2012 ARCA Racing Series

The 2012 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards was the 60th season of the ARCA Racing Series. The season began on February 18 with the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 and ended on October 19 with the Kansas ARCA 150. Chris Buescher won the championship over Frank Kimmel by 75 points after a heated battle. Alex Bowman was named Rookie of the Year after battling Brennan Poole all season.[1]

2012 ARCA Racing Series
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Chris Buescher, the 2012 ARCA champion.
Frank Kimmel, driving the No. 44 car for ThorSport Racing, finished second behind Buescher in the championship by 75 points.
Brennan Poole finished third in the championship.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule
Manufacturer Team No. Driver
Chevrolet CGH Motorsports 58 Chad Hackenbracht
Clark-Diederich Racing 12
Gallagher Motorsports 7		 23 Spencer Gallagher
Coulter Motorsports 16 Matt Lofton
Darrell Basham Racing 34 Darrell Basham[N 1]
Dodge Carter 2 Motorsports 04 Larry Barford Jr. 14
Darren Hagen 2
Dominick Casola 1
Maryeve Dufault 2
40 Donnie Neuenberger 1
Daryl Eustace 1
Nick Tucker 2
Gregg Hutto Jr. 1
Ryan Rust 1
Roger Carter 6
Darren Hagen 1
Maryeve Dufault 1
Justin Lloyd 1
Tommy O'Leary IV 1
Dominick Casola 1
Evan Pardo 2
Cunningham Motorsports 22 Alex Bowman
Ford Hylton Motorsports 48 James Hylton
Kimmel Racing 68 Will Kimmel 15
Korbin Forrister 2
Brian Campbell 1
Brad Lloyd 1
Roulo Brothers Racing 17 Chris Buescher
Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Jeremy Petty 1
Wayne Peterson 3
Tommy O'Leary IV 14
James Swanson 1
Toyota ThorSport Racing 44 Frank Kimmel
Chevrolet 11
Ford 6
Dodge 2		 Fast Track Racing 10 Ed Pompa 6
Daryl Eustace 1[N 2]
Blake Hillard 1
Bill Coffey 1
Brad Lloyd 2
Rick Clifton 4
Richard Harriman 1
Mike Senica 1
Ricky Ehrgott 1
Tyler Speer 1
Chevrolet 7
Toyota 7
Ford 5		 Venturini Motorsports 15 Ryan Reed 14
Nelson Canache Jr. 1
Clint King 1
Steve Arpin 1
Caleb Armstrong 1
Chevrolet 11
Toyota 8		 25 Brennan Poole
Toyota 7
Chevrolet 12		 35 Nelson Canache Jr. 13
Robert Mitten 1
Tom Berte 2
Michael Simko 1
Thomas Praytor 1
John Wes Townley 1
Toyota 10
Chevrolet 9		 55 Paulie Harraka 1
Erik Jones 10
Kevin Swindell 7
A. J. Henriksen 1
Toyota 11
Chevrolet 8		 66 Mark Thompson 2
Clint King 4
Steve Arpin 1
A. J. Henriksen 2
John Blankenship 1
Nelson Canache Jr. 1
Kevin Swindell 1
Ryan Unzicker 1
Thomas Praytor 1
Ford 18
Chevrolet 2		 Roulo Brothers Racing 16
Allgaier Motorsports 3
Brett Hudson Motorsports 1		 99 Casey Roderick 1
Brandon Davis 10
Grant Enfinger 2[N 3]
Levi Youster 1
Zach Ralston 2
Mike Young 1
Kelly Kovski 1[N 4]
Blake Hillard 1[N 5]
Toyota 11
Chevrolet 8		 Win-Tron Racing 32 Chris Windom 2
Mason Mingus 12
Brandon McReynolds 1[N 6]
Aleks Gregory 2
Bradley Riethmeyer 1
Matt Merrell 1

