Sunday, September 08, 2002
Blount wins ARCA event at Chicagoland
Motorsports notebook
The Associated Press
JOLIET, Ill. - Chad Blount won his third race in the ARCA Re/Max series with a victory in Saturday's wreck-filled ReadyHosting.com 200 race at Chicagoland Speedway. Blount survived in a race featuring nine cautions.
“The cautions, they are something you are going to have in any type series. You just have to worry about running your own race,” Blount said.
Frank Kimmel, first in the series points race, had one of the mishaps on a restart.
“I made a mistake and my crew picked me up and we got a third,” Kimmel said.
Blount, racing for APP Gas Dodge, averaged 95.462 mph and his margin of victory was 1.732 seconds. He led the first 52 laps and for 120 of 134. Rick Carelli was second.
NEXT YEAR: Both the IRL and NASCAR will return to Chicagoland Speedway in 2003. The track will host the Tropicana 400 in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series on July13, one day after the Tropicana Twister 300 for the Busch Series.
NEW MAN IN CHARGE: Matt Alexander will replace Joie Chitwood III as the vice president and general manager of Raceway Associates, which runs Chicagoland Speedway. Alexander, currently the director of sales and marketing for Raceway Associates, will take over the post Oct.1.
SWEETNESS REMEMBERED: The Mi-Jack/Conquest Racing team is honoring the memory of the late Chicago Bears star Walter Payton in today's
race. Its car, driven by Laurent Redon, bears the No.34, the same one Payton wore during his Hall of Fame career with the Chicago Bears.
“I was friends with Walter for a long time. His love of racing was second only to his passion for football,” said Mi-Jacks Products president Mike Lanigan, who was a friend and business partner of Payton's.
Redon qualified eighth in the car Saturday. He also will have the word “Sweetness” on his rear wing during today's
race.
BLOODLINES: The front row for today's Pro Series 100 features two familiar names.
A.J. Foyt IV, grandson of the four-time Indy 500 winner, won the pole Saturday and Arie Luyendyk, Jr., son of the two-time Indy winner, was second in qualifying for the 150-mile race in the Infiniti Pro Series race.
Foyt, who has won three races and is the series points leader, won the pole with a qualifying speed of 178.338. Luyendyk ran a 177.140.
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Blount wins ARCA event at Chicagoland
