Kligerman, Coulter Lead Parade of ARCA RE/MAX Series Rookies to Berlin
Short-Track in Wolverine Power Systems 200 Saturday, July 25
MARNE MI (7-20-09) - Jam-packed with story lines and a stampede of
race-ready rookies, the ARCA RE/MAX Series will soon make the trek to
Marne, Michigan for the Wolverine Power Systems 200 presented by Generac
Saturday, July 25th.
The event marks the 22nd ARCA RE/MAX Series race at Berlin since
debuting on the renowned short-track in 1958.
While nine-time ARCA RE/MAX Series national champion Frank Kimmel has
occupied much of the headlines over the last decade, it's the rookies in
particular that are dominating much of the headlines in 2009.
One of those rookies would be Penske Development driver Parker
Kligerman, who leads both the championship standings and Rookie of the
Year standings halfway through the 2009 season. On the strength of five
wins in the last six events, the recent high school graduate has taken
the series by storm.
"I'm going to Berlin the same way I've gone everywhere else - with no
expectations," said Kligerman. "I just gave a speech in my high school
speech class about this. When I head into a race weekend I don't know
anything about the track or the car so I really don't have any
expectations about how I am going to do or how the weekend will turn
out. That is how I have been able to do so well."
And do so well he has done. In 13 career ARCA RE/MAX Series starts,
Kligerman has earned 12 top-10 finishes, and here lately, mostly
top-fives or better, including victories at Toledo Speedway, Michigan
Int'l Speedway, Mansfield Motorsports Park, Iowa Speedway and Kentucky
Speedway.
"I just want to thank Kerry Scherer, Briggs Cunningham, Mark Gibson, my
crew chief Chris Carrier and everyone at Penske Racing. We seem to be
doing really well this year and we won again tonight (at Iowa) so I
think we picked up some points in the championship race."
Currently, five of the top-10 title contenders are rookies; they include
Kligerman, Craig Goess, Steve Arpin, Tim George, Jr. and 19-year-old
Joey Coulter. Coulter, like Kligerman, is another rookie on a roll.
"I've got to congratulate Parker (Kligerman); he is really on a roll
right now," said Coulter.
Coulter is on a roll of his own. He recently moved to fourth in
championship points on the heels of four consecutive top-five finishes
and a pole award at Iowa, a career-first for the Miami Springs, Florida
driver.
The ARCA RE/MAX Series winners list at Berlin is impressive and includes
Les Snow, Nelson Stacy, Bob James, Iggy Katona, Ramo Stott, Bob
Senneker, Bob Keselowski, Kimmel, Tim Steele, Fred Campbell, Brian
Keselowski and Scott Speed to name a few.
Practice for the Wolverine Power Systems 200 presented by Generac at
Berlin is scheduled from 2:30 - 4:00 PM ET Saturday, July 25th with
Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell following at 5:00. The
Wolverine Power Systems 200 presented by Generac is scheduled to go off
at 8:30 Saturday night.
Catch all the Berlin ARCA RE/MAX Series action at ARCAracing.com
featuring Live Timing & Scoring of all on-track activities as well as
live flag-to-flag streaming audio and video coverage of the race through
the ARCA Racing Network.
Tickets for the ARCA RE/MAX Series at Berlin Raceway are available by
contacting the Berlin Raceway Ticket Office at 616-677-5000, or through
www.berlinraceway.com.
-credit: arca
