The 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series was the 56th season of the ARCA Racing Series. The season began on February 9, 2008 at Daytona International Speedway with the Daytona ARCA 200 and ended on October 12, 2008 at Toledo Speedway with the Hantz Group 200. Justin Allgaier, driving for his family team, Allgaier Motorsports, won the season championship, after championship contenders entering the season finale Scott Speed and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. collided with each other. Frank Kimmel, who won the series championship in nine of the previous ten seasons, barely lost the title this season to Allgaier. Kimmel had moved from the No. 46 Clement Racing car, which he won all of his titles in, to the No. 44 car for his family team this season. Kimmel's replacement in the No. 46, Matt Carter, would finish third in the championship.
Teams and drivers
TeamManufacturerDriverRounds Full Time Andy Belmont Racing Ford 1 Tom Hessert III All 14 Jake Francis Grant Enfinger Ted Olswfski John Graham Dominick Casola Fast Track Racing DodgeChevrolet Chase Mattioli Ed Pompa Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet Tom Berte James Hylton Racing Dodge James Hylton Stott Classic Racing Chevrolet Lance Stott Mullins Racing Chevrolet Willie Mullins Eddie Sharp Racing Toyota 2 Scott Speed All 22 Ken Butler III All Dodge Pierre Bourque Justin Lofton Cunningham Motorsports Dodge 4 Tayler Malsam All 45 Nur Ali Michael Phelps Baker Curb Racing Ford 8 Blake Feese Rabenold Racing Chevrolet Kory Rabenold Jones Group Racing Dodge Terry Jones Venturini Motorsports Toyota Marc Davis Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Barry Layne Jeremy Petty Greg Seevers Mike Zazula Brad Yunker 84 Norm Benning Greg Seevers Wayne Peterson Racing ChevroletFord 06 Tim Mitchell All RAB Racing Ford 09 John Wes Townley All Fast Track Racing FordChevrolet 11 Bryan Silas All Allgaier Motorsports Chevrolet 16 Justin Allgaier All Hixson Motorsports Chevrolet 23 Brandon Kelley Donny Kelley Elite 2 Racing Chevrolet 24 Mike Harmon Jim Walker Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet 25 Ryan Fischer Tom Berte Joey Logano Brian Scott Scott Lagasse Jr. Brett Hudson Motorsports Chevrolet Brett Hudson Danny Bopp Racing Chevrolet Daniel Bopp Rich Woodland Racing ChevroletToyota Brian Tyler Brad Smith Motorsports Ford 26 Brad Smith All Win-Tron Racing Dodge 32 Dominick Casola Andy Hanson Chris Wimmer James Buescher Matt Merrell Bradley Riethmeyer Darrell Basham Racing Chevrolet 34 Darrell Basham All 94 Jason Basham Corey LaCosta Justin Koch Fadden Racing Ford Max Dumarey Mystic Motorsports Ford Brian Kaltreider 74 Operations, LLC Chevrolet J. R. Heffner Bozell Racing Dodge Phil Bozell Spraker Racing Enterprises Chevrolet 37 Dexter Bean All 74 Operations, LLC Chevrolet 39 J. R. Heffner Ryan Hackett Racing Ford Ryan Hackett Matt Hawkins Racing Dodge Matt Hawkins Brett Hudson Motorsports Dodge Brett Hudson Roulo Brothers Racing Ford David Ragan Peter Shepherd III Mark Thompson Kory Rabenold Racing Chevrolet Kory Rabenold Hoddick Racing Dodge Todd Hoddick Kelly Kovski Motorsports Chevrolet Kelly Kovski Kimmel Racing Ford 44 Frank Kimmel All Clement Racing Ford 46 Matt Carter All James Hylton Racing Dodge 48 James Hylton Luke Hall Marcus Fux Sappanos-Bozell Racing Dodge Phil Bozell Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet Tom Berte Capital City Motorsports Dodge Jake Francis Ben Stancill TRG Motorsports Chevrolet Andy Lally Sheltra Motorsports ChevroletDodge 60 Patrick Sheltra All Stringer Motorsports ChevroletToyota 90 Gabi DiCarlo All Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 99 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. All Part Time Wayne Peterson Racing ChevroletFord 0 Butch Jarvis Wayne Peterson James Hylton Racing Dodge James Hylton Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 3 Jeremy Clements Bobby Gerhart Racing Chevrolet 5 Bobby Gerhart 7 Kyle Krisiloff Doug Keller Racing Chevrolet 5 Doug Keller Jake Francis, Inc. Chevrolet 7 Jake Francis K&M Motorsports Chevrolet 7 Frank Kapfhammer ECC Motorsports FordToyota 7 A. J. Henriksen Jeff Caudell Racing Chevrolet 7 Jeff Caudell Arnold Motorsports Dodge 7 Lee Arnold Mark Dimitroff Racing Chevrolet 7 Mark Dimitroff Win-Tron