ARCA RE/MAX Factsheet, KY Speedway

KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY FACTSHEET

 

RACE:                          The Channel 5-205, 5-10-03

TRACK:                        Kentucky Speedway, 1.5-mile paved oval

LOCATION:                 Sparta, KY

DISTANCE:                  137 laps, 205 miles

SANCTION:                 ARCA

SERIES:                       Event #6 of the 2003 ARCA RE/MAX Series

PROMOTER:                Kentucky Speedway (859) 647-4309

SCHEDULE:                 Fri, May 9: Practice 2-4:30 pm; Old Milwaukee Pole Qualifying 6 pm; Final practice 8-9 pm

                                    Sat, May 10: Start of The Channel 5-205 at 8 pm eastern                                    

POSTED AWARDS:            $190,511 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.

 

RECORDS:            Qualifying - David Keith, 30.811 (175.262 mph) 2000. Race - Chad Blount (121.348 mph) 2002.



TELEVISION:             SPEED Channel, LIVE from 8-10 pm. Also LIVE on WLWT Channel 5 NBC Cincinnati. All times Eastern.

 

NOTES OF INTEREST:  In preparation for Saturday night's, May 10 Channel 5-205 at Kentucky Speedway, Louisville Courier Journal Pole Night will help get things underway on Friday, May 9 with Old Milwaukee Pole Award Qualifying at 6 pm local. Saturday's Channel 5-205 will be the 7th appearance of the ARCA RE/MAX Series at KY since its KY debut in the Spring of 2000. Frank Kimmel is the all-time RE/MAX Series winner at Kentucky with 3 victories. Additional KY/ARCA winners include Ryan Newman, Tim Steele and Chad Blount. This year's ARCA Rookie of the year battle could not be closer. Pryor, Oklahoma driver Christi Passmore and Chelsea, Michigan driver Bill Eversole are tied at 142 points each. In addition to the live SPEED Channel broadcast, WLWT Channel 5, the Cincinnati-based NBC affiliate, will carry live coverage of the race with ARCA, Winston Cup champion and renowned television analyst Benny Parsons joining WLWT veteran Ken Broo in the booth. This year's entry list is as diverse as the series itself. Those pre-entered include 18-year-old Kyle Busch in pursuit of his 2nd career ARCA RE/MAX Series victory in his 3rd start. Busch, in a Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, won at Nashville Superspeedway earlier this year. Kimmel, coming off his 44th career victory at Toledo Speedway last week, is the current point leader over 3rd generation driver Billy Venturini who, in his last 5 starts, has 3 top-5 finishes and 4 top-10s. Venturini's career-best finish was 3rd at Kentucky in 2001. Also entered is veteran and 16-time winner Bob Strait who will be making his 200th career ARCA RE/MAX Series start at Kentucky. 18-year-old Shelby Howard, entered in a Dodge, is coming off a victory at Salem Speedway backed up by a 3rd place finish at Toledo. Also entered is former NFL head coach Jerry Glanville, 3rd generation racer Jason Jarrett, Deborah Renshaw and Junior High School principal Kim Crosby.

 

Current top-10 ARCA RE/MAX Series points: 1) Frank Kimmel 1405; 2) Billy Venturini 1245; 3) Jason Jarrett 1205; 4) Ron Cox 1120; 4) Brent Sherman 1120; 6) Mark Gibson 1105; 7) Shelby Howard 1030; 8) Christi Passmore 1025; 9) Bill Eversole 995; 10) Mike Buckley 955.