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**Cunningham Motorsports Quick at ARCA RE/MAX Series Kentucky Speedway Open Testing; Rookie Michael Phelps Tops Speed Charts

SPARTA KY (7-1-08) – Suwanee, Georgia rookie Michael Phelps, in the no. 45 Bowen Family Homes-Cunningham Motorsports Dodge, unofficially posted the quickest speed in ARCA RE/MAX Series open testing Tuesday at Kentucky Speedway.

The test, during which 20 drivers participated, was in preparation for the upcoming Kentucky ARCA RE/MAX 150 Friday night, July 18th LIVE on SPEED at 8:00 PM ET.

Phelps unofficially circled the 1.5-mile superspeedway in 30.680 seconds, for an average speed of  176.010 mph.

Cunningham Motorsports recently announced an alliance with Penske Racing under which Cunningham Motorsports would serve as Penske’s official ARCA RE/MAX Series development team.

Matt Hawkins, who won at Iowa Speedway in his career-first series start back in April, was second quickest overall at 175.382 mph. Hawkins also made contact with the turn two wall earlier in the day. The Canton, Georgia driver was not injured.

Tayler Malsam, Phelps’s teammate under the Cunningham Motorsports banner, was third quickest overall at 175.041 mph. Malsam, currently eighth in national championship points headed to Kentucky, hails from Seattle, Washington.

Alli Owens, driver of the ElectrifyingCareers.com Chevrolet, was fourth quickest overall at 174.081 mph. Owens, one of four female drivers who tested Tuesday, is running a partial schedule in 2008 for team owner Mario Gosselin.

Other female drivers who competed in the open test included Chrissy Wallace, daughter of NASCAR/ARCA veteran Mike Wallace, and Angela and Amber Cope, nieces of NASCAR veteran Derrick Cope.

Pelham, New Hampshire’s Sean Caisse, in Shigeaki Hattori’s Aisin AW Toyota, was fifth quickest overall at 173.801 mph.

In addition to Hawkins, three other drivers made contact with the wall during the open test including Brian Scott, Todd Hansen and Owens. There were no injuries.

The list of former ARCA RE/MAX Series winners list at Kentucky is impressive to say the least. It includes four-time Kentucky winner Kimmel, Stenhouse, Jr., Michael McDowell, Erik Darnell, Tim Steele, Ryan Newman, Chad Blount, Kyle Busch, Ryan Hemphill, Steve Wallace and Brad Coleman.

Practice for the Kentucky ARCA RE/MAX 150 will be Friday, July 18th from 11:30 AM to 1:45 PM followed by SIM Factory Pole Qualifying at 4:30 PM. The Kentucky 150 is LIVE on SPEED at 8:00 PM Friday night. 

Tickets are on sale now and can be reserved online through the track's official Web site, http://www.kentuckyspeedway.com, by phone at 888-652-RACE (7223), through Meijer stores and by visiting the Kentucky Speedway ticket offices at 400 Buttermilk Pike, Suite 100, in Ft. Mitchell, Ky., and the track’s Sparta, Ky., Fan Center located off of Interstate 71, Exit 57 and Ky. Hwy. 35 N.  

 

Gullatta Cleans up at Cayuga

NELLES CORNERS ON (6-28-08) – Nobody does it quite like Nick Gullatta, at least not Saturday afternoon at Cayuga Motor Speedway where the Cleveland, Ohio driver won the 2BKool Pole Award, led the most laps and won the ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series 50-lap main event.

“It may have looked easy but it was anything but simple,” said a tired Gullatta from victory lane. “This track is very challenging, very bumpy – we worked very hard on the set-up and fortunately it paid off for us. I want to congratulate Mike Young for a great run today – he did a really nice job out there.”

Gullatta, in the no. 31 Thomson Automotive-Mr. Heater-Enerco Chevy Colorado, slipped underneath Mike Young for the lead on a lap 20 restart and was never seriously challenged from there. Young, in the no. 23 Dave White Chevrolet, finished second, 10 lengths back.

