ARCA RE/MAX Series

Current season or competition: 2009
Formerly	Midwest Association for Race Cars (1953-63), ARCA Series (1964-93), ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series (1994-99),
Sport	Auto racing
Founded	1953
No. of teams	30 Fulltime in '07
Country(ies)	United States  Canada
Most recent champion(s)	Justin Allgaier
Most championships	Frank Kimmel (9)
TV partner(s)	Speed Channel (Selected Races)
Official website	http://www.arcaracing.com/
Founder	John Marcum[1]

Michael Simko's ARCA car at Salem Speedway, Indiana

The ARCA RE/MAX Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America. It is considered a minor, but professional, league of stock car racing, perhaps two steps down from the top-level NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and one step down from that series' minor league, the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

The series races on tracks as varied as small ovals and as large as Daytona International Speedway during the Daytona 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.^[2]

Justin Allgaier is the most recent champion.

It is unaffiliated with NASCAR, instead run by the Automobile Racing Club of America. The series has raced since 1953.^[3]

[edit] 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 and Nelson Stacy being early drivers.^[3]

The series became a part of the Daytona Speedweeks in 1964.^[4] The same year, the series name was changed from MARC(Midwest Association for Race Cars) to the current ARCA(Automobile Racing Club of America) by John Marcum as a suggestion from Bill France, the founder of NASCAR.

[edit] Fatalities

• John Stout - ARCA event at Louisville Fairgrounds Speedway (August 12,1972)(suffered heart attack during race)
• Louis Wusterhausen - ARCA event at Texas World Speedway (October 8,1972)Killed in first lap accident during race.
• Gene Richards - ARCA 200 at Talladega Superspeedway (July 31, 1982)
• Ken Kalla - ARCA 200 at Talladega Superspeedway (1983)
• Francis Affleck - practice for Daytona ARCA 200 at Daytona International Speedway (February 7, 1985)
• Stuart Lyndon - Atlanta Motor Speedway (1985)
• Tracy Read - race at Talladega Superspeedway (July 25, 1987)
• Slick Johnson - Daytona ARCA 200 at Daytona (February, 1990)
• Chris Gehrke - Poulan Pro 500k at Talladega Superspeedway (May 7, 1991)
• Chad Coleman - Atlanta Motor Speedway (1998)
• Scott Baker - ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series 150 Toledo Speedway (June 23, 2000)^[5]
• Dean Roper - ARCA Allen Crowe Memorial 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack (August 2001) (suffered a heart attack during the race)
• Blaise Alexander - EasyCare 100 at Lowe's Motor Speedway (October 4, 2001)^[6]
• Eric Martin EasyCare 100 practice at Lowe's Motor Speedway (October 9, 2002)^[7]

[edit] Past Champions ARCA RE/MAX Series 2009: Justin Lofton 2008: Justin Allgaier 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 Tim Steele during the Pocono ARCA Race June 1996. Steele would win the Championship that year 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

[edit] 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 McDowell 2008-Matt Carter 2009-Parker Kligerman

[edit] 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series Schedule

[edit] See also

• List of ARCA drivers
• 2009 in ARCA Remax Series
• 2008 in ARCA Remax Series
• 2007 in ARCA Remax Series
• 2006 in ARCA Remax Series
• Allen Crowe Memorial 100
• ARCA Sim Racing - Simulation video game based on the ARCA RE/MAX series

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official ARCA Website
• The Pit Lane - ARCA News and Rumors