Salem, Ind.
(September 13, 1998) – It seemed, almost, like the perfect script. With 10 laps
to go, hometown hero Dill Whitttymore was holding off Winston Cup superstar Ken
Schrader while the crowd roared.
However, a
good bit of that roar belonged to the other local hero, Frank Kimmel, who, by
now, had checked out on the aforementioned dynamic duo.
After
brushing the wall early on, Kimmel bounced off, and bounce back big to dominate
the Eddie Gilstrap Motors 200 Sunday afternoon at Salem Speedway claiming his
ninth ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series victory of the season and 14th of his career.
“I slipped
in my own oil up there between turns three and four,” said Kimmel from victory
lane. “A clamp was loose on one of the oil fittings and I slipped and hit the
wall. Fortunately, we didn’t tear it up too bad and got it fixed without losing
a lap.”
“This car
stuck anywhere I needed it to. We’ve been working real hard on our shock and
springs setup, and it showed here today.”
Kimmel was
forced to work from the extreme tail-end after pitting twice to cure the oil
leak, but quickly showed his strength by passing the entire field to take the
lead on lap 53. Additional pit stops later in the race shuffled the current
ARCA point leader back in the lineup, but the Jefferson, Ind., driver, assisted
by extremely quick pit stops, raced back to the point every time to lead 135 of
200 laps.
Whittymore
faded with 5 laps to go and Schrader, who relieved the injured Bill Baird,
finished 2.5 seconds back in second place. “The 46 car was unbeatable today,”
Schrader stated afterwards. “There was no way we were going to outrun him
today.”
Baird
qualified the car in fourth and started the race for points but bailed out at
the first caution to make way for Schrader, who had finished fourth in the
Winston Cup start in Richmond the night before.
Veteran Bob
Schact, the last car on the lead lap, finished third ahead of Rick Groetsch and
Wes Russell to complete the top five.
Kimmel
collected $14,220 for the victory.
Results –
1. Frank Kimmel
2. Ken Schrader
3. Bob Schact
4. Rick Groetsch
5. Wes Russell
6. Dill Whittymore
7. Bob Strait
8. Dave LaDuke
9. Joe Cooksey
10. Mark Voight
11. Randy Churchill
12. Cavin Councilor
13. Curt Piercy
14. Travis McIntire
15. Dennis English
16. Norm Benning
17. Brad Mueller
18. Kenny Brown
19. Mark Gibson
20. Charlie Schaefer
21. Brian Conz
22. Jeff Finley
23. Chuck Weber
24. Scott Baker
25. David Boggs
26. Richard Hampton
27. Josh Baltos
28. Andy Belmont
29. A.J. Henrikson
30. Eric Smith
31. Scotty Sands
32. Dan Pardus
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