FRANK KIMMEL

'Franklin James Kimmel' (born April 30, 1962 in Clarksville, Indiana) drives the #46 Pork, The Other White Meat Ford for Tri-State Motorsports in the ARCA Re/Max Series. He has won the ARCA championship eight times as of 2007 and is the defending champion in the series. He won the championship in 1998 and also won the 2000 through 2006 championships. The 2007 championship is scheduled to end 13 October ^[1].

Contents

Personal

Early career

ARCA

NASCAR

IROC

References

External links

Personal

His father, Bill Kimmel Sr., was a three-time race winner in the ARCA series^[2].
As of 2006, Frank Kimmel resides in Borden, Indiana.

Early career

Before racing in ARCA, Kimmel won three championships racing Late Models^[3].

ARCA

Frank's first ARCA race came in 1990. His first full season was 1992, driving the #02 Indiana Steel Co. Pontiac. Kimmel was consistent and was able to claim Rookie of the Year honors. Frank won his first race at Toledo Speedway in 1994.
He is the only eight-time champion in the Re/Max Series and the only driver to win seven championships in a row (2000-2006). As of July 2007, he is second on the all-time win list with 69 victories^[4], and has 241 top-ten finishes in 326 starts. None of those victories have come at Daytona. Kimmel became the first ever ARCA Re/Max Series driver to be assigned a seat in the IROC (International Race of Champions) Series in 2006.
As of 2006, the crew chief on Frank Kimmel's team is his brother, Bill Kimmel Jr.^[5]

NASCAR

He has made seven starts in the NASCAR Winston Cup (now NASCAR NEXTEL Cup) Series^[6], six of these starts with Travis Carter Motorsports in 2002^[7]. He so far found little success in the series. His best finish to date was a 26th place finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He had one Busch Series start. He has had two Top-10 finishes from twelve Craftsman Truck Series starts.

IROC

Kimmel was invited to participate in the 2006 edition of the International Race of Champions, IROC XXX. Kimmel was the first ever ARCA Re/Max Series driver to be assigned a seat in IROC.
That season, he placed seventh in points^[8] with a best finish of third in the first race^[9] of the four-race IROC season.

References

1. http://www.arcaracing.com/content/view/4124/2/
2. http://www.arcaracing.com/content/view/992/136/
3. http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=54560
4. http://www.arcaracing.com/content/view/992/136/
5. http://www.roundaboutmadison.com/Inside%20Pages/Kentucky%20Speedway/KySpeedway69.html
6. http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=kimmefr01
7. http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet?id=kimmefr01&yr=2002&series=W
8. http://www.racing-reference.info/raceyear?yr=2006&series=I
9. http://www.racing-reference.info/rquery?id=kimmefr01&trk=029&series=I

External links

★ Frank's Official Website

★ NASCAR and IROC driver's statistics at racing-reference.info