2001 ARCA Re/Max Series

The 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series was the 49th season of the ARCA Racing Series, a division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). The season began on February 11, 2001, with the Discount Auto Parts 200 at Daytona International Speedway. The season ended with the Pork. The Other White Meat 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on November 17.[1] Frank Kimmel won the drivers championship, his third in the series and second in a row, and Jason Jarrett won the Rookie of the Year award. The season was marred with the deaths of Dean Roper, who suffered a heart attack during the Par-A-Dice 100 at Illinois State Fairgrounds,[2] and Blaise Alexander, who was killed in a crash at the EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 100 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.[3]

Schedule & Winners

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Date Track City Event Name Pole Winner Race Winner
February 11 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida Discount Auto Parts 200 Kirk Shelmerdine Ryan Newman
April 13 Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee PFG Lester 150 Frank Kimmel Ken Schrader
April 22 Winchester Speedway White River Township, Indiana ARCA Re/Max 250 Frank Kimmel Tim Steele
April 29 Salem Speedway Washington Township, Indiana Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel
May 5 Gateway International Raceway Madison, Illinois Gateway ARCA 150 Tim Steele Frank Kimmel
May 12 Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Kentucky Kentucky ARCA 150 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel
May 19 Lowe's Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 100 Tim Steele Frank Kimmel
June 3 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas BPU 200 Ryan Newman Jason Jarrett
June 9 Michigan Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan Flagstar 200 Jason Jarrett Kerry Earnhardt
June 16 Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania Pocono ARCA Re/Max 200 Stuart Kirby Tim Steele
June 22 Memphis Motorsports Park Millington, Tennessee Memphis ARCA 150 Rick Carelli Billy Bigley
July 7 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York BETONUSA.com 150 Blaise Alexander John Finger
July 13 Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Kentucky Blue Grass Quality Meats 200 Ken Schrader Ken Schrader
July 21 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan Michigan ARCA Re/Max 200 Blaise Alexander Blaise Alexander
July 28 Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania Pepsi ARCA 200 Stuart Kirby Tim Steele
August 11 Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee Waste Management 200 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel
August 19 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois PAR-A-DICE 100 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel
September 1 Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, Illinois ARCA Re/Max 200 Tim Steele Ed Berrier
September 3 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Federated Auto Parts 100 Tony Stewart Frank Kimmel
September 9 Salem Speedway Washington Township, Indiana Eddie Gilstrap Motors 200 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel
September 16 Toledo Speedway Toledo, Ohio Jasper Engines & Transmissions 200 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel
September 22 Berlin Raceway Marne, Michigan Pork. The Other White Meat 200 Frank Kimmel Tim Steele
October 4 Lowe's Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 100 Tim Steele Kerry Earnhardt
October 20 Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama Food World 300 Bobby Gerhart Bobby Gerhart
November 17 Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia Pork. The Other White Meat 400 Frank Kimmel Kerry Earnhardt

Drivers' championship

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(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.

