The Nashville ARCA 150 was an Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) race at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee, held in the spring from 2001 to 2007.[1] For the first six years, the race was known as the ARCA RE/MAX PFG Lester 150. A second race, known as the Waste Management 200 and Toyota ARCA 150, was held in August from 2001 to 2008, after which the track was removed from the series schedule.

Past events

The inaugural ARCA race in 2001 was the very first race held at the track. The $18,695 first-place prize went to Ken Schrader, while female driver Shawna Robinson placed third.[2] The 2001 second-place finisher in the spring, Frank Kimmel, went on to win the next three races at the track.[3]

Year Date Event Name Pole Winner Race Winner Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)
Laps Miles (km)
2001 April 13 PFG Lester 150 Frank Kimmel Ken Schrader[4] Ken Schrader Racing Pontiac 113 150.629 (242.414) 1:39:50 90.528
August 11 Waste Management 200 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Clement Racing Ford 151 201.283 (323.934) 1:41:26 118.795
2002 April 12 PFG Lester 150 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Clement Racing Ford 113 150.629 (242.414) 1:35:38 94.291
August 9 Waste Management 200 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Clement Racing Ford 152* 202.616 (326.079) 1:50:23 108.685
2003 April 11 PFG Lester 150 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 113 150.629 (242.414) 1:45:33 85.625
August 9 Waste Management 200 Frank Kimmel Mario Gosselin Gosselin Racing Chevrolet 151 201.283 (323.934) 1:50:41 108.867
2004 April 9 PFG Lester 150 Ryan Hemphill Blake Feese Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 113 150.629 (242.414) 1:32:42 97.275
August 14 Waste Management 200 Ryan Hemphill Joey Miller Hagans Racing Dodge 151 201.283 (323.934) 2:07:20 94.85
2005 March 26 PFG Lester 150 Erin Crocker Chad Blount ML Motorsports Chevrolet 119* 158.627 (255.285) 1:32:42 102.43
August 13 ARCA RE/MAX 200 Joey Miller Joey Miller Hagans Racing Dodge 151 201.283 (323.934) 1:45:17 104.523
2006 April 15 PFG Lester 150 Steve Wallace Stephen Leicht Robert Yates Racing Ford 115* 153.295 (246.704) 1:17:01 119.424
August 12 ARCA RE/MAX 200 Brad Coleman Mario Gosselin DGM Racing Chevrolet 146* 194.618 (313.207) 1:51:40 104.336
2007 April 7 Nashville ARCA 150 Cale Gale[5] Chad McCumbee[6] Andy Belmont Racing Chevrolet 113 150.629 (242.414) 1:29:17 100.998
August 11 Toyota ARCA 150 Michael McDowell Jeremy Clements Ken Appling Chevrolet 113 150.629 (242.414) 1:13:00 123.526
2008 August 9 Toyota 150 Ken Butler III Scott Speed Eddie Sharp Racing Toyota 117* 155.961 (250.995) 1:24;51 110.037

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins Driver Years Won
3 Frank Kimmel 20012, 20021,2
2 Mario Gosselin 20032, 20062
Joey Miller 20042, 20052

Manufacturer wins

# Wins Manufacturer Years Won
7 Chevrolet 20031,2, 20041, 20051, 20062, 20071,2
4 Ford 20012, 20021,2 20061
2 Dodge 20042, 20052
1 Pontiac 20011
Toyota 2008

References

  1. ^ "The real first race". The Tennessean. April 12, 2001. p. 10X.
  2. ^ Radebaugh, Don (April 14, 2001). "Ken Schrader wins inaugural ARCA RE/MAX race in Nashville". Motorsport. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  3. ^ "2002 PFG Lester 150". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  4. ^ Kreager, Tom (August 4, 2011). "RACE OVER: Key Dates". The Tennessean. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  5. ^ "Gale force". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee: Ancestry.com #Newspapers.com. 7 April 2007. p. C3.
  6. ^ Murraine, St. Clair (11 April 2007). "Tallahassee's Mitchell takes lesson from Nashville race". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida: Ancestry.com #Newspapers.com. p. 16.

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