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Kentucky Speedway opened its ninth season of operation with ARCA RE/MAX Series “Buckle-Up! Kentucky 150” practice. The morning session started at 11:15 a.m. under sunny skies. The temperature was 64 degrees, the relative humidity at 48 percent and the winds were out of the northeast at 4 mph.
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The ARCA RE/MAX Series makes its 16th all-time appearance at Kentucky Speedway and opens a speedway season for the eighth time. Erik Darnell won the 2007 series May event in the No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford currently driven by Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. The series also will return July 18 for the “Kentucky 150” and will be paired with the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
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The ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series also will race today on the speedway quarter-mile track. The series makes its sixth all-time Kentucky Speedway appearance. Paul Hahn won the 2007 series event at the track.
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ARCA RE/MAX Series drivers completed an incident-free practice session at 1:10 p.m. Jesse Smith (30 Lloyd’s Barbeque Dodge) sat atop the speed chart with a 178.731-mph (30.213 seconds) lap that matches the series track qualifying record set by Evernham Motorsports driver Erin Crocker on July 13, 2007. Crocker holds has earned three career series pole awards at Kentucky Speedway. Smith is making his Kentucky Speedway series debut today.
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The top-five drivers from the ARCA RE/MAX Series practice were:
30 JESSE SMITH 178.731 mph (30.213 seconds)
28 MICHAEL ANNETT 177.819 mph (30.368 seconds)
2 SCOTT SPEED 177.784 mph (30.374 seconds)
4 RYAN FISCHER 177.591 mph (30.407 seconds)
00 ROB BRENT 177.288 mph (30.459 seconds)
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JESSE SMITH (No. 30 Lloyd’s Barbeque-Spam-Hormel-Jones Group Dodge):
“The first time I’ve run on the track was this morning, so I’ve got about 20, 25 laps in, just getting used to the track. I felt like the car was really good, it was a little tight in the center so we’ll make some adjustments and get better on that. We should be good for the race and qualifying. We have two top fives this season. This week, we’ll feel like we’ll be good and hopefully run up front and get a win. We’ll try to get a pole here. We’ll be better than what we practiced, so I feel like we have a good shot at it.”
MICHAEL ANNETT (No. 28 Pilot Travel Centers Toyota):
“We started out today on race trim just trying to figure out where we’re going to be for tonight. The car really good, it’s going to be really good on long runs. We’ll probably free it up even more for the night time conditions. We did our mock (qualifying run) and it was even better. We’re looking forward to qualifying, but I know we have a good car for the race as well. I’ve run about 20 laps here, I came out and did a test with Frank Kimmel one time. I’ve got a few laps here, but I’m still trying to figure out the track myself. We’ll definitely go for the pole and hope for a top three or top five.”
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SCOTT SPEED (No. 2 Red Bull Toyota – Ranks eighth in series point standings):
“We’ll definitely have a shot for the pole. Our car will be pretty good. We had a little trouble when we put on our first set (of tires). Normally, I don’t like to change things too much and I’m happy with the car throughout the race. The car is normally right before we start. With it going into night, it’s the first night race for ARCA (this season), I expect the balance to change a little bit, but I think we’ll be alright.“
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The ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series took to the speedway paved quarter mile for a 45-minute practice session at 1:00 p.m., under sunny skies with the temperature at 67 degrees. The relative humidity remained at 48 percent and the winds were from the east, southeast at 4 mph.
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Seventeen trucks turned practice laps and ended the session incident free at 1:45 p.m.