Limited schedule
Manufacturer Team No. Driver Rounds
Chevrolet Bill Elliott Racing 9 Chase Elliott 6
Blackburn Motorsports 94 Steve Blackburn 2
Bobby Gerhart Racing 5 Bobby Gerhart 10
Coulter Motorsports 61 Joey Coulter 4
Aleks Gregory 2
Joe Denette Motorsports 9 Max Gresham 1
Hixson Motorsports 28 Mike Senica 2
95 1
Angela Koch 1
K&K Racing 3 Tim Turner[N 7] 1
79 Mike Koch 7
Lafferty Motorsports 89 Chris Lafferty 1
Korbin Forrister 1
Littleton Motorsports 5 Mark Littleton[N 8] 1
Mark Gibson Racing 59 Mike Affarano 1
Mike Affarano Motorsports 83 3
Mike Buckley Racing 3 Mike Buckley[N 9] 1
Motorhead Racing Company 76 John Ferrier 2
Mullins Racing 5 Willie Mullins 1
Nowell Racing 74 Jimmy Nowell Jr. 1
Ralph Solhem Racing 00 Ed Kennedy 1
Team LaCross Motorsports 7 Brent Cross 3
Turner Motorsports 4 Brandon McReynolds 1
Williams Motorsports 94 Ronnie Souders Jr. 3
Dodge Brella Sports Group 3 Landon Cling[N 10] 1
Brian Keselowski Motorsports 29 Sloan Henderson 1
Brian Keselowski 1
Carter 2 Motorsports 67 Michael Bockler 1
Roger Carter 1
Tim Viens 1
97 Donnie Neuenberger 1
Nick Tucker 1
Juan Carlos Blum 1
Cody Lane 1
Jack Clarke[N 11] 1
Finney Racing Enterprises 3 Brian Finney[N 12] 2
Jack Hughs Racing 64 Aaron Willis 1
Joseph Hughs 4
Jared Marks Racing 8 Jared Marks 1
12 13
Leilani Münter 1
Jones Group Racing 30 Terry Jones 3
Rettig Racing 01 Austin Rettig 6
Universe Racing 3 Steve Fox[N 13] 2
Ford Andy Belmont Racing 1 Mikey Kile 5
2 Brandon Davis 1
Brandon Kidd 1
Thomas Praytor 1
5 1[N 14]
Brad Hill Motorsports 70 Jeff Choquette 1
71 Shane Cockrum 1
Brad Smith Motorsports 26 Brad Smith 1
BRG Motorsports 61 Grant Enfinger 1
DGM Racing 39 Fain Skinner[N 15] 1
Empire Racing 82 Sean Corr 5
Kimmel Racing 69 Korbin Forrister 7
Shawn Umphries 1
Will Kimmel 2
Clair Zimmerman 1
Ira Small 1
Brad Lloyd 1
Leavine Family Racing 95 Michael Leavine 8
McCreery Motorsports 57 Rodney Melvin 1
Motorhead Racing Company 78 Aleks Gregory 2
Shearer Racing 73 Dale Shearer 5
Team BCR Racing 09 Charles Evans Jr. 3
Grant Enfinger 2
Frankie Kimmel 1
88 Buster Graham 11
Chevrolet 2
Dodge 1		 Drew Charlson Racing 28 Drew Charlson 2
3 1[N 16]
Ford 3
Chevrolet 3
Dodge 2		 Hixson Motorsports 2 Levi Youster 2
Dustin Hapka 2
Ron Cox 2
Tim Walter 2
Ford 1
Chevrolet 3
Dodge 1		 3 Levi Youster 2
Chad Frewaldt 1
Tim Walter 1
Joe Cooksey 1
Toyota 2
Chevrolet 14		 Ken Schrader Racing 52 Tom Hessert III 15
Chad Boat 1

Notes
  1. Brad Lloyd qualified the No. 34 for the race at Mobile, as Darrell Basham was ill.
  2. After Eustace failed to qualify for the race at Mobile in his own No. 40 car, he replaced Tyler Speer in the No. 10.
  3. It was an Allgaier Motorsports entry using Roulo Brothers Racing's owner points.
  4. It was an Allgaier Motorsports entry using Roulo Brothers Racing's owner points.
  5. It was a Brett Hudson Motorsports entry using Roulo Brothers Racing's owner points.
  6. Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Turner Motorsports.
  7. It was a K&K Racing entry using Hixson Motorsports' owner points.
  8. It was a Littleton Motorsports entry using Bobby Gerhart Racing's owner points.
  9. It was a Mike Buckley Racing entry using Hixson Motorsports' owner points.
  10. It was a Brella Sports Group entry using Hixson Motorsports' owner points.
  11. Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Creation-Cope Racing.
  12. It was a Finney Racing Enterprises entry using Hixson Motorsports' owner points.
  13. It was a Universe Racing entry using Hixson Motorsports' owner points.
  14. It was an Andy Belmont Racing entry using Bobby Gerhart Racing's owner points.
  15. Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Roulo Brothers Racing.
  16. It was a Drew Charlson Racing entry using Hixson Motorsports' owner points.

