ARCA RE/MAX release, results, points,
Kansas
CURRENT ARCA RE/MAX SERIES POINTS after Kansas: 1) Frank Kimmel 1815;
2) Chad Blount 1710; 3) Damon Lusk 1700; 4) Andy Belmont 1395: 5) Jason
Jarrett 1385; 6) Shelby Howard 1370; 7) Chase Montgomery 1350; 8) Mark
Gibson 1335; 9) Billy Venturini 1220; 10) Todd Bowsher 1210.
CAN'T STOP KIMMEL IN KANSAS
KANSAS CITY, KS (6-1-02) Stuart Kirby was coming, but not in time to
catch Frank Kimmel who cruised under the checkered flag as winner of the
BPU 200 Saturday at Kansas Speedway. It was Kimmel’s 37th career ARCA
RE/MAX Series victory and fourth in the last five events.
“I’m sure he (Kirby) was trying everything he could,” said Kimmel.
“There at the end he was a little quicker. I didn’t want him to get any
closer that’s for sure. But these young kids are extremely good racers;
you know they’re up on the wheel trying to beat you. The more you win,
the more they start coming after you. Ask those guys who they want to
beat the most; it’s us.”
Kirby, who had just passed Damon Lusk for second with less than ten laps
remaining, was slowly gaining on the eventual winner but ran out of time
crossing the final stripe nearly two seconds behind Kimmel.
“We had a car for Frank there at the end,” said Kirby. “We were running
two or three tenths quicker. We could run with him there at the end, but
just got behind a car. If we could have got some more laps we definitely
could have made a run at him.”
While Kirby may have been a tick quicker in the end, it was still
Kimmel, in Larry Clement’s familiar #46 Advance Auto Parts-Pork Ford,
who dominated the day with a whopping 99 laps-led of the 134 that made
up the 200-mile race.
Lusk, who led 10 laps in Steve Palac’s Dynatek-One Race America
Chevrolet, finished third with leading Rookie of the Year contender Chad
Blount trailing in fourth in Todd Braun’s InvisibleGlass.com Dodge. Andy
Belmont, in his own Odoban Wheel Control Ford, finished fifth.
In all, there were ten lead changes among six drivers while six caution
periods slowed the event for 28 laps. There were no injuries.
Kirby, making his first appearance in Ted Campbell’s CLR Ford, made an
additional, unscheduled pit stop out of sequence with the leaders in an
effort to cure a loose condition. Yet, in the end, the Bowling Green,
Kentucky driver charged back and led nine laps putting himself in
contention to win.
Chase Montgomery, who finished 12th, led eight laps while Belmont and
Blount each led four.
Mark Gibson, in the Williams Brothers Lumber Ford, was in the hunt all
afternoon and finished sixth in front of 16-year-old Shelby Howard who
steered the iHigh.com Chevrolet to the finish in seventh. Lamont,
California driver Mike Duncan, making his career-first RE/MAX Series
start, finished eighth, the last car on the lead lap while Kevin
Belmont, in James Hylton’s Ford, finished a career-best ninth. Mel Walen
finished tenth in the Rob Totenhagen Ford, also a career-best.
Kansas City, Kansas local favorite Jennifer Jo Cobb, in Doug Keller’s
Pontiac with sponsorship from local Pontiac dealer Roberts-Albright,
gave her hometown constituency something to cheer about with a
respectable 16th place finish in her career-first start.
In addition to winning the Old Milwaukee Pole Award, the 24th of his
career, Kimmel also picked up the Loctite Halfway Leader Award. Todd
Bowsher won the Hoosier Tire Hard Charger Award for advancing the most
positions, from 31st to 15th.
