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Ty Dillon, the 2011 ARCA champion.
Chris Buescher finished second behind Dillon in the championship by 340 points.
Frank Kimmel, driving the No. 44 car for his family team, finished third in the championship.

The 2011 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards is the 59th season of the ARCA Racing Series. The season included nineteen races, down from twenty, and began with the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the Federated Car Care 200 at Toledo Speedway. Ty Dillon of Richard Childress Racing won the season championship.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Manufacturer Team No. Driver
Chevrolet CGH Motorsports 58 Chad Hackenbracht
Darrell Basham Racing 34 Darrell Basham
Richard Childress Racing 31 Tim George Jr.
41 Ty Dillon
Ford Andy Belmont Racing 1 Chad McCumbee
Empire Racing 82 Sean Corr
Hylton Motorsports 48 James Hylton
Kimmel Racing 44 Frank Kimmel
Roulo Brothers Racing 17 Chris Buescher
Chevrolet 12
Ford 7 		Hixson Motorsports 23 Nick Igdalsky 5
Levi Youster 12
Rob Jones 2
Chevrolet 6
Ford 13 		Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Barry Fitzgerald 1
Wayne Peterson 4
Tommy O'Leary IV 10
Steve Fox 1
Mike Harmon 1
Don Thompson 1
Scott Null 1
Chevrolet 11
Ford 6
Dodge 2 		Fast Track Racing 10 Ed Pompa 6
Charlie Vest 2
Marc Easton 3
Robin Bonnano 1
Richard Harriman 4
Rick Clifton 2
A. J. Fike 2 [N 1]
Tim Mitchell 2
Roby Bujdoso 1 [N 2]
Ford 11
Chevrolet 7
Dodge 1 		11 Bryan Silas 4
Richard Harriman 5
Todd Bowsher 1
Marc Easton 1
Chase Mattioli 1
Rick Clifton 1
Ed Pompa 1
Ryan Glenski 1
Tyler Speer 2
Brad Lloyd 1
Frank Wilson Jr. 1
Chevrolet 7
Toyota 7
Ford 2 		Venturini Motorsports 15 Kyle Fowler 3
Kyle Hadley 1
Rob Jones 1
Guy Lamon 1 [N 3]
Tom Berte 2
Josh Richards 1
Chris Bailey Jr. 1
Kyle Belmont 1
Ryan Blaney 1
Ryan Unzicker 1 [N 4]
John Blankenship 2
A. J. Henriksen 1 [N 5]
Joe Cooksey 1 [N 6]
Darren Hagen 1
Clint King 1
Toyota 10
Chevrolet 9 		25 Steve Arpin 1
Scott Lagasse Jr. 1
Max Gresham 6
Kenzie Ruston 1
George Miedecke 1
Josh Richards 2
Brennan Poole 3
Ryan Blaney 1
Clint King 2
Darren Hagen 1
Toyota 13
Chevrolet 6 		55 Hal Martin 5
Brennan Poole 1
John Stancill 1
Ali Jackson 1
John Blankenship 1
Kenzie Ruston 3
Kyle Fowler 2
Will Vaught 2
Alex Bowman 2
Max Gresham 1
Dodge 2
Ford 17 		Martins Motorsports 1
Brad Smith Motorsports 18 		26 Tommy Joe Martins 1 [N 7]
Brad Smith 17
Con Nicolopoulos 1
Ford 6
Chevrolet 2
Dodge 9
Toyota 2 		Andy Belmont Racing 4
Josh Williams Racing 3
Fast Track Racing 11
Hattori Racing Enterprises 2
[N 8] 		14 John Ferrier 1
Barry Fitzgerald 2
Josh Williams 3
Richard Harriman 3
Marc Easton 1
Terry Evans 1
Brad Lloyd 4
Charlie Vest 1
Chris Coker 1
Matt DiBenedetto 2
Toyota 2
Chevrolet 17 		Ken Schrader Racing 52 Tom Hessert III
Toyota 1
Chevrolet 17
Ford 1 		Venturini Motorsports 1
Hixson Motorsports 17
Bull Racing 1 		28 Miguel Paludo 1 [N 9]
Rob Jones 3
Ron Cox 12
Ed Bull 1 [N 10]
Jake Crum 1
Justin Jennings
Toyota 10
Dodge 9 		Win-Tron Racing 32 Matt Merrell 1
Ryan Wilson 4
Chris Windom 2
Joey Miller 1
Mason Mingus 1


Notes

  1. ^ Entries were fielded in a collaboration with RFMS Racing.
  2. ^ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Andy Belmont Racing.
  3. ^ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Andy Belmont Racing.
  4. ^ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Hendren Motorsports.
  5. ^ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with ECC Motorsports.
  6. ^ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Joe Cooksey Racing.
  7. ^ It was a Martins Motorsports entry using Brad Smith Motorsports' owner points.
  8. ^ All four of these teams shared owner points for one full-time car.
  9. ^ It was a Venturini Motorsports entry using Hixson Motorsports' owner points.
  10. ^ It was a Bull Racing entry using Hixson Motorsports' owner points.