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The top five drivers from the practice session were:
7 PAUL HAHN 60.893 mph (14.780 seconds)
31 NICK GULATTA 60.480 mph (14.881 seconds)
21 NORM WEAVER 60.217 mph (14.946 seconds)
39 ROB JONES 60.128 mph (14.968 seconds)
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PAUL HAHN (No. 7 Hahn’s Powder Coating-Fox Auto Parts-Howe Chevrolet):
“The track is definitely challenging. This is the only track we run where I think the banking is inverted. It’s a fun track, it’s a lot of beatin’ and bangin’. The facility is great. We’ve run good here, too, which makes it worthwhile to come here. We did a few things different than we did with the truck last year, so hopefully it’ll pay off. We hope to start somewhere up front and bring home another checkered (flag). Basically, we’re a lot better on asphalt than we did on dirt. We had some bad luck in Winchester (with a 12th-place finish). Hopefully we can turn it around here and get back in the points chase.”
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ARCA RE/MAX Series pole qualifying began as scheduled at 3:30 p.m. Tom Hessert III was out on the track in the No. 1 Maaco Auto Painting – Boudreaux’s Butt Paste Ford. Weather conditions had not changed from ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series qualifying.
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NORM WEAVER obtained the pole award for today’s ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series “Kentucky 100” by virtue of the series inversion rule. Weaver turned his top qualifying lap at 60.354-mph (14.912 seconds). He will start tonight’s race ranked 11th in the series standings and a full 100 points behind the leader Steve Christman, who qualified fifth for this afternoon’s short track tangle.
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NICK GULLATTA was the actual fastest qualifier. He turned the top lap of the session at 60.955 mph (14.765 seconds). “I think we had to make some changes after practice to get a little quicker to have a good race truck. The guys worked on it and I think we’ll have a good race truck for 100 (laps). It’s much better than inverting one to 10 or one to 12. We invert off the dice roll, so I’ll take four. We’ll see what we’ve got. Usually, the track gets a little looser here. It’s pretty flat and it’s going to heat most of the afternoon, so if anything it’ll get a little tighter toward the end. By then, it’ll be all sorted out. Probably after 75 laps or so there will be six or so trucks on the lead lap and it’ll all be sorted out.“
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Rookie Sean Cuisse will start his first ARCA RE/MAX Series race from the pole position after tearing off a top 178.365-mph (30.275 seconds) and will hold the top spot in the 41-car “Drive Smart! Buckle-Up Kentucky 150” field when drivers take the green flag at 8:00 p.m. Cuisse closed out the series practice session sixth on the grid after turning his fastest lap at 177.107 mph (30.490 seconds).
CAISSE:
“I’ve never seen this place, but I watched a couple videos of past NASCAR Nationwide and Craftsman Truck Series races here. I’ve never been on a mile-and-a-half except earlier this week when we went to Rockingham to shake this car down. Basically, it’s a brand new car. Germaine (Racing) went through it, put their special stuff in it and I was comfortable with the car right away.
“I knew we had a car that could sit on the pole. That’s a bonus, but I’m more concerned to that we have a good car in race trim. I’m focused on winning this race. It’s only 100 laps, 150-miles, so it should go quick. Hopefully, people respect each other. I haven’t raced with any of these guys so I have to learn who I can race with and who I can’t. I have to earn the respect of the veterans and the other rookies in this race because I’m not running for points,” Cuisse said.
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Robb Brent (No. 00 Orchard Chrysler Dodge Jeep Chevrolet), third in practice, qualified third with a 177.591 mph (30.407 seconds) lap.
BRENT:
“We had a good set-up because we brought the same car we had in Kansas where we ran so good (fifth). We really didn’t do much to it today in practice. The tracks are pretty similar, that’s why we were faster out of the box. The car was pretty good to go out and qualify the way it was. We almost ran as fast as those guys in race trim. We have a great racecar and should be able to race to the front and be back where we belong,” Brent said.
2008 Kentucky Speedway Jesse Smith (No. 30 Lloyd’s Barbeque Spam Hormel Jones Group Dodge), quickest in practice with a 178.731-mph (30.213 seconds) lap that matched the standing series qualifying record set last July by Erin Crocker, will start third after posting a 177.200-mph (30.474 seconds) lap.
