ARCA races 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.

Salem ARCA 200

ARCA Menards Series
Venue	Salem Speedway
Location	Salem, Indiana
First race	1979
Distance	111 mi (179 km)
Laps	200
Previous names	Salem 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
Length	0.555 mi (0.893 km)
Turns	4

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

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, 1999_1,2, 2000_1,2, 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

References

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External links

• Racing-Reference.info – Salem Speedway (IN)

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