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2013 ARCA Racing Series

61st season of the ARCA Racing Series

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The 2013 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards was the 61st season of the ARCA Racing Series. The season began on February 16 with the Lucas Oil 200 presented by MAVTV American Real and ended on October 4 with the Kansas ARCA 150. James Hylton retired from driving at the end of the season at the age of 79. Frank Kimmel of ThorSport Racing won the driver's championship, his tenth in the series.

01Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver
Chevrolet	Fast Track Racing 2 Darrell Basham Racing 19	34	Rick Clifton 1
			Tyler Speer 1
			Jason Basham 4
			Darrell Basham 15
	Gallagher Motorsports	23	Spencer Gallagher 20
	Gallagher Motorsports	23	Josh Williams 1
Dodge	Carter 2 Motorsports	40	Galen Hassler 2
			Nick Tucker 2
			Cody Lane 2
			Mark Meunier 4
			Dominick Casola 6
			Korbin Forrister 1
			Justin Lloyd 2
			Joseph Hughs 1
			David Sear 1
		97	Roger Carter (R) 20
		97	Nick Tucker 1
	Cunningham Motorsports	22	Michel Disdier
			Anderson Bowen
			Korbin Forrister
			Austin Wayne Self
			Jonathan Eilen
			Will Kimmel
			Ryan Blaney
			Justin South
			Tyler Reddick
			Scott Lagasse Jr.
		77	Tom Hessert III
Ford	Hylton Motorsports	48	James Hylton
	Roulo Brothers Racing 16 Corey LaJoie Racing 5	17	Chris Buescher 1
			Zach Ralston 1
			Dave Savicki 5
			Dennis Strickland 1
			Josh Williams 1
			Mason Mitchell (R) 1
			Corey LaJoie 5
			George Cushman 1
			Brad Smith 1
			Chris Windom 1
			D. J. Weltmeyer 1
			Kyle Hadley 1
Toyota	ThorSport Racing	44	Frank Kimmel
Toyota	Venturini Motorsports	25	Justin Boston (R)
Toyota 18 Chevrolet 3		15	John Wes Townley 3
			Kyle Benjamin 8
			Erik Jones 4
			Brennan Poole 3
			A. J. Henriksen 1
			Caleb Armstrong 1
			Nelson Canache Jr. 1
Toyota 18 Chevrolet 3		35	Milka Duno (R)
Toyota 19 Chevrolet 2		55	Bubba Wallace 1
			Taylor Ferns 8
			John Wes Townley 2
			Caleb Armstrong 2
			A. J. Henriksen 2
			Chad Boat 1
			Brennan Poole 2
			Brian Wong 1
			Clint King 1
			Dylan Kwasniewski 1
Chevrolet 8 Ford 13	Wayne Peterson Racing	06	Dexter Stacey 1
			James Swanson (R) 17
			Chris Bailey Jr. 1
			Wayne Peterson 2
Toyota 17 Chevrolet 4	Win-Tron Racing	32	Mason Mingus (R)

Limited schedule

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Notes

02Schedule

The 2013 series schedule was announced in November 2012.

No.	Race title	Track	Date
1	Lucas Oil 200 presented by MAVTV American Real	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach	February 16
2	ARCA Mobile 200	Mobile International Speedway, Irvington	March 9
3	Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA 200 presented by Crosley Radio	Salem Speedway, Salem	April 28
4	International Motorsports Hall of Fame 250	Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln	May 3
5	Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care	Toledo Speedway, Toledo	May 19
6	Akona 250 presented by Federated Car Care	Elko Speedway, Elko New Market	June 1
7	Pocono ARCA 200	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond	June 8
8	Patriot Pumps 200	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn	June 14
9	SCOTT 160	Road America, Elkhart Lake	June 22
10	Herr's Chase the Taste 200	Winchester Speedway, Winchester	June 30
11	Ansell ActivArmr 150	Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet	July 21
12	Barbera's Autoland 150 presented by Driven Racing Oil	New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville	July 28
13	ModSpace 125	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond	August 2
14	Primera Plastics 200	Berlin Raceway, Marne	August 10
15	Allen Crowe Memorial 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Springfield	August 18
16	Herr's Live Life With Flavor 200	Madison International Speedway, Rutland	August 25
17	Southern Illinois 100 by Federated Car Care	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, DuQuoin	September 2
18	Prairie Meadows 150	Iowa Speedway, Newton	September 7
19	Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic presented by Federated Car Care	Salem Speedway, Salem	September 14
20	ZLOOP 150	Kentucky Speedway, Sparta	September 20
21	Kansas Lottery 98.9	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City	October 4