Schedule

The 2011 series schedule was announced in December 2010.[1]

No. Race Title Track Date
1 Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach February 12
2 3 Amigos 250 Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega April 15
3 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Salem Speedway, Salem May 1
4 Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care Toledo Speedway, Toledo May 15
5 ModSpace 150 New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville May 22
6 The Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 150 Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet June 4
7 Pocono ARCA 200 Pocono Raceway, Pocono June 11
8 The RainEater Wiper Blades 200 Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn June 17
9 Winchester ARCA 200 presented by Federated Auto Parts Winchester Speedway, Winchester June 25
10 Hantz Group 200 Berlin Raceway, Marne July 9
11 Prairie Meadows 200 Iowa Speedway, Newton July 16
12 Ansell Protective Gloves 200 Lucas Oil Raceway, Brownsburg July 28
13 Pennsylvania ARCA 125 Pocono Raceway, Pocono August 6
14 Allen Crowe Memorial 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Springfield August 21
15 Herr's Live Life with Flavor! 200 Madison International Speedway, Rutland August 26
16 Southern Illinois 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Du Quoin September 5
17 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic by Federated Car Care Salem Speedway, Salem September 17
18 Kansas Lottery 98.9 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City October 7
19 Federated Car Care 200 Toledo Speedway, Toledo October 16

Calendar changes

Results and standings

Races

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer No. Winning team
1 Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 Ty Dillon Bobby Gerhart Bobby Gerhart Chevrolet 5 Bobby Gerhart Racing
2 3 Amigos 250 Ty Dillon Ty Dillon Ty Dillon Chevrolet 41 Richard Childress Racing
3 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Ty Dillon Ty Dillon Brennan Poole Chevrolet 55 Venturini Motorsports
4 Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care Milka Duno Frank Kimmel Ty Dillon Chevrolet 41 Richard Childress Racing
5 ModSpace 150 Andrew Ranger George Miedecke Andrew Ranger Dodge 53 NDS Motorsports
6 The Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 150 Josh Richards Chad Hackenbracht Ty Dillon Chevrolet 41 Richard Childress Racing
7 Pocono ARCA 200 Brennan Poole Chris Buescher Tim George Jr. Chevrolet 31 Richard Childress Racing
8 The RainEater Wiper Blades 200 Cale Gale Cale Gale Ty Dillon Chevrolet 41 Richard Childress Racing
9 Winchester ARCA 200 presented by Federated Auto Parts Ryan Blaney Ryan Blaney Dakoda Armstrong Dodge 22 Cunningham Motorsports
10 Hantz Group 200 Grant Enfinger Grant Enfinger Matt Merrell Dodge 32 Win-Tron Racing
11 Prairie Meadows 200 Ty Dillon Ty Dillon Ty Dillon Chevrolet 41 Richard Childress Racing
12 Ansell Protective Gloves 200 Ty Dillon Ty Dillon Ty Dillon Chevrolet 41 Richard Childress Racing
13 Pennsylvania ARCA 125 Max Gresham Ty Dillon Ty Dillon Chevrolet 41 Richard Childress Racing
14 Allen Crowe Memorial 100 Ty Dillon Chad McCumbee Chad McCumbee Ford 1 Andy Belmont Racing
15 Herr's Live Life with Flavor! 200 Clint King Chris Buescher Alex Bowman Toyota 55 Venturini Motorsports
16 Southern Illinois 100 Ty Dillon Chris Buescher Chris Buescher Ford 17 Roulo Brothers Racing
17 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic by Federated Car Care Clint King Chris Buescher Chris Buescher Ford 17 Roulo Brothers Racing
18 Kansas Lottery 98.9 Max Gresham Ty Dillon Alex Bowman Toyota 55 Venturini Motorsports
19 Federated Car Care 200 Tom Hessert III Tom Hessert III Chris Buescher Ford 17 Roulo Brothers Racing

Standings

No. Driver Points Wins Top 5 Top 10
1 Ty Dillon 5220 7 13 16
2 Chris Buescher 4880 3 14 16
3 Frank Kimmel 4630 0 3 17
4 Grant Enfinger 4590 0 7 14
5 Chad McCumbee 4465 1 4 15
6 Tom Hessert III 4335 0 7 13
7 Tim George Jr. 4325 1 8 10
8 Chad Hackenbracht 4145 0 3 10
9 Sean Corr 3985 0 0 2
10 Darrell Basham 3310 0 0 0
11 James Hylton 3090 0 0 0
12 Brad Smith 2410 0 0 0
13 Matt Merrell 2350 1 4 6
14 Levi Youster 2305 0 0 0
15 Will Kimmel 2235 0 2 3
16 Maryeve Dufault 2105 0 0 1
17 Ron Cox 2025 0 0 0
18 Milka Duno 1780 0 0 0
19 Richard Harriman 1595 0 0 0
20 Bobby Gerhart 1515 1 2 2

