ARCA Weekly Notes Package: 8/24/09

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ARCA Weekly Notes Package: 8/24/09
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The Art of the
Restart: Kligerman Adds Dirt Track Win to His Racing Resume
ARCA
RE/MAX Series Rookie/Championship Point Contender Parker Kligerman can now add
a one-mile clay oval to the list of venues that he has earned a stock car
victory at. Kligerman, in a No. 77 Cunningham Motorsports Dodge, used his
restart prowess during a green-white-checker finish at the Illinois State
Fairgrounds in Springfield, Illinois, on Sunday afternoon to stay in the point
position and secure the victory over dirt track veterans Ron Cox, Patrick
Sheltra, AJ Fike and Steve Arpin.
"Green-white-checkers are just par for the
course when it comes to our wins and it's just all about restarts," said
Kligerman. "I just got on it real good in that last restart. I saw that the 28 (Ron
Cox) was trying to hang back and so I just went when he was hanging back so
that he didn't get the jump. If they stay close then you break and if they hold
back then you go. That's just how it is."
The
Penske Development Driver has acquired six wins in the 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series
on a variety of venues including short tracks (Toledo Speedway, Mansfield
Motorsports Park, Iowa Speedway), speedways (Michigan Int'l Speedway, Kentucky
Speedway) and a one-mile clay oval (Illinois State Fairgrounds).
10,000 Career Laps
Led for Kimmel
Nine-time
ARCA RE/MAX Series Champion Frank Kimmel led 18 laps during Sunday's Allen
Crowe 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds to reach a major career milestone
of more than 10,000 laps led during ARCA RE/MAX Series competition. Kimmel, a
seven-time race winner at Springfield, ran up front for much of the day but
finished ninth after pitting on lap 77 of 100 for tires after reporting to his
crew chief/brother Bill Kimmel that the car was not handling well.
"We
had a left rear tire coming apart," said Kimmel. "Just blistered it. The car
was too tight all day and eventually it just ate up the tire. It's frustrating.
When I got passed for the lead, I just had a feeling we had a problem and it
turned out to be a fact. By coming in for tires, we gave up third place but we
didn't come here to run third so we had to take a chance and try to make the
car right. It's just not the result we hoped for but what can you do but go on
to the next one and keep our head in the game as we focus on getting the first
win for Ansell and Menards."
Kimmel's
nephew, Will Kimmel, also competed at Springfield this weekend, finishing
eighth in the No. 68 Clarksville Schwinn & Cyclery-Crosley Radio Ford.
The
next milestone Kimmel is aiming for is the title of all-time winner in the ARCA
RE/MAX Series. With 74 career wins, he is just five wins shy of tying Katona's
all-time win record (79 career wins). The Southern Indiana-based driver has
recorded ARCA RE/MAX Series race wins at short tracks, speedways and dirt
tracks on the diverse stock car tour, including victories at Atlanta, Berlin,
Chicagoland, DuQuoin, Five Flags, Flat Rock, Flemington, Gateway, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Kil-Kare, Lake Erie, Lowe's, MIS, Milwaukee, Nashville, Pocono,
Salem, Shady Bowl, South Boston, Springfield mile-dirt, Talladega, Toledo, West
Virginia and Winchester Speedways.
Lofton Sets New Track
Record at Springfield
Eddie
Sharp Racing's Justin Lofton, in the No. 6 Lofton Cattle Toyota, earned his
fifth pole of 2009 and set a new ARCA RE/MAX Series one-lap track record during
Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell on Sunday at the Illinois State
Fairgrounds.
Lofton
toured the one-mile clay oval in 32.552 seconds (110.592 mph) and was among
five qualifiers to eclipse the previous track record of 32.878 seconds/109.496
mph set by Frank Kimmel last year.
Home Sweet Home
2008
ARCA RE/MAX Series Champion Justin Allgaier was a familiar face in the garage
area at the Illinois State Fairgrounds this weekend. Allgaier traveled from
Bristol where he competed in Friday's NASCAR Nationwide Series event for Penske
Racing to his hometown of Springfield, Illinois, for Sunday's Allen Crowe 100
ARCA RE/MAX Series race. Allgaier is the 2006 ARCA Allen Crowe 100 race winner
and spent much of Sunday lending advice to current series drivers, including
Robb Brent and Parker Kligerman.