03Results and standings

Races

No.	Race	Pole position	Most laps led	Winning driver	Manufacturer	No.	Winning team
1	Lucas Oil 200 presented by MAVTV American Real	John Wes Townley	Bobby Gerhart	John Wes Townley	Toyota	15	Venturini Motorsports
2	ARCA Mobile 200	Mason Mingus	Grant Enfinger	Grant Enfinger	Ford	90	Team BCR Racing
3	Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 presented by Crosley Radio	Justin Boston	Frank Kimmel	Tom Hessert III	Dodge	77	Cunningham Motorsports
4	International Motorsports Hall of Fame 250	Milka Duno	Frank Kimmel	Frank Kimmel	Toyota	44	ThorSport Racing
5	Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care	Kyle Benjamin	Ken Schrader	Ken Schrader	Chevrolet	52	Ken Schrader Racing
6	Akona 250 presented by Federated Car Care	Ken Schrader	Frank Kimmel	Frank Kimmel	Toyota	44	ThorSport Racing
7	Pocono ARCA 200	Frank Kimmel	Frank Kimmel	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	9	Bill Elliott Racing
8	Patriot Pumps 200	Ryan Blaney	Ryan Blaney	Brennan Poole	Toyota	15	Venturini Motorsports
9	SCOTT 160	Andrew Ranger	Andrew Ranger Austin Dillon	Chris Buescher	Ford	99	Roulo Brothers Racing
10	Herr's Chase the Taste 200	Frank Kimmel	Frank Kimmel	Frank Kimmel	Toyota	44	ThorSport Racing
11	Ansell ActivArmr 150	Ryan Blaney	Ryan Blaney	Corey LaJoie	Ford	17	Corey LaJoie Racing
12	Barbera's Autoland 150 presented by Driven Racing Oil	Andrew Ranger	Chase Elliott	Andrew Ranger	Dodge	53	NDS Motorsports
13	ModSpace 125	Frank Kimmel	Erik Jones	Corey LaJoie	Ford	17	Corey LaJoie Racing
14	Primera Plastics 200	Mason Mitchell	Erik Jones	Erik Jones	Toyota	15	Venturini Motorsports
15	Allen Crowe Memorial 100	Mason Mitchell	Brennan Poole	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet
16	Herr's Live Life With Flavor 200	Ross Kenseth	Kyle Benjamin	Kyle Benjamin	Toyota
17	Southern Illinois 100 by Federated Car Care	Ken Schrader	Ken Schrader	Ken Schrader	Chevrolet	52	Ken Schrader Racing
18	Prairie Meadows 150	Mason Mingus	Chad Boat	Grant Enfinger	Ford	90	Team BCR Racing
19	Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic presented by Federated Car Care	Justin Boston	Kyle Benjamin	Kyle Benjamin	Toyota	15	Venturini Motorsports
20	ZLOOP 150	Frank Kimmel	Corey LaJoie	Corey LaJoie	Ford	17	Corey LaJoie Racing
21	Kansas Lottery 98.9	Dylan Kwasniewski	Frank Kimmel	Frank Kimmel	Toyota	44	ThorSport Racing

Point standings

(key) Bold , Pole position awarded by time. Italics , Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * , Most laps led.

