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Lagasse Wins ARCA 200 At Chicagoland Speedway

JOLIET IL (Sept. 6, 2008) – Young gun Scott Lagasse, Jr., driving for the hometown Venturini Motorsports team, held off ARCA RE/MAX Series powerhouse Ford of Roush-Fenway Racing’s Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and Red Bull ace Scott Speed in an exciting two-lap shoot-out to win the ARCA 200 Saturday night at Chicagoland Speedway.

The race started off rough as Roush-Fenway’s other driver, John Wes Townley’s Ford made heavy impact with the front stretch wall near the start finish line after contact with Billy Leslie. It was an embarrassing moment for the track safety crew as ARCA Series officials made them come back and lay more oil dry over the area where Townley’s radiator deposited a copious amount of coolant.

Five other cautions slowed the action during the event which saw four women taking part. Alli Owens finished the best of the four with a 12th place result.

Stenhouse led the most laps with 67, followed by Speed (51) and Lagasse led 18 which included the final 14.

“I knew we had one shot,” said Lagasse when asked about leading Stenhouse to the line on the final restart. “I knew that if he broke free I would have to catch him and run him down. I was a little concerned because I didn’t want to give up the track position. For four days of work on the Venturini’s part, I am very impressed. It’s neat for me to come here and win; and for them, it’s special because it’s their hometown.”

Speed the former F-1 driver came home third after a hard fought side-by-side battle with Justin Allgaier on the last lap, “It was a tough race, the car was okay for five laps and then would get really unstable so we did the best we could with what we had today. We have four races left and we just need to focus on bringing the best cars to the track.” Allgaier, in the Larry Moore wrenched Chevrolet, settled for fourth as Jesse Smith ended up fifth.

Race Results

FIN
STR
NO
DRIVER/HOMETOWN
TEAM & CAR
LAPS
STATUS

1
2
25
Scott Lagasse Jr./St. Augustine FL
Nicholson Group-Hamptons Luxury Homes Chevrolet
136
Running

2
1
99
Ricky Stenhouse Jr./Olive Branch MS
Aflac Ford
136
Running

3
4
2
Scott Speed/Manteca CA
Red Bull Toyota
136
Running

4
16
16
Justin Allgaier/Springfield IL
Hoosier Midwest-AG Tech-Auto Xpress Chevrolet
136
Running

5
15
30
Jesse Smith/Wildwood MO
Lloyd’s BBQ-Spam-Hormel-Jones Group Dodge
136
Running

6
28
11
Bryan Silas/Stuart FL
Nortrax-Shell Rotella T Chevrolet
136
Running

7
6
48
Ben Stancill/Ayden NC
TRG Motorsports-Dolci vita Chevrolet
135
Running

8
3
20
Justin Lofton/Westmorland CA
Lofton Cattle Dodge
135
Running

9
18
3
Jeremy Clements/Spartanburg SC
1 Stop Convenience Stores Chevrolet
135
Running

10
12
22
Ken Butler III/Lilburn GA
Aaron’s Lucky Dog Dream Machine Toyota
135
Running

11
8
44
Frank Kimmel/Clarksville IN
Ford Drive One-Kimmel Racing Ford
135
Running

12
9
46
Matt Carter/Denver NC
Stine Seed Ford
135
Running

13
32
5
Bobby Gerhart/Lebanon PA
Lucas Oil Chevrolet
135
Running

14
7
18
Billy Leslie/Mt. Clemens MI
Titan Tires & Wheels Ford
134
Running

15
11
12
Alli Owens/Daytona Beach FL
ElectrifyingCareers.com-NECA-IBEW Chevrolet
134
Running

16
29
66
Bryan Reffner/Stevens Points WI
Hendren Motor Sports Chevrolet
133
Running

17
20
90
Gabi DiCarlo/Phoenix AZ
Great Clips Toyota
133
Running

18
40
77
Todd Hansen/Farmington MN
Mad Croc Energy Drink-America Inn Chevy
133
Running

19
41
68
Jennifer Jo Cobb/Kansas City KS
Better Black TV Dodge
132
Running

20
30
38
Dominick Casola/Holmdel NJ
Quaker Steak & Lube Dodge
132
Running

21
31
23
Donny Kelley/Humble TX
Porter Glass Chevrolet
130
Running

22
13
75
Clay Rogers/Mooresville NC
Healthation-Bob Schacht Motorsports Chevrolet
129
Running

23
36
26
Brad Smith/Shelby Township MI
CCM Mold Ford
129
Running

24
27
85
Lance Fenton/Tyler TX
Fenton Auto Group-Rocketman FBO Dodge
129
Running

25
33
84
Norm Benning/Pittsburgh PA
Rendel’s Collision Service Chevrolet
127
Running

26
24
15
Bill Conger/Woodbridge VA
CGS Premier Chevrolet
120
Running

27
23
37
Dexter Bean/Westby WI
Glock Chevrolet
112
Engine

28
17
45
Michael Phelps/Suwanee GA
Bowen Family Homes-Ideal Interiors Dodge
112
Accident

29
26
70
Amber Cope/Puyallup WA
Starr E Entertainment Dodge
107
Running

30
21
1
Tom Hessert III/Cherry Hill NJ
Maaco Auto Painting America’s Body Shop Ford
105
Engine

31
14
60
Patrick Sheltra/Indiantown FL
Ferguson Pipe-FloraGanics Dodge
78
Engine

32
22
7
AJ Henriksen/Mooresville NC
ECC Toyota
59
Suspnsn

33
35
24
Mike Harmon/Birmingport AL
Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet
45
Engine

34
37
06
Tim Mitchell/Fayetteville TN
Star Wheels Skate Center Chevrolet
39
Tranmssn

35
39
94
Jason Basham/Henryville IN
Darrell Basham Racing Chevrolet
28
Overhtng

36
10
32
James Buescher/Plano TX
Mercedes Homes-Red Line Oil Dodge
26
Engine

37
25
29
Brett Hudson/Owensboro KY
Fannon & Rice Cable Construction Dodge
20
Accident

38
38
14
James Hylton/Inman SC
Belmont-Hylton Dodge
18
Driveshaft

39
19
4
Tayler Malsam/Seattle WA
Dodge Development-Firedown Graphics Dodge
6
Engine

40
5
09
John Wes Townley/Watkinsville GA
Zaxby’s-SPS-BB&T Ford
1
Accident

41
34
34
Darrell Basham/Henryville IN
Anti Monkey Butt Powder Chevrolet
0
Engine

SIM FACTORY POLE AWARD: Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 29.995 (180.030 mph) *NTR

MRGN OF VICT: .308 seconds
CAUTIONS: 6 for 43 laps
TIME OF RACE: 1:57:18
AVG SPEED: 104.347 mph

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