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ARCA Veteran Brad Smith Guests ON PIT ROW Tuesday

October 19, 2008

After 21 years of Racing in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, Brad Smith has a unique perspective on big time auto racing.

Joining The Pit Crew live from the Toledo Speedway Bar and Grille will be the long time independent car owner and driver.  Smith got his start in ARCA in 1988 and has seen the many changes that have been made to the series over the years.

Brad will join in on the discussion starting in the second hour of ON PIT ROW, beginning at 6pm ET.  ON PIT ROW can be heard via live stream at www.onpitrow.com or at www.arcaracing.com if you do not have a local radio station carrying the show in your area.

While much of the focus of the end of the 2008 season revolved around the tight points battle and subsequent interaction between Scott Speed, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Justin Allgaier and Frank Kimmell; Smith will be able to give his perspective on his battles in the points and what inspires him to return to this form of racing year after year.

In the years that Brad has run in the RE/MAX Series, his best finishes have been twelfths at Salem, Winchester and Pocono.  2001 saw Smith finish a career high, thirteenth in drivers points.  Listen in to hear what motivates this Engineer and Business major to follow his love for automobile racing on the ARCA RE/MAX circuit.

Last weeks 90 minute INSIDE ARCA show was the last one for the 2008 race season.  INSIDE ARCA will now be part of ON PIT ROW throughout the off season, with the 90 minute version returning before Speedweeks in 2009.  Tune in to ON PIT ROW to get all your ARCA post season info.

photo credit: BethAnne Heisler/ON PIT ROW

Written by Steve Wronkowicz · Filed Under ARCA Angels, Inside the ARCA Remax Series, On Pit Row, On Pit Row on the Road | Leave a Comment 

ARCA Angels is Driven to Help

August 22, 2008

Sometimes things just feel right.  Today, ARCA and  our company, Bench Racing Productions are announcing the launch of a cause marketing effort to be known as ARCA Angels. 

The program will run for eight weeks in conjunction with ON PIT ROW and INSIDE ARCA sponsored by Team Glock Racing, the two radio programs that are co hosted by Steve Wronkowicz and Charlie Turner from the Toledo Speedway Bar & Grill each week. 

“We are just trying to help,” said Mark Gundrum, Vice President of Marketing and Communications for ARCA. “There are people who are associated with ARCA and the sport of auto racing who need help, and we have formed a small group of people who are willing to help if they
can.”

You can read the entire ARCA press release here. 

We’re proud to be a part of the ARCA Angels effort and we hope to help continue the good work far beyond the initial eight week promotion.  We presently have plans for several different fund raising activities, many of which will center around the live broadcasts of the radio shows.  But we want to include the internet community in the program too.  If you have any suggestions, please let us know.

We have wanted to get ON PIT ROW and OnPitRow.com involved in some kind of charitable program for some time now.  As NASCAR observers, there is a tendency to immediately think of Victory Junction Gang Camp or one of the many driver foundations.  They all support great causes.  ARCA Angels is a start-up.  Something to help build from the beginning.  We are directing the help towards three specific situations.  It will be great to see, from close up, how the efforts benefit those who need it.  As I said, this just felt right, right from the beginning.

Written by Charlie Turner · Filed Under ARCA Angels, Inside the ARCA Remax Series, On Pit Row, Show News, Site News | 2 Comments