Schedule

The 2012 series schedule was announced in November 2011.[2]

No. Race title Track Date
1 Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach February 18
2 Mobile ARCA 200 Mobile International Speedway, Irvington March 10
3 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Salem Speedway, Salem April 29
4 International Motorsports Hall of Fame 250 Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega May 4
5 Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care Toledo Speedway, Toledo May 20
6 Akona 200 presented by Federated Car Care Elko Speedway, Elko New Market June 2
7 Pocono ARCA 200 Pocono Raceway, Pocono June 9
8 RainEater Wiper Blades 200 Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn June 15
9 Herr's Chase the Taste 200 Winchester Speedway, Winchester June 24
10 All America Race Weekend presented by Global Barter New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville July 1
11 Prairie Meadows 200 Iowa Speedway, Newton July 13
12 Ansell ActivArmr 150 Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet July 21
13 Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200 Lucas Oil Raceway, Brownsburg July 27
14 Pennsylvania ARCA 125 Pocono Raceway, Pocono August 4
15 Berlin ARCA 200 presented by Hantz Group Berlin Raceway, Marne August 11
16 Allen Crowe Memorial 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Springfield August 19
17 Herr's Live Life with Flavor 200 Madison International Speedway, Rutland August 26
18 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic Salem Speedway, Salem September 15
— Southern Illinois 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Du Quoin October 14
19 Kansas Lottery 98.9 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City October 19

Results and standings

Races
No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer No. Winning team
1 Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 Sean Corr Brandon McReynolds Bobby Gerhart Chevrolet 5 Bobby Gerhart Racing
2 Mobile ARCA 200 Alex Bowman Cale Gale Cale Gale Chevrolet 33 Eddie Sharp Racing
3 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Chris Buescher Alex Bowman Alex Bowman Dodge 22 Cunningham Motorsports
4 International Motorsports Hall of Fame 250 Matt Lofton Matt Lofton Brandon McReynolds Chevrolet 32 Win-Tron Racing with Turner Motorsports
5 Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care Alex Bowman Chris Buescher Chris Buescher Ford 17 Roulo Brothers Racing
6 Akona 200 presented by Federated Car Care Alex Bowman Brennan Poole Brennan Poole Chevrolet 25 Venturini Motorsports
7 Pocono ARCA 200 Brennan Poole Brennan Poole Brennan Poole Toyota 25 Venturini Motorsports
8 RainEater Wiper Blades 200 Joey Coulter Brennan Poole Chris Buescher Ford 17 Roulo Brothers Racing
9 Herr's Chase the Taste 200 Chris Buescher Brennan Poole Alex Bowman Dodge 22 Cunningham Motorsports
10 All America Race Weekend presented by Global Barter Chad Hackenbracht Andrew Ranger Andrew Ranger Dodge 53 NDS Motorsports
11 Prairie Meadows 200 Brennan Poole Alex Bowman Alex Bowman Dodge 22 Cunningham Motorsports
12 Ansell ActivArmr 150 Kevin Swindell Kevin Swindell Kevin Swindell Toyota 55 Venturini Motorsports
13 Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200 Matt Crafton Chad Hackenbracht Frank Kimmel Toyota 44 ThorSport Racing
14 Pennsylvania ARCA 125 Brennan Poole Alex Bowman Chad Hackenbracht Chevrolet 58 CGH Motorsports
15 Berlin ARCA 200 presented by Hantz Group Chad Hackenbracht Frank Kimmel Chris Buescher Ford 17 Roulo Brothers Racing
16 Allen Crowe Memorial 100 Alex Bowman Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Toyota 44 ThorSport Racing
17 Herr's Live Life with Flavor 200 Alex Bowman Chris Buescher Chris Buescher Ford 17 Roulo Brothers Racing
18 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic Chase Elliott Tom Hessert III Tom Hessert III Chevrolet 52 Ken Schrader Racing
— Southern Illinois 100 Cancelled due to rain
19 Kansas Lottery 98.9 Alex Bowman Alex Bowman Alex Bowman Dodge 22 Cunningham Motorsports

