ARCA races at Salem

Salem ARCA 200
ARCA Menards Series
VenueSalem Speedway
LocationSalem, Indiana
First race1979
Distance111 mi (179 km)
Laps200
Previous namesSalem ARCA 100 (1979)
Fall 200 (1987)
Snap-On Tools 500 (1988)
Salem 500 (1989)
Eddie Gilstrap Motors Fall Classic (1992–2017)
Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 (1997–2013, 2016–2019)
Federated Auto Parts 200 (2014–2015)
Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 (2022)
Herr's Snacks 200 (2022)
Atlas 200 (2023)
Most wins (driver)Frank Kimmel (9)
Most wins (manufacturer)Chevrolet (20)
Circuit information
Length0.555 mi (0.893 km)
Turns4
Dexter Bean (No. 6) and Ryan Mathews (No. 22) racing each other in the September 2006 ARCA race at Salem
Frank Kimmel (No. 46) and Todd Bowsher (No. 21) racing each other in the September 2006 ARCA race at Salem

Stock car racing events in the ARCA Menards Series have been held at Salem Speedway in Salem, Indiana since 1979. The track currently hosts one race for the series, currently known as the Salem ARCA 200, in July.

History

The series did not race at the track from 1980 to 1986. The track held one ARCA race in 1987, two in 1988 and one in 1989. The series did not race at the track again in 1990 and 1991. The track returned to the series' schedule in 1992.

From 1996 to 2019, the track had two ARCA races, one in the spring and one in the fall.

In 2020, the fall race was taken off the schedule and the series was only scheduled to race there in the spring. However, the race was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The track returned to the ARCA schedule in 2021 with one race in the fall.

In 2024, the track's one race was moved from the fall to the summer.

Frank Kimmel is the only multi-time winner of the spring event, taking four victories. He also won the fall event five times, totaling nine wins at the track. Tim Steele was victorious four times at the track, including winning the fall event three times. Tom Hessert III and Bob Strait are also multi-time winners of the fall event.

