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DUQUOIN, Ill. - Steve Arpin returned to his dirt-track roots and won Monday's Southern Illinois 100 ARCA Racing Series stock-car race at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds.

Driving the No. 55 Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet, Arpin, who cut his teeth racing UMP modifieds in his native Canada and throughout the Upper Midwest, started fourth and led the most laps en route to his third ARCA triumph of theread more

JOLIET, Ill. - Patrick Sheltra collected his second-straight ARCA Racing Series victory in dominating fashion Friday evening at Chicagoland Speedway during the Ansell Protective Gloves 150.

Sheltra, who won Aug. 22 on the dirt at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Ill., started second and led 84 of 100 laps to earn the third ARCA Racing Series victory of his career.

"The team did a realread more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Patrick Sheltra took advantage of an unprotected outside lane on a late-race restart, charged into the lead and straight into the history books as the winner of the eventful 48th annual Allen Crowe 100 on the Illinois State Fairgrounds dirt mile Sunday.

The Indiantown, Fla., driver also became the 13th different race winner in 14 events so far on the 2010 ARCA Racing Seriesread more

Racing has always been a big part of the Illinois State Fairgrounds. For more than 100 years auto racers from all over the country have taken to the historic dirt mile, and that tradition continues this weekend when the ARCA Racing Series and the USAC Silver Crown Series invade the track located in Springfield, Ill. The following story is part three of a story provided by Track Enterprisesread more

Racing has always been a big part of the Illinois State Fairgrounds. For more than 100 years auto racers from all over the country have taken to the historic dirt mile, and that tradition continues this weekend when the ARCA Racing Series and the USAC Silver Crown Series invade the track located in Springfield, Ill. The following story is part two of a story provided by Track Enterprisesread more

Racing has always been a big part of the Illinois State Fairgrounds. For more than 100 years auto racers from all over the country have taken to the historic dirt mile, and that tradition continues this weekend when the ARCA Racing Series and the USAC Silver Crown Series invade the track located in Springfield, Ill. The following story is part one of a story provided by Track Enterprisesread more

MILLVILLE, N.J. - Casey Roderick added his name to the list of first-time ARCA Racing Series winners this season Sunday afternoon by winning the Garden State ARCA 150 at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

Roderick, driving the No. 51 Bill Elliott Driver Development Dodge, started 34th after losing an engine during practice and was unable to make a qualifying attempt. That didn't matter as he moved toread more

TOLEDO, Ohio - Craig Goess briefly mentioned disappointment upon finishing third in the Weis Markets 125 July 31 and not backing up his June ARCA Racing Series victory at Pocono Raceway, but he quickly turned his mood to optimism.

That optimism is well deserved considering Goess trimmed the margin to series point-leader Justin Marks by 20 points, meaning Marks only leads Goess by 30 points enteringread more

LONG POND, Pa. - Robb Brent knew he had a good opportunity to claim his first career victory in the ARCA Racing Series Weis Markets 125 at Pocono Raceway if he didn't make a mistake.

He had a car with an impeccable setup, which helped him become the ninth first-time winner in ARCA competition this season.

And he had a comfortable lead over Dakoda Armstrong's Ferrellgas Dodge and Craig Goess - winnerread more

NEWTON, Iowa - Tom Hessert became the seventh first-time winner in nine ARCA Racing Series events Saturday night with a dominant victory in the Prairie Meadows 200 at Iowa Speedway.

Driving the same No. 77 Cunningham Motorsports Dodge that Parker Kligerman drove to victory at Iowa last year, Hessert led 126 laps over the course of the 200-lap event and beat polesitter Ty Dillon, making his firstread more

CONCORD, N.C. - Steve Arpin has opted to not run for the ARCA Racing Series championship, instead skipping two races in July in order to compete in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

Arpin will step out of the No. 55 Venturini Motorsports entry at Mansfield (Ohio) Motorsports Park and Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., in order to drive the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet at Gateway Int'l Raceway inread more

BROOKLYN, Mich. - Mikey Kile got a little bit of redemption Friday at Michigan Int'l Speedway by scoring his first ARCA Racing Series victory in the Racing for Wildlife 200.

Kile, who dominated at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., June 5 before giving up the victory to Craig Goess in the closing laps, looked like he'd be chasing Goess again Friday at MIS.

Goess started from the pole and dominated atread more

LONG POND, Pa. - Craig Goess stole the show from Mikey Kile Saturday at the Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200 at Pocono Raceway.

Goess didn't lead the most laps - that was Kile with 67 of 80. He didn't qualify on the pole - that was Kile who posted a time nearly one second faster than the field.

But it was Kile who didn't need a caution with less than 10 laps remaining. Goess did.

And Goessread more

TOLEDO, Ohio - Chris Buescher led 126 of 200 laps to win Sunday's Menards 200 ARCA Racing Series event at Toledo Speedway.

Driving the No. 17 David Ragan Fan Club/Shriners Ford, Buescher led the final 76 circuits of the half-mile oval to win his first ARCA event.

The 17-year-old Roush Fenway Racing development driver from Prosper, Texas became the 18th driver in 67 series races at the 0.5-mile ovalread more

CONCORD, N.C. - Eighteen-year-old Connecticut driver Dillon Moltz became the first winner of Richard Petty's Driver Search.

Moltz came out on top of 12 drivers that participated in the inaugural event presented by the Richard Petty Driving Experience this past week. The event was held during four days of on and off-track activity at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord Speedway and Carolinaread more

TALLADEGA, Ala. - Dakoda Armstrong roared from the rear of the lead draft with 10 laps left to steal the ARCA Racing Series Talladega 250 Friday afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway, his first series victory.

