Justin Lofton, the 2009 ARCA champion.
Parker Kligerman finished second behind Lofton in the championship by just 5 points.
Frank Kimmel, driving the No. 44 car for his family team, finished third in the championship.

The 2009 ARCA Re/MAX Series was the 57th season of the ARCA Racing Series. The season began on February 7 with the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 and ended on October 11 with the Rockingham ARCA 200. Justin Lofton of Eddie Sharp Racing won the season championship.

This season's championship result was the closest in ARCA history, as Lofton won the title over Kligerman by a mere five points. Although Kligerman won an astounding nine races that season, Lofton (who won six races) was able to barely beat him, mainly on the strength of earning bonus points for winning poles. Lofton won five poles that year while Kligerman won zero.[1]

Schedule

The series' 2009 schedule was announced by ARCA on October 30, 2008.[2]

Results and standings

Races

Date Track Event Name Pole Winner Race Winner
February 7 Daytona International Speedway Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 Justin Lofton James Buescher
April 5 Salem Speedway Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Justin Lofton Patrick Sheltra
April 19 Rockingham Speedway ARCA RE/MAX Carolina 200 Ken Schrader Sean Caisse
April 24 Talladega Superspeedway Talladega ARCA 250 Tom Hessert III Justin Lofton
May 9 Kentucky Speedway Drive Smart Buckle-Up 150 James Buescher James Buescher
May 17 Toledo Speedway Toledo ARCA 200 Matt Merrell Parker Kligerman
June 6 Pocono Raceway Pocono ARCA 200 Justin Lofton Joey Logano
June 12 Michigan International Speedway Racing For Wildlife 200 Justin Lofton Parker Kligerman
June 20 Mansfield Motorsports Park Mansfield ARCA 200 Justin Lofton Parker Kligerman
July 11 Iowa Speedway Prairie Meadows 200 Joey Coulter Parker Kligerman
July 18 Kentucky Speedway Drive Smart Buckle-Up 150 Brian Ickler Parker Kligerman
July 25 Berlin Raceway Berlin ARCA 200 Justin Lofton Justin Lofton
August 1 Pocono Raceway Pennsylvania 200 Justin Lofton Justin Lofton
August 23 Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack Allen Crowe 100 Justin Lofton Parker Kligerman
August 28 Chicagoland Speedway Chicagoland ARCA 150 Brian Ickler Justin Lofton
September 4 Toledo Speedway Toledo ARCA 200 Justin Lofton Justin Lofton
September 7 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack Southern Illinois 100 A. J. Fike Parker Kligerman
September 13 New Jersey Motorsports Park ARCA 150 Patrick Long Patrick Long
September 19 Salem Speedway ARCA Fall Classic Chris Buescher Justin Lofton
October 1 Kansas Speedway Kansas Lottery $150 Grand Justin Lofton Parker Kligerman
October 11 Rockingham Speedway Rockingham ARCA 200 Chad Finley Parker Kligerman

Standings

No Driver Points Wins Top 5 Top 10
1st Justin Lofton 5715 6 15 19
2nd Parker Kligerman 5710 9 14 18
3rd Frank Kimmel 5260 0 8 14
4th Joey Coulter 5020 0 7 13
5th Craig Goess 4705 0 2 12
6th Bryan Silas 4625 0 1 10
7th Steve Arpin 4575 0 4 11
8th Tom Hessert III 4495 0 1 8
9th Patrick Sheltra 4485 1 4 8
10th Robb Brent 4315 0 1 6
11th Tim George Jr. 4235 0 1 2
12th Darrell Basham 3710 0 0 2
13th Jeremy Petty 3635 0 0 0
14th Brad Smith 3310 0 0 0
15th James Hylton 3180 0 0 0
16th Barry Fitzgerald 2945 0 0 0
17th Jason Basham 2835 0 0 0
18th Kory Rabenold 2430 0 0 0
19th Todd Antrican 2000 0 0 0
20th Alli Owens 1895 0 0 2