Pos. Driver Races Points
DAY NSH WIN SLM GTY KEN CLT KAN MCH POC MEM GLN KEN MCH POC NSH ISF CHI DSF SLM TOL BLN CLT TAL ATL
1 Frank Kimmel 3 2* 11* 1* 1* 1* 1* 2* 30 5 3 3 1* 2* 3* 1* 1* 6* 1* 1* 1* 3 3 18 3 7080
2 Jason Jarrett 21 6 12 4 7 29 7 1 29 22 24 16 24 12 8 2 3 2 8 2 3 5 7 21 6 5900
3 Andy Belmont 16 9 3 13 23 8 9 5 5 10 19 10 15 14 12 30 6 10 7 5 2 23 11 35 26 5470
4 Ron Cox 36 11 7 7 12 16 11 10 18 12 16 13 17 13 14 23 28 12 36 9 6 7 12 30 15 5070
5 Norm Benning 30 21 14 17 18 26 14 12 22 23 11 15 11 20 18 10 26 15 30 14 9 13 16 31 19 4750
6 Todd Bowsher 26 25 9 5 27 20 31 24 14 13 18 7 4 31 35 11 21 32 17 10 17 8 22 20 20 4690
7 Chuck Weber 20 16 22 16 20 17 12 19 35 15 15 21 14 17 17 20 15 31 12 19 19 15 18 29 39 4560
8 Donny Morelock 22 22 27 14 22 11 32 13 20 16 27 11 25 15 16 13 9 28 23 12 13 20 33 34 28 4495
9 Tim Steele 25 7 1 2 3 2 3 3 9 1* 14 3 1 3 1** 5 5 4300
10 Mike Buckley DNQ 20 19 20 25 15 15 7 14 36 15 11 14 18 11 5 27 15 12 41 3470
11 Kevin Belmont 36 26 28 31 36 34 28 36 35 10 27 32 26 15 19 24 34 34 27 29 30 39 22 14 3160
12 Darrell Basham 11 28 25 33 18 19 12 22 17 15 14 19 31 27 18 2905
13 Greg Sarff 19 29 30 18 24 21 29 10 24 37 9 27 26 41 17 15 29 23 25 37 2900
14 Brad Smith DNQ 37 Wth 40 37 35 32 24 33 22 37 38 38 26 29 27 25 23 21 21 25 DNQ 23 2685
15 Tim Mitchell DNQ 15 16 27 20 20 33 21 22 21 19 16 27 13 11 14 DNQ 24 DNQ 2665
16 Robert Burroughs 31 27 6 7 21 Wth 19 34 12 4 7 5 4 8 16 8 9 2600
17 Eric Martin 30 30 35 37 36 37 39 33 35 25 35 33 32 16 33 38 40 33 30 31 36 28 40 2480
18 Billy Venturini 23 26 4 23 8 13 23 30 3 20 7 4 4 33 36 2445
19 Todd Antrican DNQ DNQ 26 32 39 30 34 32 28 31 30 30 34 31 32 37 37 31 25 28 29 DNQ 38 2195
20 Ed Berrier 4 32 22 4 2 7 23 3 1 7 2035
21 A. J. Henriksen 14 16 27 10 27 6 22 10 7 4 8 9 1960
22 Larry Hollenbeck 10 21 21 13 12 14 17 9 8 24 34 23 28 26 1925
23 Blaise Alexander 8 28 6 6 9 2 1 2 2 1820
24 Joe Cooksey 13 28 8 21 10 15 9 8 5 1735
25 Dennis English 25 29 23 29 28 29 13 33 15 21 22 DNQ 26 1570
26 Mike Swaim Jr. 28 5 2 3 8 18 4 4 1495
27 Stuart Kirby 5 24 2 3 3 27 13 4 1495
28 Richard Mitchell DNQ 26 13 11 5 26 9 10 5 22 1435
29 Mark Gibson 27 31 6 27 29 18 9 19 27 1355
30 Jeff Falk 18 16 30 7 5 22 23 5 26 1310
31 Rick Carelli 4 5 8 2 4 40 3 1285
32 Dick Tracey 32 38 36 31 34 26 31 32 21 27 DNQ 25 38 DNQ DNQ DNQ 1255
33 Rick Markle DNQ 12 25 8 13 33 27 14 1230
34 Jeff Finley 2 3 11 7 4 4 1225
35 Vern Slagh 32 5 22 19 11 26 24 32 1005
36 Kerry Earnhardt 14 20 1* 1* 1* 1005
37 Bobby Gerhart 6 28 6 17 30 1* 970
38 Chad Blount 9 10 11 2 7 960
39 John Metcalf 9 6 2 24 5 930
40 Chase Montgomery 34 12 29 5 35 6 24 910
41 Bob Strait 2 2 20 24 2 910
42 Damon Lusk 24 12 10 32 16 8 890
43 Randy Van Zant 24 15 6 26 14 20 DNQ 855
44 Marty Butkovich 17 19 23 25 12 16 820
45 Tom Eriksen 8 13 10 30 6 815
46 Jerry Glanville 10 35 4 19 6 790
47 Rick Thoennes DNQ 17 9 13 32 10 775
48 Roger Blackstock 18 37 19 31 7 11 765
49 Shelby Howard 6 18 6 21 30 750
50 Tony Altiere 26 35 33 34 29 29 25 29 32 DNQ 735
51 Philip Kranefuss 30 4 25 9 23 705
52 Tracy Leslie 20 18 32 6 22 DNQ 675
53 Robby Benton 15 16 14 6 665
54 Ken Schrader 1 4 3 655
55 Stanton Barrett 8 4 4 635
56 John Hayden 25 5 16 16 625
57 David Keith 41 5 7 19 625
58 Tim Turner 15 12 19 31 35 DNQ 615
59 Doug Keller 14 17 4 33 605
60 Karla Lampe 10 25 38 20 18 DNQ 605
61 Justin Labonte 34 30 14 QL 17 29 595
62 James Hylton 33 29 33 34 38 33 Wth 39 37 21 585
63 Dicky Williamson DNQ 21 23 17 18 DNQ 575
64 Michael Melton 23 24 23 DNQ 25 39 34 565
65 Robbie Cowart 10 12 24 25 565
66 Howard Rose 28 18 8 24 530
67 Jason Hedlesky DNQ 29 25 Wth 33 13 31 520
68 Charlie Schaefer 17 31 12 26 505
69 Mark Hockensmith 24 38 26 26 16 500
70 Jeff Caudell 23 13 22 DNQ 32 495
71 Tim Burrell 22 27 16 21 490
72 C. W. Smith 38 26 11 15 470
73 Dion Ciccarelli 18 38 29 9 40 465
74 Jeep Pflum 19 21 8 450
