JOLIET IL (8-19-08) - They're one-two in ARCA RE/MAX Series national championship points, and they were one-two on the speed charts Tuesday morning at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois.

Sunday, August 17th, was the first time that Michael Phelps, the driver of the #45 Bowen Family Homes Dodge has raced on a dirt track. The Illinois State Fair, in Springfield, hosted the Allen Crowe 100. The 15th Series event in the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX season.

Springfield, Ill. (August 17, 2008) - Eddie Sharp Racing's Justin Lofton traveled from Connecticut to Illinois this weekend, pulling double duty, racing in both the NASCAR Camping World Series East and the ARCA RE/MAX Series. Neither race satisfied the competitive driver as rotten luck plagued the weekend's events.

Springfield, Ill. (August 17, 2008) - Ken Butler, III rebounded back from what was looking to be a disastrous weekend. The Eddie Sharp Racing driver suffered major left rear damage during his qualifying lap. The No. 22 Aaron's Lucky Dog team scrambled to repair the damage before the green flag for the Allen Crowe Memorial 100 dropped. KBIII charged like a champ, gaining a fantastic 20 positions to finish in the 13th position.

Springfield, Ill. (August 17, 2008) - Eddie Sharp Racing's Scott Speed has had a year of many "firsts" and this weekend the former F-1 driver made his first career start on a dirt track. Heading to the Illinois State Fairgrounds with three wins in the last four races, the No. 2 Red Bull team prepared for a hot and dirty day in Springfield. Speed endured a frustrating race on the unfamiliar surface and finished in a very respectable eighth-place.

Mooresville, NC (8.18.08) - Dexter and Team GLOCK had another disappointing weekend at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield at the Allen Crowe Memorial 100 in the ARCA RE/MAX Series. He finished the race in the 32nd position.

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (August 18, 2008) - - Patrick Sheltra looked well on his way to his second top-five finish of the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series season Sunday at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, but a flat tire inside 10 laps remaining forced a late-race pit stop with Sheltra rebounding with a 12th place finish in Sunday's Allen Crowe 100.

Springfield, IL,(August 17, 2008)-Justin Allgaier went to his home track, the Springfield Mile, for the running of the Allen Crowe 100 ARCA RE/MAX Series race Sunday, August 17 in hopes of repeating his 2006 victory at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Although handling hampered the thoughts of a win, he pulled off a sixth place finish after pitting three times for adjustments on the No. 16 Hoosier Midwest-AG Tech-Schlossers Chevrolet.

TOLEDO OH (8-18-08)--Frank Kimmel found himself surrounded by a group of eager young racers in the ARCA RE/MAX Series garage area at the Illinois State Fairgrounds on Sunday. Some, such as 2006 Allen Crowe 100 race winner Justin Allgaier and 2007 Springfield USAC Silver Crown winner Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., were dirt track experts in their own right. Others, such as current ARCA RE/MAX Series point leader and former Formula One driver Scott Speed, had never seen a dirt track before, let alone driven on one. Regardless of their backgrounds, ARCA RE/MAX Series drivers are smart to spend their pre-race strategizing with Kimmel.

SPRINGFIELD IL (8-17-08)--Frank Kimmel shattered the ARCA RE/MAX Series track record at the Illinois State Fairgrounds on Sunday, besting a track record set by Damon Lusk in 2006 by circling the 1-mile clay oval in 32.878 seconds for a speed of 109.496 mph. He starts on the pole for this afternoon's Allen Crowe 100 alongside Soddy Daisy, Tennessee's Ron Cox.

SPRINGFIELD IL (8-17-08) - He doesn't show up but once or twice a year, but when he does, he always gets the attention of the ARCA RE/MAX Series dirt-track troops. AJ Fike, in his own Liberty Village-RFMS Racing Ford, in the final moments of practice, put up the fastest lap of the day here Sunday at the Illinois State Fairgrounds mile-dirt in Springfield. Fike circled the historic horse track in 33.435 seconds, for an average speed of 107.672 mph. The one-lap track record (33.402/107.778 mph) at Springfield was set by Damon Lusk in 2006. SIM Factory Pole Qualifying is next. The 46th Allen Crowe 100 is set to roll off at 1:00 pm Central/local time. Catch the LIVE audio call of the race at LIVE Timing & Scoring right here at arcaracing.com. Practice Results 

LAKEVILLE, Minnesota (August 15, 2008) - - Win-Tron Racing (WTR) announced today that 2006 All-American Driver Challenge Champion Bradley Riethmeyer will take the reins of the team's No. 32 Red Line Oil Dodge Charger for his inaugural ARCA RE/MAX Series (ARS) debut at the Illinois State Fairgrounds for Sunday's Allen Crowe 100, round number 15 on the 2008 schedule.

WHITESVILLE, Kentucky (August 15, 2008) - - The time has come where the ARCA RE/MAX Series makes their annual trip to the dirt. This weekend marks the second year where Sheltra Motorsports with driver Patrick Sheltra have been apart of the festivities on the one-mile clay oval.

DENVER, N.C. (August 15, 2008) - There is no doubt that Eddie Sharp Racing dominates the speedway scene with its six SIM Factory Pole Awards and five wins in the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Season. This weekend, teammates Justin Lofton, Scott Speed, and Ken Butler, III are ready for an entirely new challenge: the dirt track. All three ESR drivers will make their dirt debuts at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Illinois on Sunday. Get ready for the dirt and dust to fly as the ESR trio looks to sink their teeth into the 1-mile clay oval for the Allen Crowe Memorial 100.

Denver, N.C. ( August 14, 3008) - Eddie Sharp Racing's Justin Lofton is going to rack up the frequent flyer miles this weekend as he competes in both the NASCAR Camping World Series East and the ARCA RE/MAX Series. Lofton will travel to Lakeville, Connecticut where he will pilot the No. 2 Greenville-Toyota/Lofton Cattle Toyota in Saturday's Mohegan Sun NASCAR 200 at Lime Rock Park. The full-time ARCA RE/MAX Series driver will hop a plane that night and fly to Springfield, IL where he will make his first career start on dirt in Sunday's Allen Crowe Memorial 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.

Statesville, NC (08-13-08) SunTrust Rookie of the Year contender, Matt Carter, will make a first time dirt track career debut this Sunday to compete in the ARCA RE/MAX series' Allen Crowe 100 at Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Illinois. The 100 lap/100 mile event will serve as a nice mid-season break away from the pressures that come with racing at some of the speedways visited by the ARCA RE/MAX series this season like Daytona, Talladega, Michigan and Kansas to name a few. However for Matt Carter, pilot of the No. 46 Fort Dodge Animal Health/Stine Seed Ford Fusion, pressures in racing are evident no matter where the rubber meets the road.

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (August 14, 2008) - - Fresh off recording his sixth top-10 finish of the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series (ARS) last Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway, the ARS shifts gears and venues and heads to the dirt for the first of two consecutive clay events this season. First up, the Allen Crowe 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Sunday afternoon.

Concord, N.C. (August 14, 2006) - It's the moment he's been waiting for. Fourteen races into the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series season and the series will visit two dirt tracks, back-to-back. At just 20-years old, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has spent most of his 14-year career on dirt so it's no surprise that when he looked at the schedule and saw both Springfield and DuQuoin in the line up...he was elated.