Current series point leader Paul Hahn, in the no. 7 Hahn’s Powder Coating-Fox Auto Parts-Howe Racing Chevrolet, charged from the tail-end after an unscheduled pit stop to finish third.

Duane Bischoff finished fourth in the no. 15 Gamco Concrete-Valvoline-Hoosier Foreign Auto Service Ford Ranger, with veteran Steve Christman trailing in fifth in the no. 19 Bagman Racing Chassis-R&B Fabrication Chevrolet.

Gullatta, who established a new one-lap track record with an average speed of 103.706 mph, started seventh after the inversion and quickly worked his way toward initial race leader Bischoff, who led the first seven circuits from his inside front row starting position. But before Gullatta could get there, Young passed Bischoff for the lead on the eighth lap. By lap 12, Young had pulled out to a 10-length advantage over Gullatta, who had finally cleared Bischoff for second. But in five laps Gullatta caught Young and began challenging for the lead.

Ash Hawkins, who started 14th and finished sixth, earned the Ed & Company Hard Charger honors for advancing the most positions. Two-time and defending series champion Bill Withers finished seventh in front of Tim Schafer, who finished eighth. Tully Esterline was ninth with Brad Yunker 10th, the last truck on the lead lap.

Gullatta, who earned his sixth career series victory at Cayuga, closed to within 50 markers of point leader Hahn.

The next event for the ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series will be July 11th at Kil-Kare Raceway in Xenia, Ohio before the series travels west to Iowa Speedway for the inaugural ARCA Lincoln Welders 50-lap main event at the 7/8ths-mile Newton, Iowa oval.

 

 

Justin Lofton Earns ARCA RE/MAX Series SIM Factory Pole Award at Cayuga

 

NELLES CORNER ON (6-28-08)—Eddie Sharp Racing’s Justin Lofton earned his career first ARCA RE/MAX Series SIM Factory Pole Award on Saturday afternoon at Cayuga Motor Speedway, circling the Nelles Corner, Ontario, based short track in 20.424 seconds for a speed of 110.164 mph. The pole comes on the heels of earning his career first series victory on June 14th at Michigan Int’l Speedway. He sits alongside Win-Tron Racing’s James Buescher for Sunday’s Cayuga ARCA RE/MAX 250, which rolls off at 1:30 p.m. Eastern.

 

Dexter Bean starts third in the No. 37 GLOCK Chevrolet, alongside Matt Carter in the No. 46 Stine Seed-Hantz Group Ford. SunTrust Rookie of the Year Contenders Tom Hessert III (No. 1 Maaco Auto Painting America’s Body Shop Ford) and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford) will start the 250-lap race from the third row.

 

Lofton is one of three drivers from the Eddie Sharp Racing stable of drivers that have earned SIM Factory Pole Awards in 2008, as teammate Ken Butler, III sat on the pole at Kansas and Scott Speed earned pole awards at Pocono and Michigan. In all, eight drivers have earned SIM Factory Pole Awards so far in 2008, including Justin Marks (Daytona), Ken Schrader (Salem), Butler, III (Kansas), Joey Logano (Rockingham), Sean Caisse (Kentucky), Andy Hanson (Toledo), Speed (Pocono, Michigan) and Lofton (Cayuga).

 

Arcaracing.com will debut live audio coverage of the Cayuga ARCA RE/MAX 250 to complement the site’s live-to-web timing and scoring feature beginning at 1 p.m. The race is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m.

 

 

 

