Nashville ARCA 150

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Nashville ARCA 150
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ARCA Re/Max Series
Venue Nashville Superspeedway
Location Lebanon, Tennessee
Corporate sponsor (None)
First race1992
Distance89.400 mi (143.875 km)
Laps113
Previous namesPFG Lester 150 (2001–2006)
Waste Management 200 (2001–2004)
ARCA RE/MAX 200 (2005–2006)
Toyota 150 (2007–2008)
Most wins (driver) Frank Kimmel (3)
Most wins (manufacturer) Chevrolet (7)
Circuit information
Length1.330 mi (2.140 km)
Turns4

The Nashville ARCA 150 was an Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) race at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee, held in the spring from 2001 to 2007. [1] For the first six years, the race was known as the ARCA RE/MAX PFG Lester 150. A second race, known as the Waste Management 200 and Toyota ARCA 150, was held in August from 2001 to 2008, after which the track was removed from the series schedule.

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Past events

The inaugural ARCA race in 2001 was the very first race held at the track. The $18,695 first-place prize went to Ken Schrader, while female driver Shawna Robinson placed third. [2] The 2001 second-place finisher in the spring, Frank Kimmel, went on to win the next three races at the track. [3]

YearDateEvent NamePole WinnerRace WinnerTeamManufacturerRace DistanceRace TimeAverage Speed
(mph)
LapsMiles (km)
2001April 13PFG Lester 150 Frank Kimmel Ken Schrader [4] Ken Schrader Racing Pontiac 113150.629 (242.414)1:39:5090.528
August 11Waste Management 200 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Clement Racing Ford 151201.283 (323.934)1:41:26118.795
2002April 12PFG Lester 150 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Clement Racing Ford 113150.629 (242.414)1:35:3894.291
August 9Waste Management 200 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Clement Racing Ford 152*202.616 (326.079)1:50:23108.685
2003April 11PFG Lester 150 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 113150.629 (242.414)1:45:3385.625
August 9Waste Management 200 Frank Kimmel Mario Gosselin Gosselin Racing Chevrolet 151201.283 (323.934)1:50:41108.867
2004April 9PFG Lester 150 Ryan Hemphill Blake Feese Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 113150.629 (242.414)1:32:4297.275
August 14Waste Management 200 Ryan Hemphill Joey Miller Hagans Racing Dodge 151201.283 (323.934)2:07:2094.85
2005March 26PFG Lester 150 Erin Crocker Chad Blount ML Motorsports Chevrolet 119*158.627 (255.285)1:32:42102.43
August 13ARCA RE/MAX 200 Joey Miller Joey Miller Hagans Racing Dodge 151201.283 (323.934)1:45:17104.523
2006April 15PFG Lester 150 Steve Wallace Stephen Leicht Robert Yates Racing Ford 115*153.295 (246.704)1:17:01119.424
August 12ARCA RE/MAX 200 Brad Coleman Mario Gosselin DGM Racing Chevrolet 146*194.618 (313.207)1:51:40104.336
2007April 7Nashville ARCA 150 Cale Gale [5] Chad McCumbee [6] Andy Belmont Racing Chevrolet 113150.629 (242.414)1:29:17100.998
August 11Toyota ARCA 150 Michael McDowell Jeremy Clements Ken Appling Chevrolet 113150.629 (242.414)1:13:00123.526
2008August 9Toyota 150 Ken Butler III Scott Speed Eddie Sharp Racing Toyota 117*155.961 (250.995)1:24;51110.037

Multiple winners (drivers)

# WinsDriverYears Won
3 Frank Kimmel 20012, 20021,2
2 Mario Gosselin 20032, 20062
Joey Miller 20042, 20052

Manufacturer wins

# WinsManufacturerYears Won
7 Chevrolet 20031,2, 20041, 20051, 20062, 20071,2
4 Ford 20012, 20021,2 20061
2 Dodge 20042, 20052
1 Pontiac 20011
Toyota 2008

References

  1. ↑ "The real first race". The Tennessean. April 12, 2001. p. 10X.
  2. ↑ Radebaugh, Don (April 14, 2001). "Ken Schrader wins inaugural ARCA RE/MAX race in Nashville". Motorsport. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  3. ↑ "2002 PFG Lester 150". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  4. ↑ Kreager, Tom (August 4, 2011). "RACE OVER: Key Dates". The Tennessean. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Gale force". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee: Ancestry.com #Newspapers.com. 7 April 2007. p. C3.
  6. ↑ Murraine, St. Clair (11 April 2007). "Tallahassee's Mitchell takes lesson from Nashville race". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida: Ancestry.com #Newspapers.com. p. 16.
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