Pos	Driver	DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH	ROA	WIN	CHI	NJE	POC	BER	ISF	MAD	DQN	IOW	SLM	KEN	KAN	Points
1	Frank Kimmel	4	5	6*	1	3	1*	3	3	7	1*	9	5	2	3	4	3	7	10	3	9	1*	5735
2	Mason Mingus	7	4	10	2	2	9	6	6	10	12	6	8	6	2	16	5	12	7	9	10	9	5370
3	Justin Boston	31	6	9	30	4	4	9	4	8	18	7	6	3	6	5	2	3	16	23	8	5	5120
4	Tom Hessert III	12	11	1	26	10	2	4	21	3	6	11	2	16	8	3	10	2	8	19	11	13	5005
5	Josh Williams	15	26	19	6	8	6	10	16	23	18	2	12	13	9	10	8	13	12	6	15	10	4825
6	Mason Mitchell	13	8	16	25	7	11	5	19	14	5	22		8	5	7	7	6	6	5	2	2	4660
7	Milka Duno	28	13	8	29	13	13	14	11	12	10	15	21	21	15	21	12	16	19	13	23	15	4405
8	Will Kimmel	33	27	3	36	29	18	31	7	11	20	4	4	7	23	28	22	24	9	12	7	6	4215
9	Thomas Praytor	22	16	21	22	18	10	16	10	16	9	23	17	24	18	22	14	20	21	17	19	19	4210
10	Spencer Gallagher	21	22	2	27	26	8	8	17	Wth		13	16	5	11	2	4	Wth	14	16	3	7	3790
11	James Hylton	26	23	26	33	28	19	24	24	26	19	17	18	29	21	29	17	26	24	22	21	18	3630
12	Roger Carter	27	15	12	35	17	14	28	8	21	15		27	28	20	23	24	28	29	21	16	24	3440
13	James Swanson		18	28	21	30	17	25	20	20	16	20	25	26	22	18	20	27	30	30	28	30	3245
14	Darrell Basham				23	19	15	22	25	24	11	19	23	27	19				22	15	22	26	2390
15	Grant Enfinger	39	1*	7	16	15			5			Wth							1		4	32	1970
16	Bobby Gerhart	29*			24	16		19						17	13	15			20		13	17	1655
17	Kyle Benjamin		2	11		23	7				8						1*		5	1*			1620
18	Chad Boat	10							15			5		30					3*		5	23	1430
19	Chris Bailey Jr.					24		23			21	24	28	32		30		31		28	14	28	1365
20	Taylor Ferns		9			20	12							15		9		10	13		12		1340
21	Wayne Peterson			Wth			22		27	25	22	26		31	24	32	26	Wth		26	31	31	1320
22	Corey LaJoie											1		1					4		1*	25	1295
23	George Cushman	DNQ			8			12					30	34	26				27		17	16	1265
24	Austin Wayne Self					6					2		10		4				15	10			1160
25	John Wes Townley	1		13	34					15												3	1095
26	Brennan Poole								1		3					1*	9	4					1065
27	Kyle Weatherman			4		12					4				Wth				2	2			1055
28	Chase Elliott							1		4			3*	9							27		975
29	Ken Schrader					1*	5											1*		4			930
30	Bo LeMastus	16	21	17	31	32	Wth			19													905
31	Tom Berte							18		17		18									25	22	900
32	Mark Meunier			23			16													24	24	21	860
33	Erik Jones							2						12*	1*						6		855
34	Caleb Armstrong	34			3							8							11	11			815
35	Mark Thompson	8			4																	14	810
36	Buster Graham	17			17			13	9					20									770
37	Kelly Kovski					9									10	13		8					740
38	Dominick Casola							27		22		16	29	19				23					700
39	Ryan Blaney								2*	5		3*											690
40	Brad Smith														25			32		27	29	29	690
41	Michael Lira														12		13		18	7			670
42	Steven Mathews																		31		20	8	645
43	Brian Finney		10	18		11						Wth					19						630
44	Brennan Newberry	6			11									4									585
45	Blake Hillard			22		14					7									25			580
46	Chris Buescher	30								1			22							18			575
47	Jason Basham			14												20	21	14					575
48	Korbin Forrister		14		13	25			18														570
49	Sean Corr	5			14			11															540
50	A. J. Henriksen							7		13		10					QL						540
51	Andrew Ranger									2*			1			DNQ							515
52	Anderson Bowen		3	20													15						510
53	David Levine									9		14	13										510
54	Ed Pompa	25						21						23						14			505
55	Zach Ralston		25																			20	485
56	Dylan Kwasniewski																					4	480
57	Austin Rettig								22							19		18			30		475
58	Charles Evans Jr.		12	15		22																	445
59	Justin Allison																					11	425
60	Bobby Grewohl																					12	420
61	Tyler Speer		19													12		25					410
62	Nick Tucker		7	24								25											410
63	Chris Windom															6		5					410
64	Garrett Smithley							17						14							26		405
