1998 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

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The 1998 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series was the 46th season of the ARCA Racing Series, a division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). The season began on February 8, 1998, with the FirstPlus Financial 200 at Daytona International Speedway, and ended on November 6, 1998, with the Winn Dixie 250K at Atlanta Motor Speedway. [1]

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Frank Kimmel was the series champion, winning nine races during the season, and this marked the first out of ten championships Kimmel would win in his ARCA career. Mark Gibson and Bob Strait were the runners-up in the final championship standings. Bill Baird won Rookie of the Year honors. Defending champion Tim Steele entered only six races, winning four of those races, but otherwise spent most of the season recovering from injuries suffered in a racing crash the previous season. The season also saw the brief but impactful appearance of fourth-generation driver Adam Petty, who won the first race he entered at Round 23 at Charlotte.

Schedule and winners

DateTrackCityEvent NamePole WinnerRace Winner
February 8 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida FirstPlus Financial 200 Bill Baird Kenny Irwin Jr.
March 6 Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia Johnson Industries/EasyCare Vehicle Services 300k Frank Kimmel Kirk Shelmerdine
April 19 Salem Speedway Washington Township, Indiana Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Bob Strait Frank Kimmel [2]
May 16 Lowe's Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 100 Gary Laton Frank Kimmel
June 7 Memphis Motorsports Park Memphis, Tennessee Memphis ARCA 100 Bob Schacht Bob Schacht
June 13 Michigan Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan Jasper Enginees 200 Bobby Gerhart Frank Kimmel
June 20 Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania Mountain Dew 400K Mike Ciochetti Tim Steele
June 27 Shady Bowl Speedway De Graff, Ohio McDonald's 150 Jeff Finley Frank Kimmel
June 28 Toledo Speedway Toledo, Ohio Toledo ARCA 150 Tim Steele Frank Kimmel
July 12 Pikes Peak International Raceway Fountain, Colorado Pikes Peak ARCA 150 Tim Steele Tim Steele
July 25 Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania ARCA Pepsi 400K Tim Steele Tim Steele
July 31 Kil-Kare Raceway Xenia Township, Ohio Bondo/Mar-Hyde 150 Eric Smith Frank Kimmel
August 1 Flat Rock Speedway Flat Rock, Michigan Flat Rock ARCA 150 Rick Groetsch Frank Kimmel
August 23 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Allen Crowe Memorial 100 Ken Schrader Ken Schrader
August 28 Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia Georgia Power 200 Tim Steele Frank Kimmel
September 6 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Southern Illinois 100 Bill Baird Billy Thomas
September 13 Salem Speedway Washington Township, Indiana Eddie Gilstrap 200 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel
September 19 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas Z-Max 250 Frank Kimmel Mark Gibson
September 26 Winchester Speedway Washington Township, Indiana Snap On 150 Bob Strait Bob Strait
September 30 Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina EasyCare Certified 100 Darrell Lanigan Adam Petty
October 10 Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama Winn Dixie 300 Tim Steele Tim Steele
November 6 Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia Winn Dixie 250K Bobby Hamilton Jr. Mike Swaim Jr.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1998 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series results". Racing-Reference. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  2. ↑ http://www.midwestracingarchives.com/2014/04/1998-frank-kimmel-takes-arca-salem.html
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