Armstrong, who started from the pole and led 37 laps early in the event, was stuck at the back of the lead draft with teammate Tom Hessert with only a handful of laps left in the event.

Theread more

TALLADEGA, Ala. - Dakoda Armstrong roared from the rear of the lead draft with 10 laps left to steal the ARCA Racing Series Talladega 250 Friday afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway, his first series victory.

Armstrong, who started from the pole and led 37 laps early in the event, was stuck at the back of the lead draft with teammate Tom Hessert with only a handful of laps left in the event.

Theread more

TALLADEGA, Ala. - Steve Arpin's feet haven't touched the ground since the checkered flag waved at Salem (Ind.) Speedway on April 11th.

He is still on cloud nine.

A native of Fort Frances, Canada, Arpin won his first ARCA race at Salem Speedway, signed Mike's Hard Lemonade as a sponsor, and then earned his second-consecutive victory at Texas Motor Speedway in Forth Worth, Texas. And between all thatread more

FORT WORTH, Texas - Steve Arpin, in the Mike's Hard Lemonade Chevrolet, earned his second-consecutive ARCA Racing Series victory Friday night, winning the Rattlesnake 150 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Arpin, who earned his first victory April 11 at the half-mile Salem Speedway in Indiana, clinched his second win in less than a week's time after powering by Grant Enfinger off the second turn on a lap-91read more

FORT WORTH, Texas - Canadian driver Steve Arpin survived a green-white-checkered finish to win the Rattlesnake 150 ARCA Racing Series event Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway.

It was the second consecutive victory for Arpin, who picked up his first career win a week ago in Salem (Ind.) Speedway.

Craig Goess finished second, followed by Grant Enfinger, Justin Marks and Robb Brent. Frank Kimmel,read more

SALEM, Ind. - Steve Arpin earned his first ARCA Racing Series victory Sunday afternoon, winning the Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 presented by ApplianceZone.com at Salem Speedway.

Arpin, driving the No. 55 Tag Heuer Chevrolet from the Venturini Motorsports stable, powered around the outside of Joey Coulter on lap 142 and outran a hungry field to lead the final 57 laps of the historic half-mile oval.read more

SALEM, Ind. - Steve Arpin earned his first career ARCA Racing Series victory Sunday afternoon, winning the Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 presented by ApplianceZone.com at Salem Speedway.

Arpin, driving the Venturini Motorsports No. 55 Tag Heuer Chevrolet, powered around the outside of Joey Coulter on lap 142 and outran the field to claim the win, leading the final 57 circuits around the .555-mileread more

WATERLOO, Iowa - For Jill George, the hard crash she was involved in during her ARCA Racing Series debut at Daytona Int'l Speedway in February was nothing compared to what she went through March 26.

"Everybody can't believe it when I say it, but that Daytona wreck felt like a walk in the park compared to (last Friday night)," said George. "The Daytona thing was a real hard impact, but I had noread more

TALLADEGA, Ala. - Venturini Motorsports swept the top five positions on the speed charts during the second and final day of ARCA Racing Series testing at Talladega Superspeedway Wednesday.

Steve Arpin, driver of the No. 55 Toyota, led the Venturini Motorsports contingent with a top speed of 190.666 miles per hour.

"The open test is a true testament to the hard work and long hours that the Venturiniread more

TALLADEGA, Ala. - Venturini Motorsports looked like the team to beat during ARCA Racing Series testing Tuesday at Talladega Superspeedway.

Four of the team's five cars paced ARCA Racing Series testing Tuesday, with Mikey Kile leading the charge in the No. 25 Toyota. Kile circled the 2.66-mile superspeedway in 50.836 seconds at 188.370 miles per hour.

Kile's teammates John Wes Townley, Mark Thompsonread more

FORT WORTH, Texas - A little rain couldn't slow ARCA Racing Series competitors Tuesday as they took to Texas Motor Speedway for a test in preparation for the Rattlesnake 150 April 16.

While the morning session was washed out because of rain Monday, the 1.5-mile superspeedway was dry by 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon as the 21 drivers on hand hit the track for the first time.

Tuesday's test marked theread more

JUPITER, Fla. - Despite a miscue on the original start, Justin Marks recovered nicely to easily win the rain-shortened Tire Kingdom 150 ARCA Racing Series event Saturday afternoon at Palm Beach Int'l Raceway.

Polesitter Casey Roderick and Marks brought the 34-car field to the green flag on the 2.25-mile road course and Marks locked up the brakes entering the chicane on the front chute and six carsread more

JUPITER, Fla. - Neither rain nor 33 other competitors could stop Justin Marks from scoring his first ARCA Racing Series victory Saturday at Palm Beach Int'l Raceway.

Marks, a road course veteran, was declared the winner of 70 laps of the 75-lap were complete. The race was called early because of a rain shower that soaked the track and forced officials to stop the event five laps short of theread more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Bobby Gerhart scored a record sixth ARCA victory at Saturday at Daytona Int'l Speedway, but most of the attention went to the sixth-place finisher of the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200.

IZOD IndyCar Series driver Danica Patrick drove a smart race in the beginning, but after she went three-wide with Nelson Piquet, Jr. on lap 53, she got punted across the infield grass and fell backread more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Defending ARCA Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 winner James Buescher will start from the pole during Saturday's season opener at Daytona Int'l Speedway after pacing qualifying Friday afternoon.

Buescher won the Menards Pole Award with his 49.575-second lap at 181.543 miles per hour around the 2.5-mile superspeedway.

Danica Patrick - who will make her stock car debut in Saturday'sread more