SMITH:
“We’re not too disappointed with it (the run); it gives us a good starting position for tonight’s race. We should be able to go out there, be up front and hopefully lead when it counts on the last lap. We can’t change too much. We’ll make it a little bit looser because we were tight there, but we feel like the car is pretty good. It wasn’t the best there for one lap, but we feel like it’ll be good 10 laps into the race,” Smith said.
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Michael Annett (No. 28 Pilot Travel Centers Toyota) qualified fourth 177.136-mph (30.485 seconds) lap. Annett was second in the today’s practice session with a fast 177.819-mph (30.368 second) lap. Ryan Fischer (No. 25 TufTruckdirect.com Chevrolet) rounded out the top five qualifiers with a 177.003-mph (30.508 seconds) lap.
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Nine-time and defending series champion Frank Kimmel qualified 11th with a 174.610-mph (30.926 seconds) lap in his No. 44 Ford Drive One Ford. He will start tonight’s race ranked second in the series standings and 35 points behind leader Matt Carter, who qualified 16th with a 173.745-mph (31.080 seconds) lap in the No. 46 Stine Seed Ft. Dodge Animal Health Pork Ford. Kimmel will make a bid to become the second five-time race winner in Kentucky Speedway history.
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Paul Hahn (No. 7 Hahn’s Powder Coating-Fox Auto Parts-Howe Racing Chevrolet) took his second consecutive ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series on the Kentucky Speedway paved-quarter-mile track this afternoon. Hahn beat out Rob Jones (No. 39 R&B Contractors Chevrolet) to take the 100-lap event title.
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Hahn qualified second and started third after the inversion. He took the lead for the first time on Lap 60 when he made an inside pass on Jones in the backstretch. Hahn was briefly limited by lapped traffic from Lap 78 to Lap 88, but successfully guided his truck through to the win.
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Series standings leader Steve Christman (No. 19 Bagman Racing Chassis – R&B Fabrications Chevrolet) finished third, Nick Gullatta (No. 31 Thomson Automotive – Mr. Heater – Enerco Chevrolet) placed fourth, and Norm Weaver (No. 21 Dan Cava Toyota-Safety Clean-Lifeguard Medical Toyota) completed the top five.
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Weaver snapped a gear shift in his hand in between Turn 3 and 4 on Lap 2
WEAVER:
“It just came off into my hands. I held it, got it back in to gear and screwed that thing back on as tight as I could during the first caution. To be on the pole and have this happen is frustrating, but I really hate it for these guys (team). It was a racer’s race and a lot of fun out there.”
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HAHN ON HIS PASS FOR THE LEAD:
“We both went into Turn 1 and he started sliding up. I’m like, ‘okay, here I go’ and all the sudden I started sliding up, too. I was able to get on the binders a little harder, aim the truck down, get on the gas a little sooner and get underneath him. After I got by him, I knew if I kept the same line I was running he wasn’t going to get by me.”
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HAHN ON THE RACE AND HIS TRUCK BATTERY DYING IN VICTORY LANE:
This track, you have to really bide your time because it’s so easy for a lapped truck to push up into you. I’d rather pass them on the inside, but they’re told that if they’re a lap down, they stay down. I think we had a battery going down toward the end. I had to kick the fan off because I had a little miss in the truck and I could tell toward the end I just didn’t have all the power I needed to get by the No. 23. At the end, I was fortunate the battery died when it did, after the checkered flag.
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HAHN ON HIS FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON:
“We needed to definitely turn it around after Winchester. We were running good at Winchester, third with 13 laps to go and we had an engine failure. That put us behind the eight ball a little bit in the chase for the points. But, after today, we got points for leading, winning and qualifying second. I think it put us right back up in the chase and hopefully we can make a strong bid for our second championship.”
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JONES:
“We used that truck up. The front right tire and brakes couldn’t go anymore and we couldn’t hang with them. It was a good solid run and we’re looking forward to Toldeo next weekend. We’ve had a third, today we got a second, we just need one more spot.”
