2012 ARCA Racing Series

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Chris Buescher, the 2012 ARCA champion. ORP Practice 2011 2014-01-23 17-32.jpg
Chris Buescher, the 2012 ARCA champion.
Frank Kimmel, driving the No. 44 car for ThorSport Racing, finished second behind Buescher in the championship by 75 points. Road America 2013 ARCA 44 Frank Kimmel.jpg
Frank Kimmel, driving the No. 44 car for ThorSport Racing, finished second behind Buescher in the championship by 75 points.
Brennan Poole finished third in the championship. Brennan poole (32333864054).jpg
Brennan Poole finished third in the championship.

The 2012 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards was the 60th season of the ARCA Racing Series. The season began on February 18 with the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 and ended on October 19 with the Kansas ARCA 150. Chris Buescher won the championship over Frank Kimmel by 75 points after a heated battle. Alex Bowman was named Rookie of the Year after battling Brennan Poole all season. [1]

Contents

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

ManufacturerTeamNo.Driver
Chevrolet CGH Motorsports 58 Chad Hackenbracht
Clark-Diederich Racing12
Gallagher Motorsports 7
23 Spencer Gallagher
Coulter Motorsports 16 Matt Lofton
Darrell Basham Racing 34 Darrell Basham [N 1]
Dodge Carter 2 Motorsports 04 Larry Barford Jr. 14
Darren Hagen 2
Dominick Casola 1
Maryeve Dufault 2
40 Donnie Neuenberger 1
Daryl Eustace 1
Nick Tucker 2
Gregg Hutto Jr. 1
Ryan Rust 1
Lucas Munroe 1 [N 2]
Roger Carter 6
Darren Hagen 1
Maryeve Dufault 1
Justin Lloyd 1
Tommy O'Leary IV 1
Dominick Casola 1
Evan Pardo 2
Cunningham Motorsports 22 Alex Bowman
Ford Hylton Motorsports 48 James Hylton
Kimmel Racing 68 Will Kimmel 15
Korbin Forrister 2
Brian Campbell 1
Brad Lloyd 1
Roulo Brothers Racing 17 Chris Buescher
Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Jeremy Petty 1
Wayne Peterson 3
Tommy O'Leary IV 14
James Swanson 1
Toyota ThorSport Racing 44 Frank Kimmel
Chevrolet 11
Ford 6
Dodge 2
Fast Track Racing 10 Ed Pompa 6
Daryl Eustace 1 [N 3]
Blake Hillard 1
Bill Coffey 1
Brad Lloyd 2
Rick Clifton 4
Richard Harriman 1
Mike Senica 1
Ricky Ehrgott 1
Tyler Speer 1
Chevrolet 7
Toyota 7
Ford 5
Venturini Motorsports 15 Ryan Reed 14
Nelson Canache Jr. 1
Clint King 1
Steve Arpin 1
Caleb Armstrong 1
Chevrolet 11
Toyota 8
25 Brennan Poole
Toyota 7
Chevrolet 12
35 Nelson Canache Jr. 13
Robert Mitten 1
Tom Berte 2
Michael Simko 1
Thomas Praytor 1
John Wes Townley 1
Toyota 10
Chevrolet 9
55 Paulie Harraka 1
Erik Jones 10
Kevin Swindell 7
A. J. Henriksen 1
Toyota 11
Chevrolet 8
66 Mark Thompson 2
Clint King 4
Steve Arpin 1
A. J. Henriksen 2
John Blankenship 1
Nelson Canache Jr. 3
Kevin Swindell 1
Ryan Unzicker 1
Thomas Praytor 1
Ford 18
Chevrolet 2
Roulo Brothers Racing 16
Allgaier Motorsports 3
Brett Hudson Motorsports 1
99 Casey Roderick 1
Brandon Davis 10
Grant Enfinger 2 [N 4]
Levi Youster 1
Zach Ralston 2
Mike Young 1
Kelly Kovski 1 [N 5]
Blake Hillard 1 [N 6]
Toyota 11
Chevrolet 8
Win-Tron Racing 32 Chris Windom 2
Mason Mingus 12
Brandon McReynolds 1 [N 7]
Aleks Gregory 2
Bradley Riethmeyer 1
Matt Merrell 1