75 Mike Basham 28 32 32 27 22 445
76 Randal Ritter DNQ 17 6 32 445
77 Scott Kuhn 15 8 27 440
78 Billy Bigley 1* 7 440
79 Shawna Robinson 7 3 410
80 Ryan Vos 13 9 36 400
81 Darrell Lanigan 6 6 400
82 Ryan Newman 1 20 390
83 Josh Richeson 19 2 40 385
84 Bill Eversole 25 31 16 Wth DNQ 380
85 Mel Walen 24 21 19 370
86 Jerry Hill 19 21 25 365
87 Kevin McGuire 23 35 22 DNQ DNQ 340
88 Willie Green 5 20 340
89 Eric Smith 7 19 330
90 Jim Eubanks DNQ 17 14 330
91 Brent Glastetter 18 10 320
92 Bob Aiello 17 12 315
93 Steadman Marlin 13 17 310
94 Brent Sherman 28 20 32 34 305
95 Mark Voigt 39 11 27 305
96 Nate Monteith 23 11 290
97 Carl McCormick 18 30 33 285
98 J. R. Robbs 29 33 19 285
99 Shawn Gray 24 12 280
100 Randy Briggs 15 22 275
101 Dale Kreider DNQ 8 36 265
102 Eric Smith DNQ 31 40 20 255
103 Shane Hmiel DNQ 2 255
104 Tony Stewart 2 250
105 Kirk Shelmerdine 4 240
106 Mike Harmon DNQ 10 41 235
107 John Finger 1 235
108 Lyndon Amick 6* 230
109 Keith Segars 10 37 225
110 Jim Hollenbeck 30 22 225
111 Mike Burg 29 25 215
112 Bill Baird DNQ 3 QL 215
113 Ricky Hendrick 9* 215
114 Phillip Young 22 28 210
115 Andy Kirby 4 210
116 Art Cross 5 205
117 Ray Clay 10 205
118 Andy Petree 9 195
119 Austin Cameron 8 190
120 Jeriod Prince 8 190
121 Johnny Sauter 8 190
122 Jerry Churchill 9 185
123 Casey Mears 9 185
124 Tina Gordon 10 185
125 Mike Zazula 28 28 180
126 Todd Shafer DNQ 28 33 180
127 Steve Cronenwett 10 180
128 Frog Hall 11 175
129 Ronnie Hornaday 11 175
130 Doug Stevens 11 175
131 Billy Thomas Wth 11 175
132 Brad Baker 12 170
133 Wayne Peterson 28 36 165
134 Alan Bigelow 13 165
135 Bill Conger 13 165
136 John Sadinsky Wth 35 18 165
137 Ryck Sanders 14 160
138 Rich Woodland Jr. 14 160
139 Shane Lewis 16 150
140 Chris Douglas 17 145
141 Andy Hillenburg 17 145
142 Emerson Newton-John 17 145
143 Scott Ritter 17 145
144 Malcolm Bennett 18 140
145 Jeff Spraker 18 140
146 Brian Zalner 19 135
147 Richard Hampton 20 130
148 Michael Simko 20 130
149 Jerry Cook 21 125
150 Mark Green 21 125
151 Todd Coon 23 115
152 Dan Pardus 24 115
153 Tim Edwards DNQ 28 115
154 Brian Conz 23 110
155 C. T. Hellmund 24 110
156 Scotty Sands 24 110
157 Chris Geier 34 29 110
158 Wayne Hixson 36 35 105
159 Jim Pate 25 105
160 Anthony Hill DNQ 35 DNQ 105
161 Sammy Potashnick 26 100
162 Dennis Strickland 26 100
163 Tom Baker 27 95
164 Jeff Streeter DNQ 32 95
165 Brad Anderson 28 90
166 Cavin Councilor 29 13 85
167 Bill Harner 30 80
168 Matt Hummel 30 80
169 Dean Roper 30 80
170 Johnny Borneman III 31 75
171 Rick Hixson 31 75
172 Wheeler Boys 34 70
173 John Neal DNQ 36 DNQ 70
174 Ed Kennedy 33 65
175 Bob Kelly DNQ 38 65
176 Jeff Alsip 34 60
177 Kevin Gardner 34 60
178 Chuck Roumell 34 60
179 Jon Herb 35 55
180 Keith Murt 35 55
181 Jason Vieau 35 55
182 Ben Hess 37 45
183 Tom Sokoloski 37 45
184 Paul Booher 38 40
185 Brian Kaltreider 38 40
186 Steve Melnick 39 35
187 Doug Reid III 39 35
188 Mark Stahl 40 30
189 Andy Stone DNQ
190 Jimmy Burns DNQ
191 Bill Hoff DNQ
192 David Ray Boggs DNQ DNQ
193 David Romines DNQ DNQ
194 Drew White DNQ DNQ
195 A. J. Alsup DNQ
196 Terry Harris DNQ
197 Stanley Teague DNQ
198 Mike Potter DNQ
199 Rick Tackman DNQ DNQ
200 Bill Bray DNQ
201 Ed Wettlaufer DNQ
202 Kieran Dynes DNQ
203 John Kinder DNQ
204 Andy Lombi DNQ
205 Jennifer Jo Cobb Wth
Pos. Driver DAY NSH WIN SLM GTY KEN CLT KAN MCH POC MEM GLN KEN MCH POC NSH ISF CHI DSF SLM TOL BLN CLT TAL ATL Points
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References

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  1. ^ "2001 ARCA Re/Max Series results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "Dean Roper died of heart attack". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  3. ^ "BLAISE ALEXANDER (1976–2001) – ARCA Racing.com". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-10-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)