7/12/2005
ARCA RE/MAX SERIES
LAKE ERIE BOUND IN EARLY AUGUST
The ARCA
RE/MAX Series returns to Pennsylvania Friday, August 5th
for the ARCA 200 at Lake Erie Speedway, event no. 17 of the 23-race
season schedule for the 53-year-old nationally touring series.
The 200-lap
race marks the third appearance of the ARCA RE/MAX Series to the
state of Pennsylvania in 2005, as ARCA made two trips to Pocono
Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania earlier in the season.
Over the
years, ARCA has formed a very positive relationship with
Pennsylvania. In June, the state honored ARCA RE/MAX Series veteran
Bobby Gerhart
for his dedication to
motorsports.
Gerhart,
a Pennsylvania native, has won
ARCA’s 200-mile season
opening event at Daytona International Speedway three times. The
state of Pennsylvania has since formed a
motorsports initiative to
increase auto racing appreciation and awareness within the state.
Gerhart
is expected to enter the Lake Erie event.
The ARCA
RE/MAX Series first began racing at Lake Erie Speedway in 2003.
Since the inaugural event, six-time ARCA RE/MAX Series champion
Frank Kimmel has won both events, but not without some serious
challengers.
In 2004,
Kimmel held off a continual parade of hungry racers, including Kyle
Krisiloff
and Brent Sherman, to win the event. And, in 2003, Kimmel passed
Billy Venturini
on the last corner of the last lap after spinning twice during the
race, winning the inaugural ARCA RE/MAX Series event at Lake Erie.
With a stellar
field of drivers already pre-entered, this year’s Lake Erie race
promises to be just as exciting. Kimmel, in the Advance Auto
Parts-Pork Ford, Joey Miller, in the Country Joe Homes-Eagle Creek
Aviation Dodge, Chad Blount, in the
Foretravel
Motorhomes
Chevrolet and Chad
McCumbee in the Fast Track Driving School Chevrolet
are just a few names to look out for at Lake Erie.
The ARCA
RE/MAX Series rolls into Lake Erie Speedway Friday, August 5, with
practice scheduled for 2:30pm and Pork Pole qualifying slated for
5:15pm. The ARCA 200 at Lake Erie Speedway starts at 9:00pm.
Tickets to the
event are available by contacting Lake Erie Speedway (814) 725-3303,
or by visiting the Lake Erie Speedway ticket office at 10700
Delmas
Drive, North East, PA 16428.
For the most
up-to-date information on the ARCA RE/MAX Series, check out the
official ARCA website at
http://www.arcaracing.com.
Source:
Matt Fletcher/Lake Erie Director
of Marketing
Posted: July 16, 2005