2002 ARCA RE/MAX SERIES EVENT #7
Kansas Speedway, Kansas City KS, 6-1-02
Official Results, BPU 200
FIN STR NO DRIVER/RESIDENCE TEAM & CAR LAPS STATUS
1 1 46 Frank Kimmel/Jeffersonville IN Advance Auto Parts-Pork Ford 134
Running
2 2 75 Stuart Kirby/Bowling Green KY CLR Ford 134 Running
3 7 22 Damon Lusk/Kennewick WA Dynatek-One Race America Chevrolet 134
Running
4 3 77 Chad Blount/Walkerton IN InvisibleGlass.com Dodge 134 Running
5 9 1 Andy Belmont/Penndel PA Odoban Wheel Control Ford 134 Running
6 10 59 Mark Gibson/Winder GA Williams Brothers Lumber Ford 134 Running
7 16 64 Shelby Howard/Greenwood IN iHigh.com Chevrolet 134 Running
8 11 9 Mike Duncan/Lamont CA Kwik Signs Chevrolet 134 Running
9 18 48 Kevin Belmont/Feasterville PA Victory Junction Gang Ford 132
Running
10 25 85 Mel Walen/Shakopee MN Rob Totenhagen Racing Ford 132 Running
11 14 25 Billy Venturini/Charlotte NC Gart Sports Chevrolet 132 Running
12 13 27 Chase Montgomery/Mt Juliet TN Montgomery Motorsports Chevrolet
132 Running
13 12 11 Clint Vahsholtz/Woodland Park CO Vahsholtz Racing Ford 131
Running
14 21 84 Norm Benning/Pittsburgh PA Benning Motorsports Chevrolet 130
Running
15 31 21 Todd Bowsher/South Vienna OH CollateralEvaluation.com Ford 129
Running
16 22 0 Jennifer Jo Cobb/Kansas City KS Roberts-Albright Pontiac/BPU
Pontiac 129 Running
17 36 38 Greg Sarff/Columbus OH Beannie's Luxury Coach-Absolute
Impressions Ford 126 Running
18 26 6 Tim Mitchell/Fayetteville TN Nealco-Reid's Pontiac 124 Running
19 37 26 Brad Smith/Dearborn MI BradSmithMotorsports.com Chevrolet 121
Running
20 19 5 Bob Aiello/Covington GA Bullet Building Services Ford 120
Running
21 29 56 Eric Martin/Hixson TN Holiday Inn-Citi Centre Chevrolet 117
Running
22 4 68 Austin Cameron/El Cajon CA TWC Motorsport Chevrolet 114 Engine
23 5 67 Jason Jarrett/Hickory NC Biomet-Damon RV Chevrolet 93 Accident
24 27 30 Troy Backlund/Kansas City MO Ingram's-New Point Grille
Chevrolet 81 Rear End
25 33 91 Christi Passmore/Pryor OK Royal Trading-Gap Roofing Ford 79
Accident
26 15 23 Ron Cox/Soddy Daisy TN BuffaloWildWings.com Chevrolet 68 Valve
27 23 34 Darrell Basham/Henryville IN Basham Racing Chevrolet 55 Engine
28 17 49 Dan Shaver/Charlotte NC Petro Express Pontiac 37 Rear End
29 8 10 Jason Rudd/Suffolk VA Graybar Electric-Bob Hoss Dodge 29 Engine
30 39 74 Karla Lampe/Carroll IA Karla Lampe Racing Chevrolet 24 Accident
31 24 28 Mike Buckley/Ann Arbor MI Midwest Mall Fronts Chevrolet 18
Engine
32 32 8 Randy Ainsworth/Excelsior Springs MO Benning Motorsports
Chevrolet 18 Ignition
33 20 24 Chuck Weber/Mesquite TX Cardinal Tool-Althouse Auto Body
Chevrolet 14 Engine
34 28 76 Mike Basham/Henryville IN BradSmithMotorsports.com Ford 11
Clutch
35 30 06 Tim Turner/Pulaski TN Nealco-Reid's Chevrolet 9 Brakes
36 34 83 Dennis English/Benton KY Dennis English Racing Ford 4 Accident
37 38 81 Jerry Glanville/Dawsonville GA Loctite-Fricker's Ford 2
Vibration
38 6 05 Rick Carelli/Arvada CO RE/MAX Int'l Chevrolet 0 Accident
OLD MILWAUKEE POLE AWARD: Frank Kimmel 33.278 (162.269 mph)
MRGN OF VICT: 1.720 seconds CAUTIONS: 6 for 28 laps
TIME OF RACE: 1:41:33 AVG SPEED: 118.760 mph
LAP LEADERS: Kimmel 1-30, 43-69, 73-83, 104-134 (99); Montgomery
31-38 (8); Belmont 39-42 (4);
Kirby 70-72, 84-89 (9); Blount 90-93 (4); Lusk 94-103 (10)
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