ARCA RE/MAX Results, Points

CURRENT ARCA RE/MAX SERIES TOP-10 POINTS:  1) Frank Kimmel 3290; 2) Chad
Blount 3185; 3) Damon Lusk 2765; 4) Jason Jarrett 2755; 5) Chase
Montgomery 2595; 6) Billy Venturini 2565; 7) Andy Belmont 2560; 8)
Shelby Howard 2530; 9) Mark Gibson 2500; 10) Ron Cox 2305.

CAMPBELL OUT-DUELS ARCA RE/MAX REGULARS AT BERLIN

MARNE MI (7-20-02) Experience has always been the best teacher and it
showed when Berlin Raceway regular Fred Campbell, a nine-time Berlin
track champion, won the Pork The Other White Meat 200 Saturday at the
renowned Marne, Michigan short-track.

Campbell, 49, pitted just once for tires and fuel before fighting off a
determined rookie Chad Blount in the closing laps to earn his
career-first ARCA RE/MAX Series triumph in only his second attempt.

“I just wanna thank my car owner Vern Slagh, my crew chief Grady
Humphries and all the volunteers that crewed the car,” said Campbell in
victory lane. “I’ve been lucky enough to win a lot of races here, but to
beat these guys in their league here at my home track really means
something.”

Campbell, who started outside pole in the Van Eck Diesel Ford, lost the
lead to Blount late in the race but got it back 22 laps from the finish
when the experienced Battle Creek, Michigan driver put a move on Blount
in lapped traffic in turn four. From there, Campbell fought off Blount
and series point leader Frank Kimmel to earn the well-deserved victory.

While Campbell thrilled the locals with his masterful performance
throughout, Blount put on quite a show himself after an altercation with
Andy Belmont forced him to make an unscheduled pit stop for sheet metal
repairs and four new tires. Blount, with his car torn up at both ends
and a new attitude, stormed his way back into the lead from the tail-end
of the lead lap cars. However, Blount’s lead lasted just 11 laps before
Campbell pinned him down in traffic and took control as the race neared
its conclusion. Blount charged right back to challenge but couldn’t find
away around the crafty veteran and had to settle for second .158 seconds
away.

Kimmel, who struggled most of the night with a loose condition,
rebounded nicely after a series of pit stops helped cure his handling
troubles and put him in position to challenge for the lead near the end.
The current point leader, on fresher tires, raced his way back to the
front in time to finish third in the Advance Auto Parts-Pork Ford right
on Blount’s bumper.

Rookie Chris Moore, in only his second RE/MAX Series start, recovered
from a turn one wall-banger late in the race to finish a solid fourth in
the Thermo King/A-1 Masonry Ford. Mark Gibson, in his own unsponsored
Ford Taurus, also recovered from an early-race spin to finish fifth.

In all, there were eight lead changes among four drivers while ten
caution periods slowed the event for 50 of the 200 laps total. There
were no injuries.

Blount, who won the Old Milwaukee Pole award, his fourth of the season,
led the first 46 laps before Kimmel, who started fourth, took control.
However Kimmel’s lead was short-lived when Campbell wrestled it away on
lap 50. Campbell led through lap 99 before opting for his one and only
pit stop during a caution period. In doing so, Campbell forfeited the
lead to Blount who had pitted much earlier along with front-runners
Kimmel and Belmont. Blount led through lap 121 until Kimmel raced his
way back into the lead for the next eight circuits. Then Billy
Venturini, in the MC Sports Chevrolet, passed Kimmel for the lead and
brought Gibson with him. Venturini and Gibson then staged an incredible
door-to-door duel for the lead for 37 laps before Blount, who had fought
back from the tail-end, charged around both with Campbell in tow. Blount
had the fans on their feet and they stayed that way while Campbell made
his winning pass late in the race. Blount also picked up the Loctite
Halfway Leader award.

Chase Montgomery, sporting decals from the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation, finished a solid sixth in his first Berlin attempt with
Soddy Daisy, Tennessee standout Ron Cox, in the Buffalo Wild Wings
Chevrolet, trailing in seventh. Todd Bowsher, in the GFS Marketplace
Ford, won the Hoosier Tire Hard Charger award with his eighth place
finishing position after starting 22nd. Randy VanZant survived eight
stops on pit road to cure a variety of ailments to finish a respectable
ninth in the Devers Truck Bodies Pontiac. Jason Jarrett, who started
19th, completed the top-ten finishers in the Biomet-Damon RV Pontiac.
Venturini, after contact with another car, faded to 11th at the finish,
the last car on the lead lap.