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 MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJ IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN Points
1 Chris Buescher 20 6 8 17 1* 3 5 1 4 3 13 4 7 5 1 5 1* 2 C 8 4885
2 Frank Kimmel 23 17 2 7 2 4 6 7 11 7 5 3 1 4 2* 1* 9 4 C 6 4810
3 Brennan Poole 7 7 3 8 22 1* 1* 11* 2* 6 28 2 4 2* 9 22 10 8 C 4 4735
4 Alex Bowman 30 3 1* 32 9 11 3 2 1 13 1* 8 22 3 13 2 2 5 C 1* 4725
5 Chad Hackenbracht 14 2 21 3 8 7 2 21 8 26 6 6 25* 1 10 6 3 31 C 24 4310
6 Matt Lofton 34 16 14 2* 11 2 4 3 5 25 7 16 11 7 8 14 11 10 C 38 4220
7 Spencer Gallagher 29 28 22 19 34 14 13 8 7 14 8 26 9 29 15 10 15 9 C 21 3720
8 Nelson Canache Jr. 22 22 33 27 16 16 14 32 19 12 30 7 14 10 12 23 12 11 C 12 3660
9 Josh Williams 33 20 9 12 13 10 29 10 22 32 20 13 21 17 18 7 22 C 13 3285
10 Tom Hessert III 10 9 13 4 5 5 11 24 21 9 29 2 4 6 1* 3205
11 Darrell Basham 27 35 17 23 35 19 24 28 14 23 22 28 21 28 18 21 25 17 C 36 3065
12 Will Kimmel 3 25 27 6 Wth 26 34 30 27 5 38 10 34 9 27 11 27 25 C 9 2990
13 James Hylton 38 33 25 24 32 20 22 22 25 27 24 22 32 30 24 27 22 24 C 29 2860
14 Ryan Reed 12 12 11 13 12 13 9 12 18 9 5 6 6 10 2720
15 Tommy O'Leary IV 32 34 34 DNQ 21 23 23 24 21 34 25 30 27 25 13 24 26 C 31 2490
16 Jared Marks Wth 8 16 Wth 10 10 7 16 9 25 13 29 12 11 2240
17 Larry Barford Jr. 28 DNQ 19 30 25 17 17 33 15 17 23 21 23 25 2050
18 Mason Mingus 19 10 15 9 6 8 12 10 29 8 23 6 1930
19 Milka Duno 37 18 31 37 24 Wth 10 16 18 17 19 17 13 33 1790
20 Brandon Davis 19 27 23 9 21 5 4 27 11 13 22 1625
21 Erik Jones 29 5 26 9 3 11 33 3 4 27 1565
22 Kevin Swindell 11 19 14 19 1** 3 3 C 2 1545
23 Buster Graham 17 23 15 23 16 10 19 19 16 18 27 1515
24 Bobby Gerhart 1 42 20 25 27 14 17 19 16 20 1310
25 Chase Elliott 10 4 2 7 8 3 1260
26 Clint King 5 6 4 12 6 5 1200
27 Grant Enfinger 13 3 2 27 8 3 1120
28 Mikey Kile 16 4 12 22 6 1100
29 Michael Leavine 31 26 Wth 15 14 15 31 17 890
30 Korbin Forrister DNQ 28 25 29 31 29 37 32 24 27 790
31 Mason Mitchell 10 5 5 7 785
32 Austin Rettig DNQ 18 21 13 20 9 770
33 Ed Pompa 31 18 30 17 16 23 705
34 Sean Corr 43 14 30 10 12 640
35 Aleks Gregory 41 28 33 26 14 13 610
36 Brad Lloyd DC 33 23 18 14 21 605
37 Rick Clifton 39 18 28 21 32 20 590
38 Zach Ralston 18 16 30 20 29 585
39 Mike Koch DNQ 28 22 31 31 19 Wth C 520
40 Levi Youster 30 20 27 27 26 500
41 Tom Berte 17 26 24 18 495
42 A. J. Henriksen 8 18 15 495
43 Mark Thompson 5 14 24 475
44 Mike Affarano DNQ 29 39 24 16 C 35 465
45 Roger Carter 35 32 34 31 31 33 33 465
46 Dale Shearer 17 40 20 18 C 40 465
47 George Cushman 35 43 27 20 16 460
48 Chad Boat 3 8 37 455
49 Clay Rogers 7 Wth 4 DNQ 435
50 Steve Blackburn 4 5 420
51 Joey Coulter DNQ 40 14 9 415
52 Brennan Newberry 4 5 415
53 Tim Walter DNQ 20 21 19 415
54 Cale Gale 13 1* 405
55 Drew Charlson 2 41 18 390
56 John Blankenship DNQ 15 6 380
57 Darren Hagen 26 21 16 375
58 Thomas Praytor 34 20 28 28 370
59 James Swanson 26 31 18 35 C 370