Limited schedule

ManufacturerTeamNo.DriverRounds
Chevrolet Bill Elliott Racing 9 Chase Elliott 6
Blackburn Motorsports94 Steve Blackburn 2
Bobby Gerhart Racing 5 Bobby Gerhart 10
Coulter Motorsports 61 Joey Coulter 4
Aleks Gregory 2
Joe Denette Motorsports 9 Max Gresham 1
Hixson Motorsports 28 Mike Senica 2
951
Angela Koch1
K&K Racing 3 Tim Turner [N 8] 1
79 Mike Koch 7
Lafferty Motorsports 89 Chris Lafferty 1
Korbin Forrister 1
Littleton Motorsports5 Mark Littleton [N 9] 1
Mark Gibson Racing 59 Mike Affarano 1
Mike Affarano Motorsports 833
Mike Buckley Racing 3 Mike Buckley [N 10] 1
Motorhead Racing Company76 John Ferrier 2
Mullins Racing 5 Willie Mullins 1
Nowell Racing74Jimmy Nowell Jr.1
Ralph Solhem Racing00 Ed Kennedy 1
Team LaCross Motorsports7 Brent Cross 3
Turner Motorsports 4 Brandon McReynolds 1
Williams Motorsports94Ronnie Souders Jr.3
Dodge Brella Sports Group3Landon Cling [N 11] 1
Brian Keselowski Motorsports 29Sloan Henderson1
Brian Keselowski 1
Carter 2 Motorsports 67Michael Bockler1
Roger Carter 1
Tim Viens 1
97 Donnie Neuenberger 1
Nick Tucker 1
Juan Carlos Blum 1
Cody Lane 1
Jack Clarke [N 12] 1
Finney Racing Enterprises 3 Brian Finney [N 13] 2
Jack Hughs Racing64Aaron Willis1
Joseph Hughs4
Jared Marks Racing8 Jared Marks 1
1213
Leilani Münter 1
Jones Group Racing 30 Terry Jones 3
Rettig Racing01 Austin Rettig 6
Universe Racing3 Steve Fox [N 14] 2
Ford Andy Belmont Racing 1 Mikey Kile 5
2 Brandon Davis 1
Brandon Kidd 1
Thomas Praytor 1
51 [N 15]
Brad Hill Motorsports70 Jeff Choquette 1
71 Shane Cockrum 1
Brad Smith Motorsports 26 Brad Smith 1
BRG Motorsports61 Grant Enfinger 1
DGM Racing 39 Fain Skinner [N 16] 1
Empire Racing 82 Sean Corr 5
Kimmel Racing 69 Korbin Forrister 7
Shawn Umphries1
Will Kimmel 2
Clair Zimmerman 1
Ira Small1
Brad Lloyd 1
Leavine Family Racing 95 Michael Leavine 8
McCreery Motorsports57 Rodney Melvin 1
Motorhead Racing Company78 Aleks Gregory 2
Shearer Racing 73 Dale Shearer 5
Team BCR Racing09 Charles Evans Jr. 3
Grant Enfinger 2
Frankie Kimmel 1
88 Buster Graham 11
Chevrolet 2
Dodge 1
Drew Charlson Racing28 Drew Charlson 2
31 [N 17]
Ford 3
Chevrolet 3
Dodge 2
Hixson Motorsports 2 Levi Youster 2
Dustin Hapka 2
Ron Cox 2
Tim Walter 2
Ford 1
Chevrolet 3
Dodge 1
3 Levi Youster 2
Chad Frewaldt1
Tim Walter 1
Joe Cooksey 1
Toyota 2
Chevrolet 14
Ken Schrader Racing 52 Tom Hessert III 15
Chad Boat 1