Full Drivers' Championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

Pos Driver DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BER POC ISF CHI TOL DQN NJE SLM KAN CAR Points
1 Justin Lofton 3 2* 22 1* 2 2* 2 30* 4* 10 3 1* 1* 6* 1* 1* 6 6 1* 2 3 5715
2 Parker Kligerman 7 3 5 7 17 1* 6 1 1* 1* 1* 6 21 1 17 3* 1 2 2 1* 1* 5710
3 Frank Kimmel 11 7 11 5 5 13 14 12 9 7 8 12 5 9 5 4 2 9 4 4 12 5260
4 Joey Coulter 23 16 30 8 28 7 4 5 2 3 7 5 12 21 6 2* 3 11 15 7 9 5020
5 Craig Goess 17 15 6 30 7 14 9 10 10 12 4 7 3 26 8 6 34 10 23 10 17 4705
6 Bryan Silas 24 8 4 12 9 8 15 9 8 17 22 9 13 20 22 7 10 28 9 25 14 4625
7 Steve Arpin 26 17 10 11 29 21 11 8 5 8 6 11 4 5 36 10 9 32 5 8 34 4575
8 Tom Hessert III 25 6 13 10 27 3 28 17 15 29 10 10 6 23 25 11 18 8 8 14 16 4495
9 Patrick Sheltra 14 1* 2 33 6 29 3 33 21 14 9 14 11 3 9 17 31 7 16 11 38 4485
10 Robb Brent DNQ 10 34 34 8 9 7 11 25 11 12 15 7 13 15 12 11 4 20 34 21 4315
11 Tim George Jr. 8 24 15 13 14 17 19 13 22 19 23 25 19 14 21 16 23 5 22 15 22 4235
12 Darrell Basham 9 25 36 20 23 10 22 34 18 22 26 21 23 19 29 21 12 20 19 35 30 3710
13 Jeremy Petty 13 26 22 18 12 17 19 12 28 21 18 20 16 26 24 14 19 12 30 26 3635
14 Brad Smith DNQ 18 29 29 24 18 27 26 24 25 24 29 35 34 31 19 21 23 18 28 31 3310
15 James Hylton DNQ 23 28 15 36 23 24 24 26 27 28 24 31 28 27 29 30 26 26 27 37 3180
16 Barry Fitzgerald 13 DNQ 27 31 37 34 31 25 27 31 25 26 26 27 40 26 35 24 24 32 DNQ 2945
17 Jason Basham 27 31 35 32 22 25 36 29 26 29 20 24 38 37 28 15 18 17 29 32 2835
18 Kory Rabenold 24 20 17 16 15 18 14 13 16 14 21 28 2430
19 Todd Antrican DNQ 37 33 32 32 37 28 33 34 31 33 35 33 23 24 31 25 36 2000
20 Alli Owens 40 12 6 10 16 13 22 19 17 12 13 1895
21 Matt Merrell 11 3 5 5 20 18 2 2 10 13 1865
22 Ken Schrader 5 7* 15 7 5 5 4 1650
23 Grant Enfinger 19 3 2 13 2 3 7 1625
24 Stephan McCurley DNQ 19 23 19 20 11 29 20 7 6 1575
25 Chris Buescher 4 16 3 4 8 21 6 1560
26 Dakoda Armstrong 20 6 11 29 13 3 8 1415
27 Brian Ickler 20 5 35 5 5 4 33 DNQ 1390
28 Michel Disdier 16 19 18 19 19 16 15 25 1355
29 Mikey Kile 27 4 25 8 6 30 15 6 1235
30 Bobby Gerhart 19 26 12 14 15 9 14 20 1195
31 Gabi DiCarlo 31 14 12 30 20 18 12 11 1100
32 Chad Finley 6 9 3 15 1035
33 Ken Weaver 5 20 24 38 11 28 975
34 Kyle Martel 18 18 10 20 36 895
35 Justin Marks 27* 8 21 11 850
36 Ron Cox 12 38 24 17 2 17 810
37 Norm Benning 10 14 32 35 35 770
38 Terry Jones 20 14 DNQ 31 28 25 7 755
39 James Buescher 1* 1* 4 30 735
40 Wayne Peterson 41 DNQ 32 37 37 34 DNQ 37 31 36 40 DNQ 725
41 Ken Butler III 33 28 18 22 25 10 700
42 Justin Lloyd 8 22 19 695
43 Beau Slocumb 12 9 19 5 695
44 Tom Berte 21 37 27 30 15 18 640
45 Brett Butler 39 15 38 38 24 630
46 Scott Alves 26 37 34 33 30 DNQ 625
47 Chase Mattioli 35 32 36 DNQ 32 32 13 19 615
48 Kevin Belmont 22 30 21 21 16 QL 600
49 Tony Palumbo DNQ DNQ 23 39 30 27 600
50 Austin Dillon 15 2 2 595
51 Sean Corr 26 13 14 13 590
52 Jesse Smith 3 31 7 31 580
53 Hal Martin 11 3 9 575
54 Darwin Greene 23 16 39 550
55 Clay Rogers 32 32 5 550
56 Drew Herring 16 18 540
57 Joe Cooksey 13 11 7 535
58 Mike Koch 21 31 37 40 530