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Forty-one drivers rolled off the starting grid at 8:01 p.m., in preparation for tonight’s “Drive Smart! Buckle-Up Kentucky 150.” The race is the season-opener for the ninth Kentucky Speedway season and 16th all-time appearance for the series at Kentucky Speedway. The temperature is 64 degrees.
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Three cars were moved to the rear of the field prior to the start for unapproved making unapproved adjustments during today’s impound period. The No.00 Orchard Chrysler Dodge Jeep Chevrolet of pole sitter changed four tires, the No. 5 of Bobby Gerhart due to a chassis adjustment and the No. 34 of Darrell Basham for a spoiler bracket change.
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No. 5 Gerhart pitted before the green flag for fuel.
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The race went green at 8:06 p.m.
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01 Sean Caisse, No. 28 Michael Annett, No. 4 Tayler Malsam, No. 30 Jesse Smith and No. 25 Ryan Fischer were the race top-five after Lap 1.
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The race went to caution for the first time on Lap 5 for when the No. 25 Fischer spun at the exit of Turn 4. Fischer did not make contact with the wall or another car. The incident was attributed to driver error.
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Lap 7 – No. 25 Fischer pitted to take new tires and fuel. The left front tire was damaged during the spin.
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The race restarted on Lap 8. The first caution period covered Laps 5-8. 01 Caisse held the race lead.
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No. 28 Annett took the race lead from 01 Caisse on Lap 8 between Turns 1 and 2 after the restart.
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The second caution period of the race ensued on Lap 12 due to the smoking No. 45 car of Michael Phelps. The car was pushed to the garage, driver reported a possible line loose. Smoke from the car spanned from Turn 4 through Turn 1. The No. 45 was retired from the race due to engine problems.
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No. 0 Wayne Peterson and No. 8 Greg Seevers were behind the pit road wall on Lap 3.
2008 Kentucky Speedway No. 21 Todd Bowsher pitted on Lap 18 for fuel.
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No. 5 Gerhart pitted on Lap 19. The team reported trouble with the jack and tires on Lap 5. Gerhart came back to the pits on Lap 20. The pit crew went to work under the hood.
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The race restarted on Lap 21. The second caution spanned from Lap 12 to 21 for 10 laps. 13 of the 21 race laps have been consumed by caution.
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The race restarted on Lap 22. No. 28 Annett, 01 Caisse, 30 Smith, 60 Sheltra and 4 Malsam made up the top five.
2008 Kentucky Speedway No. 28 Annett held the race lead by 0.284 of a second over 01 Caisse, 30 Smith, 16 Allagaier and 60 Sheltra.
There were 34 cars on the lead lap.
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The third caution of the night began on Lap 27 when polesitter 00 Robb Brent experienced trouble. The driver reported contact with the No. 11 on the last restart. He felt a tire going down and attempted to make to make it to the next caution period. Brent returned to the race on Lap 28.
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No. 2 Speed pitted on Lap 29. He was in sixth-place at the time of the stop. The team took on four tires and fuel and reported it felt it could make it the rest of the way on fuel. Speed returned to the race 30th.
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No. 11 Bryan Silas came into the pits on Lap 29 to take on four tires and fuel. The team also repaired the sheet metal damage on the front of the car. No. 22 Ken Butler III, also pitted during the caution to take on four tires and fuel.
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No. 30 pitted on Lap 31 to take four tires, fuel and to make a track bar adjustment. The team reported it felt it could make the rest of the race on fuel. No. 30 returned to the race in 30th.
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No. 28 Annett reported he was happy with his car on Lap 32.
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The race restarted on Lap 34 with 28 Annett, 01 Caisse, 16 Allgaier, 60 Sheltra and 4 Malsam in the top five. The third caution covered Laps 27-33 for 7 total laps. There have been a total of 20 caution laps in the race.
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Four-time Kentucky Speedway series winner No. 44 Frank Kimmel moved to fifth on Lap 37.
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The race saw its fourth caution on Lap 38 when No. 18 Billy Leslie made contact with the wall in the middle of Turn 2.
No. 24 Mike Harmon also was involved in the incident.