Notes

  1. Brad Lloyd qualified the No. 34 for the race at Mobile, as Darrell Basham was ill.
  2. At Elko (Race #6), Lucas Munroe was in the entry list and practiced the car. However, he was replaced by Nick Tucker in the race. [2]
  3. After Eustace failed to qualify for the race at Mobile in his own No. 40 car, he replaced Tyler Speer in the No. 10.
  4. It was an Allgaier Motorsports entry using Roulo Brothers Racing's owner points.
  5. It was an Allgaier Motorsports entry using Roulo Brothers Racing's owner points.
  6. It was a Brett Hudson Motorsports entry using Roulo Brothers Racing's owner points.
  7. Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Turner Motorsports.
  8. It was a K&K Racing entry using Hixson Motorsports' owner points.
  9. It was a Littleton Motorsports entry using Bobby Gerhart Racing's owner points.
  10. It was a Mike Buckley Racing entry using Hixson Motorsports' owner points.
  11. It was a Brella Sports Group entry using Hixson Motorsports' owner points.
  12. Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Creation-Cope Racing.
  13. It was a Finney Racing Enterprises entry using Hixson Motorsports' owner points.
  14. It was a Universe Racing entry using Hixson Motorsports' owner points.
  15. It was an Andy Belmont Racing entry using Bobby Gerhart Racing's owner points.
  16. Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Roulo Brothers Racing.
  17. It was a Drew Charlson Racing entry using Hixson Motorsports' owner points.

Schedule

The 2012 series schedule was announced in November 2011. [3]

No.Race titleTrackDate
1 Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach February 18
2 Mobile ARCA 200 Mobile International Speedway, Irvington March 10
3 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Salem Speedway, Salem April 29
4 International Motorsports Hall of Fame 250 Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega May 4
5 Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care Toledo Speedway, Toledo May 20
6 Akona 200 presented by Federated Car Care Elko Speedway, Elko New Market June 2
7 Pocono ARCA 200 Pocono Raceway, Pocono June 9
8 RainEater Wiper Blades 200 Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn June 15
9 Herr's Chase the Taste 200 Winchester Speedway, Winchester June 24
10 All America Race Weekend presented by Global Barter New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville July 1
11 Prairie Meadows 200 Iowa Speedway, Newton July 13
12 Ansell ActivArmr 150 Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet July 21
13 Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200 Lucas Oil Raceway, Brownsburg July 27
14Pennsylvania ARCA 125 Pocono Raceway, Pocono August 4
15 Berlin ARCA 200 presented by Hantz Group Berlin Raceway, Marne August 11
16 Allen Crowe Memorial 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Springfield August 19
17Herr's Live Life with Flavor 200 Madison International Speedway, Rutland August 26
18 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic Salem Speedway, Salem September 15
Southern Illinois 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Du Quoin October 14
19 Kansas Lottery 98.9 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City October 19