Past events

Year Date Event Name Pole Winner Race Winner Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)
Laps Miles (km)
1979 July 1 Salem ARCA 100 Marvin Smith Marvin Smith Oldsmobile 100 50 (80.47) Unknown Unknown
1980
–
1986 		Not held
1987 October 4 Fall 200 Marvin Smith Bob Keselowski Chevrolet 200 111 (178.64) 1:28:00 68.182
1988 July 10 Salem ARCA 200 Larry Moore Larry Moore Chevrolet 200 111 (178.64) 1:02:58 82.66
September 25 Snap-On Tools 500 Tracy Leslie Bob Brevak Buick 500 277.5 (446.59) Unknown Unknown
1989 October 8 Salem 500 Bob Strait Bob Schacht Buick 500 277.5 (446.59) 3:50:38 72.193
1990
–
1991 		Not held
1992 September 27 Salem Fall Classic 200 Bobby Bowsher Bob Strait Oldsmobile 200 100 (160.93) 1:24:33 70.964
1993 September 26 Fall Classic 200 Bob Strait Bob Strait Ford 202* 101 (162.54) 1:34:33 64.093
1994 September 25 Fall Classic 200 Gary Bradberry Scott Neal Oldsmobile 200 100 (160.93) 1:48:52 55.113
1995 September 24 Eddie Gilstrap Fall Classic Tim Steele Tim Steele Ford 200 100 (160.93) 1:34:19 63.615
1996 April 20 Engineered Components 200 Dill Whittymore[1] Tobey Butler[1] Chevrolet 200 111 (178.64) 1:34:15 70.663
September 22 Eddie Gilstrap Fall Classic Tim Steele Tim Steele Ford 200 111 (178.64) 1:05:06 59.94
1997 April 20 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Bob Strait[2] Tim Steele[3] Ford 200 111 (178.64) 1:27:15 76.332
September 21 Eddie Gilstrap Fall Classic Tim Steele Tim Steele Ford 204* 113.22 (182.21) 1:41:41 65.079
1998 April 19 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Bob Strait[4] Frank Kimmel[4] Chevrolet 207* 114.89 (184.90) 1:53:15 60.866
September 13 Eddie Gilstrap 200 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Chevrolet 200 111 (178.64) 1:30:19 73.74
1999 April 18 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Bill Baird[5] Bill Baird[5] Chevrolet 205* 113.78 (183.11) 1:40:16 68.083
September 12 Eddie Gilstrap Motors 200 Bill Baird Ken Schrader Chevrolet 201* 111.56 (179.54) 1:28:39 75.502
2000 April 30 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Brian Ross[6] Tracy Leslie[7] Ford 205* 113.78 (183.11) 1:43:49 65.755
September 10 Eddie Gilstrap Motors Fall Classic 200 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Chevrolet 205* 113.78 (183.11) 1:50:13 61.93
2001 April 29 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Frank Kimmel[8] Frank Kimmel[8] Chevrolet 200 111 (178.64) 1:32:32 71.948
September 9 Eddie Gilstrap Motors 200 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Chevrolet 191* 106.01 (170.61) 1:31:10 69.765
2002 April 28 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Frank Kimmel[9] Frank Kimmel[10] Ford 200 111 (178.64) 1:33:38 71.285
September 15 Eddie Gilstrap Motors 200 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Ford 200 111 (178.64) 1:31:36 72.707
2003 April 27 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Frank Kimmel[11] Shelby Howard[12] Dodge 200 111 (178.64) 1:43:52 64.12
September 13 Eddie Gilstrap Motors Fall Classic 200 Brian Ross Shelby Howard Dodge 204* 113.22 (182.21) 1:46:19 63.896
2004 April 25 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Frank Kimmel[13] Frank Kimmel[13] Ford 200 111 (178.64) 1:50:16 60.399
September 18 Eddie Gilstrap Motors 200 Frank Kimmel Jason Jarrett Chevrolet 211* 117.11 (188.47) 1:52:54 62.235
2005 April 24 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 by Federated Auto Parts Chad McCumbee[14] Chad Blount[14] Chevrolet 200 111 (178.64) 1:48:23 61.449
September 17 Eddie Gilstrap Motors Fall Classic by Advance Auto Parts Brett Hudson Joey Miller Dodge 213* 118.22 (190.26) 2:04:17 57.07
2006 April 23 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 by Federated Auto Parts Brad Coleman[15] Billy Venturini[15] Chevrolet 200 111 (178.64) 1:40:28 66.291
September 16 Eddie Gilstrap Motors Fall Classic by Advance Auto Parts Dexter Bean Blake Bjorklund Dodge 200 111 (178.64) 1:54:28 58.183
2007 April 22 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 by Federated Auto Parts Michael McDowell[16] Brian Keselowski[16] Dodge 200 111 (178.64) 2:04:54 53.323
September 15 Eddie Gilstrap Motors Fall Classic by Advance Auto Parts Brian Keselowski Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 200 111 (178.64) 1:33:02 71.587
2008 April 13 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 by Federated Auto Parts Ken Schrader[17] Justin Allgaier[17] Chevrolet 204* 113.22 (182.21) 1:52:18 60.492
September 13 Eddie Gilstrap Motors 200 by Advance Auto Parts Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Frank Kimmel Ford 200 111 (178.64) 1:37:03 68.624
