2001 ARCA Re/Max Series

2001 ARCA Racing Series

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The 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series was the 49th season of the ARCA Racing Series, a division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). The season began on February 11, 2001, with the Discount Auto Parts 200 at Daytona International Speedway. The season ended with the Pork. The Other White Meat 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on November 17. ^[1] Frank Kimmel won the drivers championship, his third in the series and second in a row, and Jason Jarrett won the Rookie of the Year award. The season was marred with the deaths of Dean Roper, who suffered a heart attack during the Par-A-Dice 100 at Illinois State Fairgrounds, ^[2] and Blaise Alexander, who was killed in a crash at the EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 100 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. ^[3]

Schedule & Winners

Date	Track	Event Name	Pole Winner	Race Winner
February 11	Daytona International Speedway	Discount Auto Parts 200	Kirk Shelmerdine	Ryan Newman
April 13	Nashville Superspeedway	PFG Lester 150	Frank Kimmel	Ken Schrader
April 22	Winchester Speedway	ARCA Re/Max 250	Frank Kimmel	Tim Steele
April 29	Salem Speedway	Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200	Frank Kimmel	Frank Kimmel
May 5	Gateway International Raceway	Gateway ARCA 150	Tim Steele	Frank Kimmel
May 12	Kentucky Speedway	Kentucky ARCA 150	Frank Kimmel	Frank Kimmel
May 19	Lowe's Motor Speedway	EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 100	Tim Steele	Frank Kimmel
June 3	Kansas Speedway	BPU 200	Ryan Newman	Jason Jarrett
June 9	Michigan Speedway	Flagstar 200	Jason Jarrett	Kerry Earnhardt
June 16	Pocono Raceway	Pocono ARCA Re/Max 200	Stuart Kirby	Tim Steele
June 22	Memphis Motorsports Park	Memphis ARCA 150	Rick Carelli	Billy Bigley
July 7	Watkins Glen International	BETONUSA.com 150	Blaise Alexander	John Finger
July 13	Kentucky Speedway	Blue Grass Quality Meats 200	Ken Schrader	Ken Schrader
July 21	Michigan International Speedway	Michigan ARCA Re/Max 200	Blaise Alexander	Blaise Alexander
July 28	Pocono Raceway	Pepsi ARCA 200	Stuart Kirby	Tim Steele
August 11	Nashville Superspeedway	Waste Management 200	Frank Kimmel	Frank Kimmel
August 19	Illinois State Fairgrounds	PAR-A-DICE 100	Frank Kimmel	Frank Kimmel
September 1	Chicagoland Speedway	ARCA Re/Max 200	Tim Steele	Ed Berrier
September 3	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Federated Auto Parts 100	Tony Stewart	Frank Kimmel
September 9	Salem Speedway	Eddie Gilstrap Motors 200	Frank Kimmel	Frank Kimmel
September 16	Toledo Speedway	Jasper Engines & Transmissions 200	Frank Kimmel	Frank Kimmel
September 22	Berlin Raceway	Pork. The Other White Meat 200	Frank Kimmel	Tim Steele
October 4	Lowe's Motor Speedway	EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 100	Tim Steele	Kerry Earnhardt
October 20	Talladega Superspeedway	Food World 300	Bobby Gerhart	Bobby Gerhart
November 17	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Pork. The Other White Meat 400	Frank Kimmel	Kerry Earnhardt