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The race leaders all came to the pits on Lap 38. The top five in the race lead on Lap 39 were 48 Jake Francis, 2 Scott Speed, 22 Ken Butler III, 47 Tom Berte and 7 Frank Kapfhammer made up the race top five.
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28 Annett lost the lead under caution during the pit stop. He led from Laps 8-38 for 31 laps. He took on four tires and fuel and reported he was happy with the car. He rejoined the fray 13th.
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16 Allgaier took on four tires and fuel. He came in 3rd and came out 20th. 09 John Wes Townley came in for four tires and fuel and a track bar adjustment. He came in 10th and came out 22nd. 01 Caisse took on four tires and fuel and made a track bar adjustment reporting the car was tight. He came in 2nd and came out 15th. 99 Stenhouse, Jr., came in 6th, took on four tires and fuel, made a track bar adjustment and was out 14th. 44 Kimmel came in for four tires and fuel. He was fifth and left in 18th.
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60 Sheltra came in fourth and left 16th after taking four tires and fuel. 4 Malsam also took four and fuel, he came in 7th and left 23rd. 46 Matt Carter came in for four tires and fuel as well. He came in 9th and left 19th.
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The race restarted on Lap 45 with 48 Francis, 2 Speed, 22 Butler III, 47 Berte and 37 Bean in the top five.
The fourth caution covered Laps 38-44 for 7 laps. There have been 27 total caution laps in the race.
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The top five on Lap 50 were 48 Annett, 2 Speed, 22 Butler III, 30 Smith and 01 Townley.
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2 Speed took the lead from 48 Francis on Lap 52 as the tandem battled in the backstretch.
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24 Harmon on the Lap 38 incident:
“I was holding my line in the middle. Hey, that’s just a racing thing. I ran out of room.” He was examined and released from the Infield Care Center.
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The official race attendance was reported at 10,273.
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2 Speed, 01 Caisse, 22 Butler III, 28 Annett and 30 Smith made up the top five on Lap 75. Speed led by 0.635 of a second.
2008 Kentucky Speedway 01 Caisse and 22 Butler III came to the pits on Lap 78. 2 Speed stayed out. 28 Annett moved to second.
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01 Caisse came in 2nd to adjust air pressure and take tires and fuel. The team also reported the car was tight. 01 Caisse came out 9th. 22 Butler III took four tires and fuel and adjusted the track bar. He came out 10th. 30 Smith took on four tires and fuel and made a wedge adjustment to alleviate tightness. He returned to the action 11th.
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28 Annett reported he was happy with the car and hoped the 2 Speed was gambling on Lap 80.
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The sixth caution flew on Lap 81 when 44 Kimmel, 16 Allagaier and 37 Bean were involved in an incident in Turn 2. Cars did not make contact with the wall.
The top five on Lap 81 were 2 Speed, 28 Annett, 99 Stenhouse, Jr., 60 Sheltra and 25 Fischer.
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16 Allgaier came to pits during the caution to take on four tires and repair damage to the left front.
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The fifth caution covered Laps 77-80 for four laps. The sixth caution covered Laps 81-85 for 5 laps. There have been 36 total caution laps.
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The race restarted on Lap 86 with 2 Speed, 28 Annett, 99 Stenhouse, Jr., and 01 Caisse in the top five.
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That same top five was in tact on Lap 90. Speed led by .975 of a second.
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The race saw its seventh caution on Lap 94 when 47 Berte sustained rear end damage in the backstretch. Other cars were not involved.
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The race restarted on Lap 98 with 2 Speed, 28 Annett, 99 Stenhouse, Jr., 60 Sheltra and 01 Caisse were in the top five. The caution covered Laps 94-97 for a total of four laps. The race caution total is 40.
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The race went to its eighth caution of the night on Lap 99 when 46 Carter, 30 Smith and 00 Brent were involved in an incident at the exit of Turn 2. The race went to a red flag at 9:43 p.m. Carter and Smith were examined at the Infield Care Center and released.
