2009 ARCA Re/Max Series

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Justin Lofton, the 2009 ARCA champion. 2010NASCARRookiesNMPA (cropped)1.jpg
Justin Lofton, the 2009 ARCA champion.
Parker Kligerman finished second behind Lofton in the championship by just 5 points. Parker Kligerman Road America 2013.jpg
Parker Kligerman finished second behind Lofton in the championship by just 5 points.
Frank Kimmel, driving the No. 44 car for his family team, finished third in the championship. Frank Kimmel Pocono 2011.jpg
Frank Kimmel, driving the No. 44 car for his family team, finished third in the championship.

The 2009 ARCA Re/MAX Series was the 57th season of the ARCA Racing Series. The season began on February 7 with the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 and ended on October 11 with the Rockingham ARCA 200. Justin Lofton of Eddie Sharp Racing won the season championship.

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This season's championship result was the closest in ARCA history, as Lofton won the title over Kligerman by a mere five points. Although Kligerman won an astounding nine races that season, Lofton (who won six races) was able to barely beat him, mainly on the strength of earning bonus points for winning poles. Lofton won five poles that year while Kligerman won zero. [1]

Schedule

The series' 2009 schedule was announced by ARCA on October 30, 2008. [2]

Results and standings

Races

DateTrackEvent NamePole WinnerRace Winner
February 7 Daytona International Speedway Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 Justin Lofton James Buescher
April 5 Salem Speedway Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Justin Lofton Patrick Sheltra
April 19 Rockingham Speedway ARCA RE/MAX Carolina 200 Ken Schrader Sean Caisse
April 24 Talladega Superspeedway Talladega ARCA 250 Tom Hessert III Justin Lofton
May 9 Kentucky Speedway Drive Smart Buckle-Up 150 James Buescher James Buescher
May 17 Toledo Speedway Toledo ARCA 200 Matt Merrell Parker Kligerman
June 6 Pocono Raceway Pocono ARCA 200 Justin Lofton Joey Logano
June 12 Michigan International Speedway Racing For Wildlife 200 Justin Lofton Parker Kligerman
June 20 Mansfield Motorsports Park Mansfield ARCA 200 Justin Lofton Parker Kligerman
July 11 Iowa Speedway Prairie Meadows 200 Joey Coulter Parker Kligerman
July 18 Kentucky Speedway Drive Smart Buckle-Up 150 Brian Ickler Parker Kligerman
July 25 Berlin Raceway Berlin ARCA 200 Justin Lofton Justin Lofton
August 1 Pocono Raceway Pennsylvania 200 Justin Lofton Justin Lofton
August 23 Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack Allen Crowe 100 Justin Lofton Parker Kligerman
August 28 Chicagoland Speedway Chicagoland ARCA 150 Brian Ickler Justin Lofton
September 4 Toledo Speedway Toledo ARCA 200 Justin Lofton Justin Lofton
September 7 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack Southern Illinois 100 A. J. Fike Parker Kligerman
September 13 New Jersey Motorsports Park ARCA 150 Patrick Long Patrick Long
September 19 Salem Speedway ARCA Fall Classic Chris Buescher Justin Lofton
October 1 Kansas Speedway Kansas Lottery $150 Grand Justin Lofton Parker Kligerman
October 11 Rockingham Speedway Rockingham ARCA 200 Chad Finley Parker Kligerman

Standings

NoDriverPointsWinsTop 5Top 10
1st Justin Lofton 571561519
2nd Parker Kligerman 571091418
3rd Frank Kimmel 52600814
4th Joey Coulter 50200713
5th Craig Goess 47050212
6th Bryan Silas 46250110
7th Steve Arpin 45750411
8th Tom Hessert III 4495018
9th Patrick Sheltra 4485148
10th Robb Brent 4315016
11th Tim George Jr. 4235012
12th Darrell Basham 3710002
13th Jeremy Petty 3635000
14th Brad Smith 3310000
15th James Hylton 3180000
16th Barry Fitzgerald 2945000
17th Jason Basham 2835000
18thKory Rabenold2430000
19th Todd Antrican 2000000
20th Alli Owens 1895002

