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ARCA Racing Series Pictures from the Pits to Victory Lane

by Charlie Turner

Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. The best NASCAR and IndyCar news and opinion, exclusive pictures and video. I'm Charlie Turner. Follow me on Twitter @onpitrow

August 16, 2010 4:19 pm CDT No Comments

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Photos of the ARCA Garden State 150 Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park

Congratulations to Casey Roderick, first time ARCA Racing Series winner at Thunderbolt Raceway. The 18 year old driving a Bill Elliott Developement Dodge edged Joey Coulter and Chris Buescher. We have photos but read about the race here.

Photo credit goes to Glenn and Jessica Bure - OnPitRow.com

Filed under: ARCA Remax Series, Bill Elliott

Tagged with: ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/Max and Menards, Casey Roderick, Chris Buescher, Joey Coulter, New Jersey Motorsports Park, Thunderbolt Raceway

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ARCA Pictures from New Jersey Motorsports Park

by Charlie Turner

August 15, 2010 6:33 am CDT No Comments

Photos of ARCA Racing Series road course action at New Jersey

OnPitRow.com photographers Glenn and Jessica Bure are at the Thunderbolt track in New Jersey. Help yourself to whatever you need just give credit to the photographers and the site.

Photo credit: Glenn Bure and Jessica Bure OnPitRow.com

Filed under: ARCA Remax Series, Frank Kimmel

Tagged with: ARCA Photos, ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/Max and Menards, Brad Smith, Joey Coulter, New Jersey Motorsports Park

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ARCA Week in On Pit Row Land

by Charlie Turner

May 18, 2010 12:33 pm CDT No Comments

The ARCA Racing Series presented by Re/Max and Menards rolls into Toledo Speedway this week for the Menards 200 Presented by Federated Car Care.

We love our ARCA racing On Pit Row. Today’s show will feature visits from Kenny Shrader and Matt Crafton. Both NASCAR stars will compete in the ARCA race here on Sunday. It will be a blast.

Steve is doing TV broadcast duty for the race. I will just lurk. And enjoy the day off and ARCA action. If you have a chance, come on over and watch for yourself.

Filed under: ARCA Remax Series, Kenny Shrader, Toledo Speedway

Tagged with: ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/Max and Menards, matt crafton, Menards 200 Presented by Federated Car Care

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NASCAR’s Best Race Didn’t Measure Up

by Charlie Turner

February 13, 2010 11:12 pm CST No Comments

I camped out for the first Camping World Truck Series race of 2010 at Daytona International Speedway. The truck race, postponed due to rain Friday night and the best RACE on most NASCAR weekends…sucked.

I called out the ARCA Racing Series presented by Re/Max and Menards last week for a bad show in their 2010 debut. But maybe Daytona International Speedway is more to blame for that ARCA wreck-fest than I first gave Frank Kimmel and company credit for.

NASCAR’s truckers didn’t do any better. And the NASCAR Nationwide Series race Saturday afternoon broke a bunch of cars too, including those of Danica Patrick and Dale Earnhardt Jr. The presence of those two “personalities” certainly brought viewers who didn’t know the difference between a Busch race and the real big time. Maybe that type of fan likes big wrecks. I don’t.

So I apologize to my friends at ARCA for what probably seemed an attack. It wasn’t. Observation is what it is. And so far, Daytona 2010, with the exception of the Gatorade Duels, hasn’t been very good from this watcher’s point of view.

Photo credit: Icon Sports Media, Inc

Filed under: ARCA Remax Series, Craftsman Truck Series, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Daytona International Speedway, NASCAR, Nationwide Series

Tagged with: Camping World Truck Series

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On Second Thought Maybe Jimmy Spencer was Right

by Charlie Turner

February 7, 2010 4:11 pm CST 3 Comments

The Budweiser Shootout was the first time NASCAR Sprint Cup cars took the track in anger for 2010. Good show and bodes well for the Gatorade Duels this Thursday and the Great American Race on Valentines Day.

The prelude to the Bud Shootout was the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200, kick off race for the 2010 ARCA Racing Series Schedule.

Even if you’re not an ARCA fan, you surely had heard plenty leading up to this race. It was the first stock car race for Izod Indycar Series star Danica Patrick, and the hype has been incessant since mid December. No matter which side of the Danica fence you’re on, you had to be curious about how she’d do, right?

This was potentially the biggest showcase the ARCA Series has ever had. But on Saturday morning, I caught this tweet while scanning the Saturday racing buzz…

TheDalyPlanet “The ARCA race is a joke. We can kill drivers. They crash too much and don’t use common sense.” Jimmy Spencer on SPEED.

I responded… onpitrow “Really? Jimmy Spencer on crashing and common sense? Gimme a break

Spencer’s apparent slap at the ARCA Racing Series kind of ticked me off. But after watching another ARCA race on a restrictor plate track, I may be a convert to Mr Excitement’s line of thinking.

There are too many inexperienced drivers allowed to race in ARCA’s biggest events. The 2010 race was hard for me watch, even with the obligation to cover the Danica craze. And I am a big ARCA fan.

Congratulations to Bobby Gehrhardt on his sixth ARCA Daytona win. But the race just sucked. A wreck-fest, with too many cautions, too long in duration. The wrecks were bigger than they had to be - due mostly to inexperience, it seemed. There was no continuity to the race. I would say that there was too much testosterone and not enough brains, but I don’t want to insult the six female drivers in the field.

I know ARCA needs to race at the big tracks. That’s where their TV partners - and sponsors - want them to be. But this race couldn’t have been good for business.

Thankfully, Spencer was only partially right.

Photo credit: Round Girl Jen by BethAnne Heisler - OnPitRow.com

Filed under: ARCA Remax Series, Danica Patrick, Daytona International Speedway

Tagged with: Bobby Gerhardt, Jimmy Spencer, Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200, Round girl Jen, twitter

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Danica Patrick Daytona Pictures

by Charlie Turner

December 19, 2009 5:42 pm CST No Comments

There are never enough photos of Danica Patrick. Here are a few more from the ARCA Racing Series test session at Daytona. Click the thumbnail image for a larger view.