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Kimmel Makes Good On Milwaukee Mile
WEST ALLIS WI (6-4-05) - Six-time ARCA RE/MAX Series champion Frank Kimmel put
a little more padding on his point lead and his name in the history books
Saturday afternoon at The Milwaukee Mile with a convincing win in the ARCA
RE/MAX 150.
With Chad Blount and rookie Joey Miller lined up in his mirror for the final
restart, Kimmel drove away while Blount and Miller waged war for second. By
the time Miller secured second position, Kimmel, in the Advance Auto
Parts-Pork Ford, had a five-length advantage as he drove under the checkered
flag for his 58th career win in his 287th start.
Kimmel now joins Rodger Ward, Tony Bettenhausen, Sr. and Fred Lorenzen as ARCA
winners on the historic, legendary fairgrounds oval.
It meant a lot to really win here, said Kimmel. "It's amazing when
you consider the list of winners through the years. We had the choice of
running a Mark Martin car or a Matt Kenseth car, and we decided we needed to
bring the Matt Kenseth car since we were in Wisconsin. I thought it was a good
race all the way around. I just feel very fortunate to get to race for a
living.
Miller, in the Country Joe Homes Dodge, battled back from a lap down to finish
second keeping the Farmington, Minnesota driver within striking distance of
Kimmel's point lead. "We had a lot of issues with the car," said
Miller. "We had that tire go down under green. Then we got penalized for
speeding on pit road, so we overcame a lot and had a good points day. Frank
Kimmel finished before us, but with more time, we think we had him."
Blount kept his Foretravel Motorhomes Chevrolet in the hunt all day long and
finished third. "We just weren't handling good enough today," said
Blount. "I thought we had a really good racecar when we practiced here
yesterday; the track just changed a little bit."
Roush Racing development driver Erik Darnell, in his career-first start,
finished fourth in the Roulo Brothers-Reliance-Simply Wow Ford. Bobby Gerhart,
in the Lucas Oil Chevrolet, charged from the 14th starting position to finish
fifth.
Pork Pole Award winner David Ragan led at the onset before Miller, who started
third, took control on lap 12. Miller was pulling away from the pack when his
right-front tire went down forcing him to pit road for service. Then a
speeding violation leaving pit road prompted ARCA officials to bring him back
in for a drive and go. Miller lost a lap in the exchange while Kimmel took the
lead.
Then ARCA officials red-flagged the race for rain on lap 45. But the shower
was brief and racing got back underway an hour later with Kimmel still showing
the way. Justin Allgaier soon replaced the eventual winner as the leader when
Kimmel, with most of the front-runners, came to pit road for service. Allgaier
led up through lap 70 before Kimmel regained control. Kimmel pitted one more
time under caution while Michael Simko took his turn up front for seven
circuits. But with fresh tires and the best handling car, Kimmel quickly
asserted himself, raced back to the front, and led the final 43 laps.
Allgaier finished sixth with TJ Bell trailing in seventh. Mark Gibson, who
started 24th, finished eighth and earned the Hoosier Tire Hard Charger honors
for advancing the most positions. Mike Harmon finished ninth with 17-year-old
Josh Allison trailing in 10th.
Kimmel also picked up the Weld Wheels Halfway Leader honors and the
ReadyHosting.com Lap Leader award. Miller's crew chief Mike Chaffee earned the
SK Tool Crew Chief of the Race award while Miller's team earned the Gladiator
of the Race honors for overcoming so much adversity. Miller was also the ARCA
Highest Finishing Rookie.
The next event for the ARCA RE/MAX Series will be the Pocono ARCA 200 at
Pocono Raceway on Saturday, June 11 LIVE on SPEED Channel at 3 pm
Eastern.