65	Ricky Ehrgott	3			9																		400
66	Dave Savicki			27	DNQ			33	28		23												390
67	Rick Clifton	23							14										23				390
68	Bill Catania														17	26				20			375
69	Matt Kurzejewski	9			10																		370
70	Cody Lane		24			27					14												365
71	Matt Tifft					5							15										360
72	A. J. Fike															14		9					350
73	Ryan Unzicker															11		11					350
74	Scott Lagasse Jr.																					27	350
75	Terry Jones	24			5																		315
76	Shane Cockrum															8		22					310
77	Ed Bull									18			14										300
78	John Ferrier	DNQ			7			30															300
79	Galen Hassler	32			20							27											295
80	Brian Kaltreider							15						18									295
81	Mike Buckley								13			21											290
82	Will Gallaher																18		17				285
83	Brad Lloyd										13			22									285
84	Nick Igdalsky							26						11									275
85	Benny Chastain	19			19																		270
86	Justin Lloyd														14	25							265
87	Brent Cross	DNQ						20						25									260
88	Clay Campbell	14			28																		250
89	Kyle Martel							32						10									250
90	Karl Weber																11		32				245
91	Darin Matthews		17																28				235
92	Spencer Montgomery															24		21					235
93	Mark Littleton															27		17					230
94	Austin Dillon									6*													220
95	Ross Kenseth																6						220
96	Kyle Larson	2																					220
97	Jonathan Eilan						3																215
98	Mark Gibson								23				26										215
99	Donnie Neuenberger	18			32																		210
100	Travis Swaim			5																			205
101	Brian Wong												7										200
102	Drew Charlson	38			15																		195
103	Clint King														7								195
104	Trevor Edwards																			8			190
105	Steve Minghenelli												9										185
106	Nelson Canache Jr.												11										175
107	Michel Disdier	11																					175
108	Joseph Hughs															33	25						170
109	Cody McMahan				12									Wth									170
110	Dale Quarterley											12											170
111	Kent Schenkel								12														170
112	Tyler Reddick																	15					160
113	Roby Bujdoso		20			33																	155
114	Brett Hudson	36		25																			155
115	Josh White															31		30					155
116	Josh Hobson														16								150
117	Travis Sauter																16						150
118	Justin South															17							145
119	Christopher Brown																				18		140
120	Barry Fitzgerald	Wth			18																		140
121	Don Thompson							29						35									140
122	Steve Fox							34					24	36									135
123	Robert Mitten												19										135
124	Devin Steele															Wth		19					135
125	Nick Barstad						20																130
126	Tim Cowen												20										130
127	Dexter Stacey	20																					130
128	Marty Asher						21																125
129	Jake Francis					21																	125
130	D. J. Weltmeyer																23						115
131	Kyle Hadley																			29	32		110
132	David Sear																		25				105
133	Ryan Heavner																		26				100
134	Jeffery MacZink								26														100
135	Michael Covington														Wth			29					85
136	Dennis Strickland					31																	75
137	Dick Doheny													33									65
138	Bubba Wallace	35																					55
139	Brad Dubil															34		33					50
140	Steve Kemp	37																					45
141	Julien Jousse	40																					30
142	Andrew Gresel	DNQ
143	Dustin Hapka						Wth
144	Dale Shearer															Wth		Wth
Pos	Driver	DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH	ROA	WIN	CHI	NJE	POC	BER	ISF	MAD	DQN	IOW	SLM	KEN	KAN	Points

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