Frank Kimmel News

Kimmel to Cup?

Kimmel to Cup?

June 23, 2001
Kimmel to Cup? Frank Kimmel, current ARCA point leader and two-time champion, may venture into Winston Cup next season for three races. The only track that was mentioned for sure was Charlotte. His current sponsor, Advance Auto Parts, may be the one backing the effort

Wood 2nd in Winston West race at Kansas, Jarrett wins ARCA race:

Wood 2nd in Winston West race at Kansas, Jarrett wins ARCA race:

June 3, 2001
Wood 2nd in Winston West race at Kansas, Jarrett wins ARCA race: Jon Wood, son of the #21 Cup team owner Eddie Wood, started from the pole in his third Winston West Series race at the new Kansas Speedway and finished in the runner-up spot in the #50 AutoConcierge Ford

Compton Wins/Irvan Returns UPDATE:

Compton Wins/Irvan Returns UPDATE:

May 14, 2001
Compton Wins/Irvan Returns UPDATE: Stacy Compton held off Michael Waltrip and Brett Bodine to win the 30-lap celebrity Late Model Stock shootout Saturday in front of about 10,000 customers, the largest audience ever at the .416-mile banked New River Valley Speedway

ARCA Champ to run #73:

ARCA Champ to run #73:

May 1, 2001
Tagsby Racing is pleased to announce that 2 time ARCA Champion, Frank Kimmel, will drive the #73 at Gateway Speedway. .Owner Joey Sonntag said, "We are excited that a driver the caliber of Frank will be driving for us. .We feel with this combination that we will have

Schrader wins ARCA race at Nashville:

Schrader wins ARCA race at Nashville:

April 14, 2001
Schrader wins ARCA race at Nashville: Winston Cup driver Ken Schrader captured the ARCA RE/MAX Series PFG Lester 150, the inaugural race at Nashville Superspeedway. Schrader, who recently drove in his 500th career Winston Cup race, took the lead for good with less

Kimmel to run at Nashville

Kimmel to run at Nashville

April 10, 2001
Frank Kimmel, the defending ARCA Re/Max Series Champion, will be making his BGN debut this Satuday, April 14th, at the Nashville Superspeedway. Kimmel will drive the #8 Advance Auto Parts, E. T. Sharp Trucking, Pork the other White Meat Chevy for the Mooresville, NC

Newman Wins ARCA Race:

Newman Wins ARCA Race:

February 11, 2001
Newman Wins ARCA Race: Ryan Newman, the protege of Winston Cup veteran Buddy Baker and soon-to-be teammate to Rusty Wallace and Jeremy Mayfield at Penske Racing, won his first race at Daytona International Speedway, capturing a victory in Sunday's Discount Auto Parts

Kimmel may try some Cup:

Kimmel may try some Cup:

November 16, 2000
Two-time ARCA champ, Frank Kimmel, may try to run a few Cup races in 2001 if ARCA sponsor Advance Auto Parts, decides to run a few Cup races or another sponsor is found(ESPN2's RPM2 Night)(11-16-2000)

HANS Device:

HANS Device:

October 15, 2000
have gotten a few question regarding the HANS Device, and if Tony Roper had one one, the answer is no, would it had saved his life, can't answer that. How many Cup drivers are wearing it? two - Brett Bodine and Scott Pruett in Cup, Jack Sprague in the CTS and ARCA

Kimmel News:

Kimmel News:

May 14, 1999
ARCA Champ, Frank Kimmel,is going to attempt to run the Winston Open in the #46 Advance Auto Parts Chevy. The opportunity came about when he drove the #23 Travis Carter Winston Ford at Michigan last year when Jimmy Spencer was injured

Kimmel News:

Kimmel News:

May 14, 1999
Kimmel News: ARCA Champ, Frank Kimmel,is going to attempt to run the Winston Open in the #46 Advance Auto Parts Chevy. The opportunity came about when he drove the #23 Travis Carter Winston Ford at Michigan last year when Jimmy Spencer was injured

Mayfield/Kranfuss team flies:

Mayfield/Kranfuss team flies:

March 11, 1999
Jeremy Mayfield's brother in law and driver of his and co-owner Michael Kranefuss' ARCA team, rookie David Keith, set a new track record for the Atlanta ARCA race, the speed was 186.591mph the #8-Kmart Ford Taurus. Over 3mph faster then 1998 series champ and the 2nd

Kimmel Hurt UPDATE 2:

Kimmel Hurt UPDATE 2:

February 4, 1999
Defending ARCA Champ Frank Kimmel, who also drove the #23 Winston Ford in a 1998 Cup race, was injured during qualifying for the ARCA race at Daytona. Kimmel was knocked unconscious by the impact, but was awake and alert when he was taken from the car, according to

August 25, 1998

August 25, 1998

August 25, 1998
Winston Cup star Kenny Schrader spent his Sunday away from the NASCAR schedule running an ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Chevrolet for Ed Rensi on the famous 1 mile dirt oval at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Schrader took the top spot over ARCA Championship leader Frank Kimmel

August 15, 1998

August 15, 1998

August 15, 1998
UPDATE: Jimmy Spencer will be announcing that he'll be taking the next two weekends (Michigan and Bristol) off from driving the #23 Team Winston Ford while he recovers from a concussion received at Indy. Spencer, who has been suffering from headaches since his encounter