RACE: 44th Annual ARCA 200 at Daytona, Feb. 10, 2007

TRACK: Daytona Int'l Speedway, 2.5-mile paved oval

LOCATION: Daytona Beach, Florida

DISTANCE: 200 miles (80 laps)

SANCTION: ARCA

SERIES: Event #1 of the 2007 ARCA RE/MAX Series

PROMOTER: International Speedway Corporation (ISC)

SCHEDULE:
Tues, Feb 6 – Registration, technical inspection
Wed, Feb 7 – Registration, technical inspection
Thurs, Feb 8 – Practice, 9:30-11:50 AM & 1:30-4 PM
Fri, Feb 9 – Pole Qualifying at 11:05 pm. (positions 1-32/2 laps)
Sat, Feb 10 – 44th ARCA 200 at Daytona at 4:15 PM

POSTED AWARDS: $277,936 in prize, point and contingency money.

ARCA OFFICIAL COMPANIES: RE/MAX International Inc, ARCA Hardcore Motorsports Safety Initiative, Featherlite Trailers, Hoosier Racing Tire, Mallory Ignition, Racing Electronics, Sunoco Race Fuels.

ARCA OFFICIAL PRODUCTS: Amkus Rescue Systems, Casite, Cometic Gasket, Dodge Motorsports, Fast Track High Performance Driving School, Flowmaster, Gatorade, G-Force Racing Gear, Holley HP Carbs, Hummers Gone Wild, Intercomp, K&N Air Filters, K&N Oil Filters, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, Landrum Spring Service, Lincoln Welders, Motive Gear, National Pork Board, SK Professional Tools, Stewart Warner Gauges, Stoner Car Care Products, Tex Racing, Tri Star Racewear, University of Northwestern Ohio, Weld Racing.

PARTICIPATING COMPANIES: ATI Dampers, Bilstein Shocks, BSR Products, CV Products, Dayco Racing, Ford Motor Company, Hawk Performance, Hurst Shifters, Hutcherson-Pagan, Impact Racing, JE Pistons, Joyce Julius & Associates, Mechanix Wear, Moroso, Nelson Specialties, Ohlins Shocks, RaceSafe Systems, Rhyne Racing Engines, Wallace Race Car Lettering.

TELEVISION: SPEED (LIVE) 4 pm. All Times Eastern.

RADIO: WNDB (LIVE) 1150 AM or at wndb.com (complete pre-race and race coverage).

RECORDS:
Qualifying, Bill Venturini, 1987, 200.209 mph (44.953)
Race, Lennie Pond, 1976, 153.224 mph

RACE WINNERS AT DAYTONA SINCE 1964 (43 events): 4 – Bobby Gerhart, 3 – Iggy Katona; 2 each – Andy Hampton, Ben Hess, Andy Hillenburg, Jimmy Horton, Jeff Purvis; 1 each – Grant Adcox, Charlie Blanton, Jack Bowsher, Kyle Busch, Woody Fisher, Mickey Gibbs, Ferrel Harris, Ron Hutcherson, Kenny Irwin, Ralph Jones, David Keith, Ralph Latham, Chase Montgomery, Ryan Newman, Benny Parsons, Kyle Petty, Lennie Pond, John Rezek, Tim Richmond, Joe Ruttman, Jim Sauter, Glenn Sears, Nelson Stacy, Ramo Stott, Mike Wallace, Rick Wilson.

NOTES OF INTEREST: The series heads to Daytona on the heels of its most competitive season in history. In 2006, a record 17 different winners earned victories. In addition, 12 were first-time winners, which was also a record. The Toyota Camry will debut in this year’s race, marking the first time in series history a foreign nameplate will attempt to compete. Veteran Bobby Gerhart will be aiming for what would be a record 5th Daytona triumph and record 5th consecutive Daytona pole award. 8-time champion Frank Kimmel has never won at Daytona, although he’s been close a number of times. Outside of Kimmel’s 10th place finish at Daytona in ’06, he has finished in the top-5 in 5 consecutive seasons (’01 through ’05) with career-best runner-up finishes in ’04 and ’05. Bill Baird, the 1999 champion, is coming out of retirement to race at Daytona. The 57-year-old Sturgis, Kentucky racer will be in a #52 Ken Schrader Racing Dodge. Baird made his series debut at Daytona in 1997 driving the 52 car for Schrader. Baird qualified third and finished fourth, which is still his best Daytona finish. If Baird is able to win the race, he will officially become the oldest superspeedway winner in history, surpassing Iggy Katona for the honor. Katona was also 57 when he won at Daytona in 1974; however, Baird, if he wins, will be four and a half months older than Katona was at that time in ‘74. From the female ranks, Erin Crocker is entered in an Evernham Motorsports Dodge. Crocker already has 13 career series starts since 2005 with 6 top-5 and 8 top-10 finishes including career-best finishes of 2nd at Kansas Speedway in 2006 and 2nd at Kentucky Speedway in 2005. Crocker is currently tied with Shawna Robinson (second at Daytona ’99) as the highest finishing females in series history. Other notable entrants include Keven Wood, a third-generation racer from the Wood Brothers family, entered in a Len Wood Racing Ford, and Steve Wallace, son of NASCAR Nextel Cup Series champion Rusty Wallace. Sons of former series champions entered include Todd Bowsher (Jack Bowsher champ in ’63, ’64 & ’65), Billy Venturini (Bill Venturini champ in ’87 & ’91) and Brian Keselowski (Bob Keselowski champ in ’89). Only seven drivers have won from the pole at Daytona. They include: Benny Parsons '69, Andy Hampton '72, Iggy Katona '74, Woody Fisher '77, Jeff Purvis '93, Andy Hillenburg '97 & Bobby Gerhart ’05 & ’06.