ARCA RE/MAX Nashville factsheet

NASHVILLE FACTSHEET PLUS   
 

RACE:                          PFG Lester 150, 4-11-03

TRACK:                        Nashville Superspeedway, 1.33-mile concrete oval

LOCATION:                 Nashville TN

DISTANCE:                  150 miles (113 laps)

SANCTION:                 ARCA

SERIES:                       Event #3 of the 2003 ARCA RE/MAX Series

PROMOTER:                Dover Motorsports, Inc/Track PR - Sean Dozier/Tammy Brewington (615) 547-7500

SCHEDULE:                 Thur, April 10 - Practice 2-4 pm

                                    Fri, April 11 - Old Milwaukee Pole Qualifying at 9:30 am (2 laps); PFG Lester 150 at 8 pm

 

POSTED AWARDS:            $183,197 in prize, point and contingency money. 

 

ARCA OFFICIAL COMPANIES: RE/MAX International Inc, Damon RV, Featherlite Trailers, Hoosier Racing Tires, Racing Electronics, 76 Racing Gas.

 

ARCA OFFICIAL PRODUCTS: Amkus Rescue Tools, Cloyes Gear & Products, Cookies BarBQ Sauce, Earl's Performance Products, Fast Track High Performance Driving School, Flowmaster Mufflers, Gladiator GarageWorks, Harris Torches & Regulators, Holley HP Carbs, K&N Air Filters, K&N Oil Filters, Kluhsman Racing Products, Landrum Spring Service, Lincoln Electric Welders, Magnum Police Equipment, Motive Gear, National Pork Board, Old Milwaukee Beer, QuicShine 99, RJS Uniforms, S-W Scales by Intercomp, University of Northwestern Ohio.

 

PARTICIPATING COMPANIES: ATI Dampers, Auto Meter Instruments, Berryman Products, Bilstein Shocks, Blake Carburetors, BSR Racing Products, CamAir Tire Management Systems, Clevite Engine Parts, Cometic Gaskets, CV Products, Dayco Belts & Hoses, Dr. Gas Exhaust Components, Edelbrock, Evernham Performance Parts, Ford Motor Co., Gatorade, G-Force Racing Gear, Hedman Hedders, Hoosier Performance Tire, Hutcherson-Pagan, Jacobs Electronics, JE Pistons, Joyce Julius & Associates, JR's Garage, KoolMat, LaCross Engine Development, Leading Edge Race Cars, Lowe Lug Nuts, MSD Ignition, Mechanix Wear, Nelson Specialties, Ohlins Shocks, Penske Racing Shocks, Perfect Circle Piston Rings, Quarter Master, Reed Cams, Rhyne Racing Engines, RJS Racing Equipment, 76 Performance Products, Tex Racing/Hawk Brakes, Thermo-Tec Header Wrap, Tilton Engineering, Victor-Reinz Gaskets, Wallace Race Car Lettering. 

 

TV:                   PEEChannel LIVE 9-11 pm. Re-airs same night (Apr 12) at 1 am. All Eastern times.

 

RECORDS:            Qualifying - Frank Kimmel, 2001, 158.267 mph (30.321 seconds)

                        Race - Frank Kimmel, 2001, 118.795 mph

 

NOTES OF INTEREST:  The PFG Lester 150 will be the 5th ARCA RE/MAX Series event at Nashville Superspeedway since the series first debuted there in 2001. As always, the winner of this year's event will receive a brand new electric Gibson guitar as a trophy. 4-time RE/MAX Series champion Frank Kimmel has won 3 of the 4 races at Nashville, and has won the Old Milwaukee pole for all 4. Ken Schrader, who won the inaugural event, is the only other RE/MAX Series winner there. This year's entry list includes an interesting mix of drivers from all walks of motorsports including Suzuka, Japan driver Hideo Fukuyama who is entered in a Travis Carter Ford Taurus. Kyle Busch, the younger brother of Winston Cup driver Kurt Busch, is also entered in a Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet as is former NFL Head Coach Jerry Glanville who entered his own Fricker's-sponsored Dodge. In 25 career ARCA RE/MAX Series starts, Glanville's best finish was 4th at Nashville in '02 (also finished 4th at MIS '01). From the sprint car world, Pryor OK driver Christi Passmore is entered as is Lyon's OH's Aaron Call in James Hylton's Ford - both are rookies. Call is a former SOD sprint car touring series champion. Heading to Nashville, Kimmel is tied for the points lead with third-generation driver Billy Venturini. Venturini is the son of 2-time ARCA national champion Bill Venturini. Billy's father Bill, who also serves as crew chief, is slated to provide color commentary for the live Nashville ARCA broadcast on SPEED Channel. Local favorite and this year's Daytona ARCA 200 winner Chase Montgomery of Mt. Juliet TN is entered as is Tandy Marlin of Franklin TN. Marlin is a first cousin to Winston Cup driver Sterling Marlin. Sons of former champions entered include Jason Jarrett whose father Dale Jarrett won the '99 Winston Cup championship, Todd Bowsher whose father Jack Bowsher won ARCA titles in '63, '64 & '65 and Venturini. Three former ARCA RE/MAX Series champions are entered including Tim Steele, Kimmel and Andy Hillenburg.