Results and standings

Races

No.Race Pole position Most laps ledWinning driverManufacturerNo.Winning team
1 Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 Sean Corr Brandon McReynolds Bobby Gerhart Chevrolet 5 Bobby Gerhart Racing
2 Mobile ARCA 200 Alex Bowman Cale Gale Cale Gale Chevrolet 33 Eddie Sharp Racing
3 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Chris Buescher Alex Bowman Alex Bowman Dodge 22 Cunningham Motorsports
4 International Motorsports Hall of Fame 250 Matt Lofton Matt Lofton Brandon McReynolds Chevrolet 32 Win-Tron Racing with Turner Motorsports
5 Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care Alex Bowman Chris Buescher Chris Buescher Ford 17 Roulo Brothers Racing
6 Akona 200 presented by Federated Car Care Alex Bowman Brennan Poole Brennan Poole Chevrolet 25 Venturini Motorsports
7 Pocono ARCA 200 Brennan Poole Brennan Poole Brennan Poole Toyota 25 Venturini Motorsports
8 RainEater Wiper Blades 200 Joey Coulter Brennan Poole Chris Buescher Ford 17 Roulo Brothers Racing
9 Herr's Chase the Taste 200 Chris Buescher Brennan Poole Alex Bowman Dodge 22 Cunningham Motorsports
10 All America Race Weekend presented by Global Barter Chad Hackenbracht Andrew Ranger Andrew Ranger Dodge 53NDS Motorsports
11 Prairie Meadows 200 Brennan Poole Alex Bowman Alex Bowman Dodge 22 Cunningham Motorsports
12 Ansell ActivArmr 150 Kevin Swindell Kevin Swindell Kevin Swindell Toyota 55 Venturini Motorsports
13 Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200 Matt Crafton Chad Hackenbracht Frank Kimmel Toyota 44 ThorSport Racing
14Pennsylvania ARCA 125 Brennan Poole Alex Bowman Chad Hackenbracht Chevrolet 58 CGH Motorsports
15 Berlin ARCA 200 presented by Hantz Group Chad Hackenbracht Frank Kimmel Chris Buescher Ford 17 Roulo Brothers Racing
16 Allen Crowe Memorial 100 Alex Bowman Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Toyota 44 ThorSport Racing
17Herr's Live Life with Flavor 200 Alex Bowman Chris Buescher Chris Buescher Ford 17 Roulo Brothers Racing
18 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic Chase Elliott Tom Hessert III Tom Hessert III Chevrolet 52 Ken Schrader Racing
Southern Illinois 100 Cancelled due to rain
19 Kansas Lottery 98.9 Alex Bowman Alex Bowman Alex Bowman Dodge 22 Cunningham Motorsports

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.