    2002 ARCA RE/MAX SERIES EVENT #13
   Berlin Raceway, Marne MI, 7-20-02
   Official Results, Pork The Other White Meat 200, presented by Meijer

FIN STR NO DRIVER/RESIDENCE TEAM & CAR LAPS STATUS
1 2 22 Fred Campbell/Battle Creek MI Van Eck Diesel-DJ's One
Stop-Quality Car Wash Ford 200 Running
2 1 77 Chad Blount/Walkerton IN Braun Auto Group Dodge 200 Running
3 4 46 Frank Kimmel/Jeffersonville IN Advance Auto Parts-Pork Ford 200
Running
4 17 42 Chris Moore/Canal Winchester OH Thermo King-A1 Masonry Ford 200
Running
5 18 59 Mark Gibson/Winder GA Mark Gibson Racing Ford 200 Running
6 16 27 Chase Montgomery/Mt Juliet TN Montgomery Motorsports Chevrolet
200 Running
7 11 23 Ron Cox/Soddy Daisy TN Buffalo Wild Wings Chevrolet 200 Running
8 22 21 Todd Bowsher/Springfield OH GFS Marketplace Ford 200 Running
9 7 5 Randy VanZant/Brookville OH Devers Truck Bodies Pontiac 200
Running
10 19 67 Jason Jarrett/Hickory NC Biomet-Damon RV Pontiac 200 Running
11 6 25 Billy Venturini/Concord NC MC Sports Chevrolet 200 Running
12 13 64 Shelby Howard/Greenwood IN iHigh.com Chevrolet 199 Accident
13 8 49 Ray Clay/Jenison MI The Screen Print Department Chevrolet 199
Running
14 9 39 Dave Weltmeyer/Dyer IN Roulo Brothers Racing Chevrolet 199
Running
15 3 1 Andy Belmont/Penndel PA Odoban Grease Control Ford 199 Running
16 15 7 Marty Butkovich/Romeo MI Messina Trucking Chevrolet 199 Running
17 23 48 Kevin Belmont/Feasterville PA Victory Junction Gang Ford 198
Running
18 14 38 John Sadinsky/Johnstown OH Bigelow Café Chevrolet 197 Running
19 25 84 Norm Benning/Pittsburgh PA Benning Motorsports Chevrolet 195
Running
20 27 24 Chuck Weber/Mesquite TX Cardinal Tool-Althouse Auto Body
Chevrolet 192 Running
21 26 34 Darrell Basham/Henryville IN Darrell Basham Racing Chevrolet
191 Running
22 24 6 Tim Mitchell/Fayetteville TN Vito's Pizza Chevrolet 191 Running
23 28 26 Brad Smith/Dearborn MI BradSmithMotorsports.com Chevrolet 188
Running
24 29 91 Christi Passmore/Pryor OK Royal Trading-Gap Roofing Ford 178
Running
25 10 72 Billy Shotko/West Olive MI Elhart Collision-Dan Voss
Const-Primera Plastics Chevy 114 Rear End
26 20 28 Mike Buckley/Ann Arbor MI Midwest Mall Fronts Chevrolet 66
Electrical
27 21 32 Shawn Gray/Columbus OH David Glick Ford 49 Overhtng
28 30 2 Eric Martin/Hixson TN AmeriHost Inn of Coopersville MI Chevrolet
20 Rear End
29 5 16 Tim Steele/Coopersville MI HS Die-VISI-SECO Ford 19 Rear End
30 34 40 Ed Wettlaufer/St Clair Shores MI Chassisdyne Motorsport Dodge
13 Engine
31 31 83 Greg Sarff/Columbus OH Beannie's Luxury Coach-Absolute
Impressions Ford 6 Rear End
32 12 75 Red Farmer/Hueytown AL Bob Schacht-ML Motorsports Pontiac 5
Transmssn
33 32 8 Craig Bracken/Windsor Ontario Benning Motorsports Chevrolet 2
Rear End
34 33 06 James Hylton/Inman SC Vito's Pizza Chevrolet 1 Transmssn

   OLD MILWAUKEE POLE AWARD:  Chad Blount 17.444 (90.392 mph)
   MRGN OF VICT:  .158 seconds CAUTIONS:  10 for 50 laps
   TIME OF RACE:  1:28:53  AVG SPEED:  67.504 mph
   LAP LEADERS:  Blount 1-46, 100-121, 167-177 (79); Kimmel 47-50,
122-129 (12); Campbell 51-99, 178-200
   (72); Venturini 130-166 (37)

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