"I don't know that I gave Parker Kligerman
anything that won him the race," said Allgaier. "He's definitely a talented
racecar driver and these guys are definitely talented at what they do. I know
they were worried about it coming into this race, that they were going to have
a tough time with it but I think he proved that they had a good racecar. I wish
we could have seen what would have happened if Frank [Kimmel] wouldn't have had
to pit there at the end. I'm happy for Parker and hopefully something I told
him helped him. It was probably more so just him learning this place, getting
used to it and having a great car underneath him. The restarts he had were
unbelievable."
Following Sunday's Allen Crowe 100, Kligerman
continues to lead the ARCA RE/MAX Series Point Standings by 35 points over
Justin Lofton.
TOP TEN UNOFFICIAL ARCA RE/MAX SERIES POINTS AFTER THE ALLEN
CROWE 100 AT THE ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS (8-23-09, Race 14 of 21);1) Parker Kligerman,
3425; 2) Justin Lofton, 3390; 3) Frank
Kimmel, 3095; 4) Joey Coulter, 2890; 5) Steve Arpin, 2880; 6) Craig Goess,
2875; 7) Bryan Silas, 2840; 8) Patrick Sheltra, 2770; 9) Tom Hessert, 2635; 10)
Robb Brent, 2535.
Former ARCA Drivers
Fair Well at Bristol
Congratulations
to David Ragan, who won the NASCAR Nationwide Series Race at Bristol on Friday
night. Ragan, who currently competes in both the NASCAR Nationwide Series and
the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, is a former winner in the ARCA RE/MAX Series at
Lanier National Speedway in 2005. Kyle Busch, who won both the NASCAR Sprint
Cup Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Bristol this weekend,
also has ARCA RE/MAX Series experience with three ARCA wins to his credit.
Next Up: Chicagoland
From
the Springfield mile-dirt to ARCA RE/MAX Series racing superspeedway style; the
next race on the tour is The Ansell Cut Protection 150 at Chicagoland Speedway
on Friday, August 28. The race marks the ARCA RE/MAX Series' ninth appearance
to the 1.5-mile Joliet, Illinois-based speedway since 2001 and the 15th
of 21 events in the 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series. Up to 41 cars will start the
150-mile/100-lap race.
Practice
for the Friday, August 28 Ansell Cut Protection 150 race event is scheduled
from 4:10 - 5:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon, August 27. A final practice from 8:00
- 8:50 a.m. Friday morning followed by Menards Pole Qualifying presented by
Ansell at 12:10 p.m. will precede the race, which is LIVE on SPEED at 5:30 p.m.
Central/6:30 p.m. Eastern.
Race Event
Sponsorship = Major Milestone for 100-year-old Company
Since
Ansell and Menards announced a full year co-primary sponsorship of Frank Kimmel
and the No. 44 Ford in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, Ansell has been making its mark
in the motor sports community. In addition to sponsoring Kimmel, the company is
an ARCA RE/MAX Series Official Sponsor and a presenting sponsor of ARCA's Pole
Award Program. Ansell officials will further extend the company's reach into
the motorsports sector on August 28 with a foray into race event
sponsorship-The Ansell Cut Protection 150 at Chicagoland Speedway, race 15 of
the 21-race ARCA RE/MAX Series.
Ansell
is the world's largest manufacturer of protective gloves and clothing,
providing leadership in the areas of development, design, manufacturing and
marketing. Ansell has led the personal protective equipment industry with
"Ideas that Fit" for more than 100 years. The global
manufacturer has provided comprehensive safety solutions and product
innovations to help manufacturers across a wide range of industries reduce
worker injuries and boost productivity.
50-50 Odds that
Menards Pole Award presented by Ansell Winner will Visit Victory Lane
In
eight previous ARCA RE/MAX Series appearances to Chicagoland Speedway, the
driver who has earned the Menards pole presented by Ansell has gone on to win
the race 50 percent of the time, including Chad Blount in 2002, Frank Kimmel in
2003, Steve Wallace in 2006 and Michael McDowell in 2007.
There
has never been a repeat race winner or a repeat pole winner in ARCA RE/MAX
Series competition at Chicagoland.
Upcoming
ARCA RE/MAX Series Races
Ansell Cut Protection 150 at Chicagoland Speedway; Friday, August 28
ARCA RE/MAX 200 presented by Belle Tire at Toledo Speedway; Friday, September 4
Southern Illinois 100 at the DuQuoin State
Fairgrounds; Monday, September 7
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