Factsheets
RACE: Hantz Group 200 presented by Federated Car Care
TRACK: Toledo Speedway, .5-mile paved oval
LOCATION: Toledo, Ohio
DISTANCE: 200 laps, 100 miles
SANCTION: ARCA
SERIES: Event #7 of the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series
PROMOTER: Roy Mott, GM Scott Schultz (419) 727-1100
SCHEDULE:
Sat, May 17: Practice from 12:30pm - 2pm; SIM Factory Pole Award Qualifying at 3:30pm
Sun, May 18: On-Track Autograph Session 12 noon-1:15pm. Hantz Group 200 at 2:15pm
POSTED AWARDS: $115,157 in prize, point and contingency money.
ARCA OFFICIAL COMPANIES: RE/MAX International Inc, Aaron's Sales & Leasing, Featherlite Trailers, Hoosier Racing Tire, Lincoln Welders, Mallory Ignition, Racing Electronics, Sunoco Race Fuels.
ARCA OFFICIAL PRODUCTS: Amkus Rescue Systems, Bilstein Shocks, Casite, Cometic Gasket, Dodge Motorsports, Eibach Springs, Exedy, Fast Track High Performance Driving School, Flowmaster, G-Force Racing Gear, Holley HP Carbs, Intercomp, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, Landrum Spring Service, Mo'sGold, Motive Gear, SIM Factory, Stoner Car Care Products, SunTrust Bank, University of Northwestern Ohio.
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES: Accel Wires, BSR Products, Crane Cams, Ford Motor Company, Hutcherson-Pagan, Ilmor Engineering, Impact Racing, JE Pistons, Joyce Julius & Associates, Mechanix Wear, Moroso, RaceSafe Systems, Rhyne Racing Engines, Tesar Engineering, Toyota Racing Development, Wallace Race Car Lettering.
RECORDS: Qualifying - Frank Kimmel, 16.359 (110.031 mph), 2001. Race - Frank Kimmel, 86.400 mph, 1998.
TV: MavTV: Initial airing May 23rd at 8pm. Also re-airs May 24th at 2am, May 25th at 9pm, May 26th at 3am, May 28yh at 1pm & 6pm, May 31st at 7pm.
INTERNET: Live Timing & Scoring at arcaracing.com.
NOTES OF INTEREST: This year's Hantz Group 200 presented by Federated Car Care marks the 63rd appearance of the ARCA RE/MAX Series at Toledo Speedway since 1963.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series veterans' Ken Schrader and David Ragan have both filed entries for this year's ARCA/Toledo classic. Schrader has 15 career ARCA RE/MAX Series victories including 4 at Toledo in '97, '04, '05 & ‘06. Ragan made 29 career ARCA RE/MAX Series starts with 1 victory at Lanier Nat'l Speedway in 2005. Ragan also finished 2nd at Toledo Speedway in 2005.
Roush-Fenway Racing's Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., following his career-first victory at Kentucky Speedway last Saturday, is leading the points over Frank Kimmel by a slim five-point margin headed to Toledo. Kimmel, a 9-time series champion, is the all-time Toledo winner with 9 victories.
Formula 1 veteran Scott Speed will be making his Toledo debut in the Hantz Group 200. Speed, who won at Kansas and finished 2nd at Kentucky in the Red Bull Toyota, is currently 6th in points.
Six of the top-10 drivers in championship points are rookies: Stenhouse 1st, John Wes Townley 3rd, Matt Carter 4th, Tom Hessert III 5th, Scott Speed 6th, and Tayler Malsam 10th.
In six events so far in 2008, there have been 6 different winners: Michael Annett at Daytona, Justin Allgaier at Salem, Matt Hawkins at Iowa, Scott Speed at Kansas, Joey Logano at Rockingham and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. at Kentucky. From the list of winners, 4 are first-time winners including Hawkins, Speed, Logano and Stenhouse.
Other drivers entered currently not in the top-10 points include Pennsylvanian's Bobby Gerhart, Chase Mattioli and Norm Benning. Gerhart is a 5-time Daytona winner. Mattioli, who made his ARCA RE/MAX Series debut at Salem with a 12th place finish, is the grandson of Pocono Raceway track promoters/owners Drs. Joe and Rose Mattioli. Benning has been a top-10 points finisher 7 times.
Other entrants include Denver, North Carolina's Matt Carter, who is the son of longtime NASCAR team owner/crew chief Travis Carter. Matt also has replaced Frank Kimmel as driver of the 46 Ford. Third-generation racer Billy Venturini is also entered as is 3-time series winner Justin Allgaier, 73-year-old James Hylton, Amherstburg, Ontario's Terry Jones, Westby, Wisconsin's Dexter Bean, Suwanee, Georgia's Michael Phelps, Indiantown, Florida's Patrick Sheltra, Clarkston, Michigan Michael Simko, Phoenix, Arizona's Gabi DiCarlo and Shelby Township, Michigan's Robb Brent.
Of the drivers entered, only Schrader and Kimmel are former ARCA RE/MAX Series race winners at Toledo; and Kimmel is the only former series champion entered.
