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FAST FACTS: ARCA Pensacola 200

www.arcaracing.com March 8, 2019

Where: Five Flags Speedway, Pensacola, Florida

When: Saturday, March 9, 2019, 8 P.M. Eastern/7 P.M. Central

Television: MAVTV, Live

Track Length: 0.500 miles

Banking: 15 degrees in turns, 9 degrees on straightaways

Most Recent Winner: Frank Kimmel, 1996, 56.686 MPH

Most Recent Pole Winner: Bobby Bowsher, 99.099 MPH

Track Qualifying Record: Gary Bradberry, 1994, 101.120 MPH

  • The ARCA Menards Series returns to Five Flags Speedway for the first time since 1996, a gap of 23 years.
  • The first two of the five previous ARCA Menards Series races held at Five Flags Speedway were 300 laps, the other three were the current 200-lap race distance.
  • Three drivers have earned their first career ARCA Menards Series win at Five Flags Speedway: Roy Payne on March 8, 1992, Harold Fair on March 6, 1993, and Gary Bradberry on May 6, 1994.
  • Roy Payne’s 1992 win at Five Flags was his only career ARCA Menards Series win. He’s the only driver whose final career win was at Five Flags.
  • Four drivers have earned their first career ARCA Menards Series General Tire Pole Award at Five Flags: Rich Bickle in 1992, three-time series champion Tim Steele in 1993, Gary Bradberry in 1994, and Doug Reid III in 1995.
  • Gary Bradberry is the only driver to win an ARCA Menards Series race at Five Flags Speedway from the pole.
  • In five previous ARCA Menards Series races at Five Flags, there has never been a repeat race winner nor has there been a repeat pole winner.
  • Gary Bradberry leads all drivers with 239 laps led in two previous ARCA Menards Series starts. Bobby Bowsher (170), Tim Steele (163), Rich Bickle (155), and Frank Kimmel (78) round out the top five. Twenty-one drivers have led at least one lap at Five Flags. No driver entered in the ARCA Pensacola 200 has ever led a lap in ARCA Menards Series competition at Five Flags.
  • Two-time series champion Bobby Bowsher leads all drivers with five top-ten finishes at Five Flags. Thirty-five different drivers have earned at least one top-ten finish at Five Flags.
  • Bobby Bowsher and Frank Kimmel lead all drivers with three top-five finishes at Five Flags. They are the only two drivers to earn multiple top-fives in the five previous races at Five Flags. Twenty-one different drivers have earned at least one top-five finish at Five Flags
  • Buick and Pontiac lead all manufacturers with two wins each at Five Flags. Harold Fair (1993) and Frank Kimmel (1996) won driving Pontiacs, while Gary Bradberry (1994) and Bob Schacht won while driving Buicks. Roy Payne (1992) gave Chevrolet its only Five Flags win.
  • Four manufacturers have won pole positions at Five Flags with Ford leading with two, Doug Reid III (1995) and Bobby Bowsher (1996). Chevrolet (Rich Bickle, 1992), Oldsmobile (Tim Steele, 1993), and Buick (Gary Bradberry, 1994) each have one.
  • The record for most caution flags in an ARCA Menards Series race at Five Flags is 9 for a record 58 laps in 1996.
  • The record for fewest caution flags in an ARCA Menards Series race at Five Flags is 4 for a record 21 laps in 1994.