Racing Dodge 9 James Buescher Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge 9 Chase Miller Brad Keselowski Racing ChevroletFord 00 Robb Brent Matt Kurzejewski Ralph Solhem Racing Chevrolet 00 Ed Kennedy Hattori Woodland Racing Toyota 01 Brian Tyler Justin Marks Sean Caisse Chrissy Wallace Brent Glastetter Eddie Sharp Racing Dodge 02 Pierre Bourque Boyer-Rimi Racing Chevrolet 05 Jeff Boyer Fast Track Racing DodgeChevroletFord 10 A. J. Genail Chad McCumbee Chase Mattioli Charlie Vest 21 Mike Holt DGM Racing Chevrolet 12 Alli Owens 21 Mario Gosselin 72 John Jackson 98 Andrew Ranger RFMS Racing Ford 12 A. J. Fike DMT Motorsports Chevrolet 13 Michael Phelps Venturini Motorsports ChevroletToyota 15 Brian Scott Ryan Fischer Marc Davis Bill Conger Tom Berte Joey Logano 47 Tom Berte Allgaier Motorsports Chevrolet 15 Dave Savicki Brad Hill Racing Ford 17 Eddie Pearson Leslie Racing Ford 18 Billy Leslie D'Hondt Motorsports Toyota 19 Jack Bailey Bowsher Racing Ford 21 Michel Disdier Todd Bowsher James Hylton Tom Graham 91 Todd Bowsher ACG Motorsports Chevrolet 21 Chris Cockrum 87 Kirk Shelmerdine Racing Chevrolet 27 Kirk Shelmerdine Bill Davis Racing Toyota 28 Michael Annett Team LaCross Motorsports Chevrolet 29 Brent Cross 59 Hixson Motorsports Chevrolet 29 Ron Cox Jeremy Petty Jeff Buice Mark Dimitroff Steve Fox Will Kimmel Brett Hudson Motorsports Dodge 29 Brett Hudson Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 29 Aric Almirola Penske Racing Dodge 29 Billy Wease Cunningham Motorsports Dodge 29 Brandon Thomson 77 Parker Kligerman Jones Group Racing Dodge 30 Terry Jones Jesse Smith Chad Blount Wangerin Racing Dodge Troy Wangerin Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31 Austin Dillon Tori Racing Chevrolet 33 Curt Tori Kevin Harvick, Inc. Chevrolet 33 Ricky Carmichael TC Motorsports Chevrolet 35 Ricky Sanders Ralph Solhem Racing Chevrolet 38 Danny Sammons Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 40 Dario Franchitti Larry Clemons Racing Ford 41 Josh Clemons Baker Curb Racing Ford 47 Brad Baker Dick Greenfield Racing Dodge 49 Billy Pauch Jr. Bobby Jones Racing Dodge 50 Greg Sacks Phoenix Racing Dodge 51 Eddie Mercer Ken Schrader Racing DodgeChevrolet 52 Bill Baird Ken Schrader Bob Schacht Motorsports ChevroletFord 54 Benny Chastain 75 Brian Scott Clay Rogers Michael Simko Bob Schacht Stringer Motorsports Chevrolet 57 Brent Sherman McCreery Motorsports Ford 57 Kyle Chady Mark Gibson Racing ChevroletDodge 59 Ray Mooi Nick Tucker Rusty Wallace, Inc. Chevrolet 61 Chase Austin Hollenbeck Racing Chevrolet Larry Hollenbeck Rabenold Racing Chevrolet 63 Kory Rabenold Germain Racing Toyota Justin Marks Chrissy Wallace Hendren Motorsports ChevroletFord 66 Bryan Reffner Bob Strait Tony Ave Bramley Racing Chevrolet 68 Steve Bramley Derrike Cope, Inc. Dodge 68 Angela Cope Jennifer Jo Cobb 70 Amber Cope Blackburn Motorsports Dodge 69 Steve Blackburn Ted Olswfski Racing Chevrolet 71 Ted Olswfski TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 71 Tim George Jr. Bryan Racing Dodge 72 Dawayne Bryan Shearer Racing Ford Dale Shearer Hansen Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Todd Hansen K&K Racing Chevrolet 79 Mike Koch Randy Baker Racing Chevrolet 81 Randy Baker Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 81 Scott Alves LB Motorsports Dodge 85 Lance Fenton Stott Classic Racing Chevrolet 86 Brian Conz JR Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Landon Cassill MK Racing Ford 96 Brandon Knupp Littleton Motorsports Chevrolet 96 Mark Littleton Hoddick Racing Dodge 96 Todd Hoddick
Schedule
No. Race title Track City Date 1 ARCA 200 at Daytona Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida February 9 2 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 by Federated Auto Parts Salem Speedway Washington Township, Indiana April 13 3 Prairie Meadows 250 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa April 19 4 Kansas Lottery $150 Grand Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas April 26 5 Carolina 500 Rockingham Speedway Rockingham, North Carolina May 4 6 Drive Smart! Buckle-Up Kentucky 150 Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Kentucky May 10 7 Hantz Group 200 by Federated Car Care Toledo Speedway Toledo, Ohio May 18 8 Pocono 200 Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania June 7 9 Racing For Wildlife 200 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan June 13 10 Cayuga ARCA Re/Max 250 Cayuga International Speedway Hamilton, Ontario, Canada June 29 11 Kentucky ARCA Re/Max 150 Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Kentucky July 18 12 Request Foods / GFS 200 Berlin Raceway Marne, Michigan July 26 13 Pennsylvania ARCA 200 Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania August 2 14 Toyota 150 Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee August 9 15 Allen Crowe 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack Springfield, Illinois August 17 16 Southern Illinois 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack Du Quoin, Illinois September 1 17 Chicagoland ARCA 200 Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, Illinois September 6 18 Eddie Gilstrap Motors 200 by Advance Auto Parts Salem SpeedwayWashington Township, Indiana September 13 19 Loud Energy Drink 150 New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey September 28 20 ARCA Re/Max 250 Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama October 3 21 Hantz Group 200 by Belle Tire & Federated Car Care Toledo Speedway Toledo, Ohio October 12
Results
Races No. Race Pole Position Most laps led Winning driver Winning team Winning manufacturer 1 ARCA 200 at Daytona Justin Marks Michael Annett Michael Annett 28 Bill Davis Racing Toyota 2 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 by Federated Auto Parts Ken Schrader Ken Schrader Justin Allgaier 16 Allgaier Motorsports Chevrolet 3 Prairie Meadows 250 Matt Carter Matt Carter Matt Hawkins 39 Matt Hawkins Racing Dodge 4 Kansas Lottery $150 Grand Ken Butler III Michael Annett Scott Speed 2 Eddie Sharp Racing Toyota 5 Carolina 500 Joey Logano Joey Logano Joey Logano 25 Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Drive Smart! Buckle-Up Kentucky 150 Sean Caisse Scott Speed Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 99 Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 7 Hantz Group 200 by Federated Car Care Andy Hanson Matt Carter Matt Carter 46 Clement Racing Ford 8 Pocono 200 Scott Speed Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 99 Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 9 Racing For Wildlife 200 Scott Speed Sean Caisse Justin Lofton 20 Eddie Sharp Racing Dodge 10 Cayuga ARCA Re/Max 250 Justin Lofton Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Justin Allgaier 16 Allgaier Motorsports Chevrolet 11 Kentucky ARCA Re/Max 150 Brian Scott Scott Speed Scott Speed 2 Eddie Sharp Racing Toyota 12 Request Foods / GFS 200 Justin Allgaier Frank Kimmel Scott Speed 2 Eddie Sharp Racing Toyota 13 Pennsylvania ARCA 200 Scott Speed Scott Speed Justin Allgaier 16 Allgaier Motorsports Chevrolet 14 Toyota 150 Ken Butler III Sean Caisse Scott Speed 2 Eddie Sharp Racing Toyota 15 Allen Crowe 100 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel 44 Kimmel Racing Ford 16 Southern Illinois 100 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel 44 Kimmel Racing Ford 17 Chicagoland ARCA 200 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Scott Lagasse Jr. 25 Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet 18 Eddie Gilstrap Motors 200 by Advance Auto Parts Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Sean Caisse Frank Kimmel 44 Kimmel Racing Ford 19 Loud Energy Drink 150 Andy Lally Andy Lally Justin Allgaier 16 Allgaier Motorsports Chevrolet 20 ARCA Re/Max 250 James Buescher Tom Hessert III Justin Allgaier 16 Allgaier Motorsports Chevrolet 21 Hantz Group 200 by Belle Tire & Federated Car Care Justin Lofton Justin Lofton Justin Allgaier 16 Allgaier Motorsports Dodge
Point Standings No Driver Points Wins Top 5 Top 101stJustin Allgaier5260614162ndFrank Kimmel5210311143rdMatt Carter517518144thRicky Stenhouse Jr.5155210145thScott Speed5150410176thPatrick Sheltra45800497thJohn Wes Townley45400188thTom Hessert III44650179thTayler Malsam441003510thKen Butler III436501711thDexter Bean428504612thBryan Silas423000713thJustin Lofton397513514thGabi DiCarlo379000315thDarrell Basham356500016thMichael Phelps336500317thBrad Smith336000018thDonny Kelley332000019thNorm Benning326000120thMike Harmon3040001
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