PosDriver DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN Points
1 Chris Buescher 2068171*3514313475151*2C84885
2 Frank Kimmel 231727246711753142*1*94C64810
3 Brennan Poole 7738221*1*11*2*628242*922108C44735
4 Alex Bowman 3031*32911321131*822313225C1*4725
5 Chad Hackenbracht 142213872218266625*1106331C244310
6 Matt Lofton 3416142*112435257161178141110C384220
7 Spencer Gallagher 2928221934141387148269291510159C213720
8 Nelson Canache Jr. 22223327161614321912307141012231211C123660
9 Josh Williams 33209121310291022322013211718722C133285
10 Tom Hessert III 109134551124219292461*3205
11 Darrell Basham 273517233519242814232228212818212517C363065
12 Will Kimmel 325276Wth263430275381034927112725C92990
13 James Hylton 383325243220222225272422323024272224C292860
14 Ryan Reed 121211131213912189566102720
15 Tommy O'Leary IV 323434DNQ21232324213425302725132426C312490
16 Jared Marks Wth816Wth1010716925132912112240
17 Larry Barford Jr. 28DNQ1930251717331517232123252050
18 Mason Mingus 19101596812102982361930
19 Milka Duno 3718313724Wth10161817191713331790
20 Brandon Davis 19272392154271113221625
21 Erik Jones 2952693113334271565
22 Kevin Swindell 111914191**33C21545
23 Buster Graham 17231523161019191618271515
24 Bobby Gerhart 14220252714171916201310
25 Chase Elliott 10427831260
26 Clint King 56412651200
27 Grant Enfinger 133227831120
28 Mikey Kile 164122261100
29 Michael Leavine 3126Wth1514153117890
30 Korbin Forrister DNQ282529312937322427790
31 Mason Mitchell 10557785
32 Austin Rettig DNQ182113209C770
33 Ed Pompa 311830171623705
34 Sean Corr 4314301012640
35 Aleks Gregory 412833261413610
36 Brad Lloyd DC3323181421605
37 Rick Clifton 391828213220590
38 Zach Ralston 1816302029585
39 Mike Koch DNQ2822313119WthC520
40 Levi Youster 3020272726500
41 Tom Berte 17262418495
42 A. J. Henriksen 81815495
43 Mark Thompson 51424475
44 Mike Affarano DNQ29392416C35465
45 Roger Carter 35323431313333465
46 Dale Shearer 17402018C40465
47 George Cushman 3543272016460
48 Chad Boat 3837455
49 Clay Rogers 7Wth4DNQ435
50 Steve Blackburn 45420
51 Joey Coulter DNQ40149415
52 Brennan Newberry 45415
53 Tim Walter DNQ202119415
54 Cale Gale 131*405
55 Drew Charlson 24118390
56 John Blankenship DNQ156380
57 Darren Hagen 262116375
58 Thomas Praytor 34202828370
59 James Swanson 26311835C370
60 Charles Evans Jr. 212817360
61 Steve Fox 152923355
62 Maryeve Dufault 262319350
63 Tyler Reddick 158345
64 Brett Hudson 21213434C335
65Ronnie Souders Jr.302320325
66 Roby Bujdoso 1514315
67 Brandon McReynolds 11*1315
68Evan Pardo1415315
69 Nick Tucker 291531315
70 Wayne Peterson DNQ262629C39305
71 Michael Simko 1714305
72 Chris Windom 825295
73 Ron Cox 2212C290
74 Tyler Speer DC367C270
75 Tim Cowen 1920265
76 Brian Finney 1229255
77 Steve Arpin 1230C250
78 Brian Kaltreider 2022250
79 Brad Smith DNQDNQ2527250
80 Andrew Ranger 1*245
81 Juan Carlos Blum 2915240
82 Dominick Casola 2619C235
83 Ricky Ehrgott 1630230
84Joseph Hughs1636Wth35C225
85 Brian Keselowski 24WthWth23225
86 Terry Jones 253831220
87 Kelly Kovski 4C220
88 Mike Senica DNQ323235220
89 Dustin Hapka 1832210
90 Max Gresham 6200
91 Frankie Kimmel 7200
92 Joey Miller 6200
93Scott Null2235DNQ200
94 Tim Andrews 9185
95 Alex Kennedy 9185
96 Blake Hillard 2432180
97Brian Campbell11175
98Jason Holehouse11175
99 Kyle Martel 11175
100 Bubba Pollard 11175
101 Matt Merrell 12170
102 Kyle Larson 13165
103 Donnie Neuenberger DNQ18165
104 Caleb Armstrong 15155
105 Shane Cockrum 15C155
106 Willie Mullins 15155
107 Fain Skinner 15155
108 Don Thompson 2833155
109 Ed Bull 16150
110 David Levine 12145
111 Mark Littleton 17C145
112 Brandon Kidd 18140
113 Justin Lloyd 19135
114Kent Schenkel19135
115 Mike Buckley 20130
116Landon Cling20130
117 Brent Cross Wth3035130
118 A. J. Fike 24C110
119Chad Frewaldt24110
120 Ed Kennedy 24110
121Steve Minghenelli24110
122 Jeff Choquette 25C105
123 Mike Harmon 3239105
124Gregg Hutto Jr.25105
125 Clay Campbell 26100
126Daryl Eustace26100
127 John Ferrier DNQ31100
128 Paulie Harraka 26100
129 John Wes Townley 28100
130Bill Coffey423395
131 Matt Crafton 3195
132Brad Cox2890
133 Robert Mitten 2890
134 Ryan Unzicker 28C90
135 Richard Harriman 2985
136 Jeremy Petty DNQ3485
137 Jack Clarke 3080
138 Tim Turner 3080
139Amber Koch3270
140Ira Small32C70
141 Joe Cooksey 33C65
142 Bob Strait 3365
143 Mike Young 2865
144 Bradley Riethmeyer 3460
145 Clair Zimmerman 3460
146 Leilani Münter 3650
147Sloan Henderson4030
Michael BocklerDNQ25
Cody Lane DNQ25
Lucas MunroeDC25
Casey Roderick Wth25
Ryan RustDNQ25
Shawn UmphriesDNS25
Tim Viens DNS25
Sources: [4] [5]

See also

References

  1. "The Pit Lane". Archived from the original on December 25, 2012. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
  2. "ARCA Racing - Schedule". arcaracing.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  3. Fradette, Luc (November 29, 2011). "2012 schedule officially released". Auto123.com. Xprima.com Corporation. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
  4. "2012 ARCA Racing Series standings". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  5. "2012 points". Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2020.