Drivers' championship

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

Pos. Driver Races Points DAY NSH WIN SLM GTY KEN CLT KAN MCH POC MEM GLN KEN MCH POC NSH ISF CHI DSF SLM TOL BLN CLT TAL ATL 1 Frank Kimmel 3 2* 11* 1* 1* 1* 1* 2* 30 5 3 3 1* 2* 3* 1* 1* 6* 1* 1* 1* 3 3 18 3 7080 2 Jason Jarrett 21 6 12 4 7 29 7 1 29 22 24 16 24 12 8 2 3 2 8 2 3 5 7 21 6 5900 3 Andy Belmont 16 9 3 13 23 8 9 5 5 10 19 10 15 14 12 30 6 10 7 5 2 23 11 35 26 5470 4 Ron Cox 36 11 7 7 12 16 11 10 18 12 16 13 17 13 14 23 28 12 36 9 6 7 12 30 15 5070 5 Norm Benning 30 21 14 17 18 26 14 12 22 23 11 15 11 20 18 10 26 15 30 14 9 13 16 31 19 4750 6 Todd Bowsher 26 25 9 5 27 20 31 24 14 13 18 7 4 31 35 11 21 32 17 10 17 8 22 20 20 4690 7 Chuck Weber 20 16 22 16 20 17 12 19 35 15 15 21 14 17 17 20 15 31 12 19 19 15 18 29 39 4560 8 Donny Morelock 22 22 27 14 22 11 32 13 20 16 27 11 25 15 16 13 9 28 23 12 13 20 33 34 28 4495 9 Tim Steele 25 7 1 2 3 2 3 3 9 1* 14 3 1 3 1** 5 5 4300 10 Mike Buckley DNQ 20 19 20 25 15 15 7 14 36 15 11 14 18 11 5 27 15 12 41 3470 11 Kevin Belmont 36 26 28 31 36 34 28 36 35 10 27 32 26 15 19 24 34 34 27 29 30 39 22 14 3160 12 Darrell Basham 11 28 25 33 18 19 12 22 17 15 14 19 31 27 18 2905 13 Greg Sarff 19 29 30 18 24 21 29 10 24 37 9 27 26 41 17 15 29 23 25 37 2900 14 Brad Smith DNQ 37 Wth 40 37 35 32 24 33 22 37 38 38 26 29 27 25 23 21 21 25 DNQ 23 2685 15 Tim Mitchell DNQ 15 16 27 20 20 33 21 22 21 19 16 27 13 11 14 DNQ 24 DNQ 2665 16 Richard Burroughs 31 27 6 7 21 Wth 19 34 12 4 7 5 4 8 16 8 9 2600 17 Eric Martin 30 30 35 37 36 37 39 33 35 25 35 33 32 16 33 38 40 33 30 31 36 28 40 2480 18 Billy Venturini 23 26 4 23 8 13 23 30 3 20 7 4 4 33 36 2445 19 Todd Antrican DNQ DNQ 26 32 39 30 34 32 28 31 30 30 34 31 32 37 37 31 25 28 29 DNQ 38 2195 20 Ed Berrier 4 32 22 4 2 7 23 3 1 7 2035 21 A. J. Henriksen 14 16 27 10 27 6 22 10 7 4 8 9 1960 22 Larry Hollenbeck 10 21 21 13 12 14 17 9 8 24 34 23 28 26 1925 23 Blaise Alexander 8 28 6 6 9 2 1 2 2 1820 24 Joe Cooksey 13 28 8 21 10 15 9 8 5 1735 25 Dennis English 25 29 23 29 28 29 13 33 15 21 22 DNQ 26 1570 26 Mike Swaim Jr. 28 5 2 3 8 18 4 4 1495 27 Stuart Kirby 5 24 2 3 3 27 13 4 1495 28 Richard Mitchell DNQ 26 13 11 5 26 9 10 5 22 1435 29 Mark Gibson 27 31 6 27 29 18 9 19 27 1355 30 Jeff Falk 18 16 30 7 5 22 23 5 26 1310 31 Rick Carelli 4 5 8 2 4 40 3 1285 32 Dick Tracey 32 38 36 31 34 26 31 32 21 27 DNQ 25 38 DNQ DNQ DNQ 1255 33 Rick Markle DNQ 12 25 8 13 33 27 14 1230 34 Jeff Finley 2 3 11 7 4 4 1225 35 Vern Slagh 32 5 22 19 11 26 24 32 1005 36 Kerry Earnhardt 14 20 1* 1* 