1

45

Michael Phelps/Suwanee GA

Dodge-Bowen Family Homes Dodge

30.680

176.010

2

39

Matt Hawkins/Canton GA

JaniKing-Racing Radios Dodge

30.790

175.382

3

4

Tayler Malsam/Seattle WA

Dodge Driver Development Dodge

30.850

175.041

4

12

Alli Owens/Daytona Beach FL

ElectrifyingCareers.com Chevrolet

31.020

174.081

5

01b

Sean Caisse/Pelham NH

Aisin AW Toyota

31.070

173.801

6

25

Brian Scott/Mooresville NC

Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet

31.090

173.661

7

01a

Chrissy Wallace/St. Louis MO

Aisin AW Toyota

31.120

173.522

8

44

Frank Kimmel/Clarksville IN

Ford Drive One-ECC Ford

31.160

173.299

9

15

Brian Scott/Mooresville NC

Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet

31.210

173.021

10

1

Tom Hessert III/Cherry Hill NJ

Maaco Auto Painting Ford

31.210

173.021

11

68

Angela Cope/Puyallup WA

Dodge

31.400

171.975

12

68

Amber Cope/Puyallup WA

Dodge

31.430

171.810

13

77

Todd Hansen/Farmington MN

Mad Croc Energy Drink-JDRF Chevrolet

31.610

170.832

14

74

JR Heffner

Chevrolet

31.870

168.428

15

32

Matt Merrell

Win Tron Racing-Red Line Oil Dodge

32.270

167.338

16

81

Randy Baker

Chevrolet

33.120

163.043

17

87

Chris Cockrum/Conyers GA

Chevrolet

33.210

162.602

18

33

Curt Tori/Wilmington DE

Eastern Industrial Services Chevrolet

33.560

160.906

19

7

Jimmy Nowell

Chevrolet

33.620

160.619

20

81

Sean Corr

Chevrolet

33.830

159.622

 

 

 

1

7

31

Nick Gullatta/Cleveland OH

Thomson Automotive-Mr. Heater-Enerco Chevrolet

50

Running

2

3

23

Mike Young/Toledo OH

Dave White Chevrolet

50

Running

3

6

7

Paul Hahn/Canton MI

Hahn's Powder Coating-Fox Auto Parts-Howe Racing Chevy

50

Running

4

1

15

Duane Bischoff/St. Leon IN

Valvoline Oil-Hoosier Foreign Auto Service Ford

50

Running

5

4

19

Steve Christman/Fort Wayne IN

Bagman Racing Chassis-R&B Fabrication Chevrolet

50

Running

6

14

16

Ash Hawkins/Canfield OH

A&K Racing Chevrolet

50

Running

7

9

57

Bill Withers/Columbus OH

Mannings-Tubular Techniques-Hall Electronics-Wachholz Ford

50

Running

8

13

22

Tim Schafer/Canfield OH

Sprinkler Fitters Union 669-Baird Brothers Sawmill Chevrolet

50

Running

9

10

10

Tully Esterline/Pettisville OH

University of Toledo-Rupp Seeds Chevrolet

50

Running

10

11

30

Brad Yunker/Maumee OH

Owens Community College-Champion Credit Union Chevrolet

50

Running

11

5

21

Norm Weaver/Clarksburg WV

Dan Cava Toyota-Safety Clean-Lifeguard Medical Tacoma

49

Running

12

12

00

Mark Otting/Plainwell MI

Tri County Fuels-Mycogen Seeds Chevrolet

49

Running

13

8

1

Robbin Slaughter/Grove City OH

Ed & Company Racing Supplies Chevrolet

44

Running

14

15

0

Paul Vanderhoff/Morenci MI

Archbold Elevators Chevrolet

41

Running

15

2

52

Kenny Kirsch, Sr./West Harrison IN

Kirsch's Automotive Chevrolet

3

Accident

2BKool Quick Qualifier: Nick Gullatta 21.696 (103.706 mph) *NTR

Lap Leaders: Duane Bischoff 1-7 (7); Mike Young 8-19 (12); Nick Gullatta 20-50 (31)

 

 

1

20

Justin Lofton/Westmorland CA

Lofton Cattle Dodge

20.424

110.165

2

32

James Buescher/Plano TX

Win Tron Driver Development-Red Line Oil Dodge

20.474

109.895

3

37

Dexter Bean/Westby WI

Glock Chevrolet

20.513

109.687

4

46

Matt Carter/Denver NC

Stine Seed-Hantz Group Ford

20.525

109.622

5

1

Tom Hessert III/Cherry Hill NJ

Maaco Auto Painting America's Body Shop Ford

20.555