Justin Lofton Earns ARCA RE/MAX Series SIM Factory Pole Award at Cayuga
 
NELLES CORNER ON (6-28-08)--Eddie Sharp Racing's Justin Lofton earned his
career first ARCA RE/MAX Series SIM Factory Pole Award on Saturday
afternoon at Cayuga Motor Speedway, circling the Nelles Corner, Ontario,
based short track in 20.424 seconds for a speed of 110.164 mph. The pole
comes on the heels of earning his career first series victory on June 14th
at Michigan Int'l Speedway. He sits alongside Win-Tron Racing's James
Buescher for Sunday's Cayuga ARCA RE/MAX 250, which rolls off at 1:30 p.m.
Eastern.
 
Dexter Bean starts third in the No. 37 GLOCK Chevrolet, alongside Matt
Carter in the No. 46 Stine Seed-Hantz Group Ford. SunTrust Rookie of the
Year Contenders Tom Hessert III (No. 1 Maaco Auto Painting America's Body
Shop Ford) and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford) will
start the 250-lap race from the third row.
 
Lofton is one of three drivers from the Eddie Sharp Racing stable of
drivers that have earned SIM Factory Pole Awards in 2008, as teammate Ken
Butler, III sat on the pole at Kansas and Scott Speed earned pole awards at
Pocono and Michigan. In all, eight drivers have earned SIM Factory Pole
Awards so far in 2008, including Justin Marks (Daytona), Ken Schrader
(Salem), Butler, III (Kansas), Joey Logano (Rockingham), Sean Caisse
(Kentucky), Andy Hanson (Toledo), Speed (Pocono, Michigan) and Lofton
(Cayuga).
 
##MMR 2.61#.  (copied MP MMR 2.61#, was  6-29-08 #AS:E01/001 Stock Car
Racing - NASCAR, etc.#) 


--- GTMail 1.26