- ARCA RE/MAX Series
Infobox sports league
logo=ARCA ReMax RGB.jpg
sport=Auto racing
founded=1953
teams=30 Fulltime in '07
country=USA
champion=Frank Kimmel .The series races on tracks as varied as small ovals and as large as
Daytona International Speedway during theDaytona Speedweeks . It is one of the last major oval track circuits to still compete on dirt tracks. The series will return to racing on a road course in 2008. [http://www.arcaracing.com/content/view/5922/2/]Frank Kimmel is the current champion, and has won the series nine times so far. He won the championship eight consecutive times (2000-2007) and is considered the "veteran to beat" among other racers as they often use ARCA as a stepping stone to higher levels of stock car racing.It is unaffiliated with NASCAR, instead run by the Automobile Racing Club of America. The series has raced since 1953.http://www.arcaracing.com/content/blogcategory/58/84/]
History
The series started as a local touring group. Led by John Marcum, the "Midwest Association for Race Cars" was formed with drivers like
Iggy Katona andNelson Stacy being early drivers.The series became a part of the
Daytona Speedweeks in 1964. [http://www.arcaracing.com/content/blogcategory/57/83/]Fatalities
*
Gene Richards - ARCA 200 atTalladega Superspeedway (July 31, 1982)
* Ken Kalla - ARCA 200 atTalladega Superspeedway (1983)
*Francis Affleck - practice forARCA 200 atDaytona International Speedway (February 7, 1985)
* Stuart Lyndon -Atlanta Motor Speedway (1985)
*Tracy Read - race atTalladega Superspeedway (July 25, 1987)
* Slick Johnson -ARCA 200 at Daytona (February, 1990)
*Chris Gehrke - Poulan Pro 500k atTalladega Superspeedway (May 7, 1991)
* Chad Coleman -Atlanta Motor Speedway (1998)
* Scott Baker - ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series 150Toledo Speedway (June 23, 2000) [ [http://www.theautochannel.com/news/date/20000625/news019062.html Scott Baker Obituary] ]
*Dean Roper - ARCAAllen Crowe Memorial 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack (August 2001) (suffered a heart attack during the race)
*Blaise Alexander - EasyCare 100 atLowe's Motor Speedway (October 4, 2001) [http://www.arcaracing.com/content/view/2428/2/]
* Eric Martin EasyCare 100 practice atLowe's Motor Speedway (October 9, 2002) [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/denise_maloof/news/2002/10/16/on_nascar/ CNNSI.com - SI Online - Denise N. Maloof - On NASCAR - CNNSI.com's Denise N. Maloof: Spotters on the spot - Wednesday October 16, 2002 03:34 PM ] ]Past Champions
ARCA RE/MAX Series
2007:
Frank Kimmel
2006:Frank Kimmel
2005:Frank Kimmel
2004:Frank Kimmel
2003:Frank Kimmel
2002:Frank Kimmel
2001:Frank Kimmel
2000:Frank Kimmel ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series
1999: Bill Baird
1998:Frank Kimmel
1997: Tim Steele
1996: Tim Steele
1995:Andy Hillenburg
1994:Bobby Bowsher ARCA Series
1993: Tim Steele
1992:Bobby Bowsher
1991:Bill Venturini
1990:Bob Brevak
1989:Bob Keselowski
1988:Tracy Leslie
1987:Bill Venturini
1986:Lee Raymond
1985:Lee Raymond
1984:Bob Dotter
1983:Bob Dotter
1982:Scott Stovall
1981:Larry Moyer
1980:Bob Dotter
1979:Marvin Smith
1978:Marvin Smith
1977:Conan Myers
1976:Dave Dayton
1975:Dave Dayton
1974: (tie)Ron Hutcherson ,Dave Dayton
1973:Ron Hutcherson
1972:Ron Hutcherson
1971:Ramo Stott
1970:Ramo Stott
1969:Benny Parsons
1968:Benny Parsons
1967:Iggy Katona
1966:Iggy Katona
1965:Jack Bowsher
1964:Jack Bowsher Midwest Association for Race Cars
1963:
Jack Bowsher
1962:Iggy Katona
1961:Harold Smith
1960:Nelson Stacy
1959:Nelson Stacy
1958:Nelson Stacy
1957:Iggy Katona
1956:Iggy Katona
1955:Iggy Katona
1954:Bucky Sager
1953:Jim Romine Rookie of the Year
* 1957-
Bill Granger
* 1958-Paul Wensink
* 1959-Bob Bower
* 1960-No award given
* 1961-Virgil Oakes
* 1962-Curly Mills
* 1963-No award given
* 1964-Charlie Glotzbach
* 1965-Benny Parsons
* 1966-Dave Dayton
* 1967-Norm Meyers
* 1968-Cliff Hamm
* 1969-Larry Ashley
* 1970-Tom Bowsher
* 1971-A. Arnold
* 1972-Delmar Clark
* 1973-Bruce Gould
* 1974-Jerry Hufflin
* 1975-Woody Fisher
* 1976-Tom Meinberg
* 1977-Bill Green
* 1978-Bob Slawinski
* 1979-Steve Ellis
* 1980-Scott Stovall
* 1981-Gorden Blankenship
* 1982-Lee Raymond
* 1983-Bill Venturini
* 1984-Davey Allison
* 1985-Dave Simko
* 1986-Mark Gibson
* 1987-Dave Weltmeyer
* 1988-Bobby Gerhart
* 1989-Graham Taylor
* 1990-Glenn Brewer
* 1991-Ron Payne
* 1992-Frank Kimmel
* 1993-Jeremy Mayfield
* 1994-Gary Bradberry
* 1995-Dill Whittymore /Harris DeVane
* 1996-Blaise Alexander
* 1997-Josh Baltes
* 1998-Bill Baird
* 1999-Ron Cox
* 2000-Brian Ross
* 2001-Jason Jarrett
* 2002-Chad Blount
* 2003-Bill Eversole
* 2004-T.J. Bell
* 2005-Joey Miller
* 2006-Blake Bjorklund
* 2007-Michael McDowell2008 Schedule
ee also
*
List of ARCA drivers
*2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series
*2007 in ARCA Remax Series
*2006 in ARCA Remax Series
*Allen Crowe Memorial 100 References
External links
* [http://www.arcaracing.com Official ARCA Website]
* [http://thepitlane.hoogetech.com The Pit Lane - ARCA News and Rumors]
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