Farmer to race ARCA: The legendary Red Farmer is preparing to return to the driver’s seat on the ARCA circuit. Farmer, who still races a Late Model dirt car at Talladega Short Track, plans to drive a second car for the team of ARCA driver Jason Jarrett. His first race will be at Toledo, Ohio, on June 23. If that goes well, he’ll also race at South Boston, Va., on July 3, then on the one-mile ovals at Springfield and DuQuoin, two dirt tracks in Illinois. “Right now, we’re just trying to get Jason prepared for some of these short tracks,” said Farmer, who works as a consultant for Jarrett’s ARCA team. “But if we get through Toledo and Springfield OK, my plans are to make a solid effort at Springfield and DuQuoin.” Farmer, who won’t reveal his age [69], hasn’t raced on one-mile dirt tracks in years. “I ran on the one-mile dirt at Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta, but that was back in the late 50s or early 60s,” said Farmer, who won three consecutive NASCAR Busch Series championships from 1969-71. Lakewood’s last race was more than 20 years ago. Farmer has three career wins in ARCA, including one at Talladega in 1988 but hasn’t driven an ARCA- type car since 1994.(Atlanta Journal Constitution)(6-14-2002)
