Rowe Takes Kil-Kare ARCA Trucks, results

Rookie Brett Rowe Takes Kil-Kare ARCA Truckers; Championship Points Battle Tight
 

XENIA OH (8-13-04)  ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series rookie Brett Rowe, despite a late-race charge from two-time series champion Chad Guinn, held on to win the Mark Knupp Mufflers & Tires 100 Friday night at Kil-Kare Speedway.

 

The win for the Barboursville, West Virginia driver boosted his victory total to four series triumphs in only seven series starts.

 

Furthermore, the unsponsored driver of the #27 Front Rowe Racing Chevy S-10 is now just 10 championship points away from point leader Guinn as the versatile series prepares for stops on the DuQuoin, Illinois mile-dirt followed by a first-ever trip to the 1.1-mile Virginia Int'l Raceway roadcourse.

 

Kevin Reeb, from the second starting position, led the first lap before Guinn took control on the second circuit. Guinn's lead was short-lived however when Pork Pole winner Rowe, who started sixth by inversion, out-dueled Guinn for the top-spot on lap 15 of the 100-lap event. Rowe stretched his lead for a while, but Guinn caught the eventual winner in the closing laps, but couldn't make the pass.

 

Reeb and Jeff Wichmann staged a continual battle for third throughout the race before Reeb edged Wichmann at the stripe by inches to earn the third position. Wichmann was fourth followed by John Kasmierski in fifth. Brian Nester, Tully Esterline, Jeff Speakman, Jeff Smith and Brian Rowe completed the top-10 finishers respectively.

 

Brett Rowe was also the Cloyes Gear Halfway Lap Leader and the Highest Finishing Rookie. Smith earned the Ed & Company Hard Charger award.

 

With the battle for the championship as close as it is, the ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series will open the 2004 DuQuoin State Fair with a 50-lap race on August 28 followed by its trip to Virginia Int'l Raceway on September 4. Events at Toledo Speedway on September 10 and the finale at Salem Speedway on September 18 will conclude the season for the touring truckers wrapping up their sixth consecutive year.

 




       2004 ARCA LINCOLN WELDERS TRUCK SERIES EVENT #7   
       Kil-Kare Speedway, Xenia OH, 8-13-04   
       Official Results, Mark Knupp Mufflers & Tires 100 by Oakley Blacktop   
           
      FIN STR NO DRIVER/HOMETOWN  TEAM & TRUCK LAPS STATUS 
      1 6 27 Brett Rowe/Barboursville WV Front Rowe Racing Chevrolet 100 Running 
      2 3 4 Chad Guinn/Erie MI BFI-M&M Heating-Harwood Buick/Pontiac Chevrolet 100 Running 
      3 1 98 Kevin Reeb/Pataskala OH Reeb Racing Ford 99 Running 
      4 7 19 Jeff Wichmann/Mason OH MidwestMetals.com-Graphic Edge Ford 99 Running 
      5 13 3 John Kasmierski/Toledo OH Hahn's Collision-Top Notch Seamless Gutters Chevrolet  99 Running 
      6 14 8 Brian Nester/Edon OH Burkett Racing Chevrolet 98 Running 
      7 2 10 Tully Esterline/Pettisville OH Rupp Seeds Chevrolet 98 Running 
      8 4 0 Jeff Speakman/Piqua OH Pennzoil-Nat'l Auto Lube-Dick's Paint & Body Shop Ford 97 Running 
      9 18 24 Jeff Smith/Greenville OH TSM Motorsports Ford 86 Running 
      10 12 5 Brian Rowe/Barboursville WV Livernois Motorsports-Pate Manufacturing Chevrolet 65 Engine 
      11 17 21 Donnie Porter/Columbus OH Screamin' Eagle Ltd Ford 57 Accident 
      12 15 78 Craig Meyers/Belleville MI Classic Racing Coupes-Pit Stop Graphics Ford 34 Accident 
      13 8 31 Rick Knowles/Willis MI Thomson Automotive Chevrolet 33 Accident 
      14 10 00 Mark Otting/Plainwell MI Westfalia Surge-Posilac One Step-Uckele Nutrition Chevy 33 Accident 
      15 16 9 Stan Maitlen/Greenville OH Meredith Heating & Cooling-Trent's Auto Parts Chevrolet 32 Transmssn 
      16 11 30 Brad Yunker/Maumee OH Champion Credit Union-Laborers Local 574 Ford 9 Accident 
      17 5 06 Ron Wells/Riverside OH Pete Fondong-Tanner HVAC-Moore Trucking Ford 4 Accident 
      18 9 57 Bill Withers/Columbus OH Mannings USA-Hall Electronics Ford 1 Oil Filter 
           
       LAP LEADERS:  Reeb 1 (1); Guinn 2-14 (13); Brett Rowe 15-100 (86)   
           
       SPECIAL AWARDS    
       PORK POLE QUALIFYING: Brett Rowe (13.800 seconds)    
       CLOYES GEAR HALFWAY LEADER:  Brett Rowe   
       ED & COMPANY HARD CHARGER:  Jeff Smith   
       HIGHEST FINISHING ROOKIE:  Brett Rowe   
       RJS SAFETY:  Kevin Reeb    
       BROOKS RACING APPAREL:  Jeff Wichmann   
       DIAMOND WHEELS:  Tully Esterline