Full Drivers' Championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

Pos Driver DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BER IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DQN SLM KAN TOL Points
1 Ty Dillon 11 1* 2* 1 8 1 4 1 4 11 1* 1* 1* 13 4 2 8 7* 2 5220
2 Chris Buescher 2 5 22 5 15 2 2 5 2 7 3 22 3 8 2* 1* 1* 2 1 4880
3 Frank Kimmel 10 2 3 9* 6 7 8 9 8 8 6 12 10 7 6 6 5 9 21 4630
4 Grant Enfinger 9 13 10 2 10 8 3 14 9 3* 4 9 5 12 14 10 22 3 5 4590
5 Chad McCumbee 8 20 9 7 3 4 6 8 7 15 28 7 26 1* 10 7 9 8 3 4465
6 Tom Hessert III 37 6 7 14 5 6 9 29 5 6 8 5 4 2 5 26 19 13 4* 4335
7 Tim George Jr. 27 18 11 4 4 32 1 3 11 2 5 28 2 16 9 9 3 16 17 4325
8 Chad Hackenbracht 40 17 19 11 9 20* 7 4 3 5 10 16 7 10 23 14 17 10 8 4145
9 Sean Corr 15 16 14 20 16 13 11 24 13 12 9 27 11 11 7 11 11 14 22 3985
10 Darrell Basham 25 31 12 21 26 17 27 33 19 20 21 15 29 14 20 23 14 25 20 3310
11 James Hylton 18 33 23 27 30 19 21 27 17 22 22 25 27 26 19 29 18 23 30 3090
12 Brad Smith 32 25 28 33 26 22 23 24 23 33 DNQ 23 19 28 32 25 27 32 2410
13 Matt Merrell 3 10 5 3 14 24 10 15 25 1 29 2350
14 Levi Youster 18 22 35 15 20 14 17 18 23 34 17 24 22 30 DNQ 25 2305
15 Will Kimmel 38 29 31 31 32 37 27 27 37 12 4 30 8 2 17 29 2235
16 Maryeve Dufault 28 12 13 23 21 10 12 28 20 25 24 13 18 26 2105
17 Ron Cox 26 16 34 16 18 35 20 40 22 13 17 24 24 34 2025
18 Milka Duno 31 19 17 15 22 23 19 25 18 20 19 18 1780
19 Richard Harriman 23 27 33 35 21 24 39 34 DNQ 31 31 33 26 32 DNQ 1595
20 Bobby Gerhart 1* 3 22 13 12 31 18 18 22 19 1515
21 Max Gresham 15 2 13 11 6 10 4 1360
22 Tommy O'Leary IV 24 33 32 26 25 DNQ 27 27 27 33 23 1190
23 Rob Jones 24 30 14 17 28 26 34 DNQ 29 31 15 29 1170
24 Jared Marks 13 12 11 30 12 4 10 1150
25 Dakoda Armstrong 20 14 8 8 1 4 1120
26 Bryan Silas 29 30 4 11 17 6 16 1050
27 Josh Williams 6 12 7 32 8 14 990
28 Brennan Poole 1 5 14 16 780
29 Benny Chastain 35 27 16 24 25 33 41 28 31 775
30 Ryan Wilson 21 9 11 6 690
31 Tom Berte 21 15 13 27 35 31 670
32 Brett Hudson 43 4 20 10 23 665
33 Andrew Ranger 1 5 5 655
34 Will Vaught DNQ 9 5 3 640
35 Kenzie Ruston 10 10 12 26 635
36 Josh Richards 3 10 9 615
37 Nick Igdalsky 34 21 17 19 19 600
38 Marc Easton 24 26 25 28 36 30 34 595
39 Cale Gale 19* 2 5 595
40 Joey Coulter 21 11 7 29 585
41 Wayne Peterson 29 21 32 39 29 32 36 DNQ 38 585
42 Clint King 3 21 7 575
43 Con Nicolopoulos 31 30 40 30 28 32 30 33 570
44 Kyle Fowler 16 36 23 24 27 555
45 Matt Lofton DNQ 18 31 24 6 550
46 Brent Brevak 38 26 9 39 25 33 530
47 Charles Evans Jr. 16 17 DNQ 9 505
48 Hal Martin 30 28 12 30 30 505
49 John Blankenship 10 20 12 480
50 Ryan Blaney 6* 2 460
51 Buster Graham 20 15 37 20 460
52 Kory Rabenold 16 15 16 455
53 Casey Roderick 21 13 31 30 450
54 Charlie Vest 34 22 25 30 29 450
55 Alex Bowman 1 1 445
56 Joe Mueller 23 21 21 32 435
57 Tim Cowen 17 12 DNQ 28 430
58 Kelly Kovski 6 4 425
59 Frankie Kimmel 27 29 7 380
60 Chris Windom 3 13 380
61 Clay Rogers 26 7 QL 30 375
62 Matt DiBenedetto 6 12 370