59 Larry Meadors 28 31 36 36 33 39 30 29 530
60 J. R. Heffner DNQ 27 30 14 16 510
61 Ryan Crane 8 7 23 500
62 Jonathon Gomez 24 20 490
63 Casey Roderick 2 480
64 Joey Logano 2 1* 460
65 Johanna Long 23 29 450
66 A. J. Fike 4 4* 445
67 John Ferrier 16 18 17 435
68 Brett Moffitt 10 430
69 Butch Jarvis DNQ DNQ 40 40 34 420
70 Will Kimmel 18 8 33 395
71 Alex Yontz 9 10 380
72 Chase Miller 16 3 365
73 Corey LaJoie 23 365
74 Michael Simko 29 28 10 355
75 John Wes Townley 4 17 355
76 Troy Wangerin 28 21 24 350
77 Sean Caisse 1 25 335
78 Todd Hansen 15 13 320
79 Kyle Grissom 33 315
80 Marc Easton 35 39 30 34 33 295
81 Andrew Belmont 19 17 280
82 Jonathan Eilen 13 23 280
83 Free Pennington 41 280
84 Jesus Hernandez 38 275
85 Ricky Carmichael 21 17 270
86 Mark Littleton 18 20 270
87 Brian Tyler 30 8 270
88 Bill Baird 37 2 265
89 Kelly Kovski 12 29 255
90 Patrick Long 1* 250
91 Matt Carter 28 16 240
92 Ed Kennedy 6 39 235
93 Damon Lusk 29 16 235
94 Eddie Mercer 29 16 235
95 Levi Youster 26 20 230
96 Eddie Pearson 22 25 225
97 Nur Ali 38 21 35 220
98 Mike Harmon 12 36 220
99 Brian Kaltreider 20 28 220
100 Billy Leslie 39 23 32 220
101 Spencer Pumpelly 3 220
102 Peyton Sellers 36 13 215
103 Chris Cockrum 33 17 210
104 Chris Lafferty 41 24 32 210
105 Paul Menard 4 210
106 Peter Shepherd III 4 210
107 Brad Sweet 16 34 210
108 Kyle Chady 25 26 205
109 Jeffery MacZink 24 27 205
110 Jake Crum 6 200
111 Kelly Bires 9 195
112 Larry Hollenbeck 15 38 195
113 Greg Seevers 29 35 35 195
114 Kent Schenkel 22 32 190
115 Todd Hoddick DNQ 14 185
116 Brett Hudson 9 185
117 Charlie Vest 18 37 185
118 Stuart Kirby 11 175
119 Mark Gibson 31 28 165
120 Josh Richards 32 27 165
121 Dale Shearer 27 32 165
122 Nick Igdalsky 14 160
123 Zachary Gibson 27 34 155
124 Jeff Buice 33 29 150
125 Dwight Laird 36 38 34 150
126 Dicky Williamson DNQ 21 150
127 Nate Monteith 17 145
128 Steve Blackburn DNQ 23 140
129 Dustin Delaney 19 135
130 Lance Fenton 22 120
131 Jody Hixson 22 120
132 Michael Phelps 22 120
133 Bob Schacht 22 120
134 Brent Sherman 22 120
135 Brent Cross 23 115
136 Steve Fox 25 105
137 Mark Thompson 25 105
138 Curt Tori 25 105
139 Chad Beahr 26 100
140 Doug Keller 26 100
141 Todd Bowsher 27 95
142 Ed Bull 27 95
143 Ed Pompa 27 95
144 Shannon Robertson 28 90
145 Chuck Walker 33 40 90
146 Brent Brevak 35 39 80
147 Willie Mullins 30 80
148 Bradley Riethmeyer 31 80
149 Brian Scott 30 80
150 Ryan Fischer 32 70
151 Brian Johnson Jr. 33 65
152 Mario Gosselin 34 60
153 Brad Dubil 36 50
154 Jennifer Jo Cobb 39 35
155 Michael Annett 41 30
156 Benny Chastain 42 30
157 J. R. Fitzpatrick 43 30
158 Mike Holt 40 30
159 Spencer Maggard 35
160 Roger Carter DNQ
161 Justin Koch DNQ
162 Kyle Johnson Wth
Pos Driver DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BER POC ISF CHI TOL DQN NJE SLM KAN CAR Points

References

  1. ↑ "Lofton wins ARCA title by 5 points". ESPN. October 11, 2009. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. ↑ "2009 ARCA/REMAX Series Schedule Released". Speed51 Archives. Speed51.com. October 30, 2008. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
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