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Action resumed at 9:54 p.m. The red flag was out for 11 minutes. The race moved to green-white-checkered flag finish scenario. The race restarted on Lap 103 with 2 Speed, 28 Annett, 99 Stenhouse, Jr., 60 Sheltra and 01 Caisse in the top five.
2008 Kentucky Speedway The eighth caution covered Lap 99 to 102 for four laps. The race caution total is 44.
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The race went to the ninth caution on Lap 104 when 28 Annett spun at the exit of Turn 4 and slid down the frontstretch. The ninth caution covered Laps 104-106 for three laps. The race total caution total is 47 laps.
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The race restarted on Lap 107. 99 Stenhouse, Jr., jumped 2 Speed on the restart and took the lead with a high-line pass in Turn 1. 2 Speed led Laps 52-106 for 55 laps.
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The race went to caution for a 10th time on Lap 108 when 2 Speed and 01 Caisse made contact at the exit of Turn 4. 01 Caisse made contact with the wall. The 2 came through clean. The caution covered Laps 108-111 for four. The race caution total is 51 laps.
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99 Stenhouse, Jr., scored his first Kentucky Speedway win and the second straight Kentucky May series win for the Roush Fenway No. 99. Stenhouse took his first career ARCA RE/MAX Series win and his third consecutive top-five series finish. Stenhouse led the closing six laps of the race .
2008 Kentucky Speedway The final top five were 99 Stenhouse, Jr., 2 Speed, 25 Fischer, 22 Butler III and 09 Townley. The margin of victory was 0.374 of a second. The margin is the third-closest in 16 series appearances at the track.
2008 Kentucky Speedway 99 STENHOUSE, JR., (Winner):
On the victory:
"This is a special win compared to the sprint cars I've won in, and means the most to me to finally get a win in a stock car. I can't say enough about this Ford Fusion and the Roush 8 Engines--they really ran down the straightaways tonight. The guys got the car prepared for me, and we were pretty much perfect at the end, running our fastest laps. They did an awesome job in the pits. We gained five or six spots on our one stop (Lap 38), so I have to thank all of them, and my dad, and Carl (Edwards), Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth."
"I just can't say enough about the engine programs here (with Roush). Qualifying didn't go as good as we wanted it to, but I think that was more me than the car. That's something I have to work on. I'm just glad we got this one, and hopefully there are more to come."
"There's a lot of competition here, and a lot of good cars in the ARCA/ReMAX Series, but it's getting better and better for us every week. It was a another good night for points for us, and we're just going to try to keep the momentum up going to Toledo."
On the restarts at the end of the race:
"It was pretty tough. I've never really led a restart in one of these stock cars, and actually those last few restarts when we were behind him (#2 Scott Speed) were the best restarts I've ever had in a stock car. I'm just trying to get better ever week, and learn as much as I can."
No. 2 Scott Speed (Second):
“Fuel strategy was fine. The only problem was on like the original green-white-checker. We got off to a nice little lead, but we broke third gear. So, the rest of the restarts they kept doing the green-white-checker and the gear was destroyed. It was a challenge. We definitely had a fast car. We should have won.”
No. 22 Ken Butler (Third):
“The Aaron’s Dream Machine ran well. We restarted in eighth and hung back as people wrecked or ran out of gas in front of me. I just tried to stay out of the way. The car was better on the longer runs. If we would have had a few more of those, we would have finished better.”
No. 25 Ryan Fisher (Fourth):
“We started off free and fell back. We fought back though and it was a really good night. We were running on fumes on the last lap. I think we went 80-something laps on fuel. Overall, it was a great night for us.”
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No. 09 John Wes Townley (Fifth):
It’s a great night for us. I knew we had a great car early today at practice. It started out tight during qualifying and managed to save eighth. I was really happy with our points. We’ve had a great start to our year. We haven’t had any real damage to the car. We have managed to bring the cars home clean. Now we need to work on getting even better finishes.
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