceFansChoice.com Ford 50.609
177.834
29 6 Mike Harmon/Birmingport AL Reliance Tool Chevrolet 50.610 177.830
30 42 CW Smith/Williamsport PA Shop Vac Chevrolet 50.738 177.382
31 59 Mark Gibson/Winder GA Williams Brothers Lumber Chevrolet 50.745
177.357
32 69 Jeff Spraker/Latham NY Nat'l Parts Peddler-Adirondack Int'l Ford
50.803 177.155
33 65 Vern Slagh/Zeeland MI Quality Car Wash-DJ's One Stop Ford 50.894
176.838
34 34 Darrell Basham/Henryville IN Basham Racing Chevrolet 50.944
176.665
35 91 Sunny Hobbs/Richmond VA Classic & Muscle Car Super Stores Ford
Provisional
36 23 Ron Cox/Soddy Daisy TN PPR Health Care Chevrolet Provisional
37 38 Greg Sarff/Columbus OH Stanley Steemer-Beannie's Coach Ford
Provisional
38 84 Norm Benning/Pittsburgh PA Benning Motorsports-Diamond Spring
Water Chevy Provisional
39 24 Chuck Weber/Mesquite TX Cardinal Tool Company Chevrolet
Provisional
40 48 Kevin Belmont/Feasterville PA James Hylton Ford Provisional
41 21 Todd Bowsher/South Vienna OH United Express Line Trailers-LL&S
Development Ford Provisional

CONTACT: Don Radebaugh, ARCA PR, cell (419) 467-0800 or arcaracing.com