Automobile Racing Club of America Inc.

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.arcaracing.com

This group really knows how to get things revved up and moving. The Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is a stock car racing organization that operates two racing circuits and two speedways. Its ARCA RE/MAX Series includes about two dozen events featuring automobiles similar to those used in NASCAR events. The association also sanctions the Lincoln Welders Truck Series, a shorts circuit of races featuring modified pickup trucks. Many of the races are televised on the SPEED Channel (owned by FOX Entertainment). In addition, ARCA operates race tracks in Michigan and Ohio. In 1953 John Marcum and his wife Mildred started the Midwest Association for Race Cars, which evolved into the ARCA in 1964.

Officers:
President: Ron Drager
Finance Director: Donn Wobser
Marketing Director: Mark Gunderm

Competitors:
Champ Car
Indy Racing League
NASCAR

Automobile Racing Club of America
Category	Stock car racing
Country or region	United States
Inaugural season	1953
Last Drivers' champion	Frank Kimmel
Official website	arcaracing.com

Frank Kimmel racing in ARCA in 2006

Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is an auto racing sanctioning body in the United States founded in 1953 by John Marcum. The current president of ARCA is Ron Drager. ARCA (aka the ARCA RE/MAX Series) races stock cars similar to those seen in NASCAR's Nextel Cup Series, and indeed most cars used in ARCA were previously used in NASCAR. ARCA's competitors contain a mix of both professional racers as well as hobby racers alike, in addition to younger competitors trying to make a name for themselves, sometimes driving as part of a driver development program for a NASCAR team.

ARCA also sanctions a truck racing series called the ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series and owns the Toledo Speedway and Flat Rock Speedway. Formerly sanctioned the ARCA Midget Series which it ended in 2002.

History

Marcum founded the Midwest Association for Race Cars (MARC) in 1952, and in 1964 the name was changed to the Automobile Racing Club of America. This is not to be confused with the organization founded in 1933 with the same name (now known as the Sports Car Club of America).

External links

• Official ARCA Website

Tracks of ARCA
Berlin • Chicagoland • Daytona • DuQuoin • Gateway • Illinois • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Michigan • Milwaukee • Nashville • Pocono • Salem • Talladega • Toledo • USA Int'l • Winchester

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