60 Charles Evans Jr. 21 28 17 360
61 Steve Fox 15 29 23 355
62 Maryeve Dufault 26 23 19 350
63 Tyler Reddick 15 8 345
64 Brett Hudson 21 21 34 34 C 335
65 Ronnie Souders Jr. 30 23 20 325
66 Roby Bujdoso 15 14 315
67 Brandon McReynolds 11* 1 315
68 Evan Pardo 14 15 315
69 Nick Tucker 29 15 31 315
70 Wayne Peterson DNQ 26 26 29 C 39 305
71 Michael Simko 17 14 305
72 Chris Windom 8 25 295
73 Ron Cox 22 12 C 290
74 Tyler Speer DC 36 7 C 270
75 Tim Cowen 19 20 265
76 Brian Finney 12 29 255
77 Steve Arpin 12 30 C 250
78 Brian Kaltreider 20 22 250
79 Brad Smith DNQ DNQ 25 27 250
80 Andrew Ranger 1* 245
81 Juan Carlos Blum 29 15 240
82 Dominick Casola 26 19 C 235
83 Ricky Ehrgott 16 30 230
84 Joseph Hughs 16 36 Wth 35 C 225
85 Brian Keselowski 24 Wth Wth 23 225
86 Terry Jones 25 38 31 220
87 Kelly Kovski 4 C 220
88 Mike Senica DNQ 32 32 35 220
89 Dustin Hapka 18 32 210
90 Max Gresham 6 200
91 Frankie Kimmel 7 200
92 Joey Miller 6 200
93 Scott Null 22 35 DNQ 200
94 Tim Andrews 9 185
95 Alex Kennedy 9 185
96 Blake Hillard 24 32 180
97 Brian Campbell 11 175
98 Jason Holehouse 11 175
99 Kyle Martel 11 175
100 Bubba Pollard 11 175
101 Matt Merrell 12 170
102 Kyle Larson 13 165
103 Donnie Neuenberger DNQ 18 165
104 Caleb Armstrong 15 155
105 Shane Cockrum 15 C 155
106 Willie Mullins 15 155
107 Fain Skinner 15 155
108 Don Thompson 28 33 155
109 Ed Bull 16 150
110 David Levine 12 145
111 Mark Littleton 17 C 145
112 Brandon Kidd 18 140
113 Justin Lloyd 19 135
114 Kent Schenkel 19 135
115 Mike Buckley 20 130
116 Landon Cling 20 130
117 Brent Cross Wth 30 35 130
118 A. J. Fike 24 C 110
119 Chad Frewaldt 24 110
120 Ed Kennedy 24 110
121 Steve Minghenelli 24 110
122 Jeff Choquette 25 C 105
123 Mike Harmon 32 39 105
124 Gregg Hutto Jr. 25 105
125 Clay Campbell 26 100
126 Daryl Eustace 26 100
127 John Ferrier DNQ 31 100
128 Paulie Harraka 26 100
129 John Wes Townley 28 100
130 Bill Coffey 42 33 95
131 Matt Crafton 31 95
132 Brad Cox 28 90
133 Robert Mitten 28 90
134 Ryan Unzicker 28 C 90
135 Richard Harriman 29 85
136 Jeremy Petty DNQ 34 85
137 Jack Clarke 30 80
138 Tim Turner 30 80
139 Amber Koch 32 70
140 Ira Small 32 C 70
141 Joe Cooksey 33 C 65
142 Bob Strait 33 65
143 Mike Young 28 65
144 Bradley Riethmeyer 34 60
145 Clair Zimmerman 34 60
146 Leilani Münter 36 50
147 Sloan Henderson 40 30
Michael Bockler DNQ 25
Cody Lane DNQ 25
Lucas Munroe 25
Casey Roderick Wth 25
Ryan Rust DNQ 25
Shawn Umphries DNS 25
Tim Viens DNS 25
Sources:[3][4]

See also

References
  1. "The Pit Lane". Archived from the original on 2012-12-25. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  2. Fradette, Luc (November 29, 2011). "2012 schedule officially released". Auto123.com. Xprima.com Corporation. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
  3. "2012 ARCA Racing Series standings". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  4. "2012 points". Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
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