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ARCA RE/MAX Series Steers More Midwest; Prairie Meadows 250 Coming to Iowa Speedway Saturday, June 2 NEWTON IA (5-11-07) – The ARCA RE/MAX Series, in its 55th consecutive season, will soon be steering for Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa for the second annual Prairie Meadows 250 Saturday, June 2nd. Eight-time series champion Frank Kimmel has already filed an entry as has five-time Daytona ARCA 200 winner Bobby Gerhart. “Can’t wait to get back to Iowa Speedway,” said Gerhart. “As far as short-tracks go, Iowa Speedway ranks among the very best. It’s a short-track but it really drives more like a superspeedway. It’s a long haul from Lebanon, Pennsylvania, but it’s well worth it.” ARCA’s veteran drivers are no doubt feeling the heat from a host of youngsters including Springfield, Illinois driver Justin Allgaier, who’s been hovering in the top-two in points along with Kimmel. Allgaier earned his career-first RE/MAX Series victory on the Springfield mile-dirt in 2006 and finished third to race winner Tony Stewart and JJ Yeley in this year’s Chili Bowl Midget Nationals. Westby, Wisconsin’s Dexter Bean has also been hovering in the top-five points. A rookie on the tour in 2006, Bean has been a top-five threat all year long no matter the venue. From the Driver Development ranks, Ganassi Racing’s Scott Lagasse, Jr., who won at Kansas Speedway in late April, is also entered in the Cunningham Motorsports Dodge Development Dodge. Other than the inaugural event, Lagasse’s father, Scott Lagasse, Sr., won the only other ARCA RE/MAX Series race held in the state of Iowa back in 1994. The event was staged, road course style, on the streets of Des Moines on July 3rd, 1994 where Lagasse, Sr. won the race by four seconds over Kimmel, Jimmy Spencer, Bobby Bowsher and Gary Bradberry. While the Prairie Meadows 250 marks only the second ARCA RE/MAX Series appearance in Iowa, ARCA has enjoyed a long history with the Hawkeye state. In particular, the small town of Keokuk, Iowa, which is located less than 200 miles from Iowa Speedway, has produced 7 former ARCA RE/MAX Series drivers. Among them, 1970 and 1971 series champion Ramo Stott, and 1972, 1973 and 1974 champion Ron Hutcherson, whose brother, NASCAR veteran Dick Hutcherson, won an ARCA RE/MAX Series race in 1962. Other Keokuk, Iowa drivers to race in the ARCA RE/MAX Series include Ernie Derr, who competed in ARCA from 1955 through 1964, 10-time ARCA RE/MAX Series winner Don White, and Lem and Gordon Blankenship. In last year’s inaugural Prairie Meadows 250, Steve Wallace held off a fierce, late-race charge from Kraig Kinser to claim the hard-fought victory. Practice is scheduled from 11:30-1:30 pm central Saturday, June 2 followed by
SIM Factory Pole Award Qualifying at 4:00 pm. The Prairie Meadows 250 is LIVE on
SPEED at 9:00 pm eastern.
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