|| *Comments on the 2013 ModSpace 125:* View the most recent comment <#35> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. HarvickKevin29 posted: 08.02.2013 - 8:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It was a really competitive race if you take a look at it. We were never sure who would win it. Congrats to Corey LaJoie on winning two races in a row. Really disappointing for Erik Jones after it looked like he had the win late in the race. There was also a really scary incident at the end of the race. Brian Koltreider got loose after Mason Mingus passed him coming to the line and Koltreider went up the track. He slammed into Mason Mitchell's door which caused Mitchell to pile into the outside wall. From the in car shot in Mitchell's car, you could tell he was shaken up, but both drivers were okay after getting out of their cars. 2. 83andJoe posted: 08.02.2013 - 8:56 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Corey LaJoie wins his second consecutive ARCA race in his third start. He was actually technically sent to the rear of the field for stopping to adjust his car after rolling off the grid, but then (according to the Speed broadcast) about half the field pitted on the final pace lap, putting him more or less back where he was supposed to start based on the lineup... Chad Boat's car broke a fuel line on the pace laps. Hessert and Elliott popped left front tires. Jones had his engine die right as he ran into the tunnel turn wall trying to pass a lapped car. It was nearly a Twilight Zone episode: an ARCA race without wrecks. Normality returned in turn three on the final lap (about 30 seconds after LaJoie won, even) when Mitchell and Kaltreider wadded up their cars. It was actually a fairly decent race, the strategy was quite interesting to follow. Was really pulling for Jones though. 3. 83andJoe posted: 08.02.2013 - 8:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) According to the ARCA results, Don Thompson relief-drove for Wayne Peterson. (They also list the #0 as being out due to Handling.) 4. 83andJoe posted: 08.02.2013 - 9:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #17 crew chief: Harold Holly #22 crew chief: Bill Kimmel, Jr. 5. Dave #38 Fan-Go Gilliland! posted: 08.02.2013 - 9:16 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Corey LaJoie wins his second career ARCA race in his second start of the year. He definitely had a lot of help from RPM this week, his sponsors Medallion Financial is owned by one of RMP's major investors. Truck series crew chief Harold Holly called the shots for LaJoie in this race. Taking into account the qualifying points and bonus points for leading a lap, Frank Kimmel added another 25 points to his lead, giving him a 205 point lead, almost a full race. With some of his best tracks coming up, baring disaster Kimmel will celebrate his 10th championship in a few months. Truck series rookie candidate Brennan Newberry ties his best career ARCA series finish of 4th. Mason Mitchell had a top ten finish in his first race with Empire Racing. Unfortunately it ended with a destroyed car. The lapped car of Brian Kaltreider got aero loose and spun on the final lap, collected Mitchell and sending him into the wall. Both drivers took very hard hits but were okay. Chase Elliott had a dominant car again but fell out of contention after pitting for a tire that was going down. Kyle Martel ties his best career ARCA finish, also a 10th at Pocono in 2009. Erik Jones led the most laps and a great pit strategy left him with a 6 second lead in the closing laps. But he scraped the wall twice in the final 7 laps and after the second hit, his car did not come back up to speed and something in the car shut off, ending his day just 2 1/2 laps from the checkered flag. The announcers speculated that the two hits he gave the car might have caused something to break or come loose inside the car. Tough break for Tom Hessert III, he ran over something while running in the top ten and got off sequence. His poor finish here leaves him 430 points behind Frank Kimmel, meaning that he will have to make up at least 53.75 points PER RACE on Kimmel for the rest of the season to win the title. Wayne Peterson got out of the car halfway through the race and Don Thompson, who had already start and parked the #99 car, finished the race in the #0. This was the first caution free ARCA race since 1981 according to the broadcast. I'm not sure exactly which race in 1981 that was, as of now stats on this site don't go that far back so I'll have to look around. Despite the lack of cautions, this race had side by side racing and battles for position every lap, proving that wrecks and "debris" cautions are not needed to put on an exciting race for the fans. 6. IMHO posted: 08.02.2013 - 9:31 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) In '81 there where about 10 races and at least 3 where at Flat Rock if I remember correct. Daytona (Tim Richmond won) and 'dega and Nashville where on the schedule and a track in Corbin Ky. Not sure which of those where cautin free but I am sure it was not the superspeedways. 