2005 ARCA RE/MAX SERIES EVENT #7
Milwaukee Mile, West Allis WI, 6-4-05
Official Results, ARCA RE/MAX 150
FIN STR NO DRIVER/HOMETOWN TEAM & CAR LAPS STATUS
1 8 46 Frank Kimmel/Clarksville IN Advance Auto Parts-Pork Ford 150
Running
2 3 9 Joey Miller/Farmington MN Country Joe Racing-Eagle Creek Aviation Dodge
150 Running
3 4 67 Chad Blount/Walkerton IN Foretravel Motorhomes Chevrolet 150
Running
4 2 39 Erik Darnell/Beach Park IL Roulo Brothers-Reliance-Simply Wow Ford 150
Running
5 14 5 Bobby Gerhart/Lebanon PA Lucas Oil Chevrolet 150 Running
6 7 2 Justin Allgaier/Springfield IL Mueller's Sales & Service-US Air
Force-Trashman Pontiac 150 Running
7 9 48 TJ Bell/Sparks NV Freedom Cycle-Heathcliff's Cat Litter Chevrolet 150
Running
8 24 59 Mark Gibson/Winder GA Williams Bros Lumber Chevrolet 150 Running
9 18 38 Mike Harmon/Birmingport AL PigeonISP.com Chevrolet 150 Running
10 23 64 Josh Allison/Martinsville IN Dave Allison Motorsports Dodge 150
Running
11 15 25 Jason Jarrett/Hickory NC Central Merchant Services-ReadyHosting.com
Chevy 150 Running
12 12 45 Michael Simko/Clarkston MI Mound Steel-Diamond Racing Pontiac 150
Running
13 13 4 Roland Rehfeld/Berlin Germany Hantz Group-Dodge Motorsports Dodge 150
Running
14 6 17 Josh Richeson/Mooresville NC Engineered Components Pontiac 149
Running
15 11 20 Ken Weaver/Dallas TX 1-800-4-A-Phone Chevrolet 149 Running
16 10 7 Kyle Krisiloff/Indianapolis IN ditech.com Chevrolet 149 Running
17 22 23 Joe Cooksey/Centralia IL 1-800-SERVPRO Pontiac 149 Running
18 25 21 Todd Bowsher/Springfield OH Safe Auto Insurance Ford 148
Running
19 26 13 Johnny Leonard/Cape Carol FL Boca Bay Builders-Affordable Roofing
Chevrolet 148 Running
20 20 96 Brandon Knupp/Sidney OH KB Machine-Pork Ford 148 Running
21 29 08 Bill Eversole/Chelsea MI Hardcore Motorsports Chevrolet 147
Running
22 16 44 Billy Leslie/Harrison Twp MI Leslie Tire Ford 147 Running
23 21 1 Andy Belmont/Penndel PA Bootie Beer Ford 146 Running
24 31 34 Darrell Basham/Henryville IN Darrell Basham Racing Chevrolet 145
Running
25 34 26 Brad Smith/Belleville MI Koolmat.com Pontiac 145 Overhtng
26 28 72 Gary Camelet/Howell MI Scott Holloway Ford 144 Running
27 35 79 Tim Turner/Pulaski TN Karl's Plumbing Pontiac 139 Running
28 27 10 Tom Berte/New Berlin WI CGS.Premier-Desert Rat Truck Centers Pontiac
120 Running
29 1 90 David Ragan/Kannapolis NC 31-W Insulation-Fmi Fireplaces Ford 102
Electrical
30 17 62 Brett Hudson/Owensboro KY Hudson Machine-Bullett Motorsports
Chevrolet 101 Overhtng
31 19 11 Chad McCumbee/Supply NC Coastal Vacation Resorts-Fast Track Chevrolet
81 Overhtng
32 5 88 Steven Wallace/Mooresville NC Bobby Jones Racing Dodge 52
Accident
33 33 0 Tim Mitchell/Fayetteville TN Star Wheels Skate Center Chevrolet 28
Overhtng
34 32 16 Ricky Gonzalez/S. Plainfield NJ MAB Paints Chevrolet 23
Handling
35 30 84 Norm Benning/Pittsburgh PA Benning Motorsports Chevrolet 21
Engine
36 39 98 Benny Chastain/Tallahassee FL Drew White Motorsports Chevrolet 12
Vibration
37 36 56 Ryan Howard/Tipp City OH Jan Gibson Racing Chevrolet 7 Handling
38 40 94 Jason Basham/Henryville IN Darrell Basham Racing Chevrolet 6
Handling
39 38 6 Drew White/Inglis FL Wayner Peterson Racing Chevrolet 1 Handling
40 37 8 Mike Koch/Mountain Home AR Benning Motorsports Chevrolet 0
Vibration
PORK POLE AWARD: David Ragan 30.016 (119.936 mph) *NTR
MRGN OF VICT: .814 seconds CAUTIONS: 7 for 54
laps
TIME OF RACE: 2:00:48 AVG SPEED: 74.503
mph
LAP LEADERS: Ragan 1-11, 47 (12); Miller 12-29 (18); Kimmel
30-46, 71-99, 108-150 (89); Allgaier 48-70
(23); Blount 100 (1); Simko 101-107 (7)
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