In 2013, a young 15-year-old Kyle Weatherman made his ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards debut at the Salem Speedway. Weatherman finished fourth that afternoon and gained the attention of everyone in the garage. This weekend will mark the Wentzville, Missouri natives eighth race at the historic high-banks as he will be behind the No. 78 St. Charles Glass Chevrolet for Mason Mitchell Motorsports (MMM).
Two weeks ago, at the Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Weatherman and the No. 78 team had a dominating day. The team won practice, captured the General Tire pole award and finished second after leading a race high 134 laps.
MMM has elected to bring the same car that finished runner-up at the Fairgrounds Speedway two weeks ago.
“Salem is where I made my first start in ARCA,” Weatherman stated. “We’ve had several great runs, led a lot of laps. But there’s still one column needing to be checked off and that’s a win. We’re bringing a lot of momentum to the track this weekend. We had a very strong showing at Nashville and we look to build on it this weekend.
“Salem is a very abrasive track on tires so saving tires will be very important this weekend. As you saw at Nashville tires are very important and Salem and they will be more important here because of the old pavement. Throughout a run, you will slow down 2-3 seconds.”
Weatherman enters the third race of the 2017 campaign second in national championship standings. This weekend also marks the second race of the Sioux Chief Short Track Challenge. Weatherman enters second in short track points. The 19-year-old won the Short Track Challenge in 2015.
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Weatherman at Salem: Weatherman has seven starts at the Salem Speedway, earning four top five finishes, five top tens and leading 150 laps.
Chassis Information: Kyle will race chassis No. 589 out of the MMM stable at Salem on Sunday. Kyle raced this car to a second place finish at the Fairgrounds Speedway two weeks ago. Weatherman sat on the pole and led 134 laps in the 200-lap event. In 17 starts the chassis has two wins (Iowa 15 and Springfield 16), 12 top-five finishes and 15 top-ten finishes.
TUNE IN INFORMATION: The Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 at the Salem Speedway will air on a tape delayed basis on MAVTV at a later date. The ARCA Racing Series will practice from 12:00-1:30 pm. General Tire Pole Qualifying begins at 3:30 Saturday afternoon. Sunday the 101st ARCA race at Salem will begin at 2:15 pm. ARCAracing.com will feature live timing and scoring and live chat of all on-track activity.
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