ARCA RE/MAX Factsheet, Kentucky Speedway

ARCA RE/MAX Series Steers for Kentucky Speedway This Weekend

The ARCA RE/MAX Series will be making its 8th appearance this Saturday night, May 8 at Kentucky Speedway in The Channel 5-205. The event will be LIVE on PEE Channel at 8 pm eastern as well as locally on the Cincinnati-based NBC affiliate WLWT Channel 5. For much more including continually updated entries.... www.arcaracing.com; and thanks for your interest........



KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY FACTSHEET

RACE:                          The Channel 5-205, 5-8-04

TRACK:                        Kentucky Speedway, 1.5-mile paved oval

LOCATION:                 Sparta, KY

DISTANCE:                  137 laps, 205 miles

SANCTION:                 ARCA

SERIES:                       Event #4 of the 2004 ARCA RE/MAX Series

PR/MEDIA:                 Tim Bray, Mike Schmaltz (859) 647-4309

SCHEDULE:                 Fri, May 7: Practice 11-11:55 & 1-1:55; Pork Pole Qualifying 4:30; Final practice 6:15-7:15

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

POSTED AWARDS:            $219,214 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 - David Keith, 30.811 (175.262 mph) 2000. Race - Chad Blount (121.348 mph) 2002.

TELEVISION:             PEE 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, Channel 5-205 at Kentucky Speedway, hhgregg Pole Night presented by Coca Cola will help get things underway on Friday, May 7 with Pork Pole Award Qualifying at 4:30 pm local. Saturday's Channel 5-205 will be the 8th 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 Kyle Busch, Ryan Newman, Tim Steele and Chad Blount. This year's entry list is as diverse as the series itself. From the veteran ranks are 5-time series champion Frank Kimmel, third-generation drivers Jason Jarrett and Billy Venturini, as well as 23-year series veteran Mark Gibson. In addition, a very stellar rookie crop is entered including open-wheelers AJ Fike and Hendrick Motorsports developmental driver Blake Feese, who won the RE/MAX Series race at Nashville in April. Other stout rookies entered include Chip Ganassi developmental driver Ryan Hemphill, Sparks NV's TJ Bell, second-generation driver David Ragan and Brian Keselowski, who will make his career-first series attempt at Kentucky. Brian's father Bob Keselowski was the 1989 series driving champion. Knupp, coming off a career-best 4th place finish at Salem, is the youngest driver in the field having turned 18 in February of this year while former Kentucky Pork Pole award winner Vern Slagh is the oldest at 64. 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/NASCAR Cup champion and renowned television analyst Benny Parsons joining WLWT veteran Ken Broo in the booth. Parsons will also participate in an ARCA RE/MAX Series driver autograph session at the speedway from 4-5 pm. The autograph session will be followed by a live concert featuring country music artist/sensation Sherrie Austin, who will also sing the national anthem for the race. The concert is free as part of the ARCA RE/MAX Series ticket price. As part of the pre-race ceremonies, former NFL Cincinnati Bengals offensive guard and Superbowl veteran Dave Lapham will be the Grand Marshal for the event. Lapham, who played 10 years in the NFL, is currently a color analyst with the Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network. 


Current Top-10 ARCA RE/MAX Series Points: 1) Frank Kimmel 710; 2) Billy Venturini 605; 3) AJ Fike 475; 4) Brent Sherman 465; 5) Jason Jarrett 445; 6) Mike Buckley 440; 7) Todd Bowsher 430; 8) Darrell Basham 415; 9) Brandon Knupp 410; 10) Mark Gibson 405.