Before the ARCA Series presented by Re-Max and Menards could get rolling they had to qualify for the pole and winning the pole for the Prairie Meadows 200 was Richard Childress's Grandson Ty Dillon beating out Tom Hessert for the pole.
After the ARCA Series qualifying it was time for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 200 Race. Winning the pole for the race was also Richard Childress' Grandson Austin Dillon with a speed of 135.263 mph. Making a clean sweep for the pole by the Dillon Brothers. Aric Almirola was 2nd quickest. Stacy Compton, Brian Icklor and Johnny Sauter round out the top 5 in qualifying. Todd Bodine was 9th, Matt Crafton was 10th, Mike Skinner was 15th and Ron Hornaday was 19th.
It was then time for the Prairie Meadows 200. After the pre-race activities were completed it was time to fire up the engines but before the entire field did, In honor of this race being Frank Kimmel's 400 career ARCA Series Start, his family had him fire up his engine before the rest of the field did.
Ty Dillon would take advantage of that pole and take the lead for the first 8 laps anyways, he would be passed by Tom Hessert on lap 9 for the lead.
Hessert would begin to pull away a little bit and start lapping cars, this would allow the 2nd & 3rd place cars to catch up.
The first race caution came out on lap 38 when Mikey Kile and Pierre Borque getting together in turn 2, the race would get resuming on lap 45.
Hessert would continue to remain out front as many of the drivers on the lead lap stayed on the track during the caution period.
The second race caution came out on lap 52 when Steve Arpin would lose breaks in his Mike's Hard Lemonade and hit the turn 3 wall. The race would get resuming on lap 57.
Max Gresham would pass Tom Hessert on the restart, a lead Gresham would hold on to until lap 90 after some pit stops. A caution would come out on lap 87 when Bobby Gerhart and Iowa Native Joey Gase would get together in turns 1 and 2. The caution would be displayed until lap 95.
However Gresham lost the lead to Tim George Jr on lap 90. George's lead would be short lived because when the race would get back going Matt Crafton, who is doing double duty this weekend at Iowa Speedway, would take the lead.
Crafton would hold on to the top spot until lap 124 when he was passed by Tom Hessert. A lead Hessert wouldn't give up despite the last race caution coming out on lap 152 for debris in turn 3.
Hessert took the win, Ty Dillon was 2nd, Grant Efinger was 3rd, Dakoda Armstrong was 4th and Crafton ended up 5th. Frank Kimmel got 6th in his 400th career start.
2010 ARCA Racing Series by RE/MAX and Menards Event #9
Iowa Speedway, Newton IA, 7-10-10
Prairie Meadows 200
July 10, 2010 / 10:50 PM
FIN STR NO DRIVER/HOMETOWN TEAM & CAR LAPS STATUS
1 2 77 Tom Hessert/Cherry Hill NJ Cherry Hill Classics Dodge 200 Running
2 1 41 Ty Dillon/Lewisville NC Karl Chevrolet/RCR Development Chevrolet 200 Running
3 7 09 Grant Enfinger/Fairhope AL BeasleyAllen.com Ford 200 Running
4 10 22 Dakoda Armstrong/New Castle IN Ferrellgas Dodge 200 Running
5 12 88 Matt Crafton/Tulare CA Messina Wildlife Management-Menards Ford 200 Running
6 16 44 Frank Kimmel/Clarksville IN Ansell-Menards Ford 200 Running
7 19 51 Casey Roderick/Lawrenceville GA Bill Elliott Driver Development Dodge 200 Running
8 6 81 Craig Goess/Greenville NC Greenville Toyota of NC Toyota 200 Running
9 3 32 Justin Marks/Rocklin CA Construct Corps Toyota 200 Running
10 5 71 Max Gresham/Griffin GA Gresham & Associates Toyota 200 Running
11 13 17 Chris Buescher/Prosper TX Roulo Brothers Racing Ford 199 Running
12 15 31 Tim George Jr./New York NY RCR Development Chevrolet 199 Running
13 33 11 Bryan Silas/Stuart FL Rockingham Speedway-PBG Ford 198 Running
14 4 16 Joey Coulter/Miami Springs FL LiftUpEllie.com-Darrell Gwynn Foundation Chevrolet 198 Running
15 22 02 Josh Williams/Port Charlotte FL Southwest Florida Cable Construction Ford 195 Running
16 24 1 Chad McCumbee/Supply NC Modspace-Red Cross Disaster Relief Ford 194 Running
17 28 14 Nick Igdalsky/Long Pond PA Modspace-Red Cross Disaster Relief Ford 192 Running
18 21 59 Will Kimmel/Sellersburg IN Mark Gibson Racing Dodge 189 Running
19 25 47 Timmy Hill/Port Tobacco MD Fuel Doctor Chevrolet 187 Running
20 27 76 Jerick Johnson/Faribault MN American Legion-David Law Firm Chevrolet 183 Running
21 29 26 Brad Smith/Shelby Township MI ApplianceZone.com Ford 182 Running
22 17 6 Kyle Fowler/Smyrna GA Alabama Air National Guard Toyota 158 Running
23 20 36 Robb Brent/Shelby Township MI Orchard Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Dodge 157 Running
24 23 15 Tom Berte/New Berlin WI CGS Premier-StayTuned Customs Chevrolet 155 Running
25 32 23 Rob Jones/Bowie MD Hixson Construction Chevrolet 138 Running
26 18 5 Bobby Gerhart/Lebanon PA Lucas Oil Chevrolet 89 Accident
27 14 37 Joey Gase/Cedar Rapids IA Spraker Racing Chevrolet 88 Accident
28 11 55 Steve Arpin/Fort Frances Ontario Mike's Hard Lemonade Toyota 54 Accident
29 8 60 Patrick Sheltra/Indiantown FL Recycling Services-Ferguson Pipe Toyota 47 Engine
30 9 25 Mikey Kile/Westlake LA Venturini Motorsports Toyota 37 Accident
31 26 2 Pierre Bourque/Ottawa Ontario ESR Toyota 35 Accident
32 31 06 Tyler Miles/Pulaski TN Wayne Peterson Racing Ford 30 Engine
33 34 34 Darrell Basham/Henryville IN Darrell Basham Racing Chevrolet 10 Engine
34 35 28 Levi Youster/Oak Harbor OH Youster-Hixson Ford 6 Handling
35 36 10 Marc Easton/Saranac Lake NY Fast Track High Performance Driving School Dodge 5 Transmission
36 30 48 James Hylton/Inman SC Radon.com Ford 5 Clutch
37 37 3 Brent Brevak/Ashland WI Brevak Racing Dodge 0 Handling
38 38 9 Mark Gibson/Winder GA Mark Gibson Racing Chevrolet 0 Handling
DNS 0 Wayne Peterson/Pulaski TN Wayne Peterson Racing Chevrolet
DNS 7 Tanner Berryhill/Bixby OK AmericashAdvance.com-AutoZone Chevrolet
MENARDS POLE AWARD PRESENTED BY ANSELL: Ty Dillon 23.736 (132.710 mph)
MRGN OF VICT: 5.052 seconds CAUTIONS: 4 for 27 Laps
TIME OF RACE: 1:39:24 AVG. SPEED: 105.634 mph
LAP LEADERS: Hessert 9-57, 68, 124-153, 155-200 (126); Gresham 58-67, 69-85 (31); Crafton 96-123 (28); Dillon 1-8 (8); George Jr. 90-95 (6); Enfinger 154 (1)