1* 1005 37 Bobby Gerhart 6 28 6 17 30 1* 970 38 Chad Blount 9 10 11 2 7 960 39 John Metcalf 9 6 2 24 5 930 40 Chase Montgomery 34 12 29 5 35 6 24 910 41 Bob Strait 2 2 20 24 2 910 42 Damon Lusk 24 12 10 32 16 8 890 43 Randy Van Zant 24 15 6 26 14 20 DNQ 855 44 Marty Butkovich 17 19 23 25 12 16 820 45 Tom Eriksen 8 13 10 30 6 815 46 Jerry Glanville 10 35 4 19 6 790 47 Rick Thoennes DNQ 17 9 13 32 10 775 48 Roger Blackstock 18 37 19 31 7 11 765 49 Shelby Howard 6 18 6 21 30 750 50 Tony Altiere 26 35 33 34 29 29 25 29 32 DNQ 735 51 Philip Kranefuss 30 4 25 9 23 705 52 Tracy Leslie 20 18 32 6 22 DNQ 675 53 Robby Benton 15 16 14 6 665 54 Ken Schrader 1 4 3 655 55 Stanton Barrett 8 4 4 635 56 John Hayden 25 5 16 16 625 57 David Keith 41 5 7 19 625 58 Tim Turner 15 12 19 31 35 DNQ 615 59 Doug Keller 14 17 4 33 605 60 Karla Lampe 10 25 38 20 18 DNQ 605 61 Justin Labonte 34 30 14 QL 17 29 595 62 James Hylton 33 29 33 34 38 33 Wth 39 37 21 585 63 Dicky Williamson DNQ 21 23 17 18 DNQ 575 64 Michael Melton 23 24 23 DNQ 25 39 34 565 65 Robbie Cowart 10 12 24 25 565 66 Howard Rose 28 18 8 24 530 67 Jason Hedlesky DNQ 29 25 Wth 33 13 31 520 68 Charlie Schaefer 17 31 12 26 505 69 Mark Hockensmith 24 38 26 26 16 500 70 Jeff Caudell 23 13 22 DNQ 32 495 71 Tim Burrell 22 27 16 21 490 72 C. W. Smith 38 26 11 15 470 73 Dion Ciccarelli 18 38 29 9 40 465 74 Jeep Pflum 19 21 8 450 75 Mike Basham 28 32 32 27 22 445 76 Randal Ritter DNQ 17 6 32 445 77 Scott Kuhn 15 8 27 440 78 Billy Bigley 1* 7 440 79 Shawna Robinson 7 3 410 80 Ryan Vos 13 9 36 400 81 Darrell Lanigan 6 6 400 82 Ryan Newman 1 20 390 83 Josh Richeson 19 2 40 385 84 Bill Eversole 25 31 16 Wth DNQ 380 85 Mel Walen 24 21 19 370 86 Jerry Hill 19 21 25 365 87 Kevin McGuire 23 35 22 DNQ DNQ 340 88 Willie Green 5 20 340 89 Eric Smith 7 19 330 90 Jim Eubanks DNQ 17 14 330 91 Brent Glastetter 18 10 320 92 Bob Aiello 17 12 315 93 Steadman Marlin 13 17 310 94 Brent Sherman 28 20 32 34 305 95 Mark Voigt 39 11 27 305 96 Nate Monteith 23 11 290 97 Carl McCormick 18 30 33 285 98 J. R. Robbs 29 33 19 285 99 Shawn Gray 24 12 280 100 Randy Briggs 15 22 275 101 Dale Kreider DNQ 8 36 265 102 Eric Smith DNQ 31 40 20 255 103 Shane Hmiel DNQ 2 255 104 Tony Stewart 2 250 105 Kirk Shelmerdine 4 240 106 Mike Harmon DNQ 10 41 235 107 John Finger 1 235 108 Lyndon Amick 6* 230 109 Keith Segars 10 37 225 110 Jim Hollenbeck 30 22 225 111 Mike Burg 29 25 215 112 Bill Baird DNQ 3 QL 215 113 Ricky Hendrick 9* 215 114 Phillip Young 22 28 210 115 Andy Kirby 4 210 116 Art Cross 5 205 117 Ray Clay 10 205 118 Andy Petree 9 