2009 April 5 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 by Federated Car Care Justin Lofton[18] Patrick Sheltra[18] Dodge 200 111 (178.64) 1:36:50 68.778
September 19 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic Chris Buescher Justin Lofton Toyota 200 111 (178.64) 1:20:47 82.443
2010 April 11 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA 200 presented by ApplianceZone.com Max Gresham[19] Steve Arpin[19] Chevrolet 200 111 (178.64) 1:47:12 62.126
September 18 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic Craig Goess Dakoda Armstrong Dodge 200 111 (178.64) 1:16:00 87.63
2011 May 1 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Ty Dillon[20] Brennan Poole[20] Chevrolet 206* 114.33 (184) 1:48:57 62.965
September 17 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic Clint King Chris Buescher Ford 200 111 (178.64) 1:30:03 73.951
2012 April 29 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Chris Buescher[21] Alex Bowman[21] Dodge 200 111 (178.64) 1:38:57 67.312
September 15 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic Chase Elliott Tom Hessert III Chevrolet 200 111 (178.64) 1:36:04 69.319
2013 April 28 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 presented by Crosley Radio Justin Boston[22] Tom Hessert III[22] Dodge 203* 112.67 (181.32) 1:49:25 61.78
September 14 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic Justin Boston Kyle Benjamin Toyota 200 111 (178.64) 1:17:03 86.432
2014 April 27 Federated Auto Parts 200 presented by Crunch 'N Nutter Justin Boston[23] Grant Enfinger[23] Ford 202* 112.11 (180.42) 1:36:06 69.35
September 13 Federated Car Care ARCA Fall Classic Ken Schrader Tom Hessert III Dodge 200 111 (178.64) 1:09:34 95.746
2015 April 26 Federated Auto Parts 200 Austin Wayne Self[24] Ken Schrader[24] Chevrolet 200 111 (178.64) 1:29:23 74.509
September 19 Federated Car Care Fall Classic 200 Ken Schrader Grant Enfinger Chevrolet 200 111 (178.64) 1:29:18 74.58
2016 April 24 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Chase Briscoe[25] Christopher Bell[25] Toyota 200 111 (178.64) 1:27:35 76.04
September 10 Eddie Gilstrap Motors Fall Classic Chase Briscoe Christopher Bell Toyota 200 111 (178.64) 1:18:22 84.99
2017 April 30 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Travis Miller[26] Dalton Sargeant[27] Ford 200 111 (178.64) 1:14:54 88.913
September 9 Eddie Gilstrap Motors Fall Classic Zane Smith Austin Theriault Ford 200 111 (178.64) 1:17:12 86.30
2018 April 22 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Chandler Smith[28] Christian Eckes[29] Toyota 200 111 (178.64) 1:30:21 73.11
September 15 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic Zane Smith Chandler Smith Toyota 200 111 (178.64) 1:34:37 70.38
2019 April 14 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Carson Hocevar[30] Michael Self[30] Toyota 101* 56.06 (90.22) 38:18 89.887
September 14 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic 200 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Toyota 200 111 (178.64) 1:26:54 76.64
2020 April 19 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[31]
2021 September 25 Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 Ty Gibbs Jesse Love[32] Toyota 200 111 (178.64) 1:25:30 78.307
2022 October 1 Herr's Snacks 200[33] Sammy Smith Sammy Smith Toyota 200 111 (178.64) 1:23:24 79.856
2023 September 30 Atlas 200 Jesse Love Jesse Love Toyota 200 111 (178.64) 1:29:11 74.678
2024 July 27 Salem ARCA 200 William Sawalich William Sawalich Toyota 200 111 (178.64) 1:39:40 66.823
  • 1993, 19972, 19981, 19991,2, 20001,2, 20032, 20042, 20052, 20081, 20111, 20131, 20141: Race extended due to a green–white–checker finish.
  • 20012, 20191: Race shortened due to rain.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins Driver Years Won
9 Frank Kimmel 19981,2, 20002, 20011,2, 20021,2, 20041, 20082
4 Tim Steele 1995, 19962, 19971,2
3 Tom Hessert III 20122, 20131, 20142
2 Bob Strait 1992, 1993
Ken Schrader 19992, 20151
Shelby Howard 20031,2
Ken Schrader 20072, 20081
Grant Enfinger 20141, 20152
Christopher Bell 20161,2
Jesse Love 2021, 2023

Manufacturer wins

# Wins Manufacturer Years Won
20 Chevrolet 1987, 19881, 19961, 19981,2, 19991,2, 20002, 20011,2, 20042, 20051, 20061, 20072, 20081, 20101, 20111, 20122, 20151,2
14 Ford 1993, 1995, 19962, 19971,2, 20001, 20021,2, 20041, 20082, 20112, 20141, 20171,2
11 Toyota 20092, 20132, 20161,2, 20181,2, 20191,2, 2021, 2023, 2024
10 Dodge 20031,2, 20052, 20062, 20071, 20091, 20102, 20121, 20131, 20142
3 Oldsmobile 1979, 1992, 1994
2 Buick 19882, 1989

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