Weatherman Wins In ARCA Road Course Debut At NJMP

Kyle Weatherman and his team celebrates in victory lane after winning Sunday's ARCA Racing Series race at New Jersey Motorsports Park.  Photo courtesy ARCA Media

Kyle Weatherman and his team celebrates in victory lane after winning Sunday’s ARCA Racing Series race at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Photo courtesy ARCA Media

Kyle Weatherman spent time in the dirt, spun in the grass and stalled his car trying to get off pit road. He also won the ARCA 150 presented by Unique Pretzels at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, NJ on Sunday, leading the final five laps for his career-first ARCA Racing Series win.

“We’ve been fast everywhere we’ve been this year, we just haven’t had the good luck on our side,” said Weatherman, who was also making his career-first road course start. “Finally, to have good luck on our side and to get the victory here is just amazing.”

Weatherman gained the lead from Menards Pole winner Cole Custer on lap 62, then survived a late race re-start in which he put his No. 22 Cunningham Motorsports Dodge into the grass between turns two and three on the 12-turn, 2.25-mile Thunderbolt Raceway course. He somehow managed to keep the lead, however, staying in front of Cunningham Motorsports teammate Tom Hessert and Josh Williams.

“We were fighting hard,” Weatherman said. “I gave it everything I had for the last three or four laps. I knew Tom (Hessert) and those guys were coming so I had to go. I went a little too hard and ended up a little off the track. That could have been disastrous, but we got lucky. It is really cool to come home with this victory here.”

Hessert finished in second and Williams third. ARCA Racing Series points leader Grant Enfinger was fourth and Custer fifth. Eleven cars finished on the lead lap, including Venturini Motorsports teammates Cody Coughlin (sixth) and Brandon Jones (10th). Austin Wayne Self led 16 laps and finished seventh while New Jersey driver Steve Minghenelli was eighth and Sarah Cornett-Ching ninth. ARCA veteran driver Bob Schacht, in his first ARCA race since 2011, was the last car on the lead lap in 11th place.

Hessert, from nearby Cherry Hill, NJ, had an eventful weekend. He had to start at the back of the field for changing a clutch after qualifying Saturday.

“It was a tough, hard-fought day,” Hessert said. “Chad (Bryant) and the guys on the 77 team did a nice job. We hung in there. We had a couple late re-starts, got into turn one hard and got a trophy. I’ll take it.”

Williams entered the race second in the point standings and held a top five spot most of the day. With about 15 laps to go, he was second behind Self.

“We were in a good position all day,” Williams said. “We had a really good car all day. It was not quite the car we needed to win the race, but I think we had a solid top five car and we ended up getting a top three.”

Enfinger maintained his point lead with his fourth-place finish. He also led five laps.

“It was definitely overall a good day for us,” Enfinger said. “I’m not by any means a road course expert but GMS has a good road course program. Speed-wise, we had one of the three fastest cars. It got a little crazy on a re-start and we got shuffled back, but overall it was a good day.”

Matt Tifft led the most laps on the day – 19, while Self led 16, Custer 15 and Weatherman 12. Tifft finished five laps down after his car stalled after a green flag pit stop.

Custer said he felt he had the best car.

“It was a fun race,” Custer said. “Nothing really went our way. I finished in the top five. We had the best car here, but nothing went our way.”

Weatherman, meanwhile, gave Cunningham its second win of the season in the No. 22. He thanked crew Chief Paul Andrews and team owners Briggs Cunningham and Kerry Scherer before accepting a prize package from event sponsor Unique Pretzels.

“It’s awesome to be here,” Weatherman said. “We went off on the first lap. That was eventful. Then, we kept stalling on pit road. That didn’t help out. We finally got that figured out on the last pit stop. I can’t thank the guys enough – Briggs Cunningham and Kerry Scherer. Without those guys and my dad, we wouldn’t be here.”

The race took just under two hours and three minutes to complete.

The ARCA Racing Series next goes to Pocono Raceway on Saturday, June 6.

ARCA Racing Series
New Jersey Motorspots Park – Millville, NJ
ARCA 150 – May 24, 2015

FIN STR NO DRIVER/HOMETOWN TEAM & CAR LAPS STATUS
1 8 22 Kyle Weatherman/Wentzville MO Cunningham Motorsports Dodge 67 Running
2 17 77 Tom Hessert/Cherry Hill NJ Barbera’s Autoland Dodge 67 Running
3 10 6 Josh Williams/Port Charlotte FL Southwest Florida Cable Construction Chevrolet 67 Running
4 7 23 Grant Enfinger/Fairhope AL Allegiant Travel Chevrolet 67 Running
5 1 00 Cole Custer/LaDera Ranch CA Haas Automation Chevrolet 67 Running
6 9 55 Cody Coughlin/Delaware OH JEGS Toyota 67 Running
7 13 98 Austin Wayne Self/Austin TX AM Technical Solutions Ford 67 Running
8 12 24 Steve Minghenelli/Waterford NJ Dylan RV Center Ford 67 Running
9 15 2 Sarah Cornett-Ching/Summerland BC Race101.net Chevrolet 67 Running
10 11 25 Brandon Jones/Atlanta GA Ansell-Menards Toyota 67 Running
11 14 75 Bob Schacht/Lombard IL ECC Chevrolet 67 Running
12 16 42 Bo LeMastus/Louisville KY Crosley Brands-T&T Constr-Glad Precision Dodge 65 Running
13 18 97 Bobby Hamilton Jr./Greenbrier TN Nitroforce Industries Titan 1000 Dodge 64 Running
14 2 52 Matt Tifft/Hinckley OH Federated Auto Parts Chevrolet 62 Running
15 19 9 Thomas Praytor/Mobile AL DK-LOK Ford 62 Running
16 27 40 Scott Edwards/Ormond Beach FL Carter 2 Motorsports Dodge 50 Engine
17 21 10 Ed Pompa/Ballston Spa NY Milton CAT-Double H Ranch Ford 44 Running
18 6 59 David Levine/Highland Park IL Ford Performance-TraqGear Ford 36 Rear End
19 4 58 Michael Lira/Port Orange FL TraqGear-Ford Performance Ford 22 Track Bar
20 5 15 Brian Wong/Newport Beach CA Nuts.com-Nitty Toyota 21 Alternator
21 23 0 Dale Matchett/Cherry Hill NJ Great Railing Ford 16 Brakes
22 26 06 Don Thompson/Carlisle PA Great Railing Chevrolet 15 Clutch
23 28 68 Shawn Umphries/Camarillo CA Kimmel Racing Ford 14 Transmssn
24 20 95 Emerson Newton-John/Mooresville NC Carter 2 Motorsports Dodge 12 Carburetor
25 3 53 Robert Mitten/Plantation FL Torriere Racing Dodge 7 Accident
26 24 48 Rick Clifton/Circleville OH Radon.com Ford 5 Engine
27 29 69 James Swanson/Clarksboro NJ Kan Do Ford 4 Suspensn
28 22 3 Josh White/Charleston WV Hixson Construction Chevrolet 2 Steering
29 25 08 Mike Abram/Elida OH Wayne Peterson Racing Ford 1 Clutch
Menards Pole Award presented by Ansell:  Cole Custer 80.594 (100.504 mph)
Margin of Victory:  3.616 seconds Cautions:  4 for 20 laps
Time of Race:  2:02:52 Average Speed:  73.615 mph
Lap Leaders:  Custer 1-8, 28-31, 38, 60-61 (15); Tifft 9-27 (19); Weatherman 28-31, 62-67 (12); Enfinger 39-43 (5); Self 44-59 (16)

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