TOLEDO OH (12-26-08) - Given today's current economic climate, it was certainly a blessing to hear Daytona Int'l Speedway President Robin Braig announce that Lucas Oil will be the sponsor of the season-opening ARCA RE/MAX Series event at Daytona on February 7th.
The 80-lap, 200-mile race, which serves as a prelude to the Budweiser Shootout NASCAR Sprint Cup Series All-Star event, will be known as the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 At Daytona.
And when you connect Lucas Oil with Daytona in the ARCA RE/MAX Series world, it very well may remind one of another Lucas Oil connection at the "World Center of Racing"; because for several years now, Lucas Oil has been the title sponsor on Bobby Gerhart's no. 5 Chevrolet.
DAYTONA BEACH FL (1-5-09) - Tom Hessert III has officially shed his rookie stripes. After competing in the full ARCA RE/MAX Series season in 2008, the Cherry Hill, New Jersey racer will head to Daytona this year as a bona fide veteran.
DAYTONA BEACH FL (1-3-09) - In 1964, the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the year closed at 874; the average cost of a new home was $13,050; gas was 30 cents a gallon; a ticket to the movies was $1.25; Dr. Martin Luther King received the Nobel Peace Prize; US Congress authorized the war against N. Vietnam; the first Ford Mustang was manufactured; the Beatles made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show; and the ARCA RE/MAX Series, already 12 years old, debuted at Daytona Int'l Speedway marking its first-ever superspeedway appearance. And the rest is history.
By Don Radebaugh
5.....Record setting number of different drivers who came into the final race of the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series at Toledo Speedway with a chance to win the championship. 
