ARCA Stock Cars are Road Course Racing at New Jersey Motorsports Park

Rain or shine, the ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards is
going road course racing at New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP) Sunday
afternoon, August 15th.

The third annual Garden State 150 presented by American Red Cross is
scheduled to get the green flag at 1:00 p.m. EST regardless of any
inclement weather.

With the combination of the purpose-built Hoosier 'wet' tire and a
commitment from the series to race in the rain if need be, ticket buyers
can be confident they'll witness a high-speed, competitive ARCA Series
stock car race on the track's 2.25-mile Thunderbolt Raceway road course.

In fact, the Hoosier 'wet' tire came into play earlier this year on the
Palm Beach Int'l Raceway (PBIR) road course in Jupiter, Florida where
Justin Marks, driving for Win Tron Racing in the Construct Corps Dodge,
drove to victory lane in a driving rain storm that lasted for most of the
event.

While the victory was momentous for Marks - his career first - it was
arguably even more momentous for the series itself.
The event marked the first time in the 58-year history of the ARCA Series
that it competed in the rain when precipitation hit just 20 laps into the
event. Steve Arpin, the first to come down pit road for rain tires,
triggered the historic moment and the majority of the teams followed
Arpin's cue and steered for pit road for rain tires. From there, teams
raced in the rain for the next 50 laps before monsoon-like rains engulfed
the PBIR course during which series officials stopped the race on lap 70,
just five laps shy of the intended mark. Further, just three cautions for
nine laps - one of which occurred before the rain - slowed the event.

"Based upon the feedback we got from both the teams and Hoosier, we were
very pleased with the performance of the new rain tire," commented Joe
Wells, ARCA VP of Competition. "The event at Palm Beach was truly a
historic day for our series. We are certainly prepared to do the same, if
necessary, at New Jersey Motorsports Park."

Race winner Marks, a road racing veteran with experience in SCCA regional
and national road racing, Speed World Challenge GT Championship, Touring
Car, Grand-Am Cup and the Rolex Sports Car Series, also commented on the
experience.

"It was awesome - great rain tire," Marks explained. "Hoosier has always
built a good rain tire. This tire was very consistent. It had great grip.
What is great about it is that when you have Hoosier rain tires, you worry
about driving the car, finding grip on the racetrack and having good rain
racetrack, you never worry about the tire. You never have to worry about
driving around on an ill-handling tire. It's just consistent and you know
it's going to be there for you."

ARCA's Rich Road Course History Dates Back to 1958
Although it was ARCA's first experience racing in the rain, it certainly
was not the first road course appearance for ARCA. ARCA made its road
course debut in 1958 at the now-defunct Meadowdale Raceway in
Carpentersville, Illinois where Fred Lorenzen earned the victory. In
addition to Lorenzen, ARCA's road course history holds an elite group of
winners including Nelson Stacy (Meadowdale/1960), Curtis Turner (Virginia
Int'l Raceway/1962), Elmer Musgrave (Meadowdale/1964), Jack Bowsher (Mid
Ohio Sports Car Course/1965), Bob Schacht/St. Louis Int'l Raceway/1986),
Ken Schrader (Heartland Park Topeka KS/1991), Darrell Waltrip (Heartland
Park/1992), Scott Lagasse, Sr. (Des Moines Grand Prix/1994), John Finger
(Watkins Glen Int'l/2001), Justin Allgaier (New Jersey Motorsports
Park/2008), Patrick Long (New Jersey/2009) and Justin Marks (Palm Beach
Int'l Raceway/2010).

New Jersey Motorsports Park has established itself as the most prolific
road course in ARCA history by hosting the series event for the 3rd
consecutive season in 2010.