The scene for the 2012 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards season finale at Kansas Speedway resembled the setting one year ago at the track, when Alex Bowman won his second career start and Chris Buescher wrapped up the Hoosier Tire Superspeedway Challenge on his way to winning top rookie honors one week later.
Tonight, though, the two impressed even further at a year older apiece, with Bowman defending his victory from the pole and Buescher clinching the ARCA Racing Series championship with a conservative eighth-place finish.
For Bowman, the win tied him with Buescher at a series-high four each in 2012, and was the sixth of his career. By beating Brennan Poole by one position in the race, he held off Poole to win the Team Messina Rookie Challenge, supplanting the now-experienced Buescher for top newcomer honors.
Buescher is the 30th different champion in ARCA Racing Series history, and the second youngest at 19 years, 356 days. Before Buescher, only one driver had won ARCA Rookie of the Year honors in one year and the championship in the next – Bill Baird in 1998-99.
The championship is the first for Midlothian, IL-based Roulo Brothers Racing and co-owners Gary and Russell Roulo. Since 1986, the family-led organization has won 31 races but had never run a full season until 2011. Now, in two complete seasons, the team has finished second and first, with the top two ARCA milestones securely in the trophy case.
“This is definitely exciting,” said Buescher, of Prosper, Texas. “It’s definitely going to take a little while for this one to sink in. It’s hard to race that way, trying to conserve tires. We had a couple issues, but I was just trying to do everything I could so nothing crazy happened there. Hats off to the Roulo Brothers and Roush Fenway. David Ragan’s been a huge part of my career, and there are a lot of others that mean a lot to my career.”
Bowman won the Menards Pole Award presented by Ansell with a qualifying lap of 29.259 seconds (184.559 mph), easily topping the 2008 track record set by Ken Butler III. The new pavement not only increased the practice and qualifying speeds, but also made drivers slightly cautious going into the race.
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FIN | STR | NO | DRIVER/HOMETOWN | TEAM & CAR | LAPS | STATUS |
1 | 1 | 22 | Alex Bowman/Tucson AZ | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Dodge | 99 | Running |
2 | 2 | 55 | Kevin Swindell/Germantown TN | Curb Records Toyota | 99 | Running |
3 | 11 | 09 | Grant Enfinger/Fairhope AL | Motor Honey-Casite.com-GOMRF.org Ford | 99 | Running |
4 | 4 | 25 | Brennan Poole/The Woodlands TX | Colt Ford-Averages Joes Entertainment Toyota | 99 | Running |
5 | 5 | 92 | Brennan Newberry/Bakersfield CA | NTS Motorsports Chevrolet | 99 | Running |
6 | 6 | 44 | Frank Kimmel/Clarksville IN | Ansell-Menards Toyota | 99 | Running |
7 | 10 | 6 | Mason Mitchell/W. Des Moines IA | J&S Ag Services Chevrolet | 99 | Running |
8 | 9 | 17 | Chris Buescher/Prosper TX | Reliance Tool-BeavEx Ford | 99 | Running |
9 | 8 | 68 | Will Kimmel/Sellersburg IN | Mallory Ignition Ford | 99 | Running |
10 | 14 | 15 | Ryan Reed/Bakersfield CA | JDRF Ford | 99 | Running |
11 | 17 | 12 | Jared Marks/Napoleon OH | Walgreens-SRT Motorsports-UNOH Dodge | 99 | Running |
12 | 33 | 66 | Nelson Canache/Caracas Venezuela | Venezuela Tourism Toyota | 99 | Running |
13 | 15 | 02 | Josh Williams/Port Charlotte FL | Southwest Florida Cable Construction Ford | 98 | Running |
14 | 23 | 91 | Robert Bujdoso/Canfield OH | Checkered Express Ford | 97 | Running |
15 | 20 | 40 | Evan Pardo/Gatesville TX | LPI Dodge | 96 | Running |
16 | 28 | 7 | George Cushman/Waterville NY | Stevener Backhoe Svc-Sangerfield Auto+Tire Chevy | 96 | Running |
17 | 31 | 95 | Michael Leavine/Bullard TX | WRL General Contractors Ford | 95 | Running |
18 | 29 | 20 | Tom Berte/New Berlin WI | CGS Premier-StayTuned Customs Chevrolet | 95 | Running |
19 | 26 | 04 | Maryeve Dufault/Sorel Quebec | Valvoline NextGen-Breast Cancer Awareness Dodge | 95 | Running |
20 | 21 | 5 | Bobby Gerhart/Lebanon PA | Lucas Oil Chevrolet | 95 | Running |
21 | 19 | 23 | Spencer Gallagher/Las Vegas NV | Allegiant Air Chevrolet | 94 | Running |
22 | 22 | 99 | Brandon Davis/Huntington Beach CA | Roulo Brothers Racing Ford | 92 | Accident |
23 | 35 | 10 | Ed Pompa/Ballston Spa NY | Milwaukee Crusher-Double H Ranch Chevy | 91 | Running |
24 | 16 | 58 | Chad Hackenbracht/New Philadelphia OH | Steak-EZE Chevrolet | 85 | Running |
25 | 13 | 32 | Chris Windom/W. Lafayette IN | Redline Oil Chevrolet | 84 | Accident |
26 | 27 | 69 | Korbin Forrister/Cedartown GA | Kimmel Racing Ford | 81 | Running |
27 | 24 | 88 | Buster Graham/Lafayette LA | Courtesy Ford Lincoln-RoushYates.com Ford | 81 | Running |
28 | 3 | 35 | John Wes Townley/Watkinsville GA | Zaxby’s Toyota | 70 | Accident |
29 | 36 | 48 | James Hylton/Inman SC | Radon.com Ford | 70 | Running |
30 | 18 | 36 | Ricky Ehrgott/Brandon FL | Precision Tank & Epuip.-Rev1 Power Services Dodge | 58 | Accident |
31 | 30 | 06 | Tommy O’Leary/Cygnet OH | ZIPCO-WesternFreightways.com Ford | 58 | Running |
32 | 34 | 2 | Dustin Hapka/Grand Forks ND | Sure Step Chevrolet | 49 | Engine |
33 | 25 | 94 | Milka Duno/Caracas Venezuela | David Leiner Racing-Milkaway Toyota | 43 | Rear End |
34 | 40 | 27 | Jeremy Petty/Smolan KS | Colonial Bus-Moroso Chevrolet | 38 | Suspnsn |
35 | 38 | 18 | Mike Affarano/Shorewood IL | North Grand Auto Parts Dodge | 16 | Overhtng |
36 | 32 | 34 | Darrell Basham/Henryville IN | Darrell Basham Racing Chevrolet | 16 | Overhtng |
37 | 7 | 52 | Chad Boat/Phoenix AZ | Curb Records-Celebrity Fight Night Chevrolet | 1 | Accident |
38 | 12 | 16 | Matt Lofton/Roxboro NC | Strutmasters.com Chevrolet | 1 | Accident |
39 | 37 | 0 | Wayne Peterson/Pulaski TN | Wayne Peterson Racing Ford | 0 | Brakes |
73 | Dale Shearer/Chillicothe MO | Shearer Racing Ford | DNS |
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