ARCA RE/MAX Nashville Factsheet

A Nashville-ARCA RE/MAX Series record 56 teams have filed entries for this Friday night's (April 9) 4th annual PFG Lester 150 at Nashville Superspeedway. Drivers representing 17 states and 3 countries will offer-up an exceptional degree of flavor and talent when the world's most versatile stock car series embarks on the 1.33-mile concrete oval, live on SPEED Channel at 9 pm ET.

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NASHVILLE FACTSHEET PLUS.......

RACE: PFG Lester 150, 4-9-04

TRACK: Nashville Superspeedway, 1.33-mile concrete oval

LOCATION: Nashville, TN

DISTANCE: 113 laps, 150 miles

SANCTION: ARCA

SERIES: Event #2 of the 2004 ARCA RE/MAX Series

PR/MEDIA: Sean Dozier/Tammy Brewington (615) 547-7500

SCHEDULE: Thurs, Apr 8: Garage opens; Transporters enter

Fri, Apr 9: Pork Pole Qualifying at 2:05 pm (2 laps/all positions). PFG Lester 150 at 8 pm local

POSTED AWARDS: $211,814 in prize, point and contingency money.

ARCA OFFICIAL COMPANIES: RE/MAX International Inc, Damon Motorcoach, Featherlite Trailers, Hoosier Racing Tires, Racing Electronics, Sunoco Race Fuels.

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, RJS Uniforms, Stoner Car Care Products, 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, Dodge Motorsports, Edelbrock, Endura-Tech Valve Springs, Ford Motor Company, Gatorade, G-Force Racing Gear, Hawk Brake, Hedman Hedders, Hoosier Racing Tires, Hutcherson-Pagan, Impact Racing, Jacobs Electronics, JE Pistons, Joyce Julius & Associates, JR's Garage, KoolMat, LaCross Engine Development, Leading Edge Race Cars, MSD Ignition, Mechanix Wear, Nelson Specialties, Ohlins Shocks, Penske Racing Shocks, Perfect Circle Piston Rings, Performance Drive Train Inc., Quarter Master, Reed Cams, Rhyne Racing Engines, RJS Racing Equipment, Shaver Motorsports Engines, Speed51.com, Spraker Racing Products, Tex Racing, Thermo-Tec Header Wrap, Tilton Engineering, Vertigo Productions, Victor-Reinz Gaskets, Wallace Race Car Lettering.

RECORDS: Qualifying - Kyle Busch, 30.094 (159.460 mph) 2003. Race - Frank Kimmel (118.795 mph) 2001.

TELEVISION: LIVE on PEE Channel from 9-11 pm Eastern.

ARCA RE/MAX Series Winners at Nashville: Frank Kimmel 3, Kyle Busch 1, Mario Gosselin 1, Ken Schrader 1.

NOTES OF INTEREST: A Nashville/ARCA RE/MAX record 56 teams are entered for the 4th annual PFG Lester 150, the 7th ARCA RE/MAX Series event at Nashville Superspeedway since the series first debuted there in 2001. Drivers representing 17 states and 3 countries will offer-up an exceptional degree of flavor and talent when the world's most versatile stock car series embarks on the 1.33-mile concrete oval, live on SPEED Channel at 9 pm ET. 5-time RE/MAX Series champion Frank Kimmel has won 3 of the 6 previous races at Nashville, and has won 5 of 6 Pork Pole awards. In the races he didn't win, Kimmel finished 2nd twice and DNF-ed in the other. Ken Schrader, who won the inaugural event, Kyle Busch and Mario Gosselin are the only other series winners there. Schrader, a 10-time RE/MAX Series winner, is entered in this year's race. Other NASCAR veterans entered for this year's event include Todd Bodine - who makes his career-first RE/MAX Series attempt at Nashville - Casey Atwood and Greg Sacks. Canadian late model stand-out Don St. Denis will make his series debut as will Germany's Klaus Graf in a BAM Racing Dodge. Kimmel is the only former ARCA RE/MAX Series national champion entered. Sons of former champions entered include Jason Jarrett whose father Dale Jarrett won the '99 Nextel Cup championship, Todd Bowsher whose father Jack Bowsher won ARCA titles in '63, '64 & '65 and Billy Venturini whose father Bill Venturini earned ARCA championships in '87 & '91.