ARCA to race at new New Jersey road course
Quote selected text Published November 24th, 2007 in NASCAR News
Long recognized as the most versatile touring sanction in motorsports, the ARCA RE/MAX Series has left very little doubt for 2008. Among the standard combination of superspeedways, short tracks and dirt tracks, the series, headed toward its 56th consecutive season, is going road course racing with an event at the brand new 2.3-mile New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP) road course in Millville, New Jersey on September 28th, 2008.
The course features 14 challenging turns and a half-mile straightway surrounded by 40 acres of full service paddock space. Amenities on this circuit will include concession buildings, event garages, 20 VIP Suites, banquet rooms, a covered false grid and a three story timing tower with media center and VIP facilities. The event at New Jersey Motorsports Park http://www.njmotorsportspark.com/ marks the 10th time the ARCA RE/MAX Series has raced on a road course since debuting on the now defunct Meadowdale Raceway road course in 1958.
The last time the ARCA RE/MAX Series appeared on a road course was at Watkins Glen Int’l on July 7th, 2001. John Finger won the thrilling race over Blaise Alexander, Kimmel, Robert Burroughs and Art Cross, completing the top-five.
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I find it funny that this is an ARCA story and the NASCAR logo is up on the page for this story, when ARCA and NASCAR are actually “rival” sanctioning bodies. l0l
I don’t know about how much rivals the sanctioning bodies are, they run together throughout the season at the same tracks on the same weekend.
I know thats why I put it in Quotes, because while they are Rivals they work together.
i think this is a great thing, so many tracks going by the way side in this state. i think this is a boost in the right direction for racing in NJ, Unfortunately this track might be the end to watkins glen. mainly because the close distance to atlantic city and philadphia. with arca racing there it might oinly be a matter of time before the nascar boys come on up.
oh ok, I didn’t catch it, sorry
semper1072 wrote:
Living in the Poconos I say not only lets keep the glen, but lets add NJMP to the cup, Busch, and Truck schedules.
That will probably never happen since ISC cant control it
I wish NASCAR would find a new road course, we need alot more of them in my opinion.. two is not enough. I would like 3 or 4, and one needs to be in the chase
I would like to see NASCAR start a road course series. it would have 3 classes (Cup, Nationwide, Truck) and they would all race at the same time and the rules would be the same as their “oval” series counterparts. (except the road course cars would have windshield wipers/defrosters, and possibly headlights/taillights for use in the rain/night.
It’s still ARCA. Like Butthead told Beavis ” No matter how many times you polish a turd, it’s still a turd.”
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ARCA Stands for what NASCAR stands for, more then NASCAR does today. ARCA is about racing not this chase, fake hype stuff.
ARCA has been the place for has beens and never weres for the past twenty something years. Someone here recently said ARCA can’t be that tough because a one armed man became a three time champ (in the 1980’s). That would be Bob Dotter. He won maybe a local late model championship at best before going to ARCA. He was pretty good with chassis set ups as I recall. A good guy. Kimmel out dollars everyone. You’ve seen his Cup stats. Throw in Tim Steele too. A lot of guys that couldn’t win on 1/4 to 1/2 mile tracks locally became world beaters in ARCA. They became so called stars. That’s because the every week in, week out talent isn’t there. Once in a while you’ll get a Franchetti or a Stremme. But even they need experience. The ages of a lot of these kids they push through now is scary. You can drive go karts and bandoleros but it’s a world of difference trying to sling a 3,400lb car around. Guys like Marmor and Gerhart were seriously injured in ARCA races and they had experience.
And your point is. Trust me I work with an ARCA team and its the same as a Cup team. Put Frank in an RCR or RFR or HMS car and he’d do good at Cup. Racing is racing and no matter what level your at unless your doing it you have no idea how hard it is.
You don’t know who I’ve worked with. The ARCA guys are a lower level talent league the past 20 years. Our family even sponsored a car. We’ve sponsored, owned and competed cars at many levels. We know what we’re talking about! If it was the same as a Cup team they’d run the same engines, cams, etc. They don’t! They’d have the same pay and crowds. They don’t! The only decent crowds they get at a major facility is when they have one of NASCAR’s top 3 series as a companion race. Anyone can sellout at Salem! Frank had more than a few HMS chassis’ when he ran Chevies. Doesn’t he get his current ones from Yates-Roush? Rhyne was a local Chicago engine builder for years that was great with Chevy motors. Then a few guys started bringing him Fords about 15 years ago and his business really took off. NASCAR wannabes/ARCA. Benny Parsons and Davey Allison are the last regular ARCA series drivers that had great Cup careers. I think because they both had a lot of talent.
You don’t know anything about me. My family has competed at different levels in this sport for over 45 years. We even sponsored an ARCA car or two. I know what I’m talking about. If the series are the same, how come they don’t run the same engines and cams? How come they don’t have the same purses and crowds? ARCA only has decent crowds when they are a companion race to one of the three major NASCAR series. Anyone can have a sellout crowd at a Salem or a Winchester. Even hobby stocks! Frank ran HMS chassis’ when he ran Chevies. I believe he runs Roush-Yates cars now. Rhyne’s engines were popular in the Chicago area for almost 20 years before he started doing Frank’s. Rhyne always built a great small block Chevy that Midwestern guys could appreciate. Frank will always be a good guy and an ARCA icon but he will NEVER be a Cup star. The parade has passed him by. Davey Allison, Jeremy Mayfield and Benny Parsons were the last regular weekly ARCA drivers to be Cup stars. Probably because they had the talent to get them that far. Remember Frank’s IROC debut? Smash, crash bang!
First off, Mr Guest (afraid to register?), The only difference between our Ex Joe Gibbs ARCA car and a Cup car is the Tires, Spoiler, and Carb. Other then those 3 things they are exactly the same (except we have a local engine builder build our motors). When Frank ran cup he might have had good chassis, but his engines were crap. His Yellow/Black cars were Roush cars that were newer, but still thats part of the rules that you can run cup cars.
As far as the crowds. Well if you can convince all the idiots that fill up the NASCAR stands that there are other forms of racing besides NASCAR, then ARCA, IRL, CCWS, Superbikes would all sell out. Thats the problem with the average NASCAR fan today, they are too lazy to watch other forms of Racing.
What you say about the drivers in ARCA can be said about 98% of the drivers in the Truck series, and the WoO series, heck even at your local track. The sad fact is that today in the minds of the idiot fans unless you are a constantly winning driver in cup, or the only skill you have is your famous last name, then you are either a has been or never was.
Oh and look at ARCA like this, with all these NASCAR teams grabbing up all the Openwheel guys, the Stock car guys have to run somewhere.
I agree with everyone. ARCA is a diverse series but not a spectacular series. It is kind of overrated. It’s the Busch Series with more wrecks. I do like it better than the NCTS though. More wrecks equals more fun.
I think I might know the guest that bashes ARCA. I think his family ran Pontiacs and later Chevies. If it’s the same guy, he’s no dummy. A little irate maybe. Indignant possibly. If these are the people I think they are, they got screwed around for something they shouldn’t have. That’s probably why there’s so much bitterness. Overkill. But he does make some valid points. We can all agree to disagree. Let’s leave it at that. Let’s move on. Daytona isn’t that far off.