Full Drivers' Championship

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

PosDriver DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BER POC ISF CHI TOL DQN NJE SLM KAN CAR Points
1 Justin Lofton 32*221*22*230*4*1031*1*6*1*1*661*235715
2 Parker Kligerman 7357171*611*1*1*6211173*1221*1*5710
3 Frank Kimmel 11711551314129781259542944125260
4 Joey Coulter 2316308287452375122162*31115795020
5 Craig Goess 17156307149101012473268634102310174705
6 Bryan Silas 2484129815981722913202271028925144625
7 Steve Arpin 2617101129211185861145361093258344575
8 Tom Hessert III 25613102732817152910106232511188814164495
9 Patrick Sheltra 141*23362933321149141139173171611384485
10 Robb Brent DNQ103434897112511121571315121142034214315
11 Tim George Jr. 82415131417191322192325191421162352215224235
12 Darrell Basham 925362023102234182226212319292112201935303710
13 Jeremy Petty 13262218121719122821182016262414191230263635
14 Brad Smith DNQ18292924182726242524293534311921231828313310
15 James Hylton DNQ23281536232424262728243128272930262627373180
16 Barry Fitzgerald 13DNQ273137343125273125262627402635242432DNQ2945
17 Jason Basham 27313532222536292629202438372815181729322835
18Kory Rabenold2420171615181413161421282430
19 Todd Antrican DNQ37333232372833343133353323243125362000
20 Alli Owens 4012610161322191712131895
21 Matt Merrell 1135520182210131865
22 Ken Schrader 57*1575541650
23 Grant Enfinger 1932132371625
24 Stephan McCurley DNQ19231920112920761575
25 Chris Buescher 4163482161560
26 Dakoda Armstrong 206112913381415
27 Brian Ickler 2053555433DNQ1390
28 Michel Disdier 16191819191615251355
29 Mikey Kile 2742586301561235
30 Bobby Gerhart 1926121415914201195
31 Gabi DiCarlo 31141230201812111100
32 Chad Finley 693151035
33 Ken Weaver 52024381128975
34 Kyle Martel 1818102036895
35 Justin Marks 27*82111850
36 Ron Cox 12382417217810
37 Norm Benning 1014323535770
38 Terry Jones 2014DNQ3128257755
39 James Buescher 1*1*430735
40 Wayne Peterson 41DNQ32373734DNQ37313640DNQ725
41 Ken Butler III 332818222510700
42 Justin Lloyd 82219695
43 Beau Slocumb 129195695
44 Tom Berte 213727301518640
45 Brett Butler 3915383824630
46Scott Alves2637343330DNQ625
47 Chase Mattioli 353236DNQ32321319615
48 Kevin Belmont 2230212116QL600
49 Tony Palumbo DNQDNQ23393027600
50 Austin Dillon 1522595
51 Sean Corr 26131413590
52 Jesse Smith 331731580
53 Hal Martin 1139575
54Darwin Greene231639550
55 Clay Rogers 32325550
56 Drew Herring 1618540
57 Joe Cooksey 13117535
58 Mike Koch 21313740530
59 Larry Meadors 2831363633393029530
60 J. R. Heffner DNQ27301416510
61Ryan Crane8723500
62 Jonathon Gomez 2420490
63 Casey Roderick 2480
64 Joey Logano 21*460
65 Johanna Long 2329450
66 A. J. Fike 44*445
67 John Ferrier 161817435
68 Brett Moffitt 10430
69 Butch Jarvis DNQDNQ404034420
70 Will Kimmel 18833395
71 Alex Yontz 910380
72 Chase Miller 163365
73 Corey LaJoie 23365
74 Michael Simko 292810355
75 John Wes Townley 417355
76 Troy Wangerin 282124350
77 Sean Caisse 125335
78 Todd Hansen 1513320
79Kyle Grissom33315
80 Marc Easton 3539303433295
81 Andrew Belmont 1917280
82Jonathan Eilen1323280
83Free Pennington41280
84 Jesus Hernandez 38275
85 Ricky Carmichael 2117270
86 Mark Littleton 1820270
87 Brian Tyler 308270
88 Bill Baird 372265
89 Kelly Kovski 1229255
90 Patrick Long 1*250
91 Matt Carter 2816240
92 Ed Kennedy 639235
93 Damon Lusk 2916235
94 Eddie Mercer 2916235
95 Levi Youster 2620230
96 Eddie Pearson 2225225
97 Nur Ali 382135220
98 Mike Harmon 1236220
99 Brian Kaltreider 2028220
100 Billy Leslie 392332220
101 Spencer Pumpelly 3220
102 Peyton Sellers 3613215
103 Chris Cockrum 3317210
104 Chris Lafferty 412432210
105 Paul Menard 4210
106 Peter Shepherd III 4210
107 Brad Sweet 1634210
108Kyle Chady2526205
109 Jeffery MacZink 2427205
110 Jake Crum 6200
111 Kelly Bires 9195
112 Larry Hollenbeck 1538195
113 Greg Seevers 293535195
114Kent Schenkel2232190
115Todd HoddickDNQ14185
116 Brett Hudson 9185
117 Charlie Vest 1837185
118 Stuart Kirby 11175
119 Mark Gibson 3128165
120 Josh Richards 3227165
121 Dale Shearer 2732165
122 Nick Igdalsky 14160
123Zachary Gibson2734155
124Jeff Buice3329150
125Dwight Laird363834150
126Dicky WilliamsonDNQ21150
127 Nate Monteith 17145
128 Steve Blackburn DNQ23140
129Dustin Delaney19135
130 Lance Fenton 22120
131Jody Hixson22120
132 Michael Phelps 22120
133 Bob Schacht 22120
134 Brent Sherman 22120
135 Brent Cross 23115
136 Steve Fox 25105
137 Mark Thompson 25105
138Curt Tori25105
139Chad Beahr26100
140Doug Keller26100
141 Todd Bowsher 2795
142 Ed Bull 2795
143 Ed Pompa 2795
144Shannon Robertson2890
145 Chuck Walker 334090
146 Brent Brevak 353980
147 Willie Mullins 3080
148 Bradley Riethmeyer 3180
149 Brian Scott 3080
150 Ryan Fischer 3270
151 Brian Johnson Jr. 3365
152 Mario Gosselin 3460
153Brad Dubil3650
154 Jennifer Jo Cobb 3935
155 Michael Annett 4130
156 Benny Chastain 4230
157 J. R. Fitzpatrick 4330
158Mike Holt4030
159Spencer Maggard35
160 Roger Carter DNQ
161Justin KochDNQ
162Kyle JohnsonWth
PosDriver DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BER POC ISF CHI TOL DQN NJE SLM KAN CAR Points

See also

References

  1. "Lofton wins ARCA title by 5 points". ESPN . October 11, 2009. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. "2009 ARCA/REMAX Series Schedule Released". Speed51 Archives. Speed51.com. October 30, 2008. Retrieved July 3, 2020.