ARCA Truck Results Lawrenceburg, Guinn Wins

ARCA Trucker Guinn is Great on Lawrenceburg Dirt
 

LAWRENCEBURG IN (7-3-04)  Two-time and defending series champion Chad Guinn is becoming the Frank Kimmel of the ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series. The Erie, Michigan driver, in his father Larry Guinn's BFI-M&M Heating-Harwood Buick/Pontiac Chevy S-10, won the Pate Manufacturing 100 Saturday night at Lawrenceburg Speedway.



It was Guinn's 21st career win in his 61st series start representing victories in one-third of the total races he has competed in.



After a spirited side-by-side battle with rookie Brett Rowe, Guinn secured the lead for good less than 20 laps from the finish, and then held off the pack.

Rowe, in his own unsponsored Chevy S-10, kept the pressure on the eventual winner but could not erase the two-length gap that held through the checkered flag.



Rowe finished second with Mark Otting, in the Westfalia Surge-Posilac-Uckele Health Nutrition Chevy, finishing third, a career-best for the Plainwell, Michigan driver. Otting's finish was even more impressive considering his crew changed a broken spindle in the pits during a lengthy caution thereby keeping Otting on the lead lap and in contention.



Brian Rowe, in the Pate Manufacturing Chevy, finished fourth in front of Bill Withers, who steered the Mannings USA-Hall Electronics Ford to the finish in fifth.



John Kasmierski won the Pork Pole award, led nine laps and was a victory lane contender before a broken spindle ended his impressive ride well shy of the finish. 



At the onset, rookie Tim Burkett led the first two laps before Brett Rowe took over the top spot. Rowe held the point for several circuits before Kasmierski, who started eighth based on the inversion, charged into the lead.

But with Kasmierski soon out of the mix, Brett Rowe regained control of the lead before Guinn, working the high line against Rowe's low corner entry, made the winning pass.



Rookie Donnie Porter finished sixth ahead of Rick Knowles in seventh. Series veteran Gregg Vasko finished eighth with rookie Duane Bischoff trailing in ninth. Danny Basham completed the top-10 finishers.



Vasko also picked up the Ed & Company Hard Charger award while Brett Rowe won the Cloyes Gear Halfway Lap Leader honors. Rowe was also the Highest Finishing Rookie.



Next event for the ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series will be the Lincoln Electric 100 at Tri-City Motor Speedway in Auburn, Michigan on Thursday night, July 22.



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       2004 ARCA LINCOLN WELDERS TRUCK SERIES EVENT #5   
       Lawrenceburg Speedway, Lawrenceburg IN, 7-3-04   
       Official Results, Pate Manufacturing 100   
           
      FIN STR NO DRIVER/HOMETOWN TEAM & CAR LAPS STATUS 
      1 5 4 Chad Guinn/Erie MI BFI-M&M Heating-Harwood Buick/Pontiac Chevrolet 75 Running 
      2 3 27 Brett Rowe/Barboursville WV Rowe Racing Chevrolet 75 Running 
      3 2 00 Mark Otting/Plainwell MI Westfalia Surge-Posilac-Uckele Health Nutrition Chevy 75 Running 
      4 7 5 Brian Rowe/Barboursville WV Livernois Motorsports-Pate Manufacturing Chevrolet 75 Running 
      5 10 57 Bill Withers/Columbus OH Mannings USA-Hall Electronics Ford 75 Running 
      6 11 21 Donnie Porter/Columbus OH Screamin' Eagle Ltd Ford 75 Running 
      7 9 31 Rick Knowles/Willis MI Thomson Automotive Chevrolet 74 Running 
      8 16 14 Gregg Vasko/McKeesport PA MacArdle's Pub & Restaurant Ford 72 Running 
      9 12 15 Duane Bischoff/St. Leon IN Hoosier Foreign Auto Service-Hoosier Lock Ford 67 Spindle 
      10 17 75 Danny Basham/Henryville IN Strutter Signs-Mac Tools Chevrolet 66 Suspensn 
      11 14 30 Brad Yunker/Maumee OH Champion Credit Union-Laborers Local 574 Ford 66 Running 
      12 1 8 Tim Burkett/Fort Wayne IN Burkett Racing Chevrolet 65 Axle 
      13 13 19 Jeff Wichmann/Mason OH Midwest Metals & Supply-The Graphic Edge Ford 53 Running 
      14 8 3 John Kasmierski/Toledo OH Hahn's Collision-Carpenters Local 1138 Chevrolet 40 Spindle 
      15 6 98 Kevin Reeb/Pataskala OH Reeb Racing Ford 38 Transmssn 
      16 18 78 Craig Meyers/Belleville MI Livernois Motorsports Dodge 38 Spindle 
      17 15 9 Stan Maitlen/Greenville OH Meredith Heating-Trent's Auto Parts Chevrolet 18 Rear End 
      18 4 10 Jeff Speakman/Piqua OH Rupp Seeds Chevrolet 15 Electrical 
           
       LAP LEADERS: Burkett 1-2 (2); Brett Rowe 3-28, 38-62 (51); Kasmierski 29-37 (9); Guinn 63-75 (13) 
           
       SPECIAL AWARDS    
       PORK POLE QUALIFYING: John Kasmierski (15.170 seconds) *NTR   
       CLOYES GEAR HALFWAY LEADER: Brett Rowe   
       ED & COMPANY HARD CHARGER: Gregg Vasko   
       HIGHEST FINISHING ROOKIE: Brett Rowe   
       RJS SAFETY: John Kasmierski   
       BROOKS RACING APPAREL: John Kasmierski   
       DIAMOND WHEELS: Brett Rowe