ARCA RE/MAX Salem Factsheet

ARCA RE/MAX SERIES STEERS FOR SALEM



This Sunday's (April 25) Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 will mark the 72nd appearance of the ultra popular ARCA RE/MAX Series at Salem Speedway. Salem has been a staple on the RE/MAX Series schedule since 1955 when Jack Harrison won the inaugural event in a Ford. Five-time series champion and 7-time Salem winner Frank Kimmel leads the interesting mix of veterans and rookies for this weekend's two-day classic.

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SALEM FACTSHEET

 

RACE:                          Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200, 4-25-04

TRACK:                        Salem Speedway, .555-mile paved oval

LOCATION:                 Salem, Indiana

DISTANCE:                  200 laps, 111 miles

SANCTION:                 ARCA

SERIES:                       Event #3 of the 2004 ARCA RE/MAX Series

PROMOTER:                Owen & Beverly Thompson, PR Richard Deaton (812) 883-6504

SCHEDULE:                 Sat, Apr 24: Practice 11 am-12:30 pm; Pork Pole Qualifying at 2 pm; Final Practice thereafter

Sun, Apr 25: Driver autographs 11:30-12:30; Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 at 1:15 pm

POSTED AWARDS:            $129,564 in prize, point and contingency money.

 

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

 

ARCA OFFICIAL PRODUCTS: Amkus Rescue Tools, Bennigan's, 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 Racing Equipment, 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 Enterprises, Tex Racing, Thermo-Tec Header Wrap, Tilton Engineering, Vertigo Productions, Victor-Reinz Gaskets, Wallace Race Car Lettering.

 

RECORDS:            Qualifying - Gary Bradberry, 16.785 (119.035 mph), 1994. Race - Les Snow, 85.913 mph, 1968.

 

RADIO:             Live on WUME FM Mix 95.3 Paoli IN & Washington County reach.

 

NOTES OF INTEREST:  This year's version of the Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 will mark the 72nd appearance of the ultra popular ARCA RE/MAX Series at Salem Speedway. Salem has been a staple on the RE/MAX Series schedule since 1955 when Jack Harrison won the inaugural event in a Ford. Current point leader and 5-time series champion Frank Kimmel is the all-time Salem winner with 7 victories including 5 consecutive. 3-time series champion Jack Bowsher is next with 5 overall followed by Tim Steele, Les Snow & Ramo Stott who have 4 wins each. This year's entry list includes an interesting balance of veterans and rookies. From the rookie department comes 18-year-old ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series graduate Brandon Knupp who comes off a career-best RE/MAX Series finish of 11th at Nashville. AJ Fike, who drives for '95 series champion Andy Hillenburg, is another rookie coming off a career-best run of 10th at Nashville. Fike also trails Ryan Hemphill by just 2 points in the chase for Rookie of the Year, although Hemphill will not be competing at Salem. Josh Allison, the youngest of the rookie contenders, will make his series debut at Salem. Allison just turned 16 on April 17, just in time to make the minimum age requirement to compete in the series. Other rookies include Sparks, NV driver TJ Bell, 2nd-generation driver David Ragan and Canadian driver Terry Jones. Series veteran Joe Cooksey is scheduled to make his 100th career series start at Salem. Notable RE/MAX Series past winners at Salem include NASCAR Cup champion Bobby Allison, six-time RE/MAX Series champion Iggy Katona & former ARCA national champions Bill Baird, Tracy Leslie, Nelson Stacy, Ron Hutcherson, Ramo Stott, Dave Dayton, Moose Myers, Marvin Smith, Bob Keselowski & Bob Brevak. Other notable ARCA/Salem winners include '52 Indy 500 winner Troy Ruttman, USAC/ARCA stock car veteran Don White and Cup series regular Ken Schrader.



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