Brent Jarvis Wins ARCA Race at Milwaukee Mile!!

newsbot · 05-05-2008, 04:27 AM

Brent Jarvis continued his winning ways in the ARCA series by startingfrom the pole and leading the majority of laps on his way to a wintonight in the 150-lap event that saw 8 cars start, and only 4 finish. There were long green flag runs, and slicing and dicing for the lead late int he race as 4 different drivers would share time on the point. But in the end, it was hard to keep pace with Jarvis in his #17 Ford Racing Fusion.
Jarvis would start on the front row with Cole McGillis, and the two ofthem would pull away at the first of the race which saw a long greenflag run. While Brent was running his pace, Cole had troubles with hiscar and cut down a tire. bob Dunlop, running in his first ARCA racetonight, would start from the fourth position and move into second andswap the lead with Jarvis on several occasions throughout the night.

The first retiree from the race was Ed Sedlacek, who on Lap 2 pulled itbehind the wall with an unknown issue. The field ran under green untilLap 43 when Ray Johnson would end up backed into the T3 wall, endinghis night and bunching the field back up. During the long green run,Jeff Winters and Nathan Lloyd had worked their way from the rear of thefield into third and fourth place.

After the pit stops, which left everyone needing another stop for fuelto finish, the field went green for over 40 laps until Tim Colliercaught the inside wall on the front stretch and stuck the nose of hiscar into the water barrels at the start of pit road. This would bunchup the field again and ensure everyone of having enough fuel to see theend.

The restart had the field racing like there were 10 to go, not 50, andthe lead changed hands several times throughout the run. Jeff Winter,who had been contending for the win, left the field and went to thehauler on Lap 123 with an electrical problem (dreaded disconnect). Thecaution would come out again soon thereafter from an incident in T2,and the field pitted and all 5 remaining cars were very still much incontention for the win.

The final caution would come out on Lap 132 for a spin by ColeMcgillis, who suffered from multiple tire failures throughout thenight. McGillis parked his car behind the wall and climbed up into thepress box to call the action in the remaining laps of the race.

Brent Jarvis led Bob Dunlop to the green on the restart, and Jarvismade an incredible start putting distance between himself and Dunlopgoing into Turn 1. Nathan Lloyd would close in on Bob Dunlop a few lapslater to contend for second place, but his car was loose on exit and hefollowed Dunlop to the checkered flag.

This is Jarvis' third win of the current ARCA season, and anotherimpressive run showing the ability to run at any pace. Bob Dunlop'sfirst start was also impressive, seeing time at the point of the fieldand contending for the win throughout the night. Nathan Lloyd roundedout the Top 3, and had an exceptional night for his team. Tim Collierfinished 4th, the last car running at the end.

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