195 119 Austin Cameron 8 190 120 Jeriod Prince 8 190 121 Johnny Sauter 8 190 122 Jerry Churchill 9 185 123 Casey Mears 9 185 124 Tina Gordon 10 185 125 Mike Zazula 28 28 180 126 Todd Shafer DNQ 28 33 180 127 Steve Cronenwett 10 180 128 Frog Hall 11 175 129 Ronnie Hornaday 11 175 130 Doug Stevens 11 175 131 Billy Thomas Wth 11 175 132 Brad Baker 12 170 133 Wayne Peterson 28 36 165 134 Alan Bigelow 13 165 135 Bill Conger 13 165 136 John Sadinsky Wth 35 18 165 137 Ryck Sanders 14 160 138 Rich Woodland Jr. 14 160 139 Shane Lewis 16 150 140 Chris Douglas 17 145 141 Andy Hillenburg 17 145 142 Emerson Newton-John 17 145 143 Scott Ritter 17 145 144 Malcolm Bennett 18 140 145 Jeff Spraker 18 140 146 Brian Zalner 19 135 147 Richard Hampton 20 130 148 Michael Simko 20 130 149 Jerry Cook 21 125 150 Mark Green 21 125 151 Todd Coon 23 115 152 Dan Pardus 24 115 153 Tim Edwards DNQ 28 115 154 Brian Conz 23 110 155 C. T. Hellmund 24 110 156 Scotty Sands 24 110 157 Chris Geier 34 29 110 158 Wayne Hixson 36 35 105 159 Jim Pate 25 105 160 Anthony Hill DNQ 35 DNQ 105 161 Sammy Potaschnick 26 100 162 Dennis Strickland 26 100 163 Tom Baker 27 95 164 Jeff Streeter DNQ 32 95 165 Brad Anderson 28 90 166 Cavin Councilor 29 13 85 167 Bill Harner 30 80 168 Matt Hummel 30 80 169 Dean Roper 30 80 170 Johnny Borneman III 31 75 171 Rick Hixson 31 75 172 Wheeler Boys 34 70 173 John Neal DNQ 36 DNQ 70 174 Ed Kennedy 33 65 175 Bob Kelly DNQ 38 65 176 Jeff Alsip 34 60 177 Kevin Gardner 34 60 178 Chuck Roumell 34 60 179 Jon Herb 35 55 180 Keith Murt 35 55 181 Jason Vieau 35 55 182 Ben Hess 37 45 183 Tom Sokoloski 37 45 184 Paul Booher 38 40 185 Brian Kaltreider 38 40 186 Steve Melnick 39 35 187 Doug Reid III 39 35 188 Mark Stahl 40 30 189 Andy Stone DNQ 190 Jimmy Burns DNQ 191 Bill Hoff DNQ 192 David Ray Boggs DNQ DNQ 193 David Romines DNQ DNQ 194 Drew White DNQ DNQ 195 A. J. Alsup DNQ 196 Terry Harris DNQ 197 Stanley Teague DNQ 198 Mike Potter DNQ 199 Rick Tackman DNQ DNQ 200 Bill Bray DNQ 201 Ed Wettlaufer DNQ 202 Kieran Dynes DNQ 203 John Kinder DNQ 204 Andy Lombi DNQ 205 Jennifer Jo Cobb Wth Pos. Driver DAY NSH WIN SLM GTY KEN CLT KAN MCH POC MEM GLN KEN MCH POC NSH ISF CHI DSF SLM TOL BLN CLT TAL ATL Points External links Official ARCA Website References "2001 ARCA Re/Max Series results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 6, 2022. "Dean Roper died of heart attack". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved 18 July 2022. "BLAISE ALEXANDER (1976–2001) – ARCA Racing.com". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-10-08.