7. Ed posted: 08.02.2013 - 9:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) How do you finish 8 laps down in a 50-lap race and not get black-flagged for being too slow? 8. Rexrobe posted: 08.02.2013 - 9:40 pm Rate this comment: (4) (0) Drive for a team with a pit crew of three people. 9. Ed posted: 08.02.2013 - 9:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Aww man, Nick Igdalsky almost got a top 10 in his home race 10. DRF posted: 08.02.2013 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) "How do you finish 8 laps down in a 50-lap race and not get black-flagged for being too slow?" Because ARCA. 11. VoteGillilandNotDanica2014 posted: 08.02.2013 - 10:47 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) Because ARCA isn't NA$CAR and doesn't discriminate against independent teams by setting an arbitrary minimum speed. Hate that rule. 12. Dave #38 Fan-Go Gilliland! posted: 08.02.2013 - 11:01 pm Rate this comment: (1) (3) "Because ARCA isn't NA$CAR and doesn't discriminate against independent teams by setting an arbitrary minimum speed. Hate that rule." It's not discrimination if it's in the rulebook. In nascar the minimum speed is set by the average of the fastest and slowest driver in the field. Personally, I think that rule needs an amendment. If a driver's qualifying speed is more than 10 MPH off the pole speed, they should not be allowed to start. That would keep roadblocks like Cobb and Lafferty, who are often dangerously off the pace, off the track. 13. The Long Shot posted: 08.02.2013 - 11:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Why do I have a feeling this race is going to have 8 times as many lead changes as the Sprint Cup race? 14. Anonymous posted: 08.02.2013 - 11:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (6) Erik Jones with a titanic choke 15. DB1995 posted: 08.03.2013 - 12:41 am Rate this comment: (5) (0) Yeah Erik Jones choked, his car had electrical problems 16. 83andJoe posted: 08.03.2013 - 12:53 am Rate this comment: (7) (0) >That would keep roadblocks like Cobb and Lafferty, who are often dangerously off the pace, off the track. The only incident that Cobb or Lafferty has been remotely involved in was at Texas - and that was Hackenbracht's fault, not Cobb's. For being "roadblocks", the other drivers seem to have little to no problem avoiding them. Must not be too unsafe. Now, if you mentioned Amber Cope, you'd have a case... 17. b4il3y posted: 08.03.2013 - 2:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mika hun..your pretty...but get the hell out lol. 18. CBASS posted: 08.03.2013 - 6:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fun but really short race. Wayne Peterson was supposed to start and park the 99 and Don Thompson was supposed to drive the 0, but Wayne didn't fit in the 99. So both pulled in on the first lap and Don got in the 0. Tom Hessart cut 2 left front tires within the first 10 laps. Something had to have been rubbing on that car to cause that. Roger Carter was supposed to start and park his superspeedway car, but decided last second to put around the whole race to maintain his position in points. Couple incidences in practice: Buster Graham backed his car into the wall during practice, but the team made hasty repairs and he was able to run the distance. Mason Mingus spun his car coming off of 3, but no damage was done. 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Jonathan posted: 08.03.2013 - 7:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) #13, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the Cup race will be uncompetitive. 20. Ryan posted: 08.03.2013 - 11:41 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Taylor Ferns probably would have had a top ten in her big track debut had she not sped on pit road 21. Zackary Shawn posted: 08.03.2013 - 12:51 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "In nascar the minimum speed is set by the average of the fastest and slowest driver in the field." That can't be right can it? By that standard the slowest car would ALWAYS be below minimum speed and clearly not every slowest car is black flagged for that, hence all 43 cars finished the Brickyard 400. 22. startandparkfan posted: 08.03.2013 - 1:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mason Mitchell was still credited with a 8th after crashing coming to the flag. Scary crash! 