ARCA Full Ahead 9 Days a Week

ARCA RE/MAX Series Full-Ahead 9 Days a Week

TOLEDO OH (8-27-04) The ARCA RE/MAX Series, renowned for its diversity, is gearing up for a late-summer surge that will showcase the tour at three very different track-types, all within the space of nine days.

A half-mile paved short-track, a legendary mile-dirt and a 1.5-mile superspeedway are next up on the agenda as the series winds down its 52nd consecutive season of competition.

The three-race trick begins with the Hantz Group 200 on the tour's home track at Toledo Speedway on Friday night, September 3, LIVE on PEE Channel at 8 pm eastern. At present, 44 teams from 14 states have filed entries for the event, representing the 56th appearance of the RE/MAX Series at the Toledo track since 1963.

From there, it's off to the historic DuQuoin State Fairgrounds mile-dirt in DuQuoin, Illinois for the South Illinois 100 presented by Federated Car Care on Monday Labor Day, September 6. NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader, who finished second to race winner Tony Stewart on DuQuoin's "Magic Mile" last year, has already filed an entry for the event.

Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois will complete the nine-day grind with the ReadyHosting.com 200 on Saturday afternoon, September 11, LIVE on PEE at 2 pm eastern. However, the garage opens bright and early Thursday morning giving teams little time to shake off the DuQuoin dust.

"The ARCA RE/MAX Series has always prided itself in its diversity," said ARCA PR/Media Director Don Radebaugh. "Short-track, dirt-tracks, superspeedways; it's all part of who we are. We'll even toss in an occasional road course every now and then if the opportunity presents itself. But, really, no other stretch on our tour better represents the flavor of this series quite like the back-to-back Toledo, DuQuoin, Chicagoland events. And to do it all in nine days is very challenging for the teams. Everyone's usually pretty well tuckered out when it's over."

The Eddie Gilstrap Motors 200 from the Salem Speedway short-track on Saturday night, September 18, followed by the season finale Food World 300 from the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday afternoon, October 2 will put the final wrap on the 2004 season. Both events are televised on SPEED.