63 Robb Brent 11 8 365
64 Spencer Gallagher 17 15 35 355
65 Brandon Kidd 17 14 38 345
66 Scott Lagasse Jr. 8 15 345
67 Brent Cross 26 23 21 340
68 Roger Carter 38 30 DNQ 16 Wth DNQ 320
69 Michael Leavine 20 28 26 320
70 Brad Lloyd 29 38 DNQ 22 36 320
71 Rodney Melvin DNQ 18 16 315
72 Mike Young 19 15 290
73 Rick Clifton 22 26 33 285
74 Mark Littleton 15 20 285
75 Tyler Speer 24 15 265
76 Tim Walter DNQ 21 28 DNQ 265
77 George Cushman 31 14 DNQ 260
78 Brian Kaltreider 25 17 250
79 Joey Licata 6 37 245
80 Dale Shearer Wth DNQ 23 25 Wth 245
81 Barry Fitzgerald 41 22 29 235
82 Steve Fox 29 16 235
83 Darren Hagen 12 33 235
84 George Miedecke 2* 235
85 James Buescher 3 225
86 Brian Rose 42 7 225
87 Matt Crafton 18 32 215
88 Ricky Carmichael 4 210
89 Kyle Martel 14 36 210
90 Patrick Sheltra 4 210
91 Jason Bowles 5 205
92 Ryan Glenski 6 200
93 A. J. Henriksen DNQ 11 200
94 John Stancill 6 200
95 Benny Gordon 7 195
96 Joey Miller 8 190
97 Michael Simko 9 QL 185
98 A. J. Fike 28 28 180
99 Stefan Rzesnowiecky 11 175
100 Chrissy Wallace 11 175
101 Brian Campbell 14 170
102 Josh Clemons 12 170
103 Ed Pompa 36 22 170
104 Kevin Swindell 12 170
105 Mark Thompson 17 34 170
106 J. R. Heffner 13 165
107 Jason Holehouse 13 165
108 Ryan Lynch 13 165
109 Miguel Paludo 13 165
110 Eddie Pearson DNQ 18 165
111 Ryan Heavner 13 165
112 Tommy Joe Martins 14 160
113 Pierre Bourque 15 155
114 Tim Mitchell 39 31 37 155
115 Stephen Sawyer 16 150
116 Kent Schenkel 16 150
117 Terry Evans 18 140
118 Chase Mattioli 18 140
119 Steve Minghenelli 18 140
120 Tony Palumbo 18 140
121 Drew Charlson DNQ 24 135
122 Joe Cooksey 19 135
123 Jordan Dahlke 19 135
124 Ali Jackson 19 135
125 Justin Jennings 19 135
126 Ed Kennedy 19 135
127 Todd Bowsher 30 25 130
128 Ed Bull 20 130
129 Ryan Unzicker 20 130
130 Jeb Burton 21 125
131 Chad Frewalt 21 125
132 Chris Lawson 22 Wth 120
133 Willie Mullins 23 115
134 Scott Stenzel 23 115
135 Robin Bonnano 24 110
136 John Ferrier 24 110
137 Mike Koch 24 110
138 Austin Rettig DNQ 34 DNQ 110
139 Brandon McReynolds 25 105
140 Bob Schacht 25 105
141 Jake Crum 26 100
142 Scott Null 26 100
143 Jeff Buice 27 95
144 Will Gallaher 27 95
145 Mike Senica 32 DNQ 95
146 Chris Davis 28 90
147 Terry Jones 39 35 90
148 Guy Lamon 28 90
149 Dave Savicki 28 90
150 Scott Bross 29 85
151 Chris Coker 29 85
152 Steve Arpin 32 75
153 Chris Bailey Jr. 31 75
154 Kyle Belmont 31 75
155 Don Thompson 31 75
156 Steve Blackburn 33 65
157 Mason Mingus 34 60
158 Joe Volpe 34 60
159 Mike Harmon 35 55
160 Frank Wilson Jr. 35 55
161 Roby Bujdoso 15
162 Kyle Hadley 31
163 Ricky Byers DNQ
164 Nick Tucker DNQ
165 Zach Ralston DNQ
166 Jack Sprague Wth
Pos Driver DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BER IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DQN SLM KAN TOL Points

See also

References

  1. ^ "2011 ARCA calendar finally unveiled". Retrieved 7 May 2013.

External links

ARCA Menards Series seasons
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