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ARCA: 10,000 Career Laps Led for Kimmel
Nine-time ARCA RE/MAX Series Champion Frank Kimmel led 18 laps during Sunday's Allen Crowe 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds to reach a major career milestone of more than 10,000 laps led during ARCA RE/MAX Series competition. Kimmel, a seven-time race winner at Springfield, ran up front for much of the day but finished ninth after pitting on lap 77 of 100 for tires after reporting to his crew chief/brother Bill Kimmel that the car was not handling well.
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"We had a left rear tire coming apart," said Kimmel. "Just blistered it. The car was too tight all day and eventually it just ate up the tire. It's frustrating. When I got passed for the lead, I just had a feeling we had a problem and it turned out to be a fact. By coming in for tires, we gave up third place but we didn't come here to run third so we had to take a chance and try to make the car right. It's just not the result we hoped for but what can you do but go on to the next one and keep our head in the game as we focus on getting the first win for Ansell and Menards."
Kimmel's nephew, Will Kimmel, also competed at Springfield this weekend, finishing eighth in the No. 68 Clarksville Schwinn & Cyclery-Crosley Radio Ford.
The next milestone Kimmel is aiming for is the title of all-time winner in the ARCA RE/MAX Series. With 74 career wins, he is just five wins shy of tying Katona's all-time win record (79 career wins). The Southern Indiana-based driver has recorded ARCA RE/MAX Series race wins at short tracks, speedways and dirt tracks on the diverse stock car tour, including victories at Atlanta, Berlin, Chicagoland, DuQuoin, Five Flags, Flat Rock, Flemington, Gateway, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kil-Kare, Lake Erie, Lowe's, MIS, Milwaukee, Nashville, Pocono, Salem, Shady Bowl, South Boston, Springfield mile-dirt, Talladega, Toledo, West Virginia and Winchester Speedways.
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