Berlin Speedway rained out, rescheduled

MARNE MI, 8-25-01 - Persistent rain showers forced postponement of Saturday's Pork the Other White Meat ARCA RE/MAX 200 at Berlin Raceway. The event has been rescheduled for Saturday, September 22.

But before the rains came, rookie Chad Blount quickest in practice.

Saturday at Berlin Raceway wasn't a complete wash-out, at least not for Walkerton, IN rookie Chad Blount who showed the veterans the way around Berlin. Blount, in the Braun Racing Pontiac, posted a lap of 90.465 mph around the tricky Berlin oval ahead of hometown hero and defending race winner Tim Steele at 89.352. Blount's fast lap was only 3/10ths of a second off the track record set by Bob Keselowski in 1986. Point leader Frank Kimmel was next in front of 16 year-old rookie Shelby Howard (career-1st start) and veteran Tracy Leslie.

<pre> 2001 ARCA RE/MAX SERIES EVENT #18 Berlin Raceway, Marne MI, 8-25-01 Official Practice Speeds, Pork the other White Meat 200

NO DRIVER/RESIDENCE TEAM & CAR TIME SPEED

77 Chad Blount/Walkerton IN Braun Mobility Products Pontiac 17.430 90.465 16 Tim Steele/Coopersville MI Steele Racing Ford 17.647 89.352 46 Frank Kimmel/Jeffersonville IN Advance Auto Parts-Pork Chevrolet 17.757 88.799 64 Shelby Howard/Greenwood IN Lucas Oil-Mack-Shepherd Ins Chevrolet 17.819 88.490 19 Tracy Leslie/Mt Clemens MI Target Saws & Blades Chevrolet 17.823 88.470 70 Jeff Finley/Lansing MI Bailey Excavating Chevrolet 17.951 87.839 65 Vern Slagh/Zeeland MI DJ's One Stop-Graphix Signs Ford 18.040 87.406 1 Andy Belmont/Penndel PA America Online-York HVAC-Racecakes Ford 18.234 86.476 49 Ray Clay/Jenison MI The Screen Print Department Chevrolet 18.335 85.999 67 Jason Jarrett/Hickory NC Biomet-Damon RV Pontiac 18.395 85.719 21 Todd Bowsher/South Vienna OH pbrnow.com-Resistol Ford 18.499 85.237 12 Roger Blackstock/Shelby Twp MI Blackstock Racing Dodge 18.588 84.829 5 Randy VanZant/Brookville OH Mike's Body Shop Pontiac 18.629 84.642 25 Bill Eversole/Chelsea MI Bamco Mobile Hitch Ford 18.684 84.393 28 Mike Buckley/Ann Arbor MI Midwest Mall Fronts Chevrolet 18.768 84.015 48 Donny Morelock/Largo FL TracVision-Mountain Rock Music Ford 18.816 83.801 7 Marty Butkovich/Romeo MI Butkovich Racing Chevrolet 18.955 83.186 24 Chuck Weber/Mesquite TX Cardinal Tool Company-SWAT Fitness Chevrolet 19.078 82.650 13 Brent Sherman/N Barrington IL Jerry "The King" Lawler Chevrolet 19.089 82.603 38 John Sadinsky/Johnstown OH Vantage Financial Group Ford 19.277 81.797 91 Eric Martin/Chattanooga TN Hixson Construction Chevrolet 20.920 75.373 86 Mike Burg/Cincinnati OH Rite Track Racing Chevrolet 21.500 73.340 26 Brad Smith/Lakeville MI Brad Smith Motorsports.com Chevrolet 27.465 57.411 4 Greg Sarff/Columbus OH Cunningham Motorsports Chevrolet 28.533 55.262 3 Todd Antrican/Miamisburg OH Benning Motorsports Chevrolet NT 6 Tim Mitchell/Fayetteville TN Wayne Peterson Racing Pontiac NT 18 Tim Turner/Pulaski TN Wayne Peterson Racing Chevrolet NT 23 Ron Cox/Soddy Daisy TN Hixson Construction Chevrolet NT 33 tba Black Cat Racing Chevrolet NT 51 Kevin Belmont/Feasterville PA Racecakes.com Ford NT 56 Larry Hollenbeck/Kalamazoo MI SWAT Fitness Club Chevrolet NT 60 tba Del Markle Racing Ford NT 75 Jimmy Hollenbeck/Kalamazoo MI Hixson Construction Chevrolet NT 84 Norm Benning/Pittsburgh PA Benning Motorsports Chevrolet NT

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