ARCA: Sixty ARCA drivers entered for Georgia Boot 400
12 November 1999
Posted By Terry
Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
HAMPTON, GA - Two-time NASCAR truck series champion Ron
Hornaday
headlines a list of 60 entries for the ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series
Georgia Boot 400 on November 20th at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Hornaday, driver of the No. 31 NAPA Chevrolet, is using the race to prepare for his jump to the NASCAR Busch series in 2000. Another 2000 Busch driver, Mike Borkowski, will be aboard a Bill Davis Racing entry in the ARCA season finale. Borkowski will be taking over the Busch ride vacated by Dave Blaney, who is moving to the Winston Cup series next year. Dave Steele is in a Felix Sabates Chevrolet, Kevin Harvick in a Richard Childress Chevy and Jason Leffler, in a Joe Gibbs racing Pontiac, round out the 2000 Busch drivers entered in the Georgia Boot 400, Three ARCA champions are also entered including '99 champ Bill Baird, '98 champ Frank Kimmel and '88 champ Tracy Leslie. Kirk Shelmerdine, Mike Swaim Jr and Baird are the only past ARCA winners at Atlanta, currently entered.
Several Georgia drivers will also be aiming to secure a spot including Dicky Williamson (Savannah), Phillip Young (Hiram), Mike Ciochetti (Clayton), Mark Stahl (Savannah), Bill Flowers (Powder Springs), Johnny Spradley (Waycross), Mark Gibson (Winder) and Dick Tracy (Columbus).
1999 ARCA BONDO/MAR-HYDE SERIES EVENT #21 Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton Georgia, 11-20-99 Official Entry List, Georgia Boot 400
CAR # DRIVER/RESIDENCE TEAM & CAR YEAR & MODEL
0 Richard Hampton/Seymour IN Big O Tires-Texaco Chevrolet 98 Monte
Carlo
2 Phillip Young/Dallas GA Mako's Ford 97 Thunderbird
3 Kirk Shelmerdine/Welcome NC AmeraParts Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
5 Bobby Gerhart/Lebanon PA Kewadin Casinos Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
6 Dicky Williamson/Savannah GA Cowart Racing Ford 97 Thunderbird
8 David Keith/Mooresville NC Kmart Kids Race Against Drugs Ford 99
Taurus
10 Curt Piercy/Normal IL GA Rich & Sons Pontiac 95 Grand Prix
14 Christian Elder/Cornelius NC Great Clips Pontiac 99 Grand Prix
15 Derrick Gilchrist/Kannapolis NC Oakwood Homes Chevrolet 98 Monte
Carlo
17 Mike Ciochetti/Clayton GA The Bahamas Ford 99 Taurus
18 Jason Leffler/Huntersville NC MBNA Pontiac 99 Grand Prix
19 Cavin Councilor/Naples FL NationsRent Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
20 Kevin Harvick/Mooresville NC Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 98
Monte Carlo
21 Jeff Finley/Lansing MI Zinsser Paint Products Ford 97 Thunderbird
22 Mike Swaim Jr/High Point NC Xlerator Pontiac 99 Grand Prix
23 Ron Cox/Soddy Daisy TN Northgate RV & Part Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
24 Chuck Weber/Mesquite TX Cardinal Tool Company Chevrolet 98 Monte
Carlo
25 Billy Venturini/Concord NC Venturini Racing Chevrolet 98 Monte
Carlo
29 Darrell Lanigan/Union KY Lanigan Racing Ford 99 Taurus
30 Mark Voigt/Marine IL Voigt Racing Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
31 Ron Hornaday/Mooresville NC NAPA Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
32 Mark Stahl/Savannah GA Autobell Carwashes of NC Ford 97 Thunderbird
33 Joe Nott/Lima OH Sharp Racing Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
35 Ryan Zeck/Cornelius NC Overland Coach Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
39 TBA Jim Dandy Dog Food Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
40 Andy Belmont/Penndel PA America Online-York Heating & AC Ford 99
Taurus
41 Carl Long/Roxboro NC Mansion Motorsports Ford 98 Thunderbird
42 Dan Pardus/Concord NC Jim & Judie Motorsports Chevrolet 98 Monte
Carlo
44 Bill Flowers/Powder Springs GA Cole Young Racing Chevrolet 98 Monte
Carlo
45 Johnny Spradley/Waycross GA Spradley Motorsports Chevrolet 98 Monte
Carlo
46 Frank Kimmel/Jeffersonville IN Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet 98 Monte
Carlo
48 Jim Lamoreaux/Sweet Valley PA James Hylton Racing Chevrolet 98 Monte
Carlo
51 Joe Cooksey/Centralia IL Maurtco Powder Coating Chevrolet 98 Monte
Carlo
52 Bill Baird/Sturgis KY Saturn Machine-Spee Dee Pop-Valvoline Chevrolet
98 Monte Carlo
56 Dill Whittymore/Seymour IN Mt Olive Pickles Chevrolet 98 Monte
Carlo
57 Mark Claussner/Cornelius NC CLR Racing Ford 99 Taurus
58 Mario Gosselin/Lake Wales FL WJ Plemmons Investments Chevrolet 98 Monte
Carlo
59 Mark Gibson/Winder GA JaniKing Ford 99 Taurus
60 Rick Skinner/Medford NJ Polaroid-Digital Arts & Graphics Ford 97
Thunderbird
66 Bob Strait/Mokena IL Midway Islands Ford 98 Taurus
67 Brian Ross/Plymouth IN Biomet Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
71 Dwayne Leik/Skyland NC Realtree-STG Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
75 Bob Schacht/Mooresville NC Engineered Components Ford 98 Taurus
77 Jim Hurlbert/Mahomet IL Pam Hurlbert Racing Chevrolet 95 Monte
Carlo
83 Tracy Leslie/Mt Clemens MI Team Rensi Racing Chevrolet 98 Monte
Carlo
84 Norm Benning/Pittsburgh PA Coachmen RV-CarMate Trailers Chevrolet 98
Monte Carlo
85 Rich Woodland/Templeton CA Woodland-Gerhart Racing Chevrolet 98 Monte
Carlo
87 Andy Lombi/Boynton Beach FL A Truck Body-Environmental Expressions
Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
92 Chad Chaffin/Smyrna TN Chaffin Racing Ford 97 Thunderbird
95 Kevin Ray/Eastaboga AL Sho-Lodge Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
97 Blaise Alexander/Montoursville PA Lisa Express Chevrolet 98 Monte
Carlo
98 Drew White/Inglis FL Axess Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
99 TBA Schrader Racing Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
01 Jimmy Morales/Mooresville NC Tracfone Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
02 Dave Steele/Mooresville NC Inven Com Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
02 Dick Tracey/Columbus GA HG&T Racing Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
06 Tim Mitchell/Fayetteville TN Nealco-Reids Pontiac 98 Grand Prix
07 Lance Hooper/Mooresville NC Lucas Oil Chevrolet 98 Monte Carlo
Mike Borkowski/Dublin OH AT&T Pontiac 99 Grand Prix
Jon Herb/Indianapolis IN Invincible Sportswear Ford 97 Thunderbird
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