ARCA Salem Factsheet
22 April 2000
SALEM SPEEDWAY FACTSHEET
RACE: Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200, Sunday April 30
TRACK: Salem Speedway, .555 paved oval
LOCATION: Salem, Indiana
DISTANCE: 200 laps (111 miles)
SANCTION: ARCA
SERIES: Event #2 of the 2000 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series
PROMOTER: Owen Thompson: 812-883-6504, GM - Glenn Luckett, PR – Richard
Deaton
SCHEDULE:
Saturday, April 29 - Registration opens 6 AM, Practice 11 AM
– 1 PM, Talladega Pole Award Qualifying 2 PM (1-28) 2 laps
Sunday, April 30 - Registration opens 8 AM, Driver
Autograph session 12 noon – 1 PM, Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 2 PM
POSTED AWARDS: $87,571 in prize, point and contingency money.
ARCA OFFICIAL COMPANIES: Bondo Body Filler, Mar-Hyde Paints, Auto Value
Parts Stores, Coachmen RV, Featherlite Trailers, Hoosier Racing Tires,
Racing Electronics, 76 Racing Gas.
ARCA OFFICIAL PRODUCTS: Amkus Rescue Tools, Cloyes Gear & Products,
Cornwell Quality Tools, Earl's Performance Products, Fastlane Footwear,
Fast Track High Performance Driving School, Firefox Industries,
Flowmaster Mufflers, Harris Torches & Regulators, Hawk Brake, K&N
Filters, K&N Oil Filters, Landrum Spring Service, Lincoln Electric
Welders, Motive Gear, QuicShine 99, Racing Champions Diecast Cars, RJS
Uniforms, Safe Trac, SpeedVue Racing Tearoffs, S-W Scales by Intercomp.
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES: A&A Manufacturing, ATI Dampers, Auto Meter
Instruments, Bilstein Shocks, BSR Racing Products, Carrera Shocks,
Clevite Engine Parts, CV Products, Dayco Belts & Hoses, Edelbrock, Ford
Motor Co., Gatorade, Hedman Hedders, Holley HP Carbs, Hoosier Tire
Midwest, Hutcherson-Pagan, JE Pistons, Loctite Corporation, Maurtco
Powder Coating, MSD Ignition, Nelson Specialties, Oceans Resorts, Ohlins
Shocks, Penske Racing Shocks, Prestone Antifreeze, Pro Cylinder Heads,
Pro Shocks, Quarter Master, Raceline Precision Products, Racing Radios,
Reed Cams & Carburetors, Rhyne Racing Engines, Ringers Resources, RJS
Safety Equipment, 76 Performance Products, Simpson Race Products,
Sportec Helmet Mugs, Talladega Superspeedway, Thermo-Tec Header Wrap,
Victor-Reinz Gaskets, Wallace Race Car Lettering, Wiseco Pistons.
TELEVISION: SPEEDVISION to be aired 5-19 at 8 PM, 5-20 at 12 midnight &
2 PM & 5-22 at 12 noon
RADIO: Live, regional WUME 95.3 FM
RECORDS: Qualifying - Gary Bradberry, 9/25/94, 119.035 mph (16.785 sec.)
Race - Larry Moore, 7/10/88, 200 laps - 82.66 mph(1:02:58)
NOTES OF INTEREST: 44 drivers from 14 states will attempt to make the
starting grid for the Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200, the 64th ARCA event
held at Salem since the series first raced there in 1955. 4 former ARCA
champions are entered including Bill Baird ‘99, Tracy Leslie ’88, Frank
Kimmel ’98 and Tim Steele ’93, ’96 & ’97. The event marks the return of
Steele to full-time ARCA competition. The 3-time ARCA champ won 4 of the
previous 5 ARCA races he has entered at Salem. More than 1/3rd of the 63
events have been won from the pole. Benny Parsons sat on the pole at
Salem every race from April 1968 through September of '69 for a total of
7 consecutive pole awards, more than any other ARCA driver in Salem
history. Jack Bowsher, car owner for Leslie, is the all-time winner
here with 5 victories. 19-time ARCA winner Bob Schacht is entered.
Schacht won the last 500-lapper held at Salem on 10/8/89 driving a
Buick, the last Buick to win here. Additional entrants include veterans
Bob Strait (former 2-time Salem winner), Bobby Gerhart, Dill Whittymore,
Eric Smith, Mark Gibson, Andy Belmont, Joe Cooksey and Jeff Finley to
name a few. Some of the rookies attempting to make the starting grid at
Salem include Kirk Shelmerdine, Shawna Robinson, Karla Lampe, Brian
Ross, Mike Harmon and Anthony Hill. Former ARCA winners at Salem also
include Bobby Allison, Parsons, Troy Ruttman, Iggy Katona, Ramo Stott,
Bob Keselowski and Ken Schrader.