23. Sky Warrior posted: 08.03.2013 - 2:02 pm Rate this comment: (4) (0) "How do you finish 8 laps down in a 50-lap race and not get black-flagged for being too slow?" Slow pit crew and a slow car for an independent team, or spending time on pit road. Why did you call out an all-time great like Hylton instead of Chad Boat who was another 4 laps behind? It seems you didn't watch the race and just took the results at face value, which makes Boat's effort look worse even though he had an issue with his car because the results don't show that issue 24. 83andJoe posted: 08.03.2013 - 3:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) >Why did you call out an all-time great like Hylton instead of Chad Boat who was another 4 laps behind? He might have been talking about Roger Carter... 25. Jeff Wagoner (ARCA Results Archive) posted: 08.03.2013 - 4:12 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) To answer poster #6: I have the '81 schedule: https://sites.google.com/site/hscrrarchive/arca-1/1981-arca-season The superspeedway races had cautions, so that rules them out. Dayton was a 500 lapper if I remember right. I don't see them doing 500 laps without a yellow. 26. Dave #38 Fan-Go Gilliland! posted: 08.03.2013 - 4:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "That can't be right can it? By that standard the slowest car would ALWAYS be below minimum speed and clearly not every slowest car is black flagged for that, hence all 43 cars finished the Brickyard 400." That may not be right but I swear it's something similar. I recall a lot of people wanting to know why Jennifer Jo Cobb and Chris Lafferty were allowed to start the Texas race and the response was that their laps brought the average speed that was used to determine what the minimum speed was way down. Pole speed for that race was 180.222, 6 trucks had laps under 170, Cobb's lap was 163.552 and Lafferty's was 145.992. That's why I think that anyone more than 10 MPH under the pole speed should not be allowed to start and their speeds should not count towards creating an artificially low minimum speed. 27. Zackary Shawn posted: 08.03.2013 - 10:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Seriously though...what is Willy on Wheels? 28. rob posted: 08.04.2013 - 1:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With so many 1981 events being run on short tracks with a distance of 50 miles or less , there is every reason to believe at least one went caution free. 29. CBASS posted: 08.04.2013 - 6:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Poster #24, Roger was not supposed to run the entire race. Still recovering equipment-wise after Cody Lane took out 2 of his cars at Winchester, he brought his superspeedway car again. However, just before the race Roger decided to see how long the car would last in order to keep his top 10 in points. Despite having no clutch pedal, and running out of brakes on lap 10, the car held up and ARCA never told him to pick up speed. 30. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 05.07.2014 - 11:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Withdrew 33 Cody McMahan GS Funding LLC-VIP Bodyguard Service Wes Gonder Chevrolet 31. Dylan posted: 09.07.2014 - 1:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) How many ARCA races have went caution-free? 32. The Great Dave posted: 06.02.2016 - 10:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) SPONSOR UPDATES #7 Roy Clark Trucking / Johnson Tool Design #10 Double H ranch / Peckham / Milwaukee Crusher #43 HCS / Pa Breast Cancer Coalition #55 National Auto Placement #68 Roush-Yates Performence #74 Peachtree City Golf Carts / Herobox.org 33. Jared DiCarlo posted: 11.14.2018 - 9:55 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) This was the last ARCA race to be broadcast by SPEED Channel. All of their races would be under the FS1 name from that point on. 34. rm posted: 03.21.2020 - 11:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) ARCA wouldn't go caution-free again until 2019, with the second Pocono race once again being the setting for the occasion. That race was after the second date was bumped back up to 150 miles, though, having been scheduled for 125 miles from 2010-2015. Though car counts have unfortunately continued to dwindle since, this is the most recent time that a car picked up a top ten in an ARCA superspeedway race while DNF'ing. At short tracks, Josh Williams crashed out at Berlin in 2016 with 20 laps to go and still finished 10th in a race marred by an earlier big accident. At Elko in 2017, local shoe Cole Anderson was involved in the last-lap mayhem and came to a stop just shy of the finish line, recording a crashout while finishing 10th. In the first Salem race in 2018, Chandler Smith blew a tire on the last lap while running second and was also scored 10th despite coming to a grinding halt in turn 2. 35. Rich posted: 09.10.2020 - 2:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rick Allen and Phil Parsons were the commentators. Ray Dunlap and Jim Tretow were the pit road reporters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: