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ARCA Rookie Trucker Brett Rowe Wins Wild One at Lake Erie
NORTH EAST PA (8-6-04) ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series rookie Brett Rowe battled back from a mid-race collision and then capitalized on the misfortunes of an older brother to win the wild ARCA Lincoln Welders 100 presented by USG Friday night at Lake Erie Speedway.
Rowe, who had charged back from the tail-end of the lead-lap trucks, found himself following his brother Brian Rowe for the final restart just four laps from the finish when Brian suddenly pulled off the speedway with mechanical troubles leaving the eventual winner clear sailing ahead. From there, Rowe pulled away from Tully Esterline in the final laps to earn his second series victory in only his sixth attempt.
"Just want to thank everyone that helps on this," said Rowe from victory lane. "This Front Rowe Racing Chevy just ran flawlessly tonight. I'm not sure what happened there on the backstretch. Chad (Guinn) and I were racing for the lead when we touched. It was certainly nothing intentional on my part. Chad's a great racer. We were fighting hard when it happened."
Brett Rowe, who had been chasing Guinn for the lead inches away lap after lap, finally maneuvered under the leader on lap 61 of the 100-lap race when the two lead trucks locked horns headed down the backstretch. Both machines spun but were able to keep going. And both would charge back and race for the win soon after.
Esterline, in the Rupp Seeds Chevy S-10, held off Guinn to finish second. Esterline, who is a shock engineer for David Green's NASCAR Busch Series team, commuted from Indianapolis Raceway Park to compete in the event. Guinn finished third with his partially mangled-up truck in the BFI-M&M Heating & Cooling-Harwood Buick/Pontiac Chevy. Brian Nester, subbing for series regular Tim Burkett, finished fourth in his career-first series start. Mark Otting finished fifth in the Westfalia Surge-Posilac One Step-Uckele Nutrition Chevy.
Outside polesitter Dave Reeb led the first two laps before Guinn, who started fourth after the inversion, took over the top-spot with the eventual winner in tow. Rowe worked Guinn over lap after lap before he was able to make his move for the lead. After Guinn and Rowe were put to the tail-end following their altercation, rookie Rick Knowles led with Brian Rowe in second for the restart. Brian Rowe immediately worked underneath Knowles as the leaders took the green flag for the restart.
From there, Knowles, with Brett Rowe and Esterline in tow, worked the new leader over continually before he too got tangled with the leader headed into turn one. In the ensuing scrape, Knowles spun while Brian Rowe continued on. That set the stage for the final four-lap shootout that led to the dramatic conclusion.
Knowles, in the Thomson Automotive Chevy, fought back to finish sixth, the last truck on the lead-lap. Brian Rowe, three laps down, was scored in seventh in the Livernois Motorsports-Pate Manufacturing Chevy. Brad Yunker, who finished eighth in the Champion Credit Union-Laborers Local 574 Ford Ranger after starting 19th, earned the Ed & Company Hard Charger award as a result. Stan Maitlen, in the Meredith Heating & Cooling-Trent's Auto Parts Chevy, finished ninth in front of Doug Boehringer, who finished tenth in his career-first start.
Brett Rowe also won the Pork Pole award earlier in the day. Guinn was credited with the Cloyes Gear Halfway Lap Leader honors.
The next events for the ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series will be Friday night, August 13 at Kil-Kare Speedway in Xenia, Ohio followed by a trip to the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds mile-dirt on August 28.
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2004 ARCA LINCOLN WELDERS TRUCK SERIES EVENT #6
Lake Erie Speedway, North East PA, 8-6-04
Official Results, ARCA Lincoln Welders 100 presented by USG
FIN STR NO DRIVER/HOMETOWN TEAM & TRUCK LAPS STATUS
1 5 27 Brett Rowe/Barboursville WV Front Rowe Racing Chevrolet 100 Running
2 1 10 Tully Esterline/Pettisville OH Rupp Seeds Chevrolet 100 Running
3 4 4 Chad Guinn/Erie MI BFI-M&M Heating-Harwood Buick/Pontiac Chevrolet 100 Running
4 6 8 Brian Nester/Edon OH Burkett Racing Chevrolet 100 Running
5 8 00 Mark Otting/Plainwell MI Westfalia Surge-Posilac One Step-Uckele Nutrition Chevy 100 Running
6 3 31 Rick Knowles/Willis MI Thomson Automotive Chevrolet 100 Running
7 11 5 Brian Rowe/Barboursville WV Livernois Motorsports-Pate Manufacturing Chevrolet 97 Oil Pump
8 19 30 Brad Yunker/Maumee OH Champion Credit Union-Laborers Local 574 Ford 97 Running
9 13 9 Stan Maitlen/Greenville OH Meredith Heating & Cooling-Trent's Auto Parts Chevrolet 97 Running
10 7 0 Doug Boehringer/Covington OH Pennzoil-Nat'l Auto Lube-Dick's Paint & Body Shop Ford 96 Running
11 16 14 Gregg Vasko/McKeesport PA Gale Trailers-McArdle's Restaurant & Pub Ford 95 Running
12 14 78 Craig Meyers/Belleville MI Classic Racing Coupes-Pit Stop Graphics Ford 42 Suspnsn
13 10 57 Bill Withers/Columbus OH Mannings USA-Hall Electronics Ford 41 Oil Pump
14 17 15 Duane Bischoff/St. Leon IN Hoosier Foreign Auto Service-Hoosier Lock Ford 23 Ignition
15 2 98 Kevin Reeb/Pataskala OH Reeb Racing Ford 22 Oil Leak
16 9 3 John Kasmierski/Toledo OH Hahn's Collision-Top Notch Seamless Gutters Chevrolet 22 Ignition
17 15 75 Robbin Slaughter/Columbus OH Ed & Company-Strutter Signs-Mac Tools Chevrolet 20 Fuel Leak
18 12 11 Norm Weaver/Clarksburg WV Dan Cava's Toyota World-Nextel-Damon's Grill Toyota 13 Engine
19 18 21 Donnie Porter/Columbus OH Screamin' Eagle Ltd Ford 0 Trans
LAP LEADERS: Reeb 1-2 (2); Guinn 3-61 (59); Brian Rowe 62-96 (35); Brett Rowe 97-100 (4)
SPECIAL AWARDS
PORK POLE QUALIFYING: Brett Rowe (15.959 seconds)
CLOYES GEAR HALFWAY LEADER: Chad Guinn
ED & COMPANY HARD CHARGER: Brad Yunker
HIGHEST FINISHING ROOKIE: Brett Rowe
RJS SAFETY: Tully Esterline
BROOKS RACING APPAREL: Norm Weaver
DIAMOND WHEELS: Donnie Porter
