The 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series was the 53rd season of the ARCA Racing Series, a division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). The season was scheduled to begin on February 7, 2005, with the Advance Discount Auto Parts 200 at Daytona International Speedway, and ended with the Food World 300 at Talladega Superspeedway eight months later. Frank Kimmel of Clement Racing won the driver's championship, his seventh in the series, surpassing Iggy Katona for the most championships in ARCA history. Joey Miller of Hagans Racing won the Rookie of the Year award whilst finishing second in the point standings.
Schedule The 2005 ARCA Re/MAX Series schedule consisted of twenty-three races, at seventeen tracks in twelve states. Fourteen events on the schedule were televised live by SPEED Channel. No.Race titleTrackCityDateNetwork1Advance Discount Auto Parts 200Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach, FloridaFebruary 7SPEED2PFG Lester 150Nashville SuperspeedwayLebanon, TennesseeMarch 26SPEED3Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200Salem SpeedwayWashington Township, IndianaApril 244Harley-Davidson of Cincinnati 150Kentucky SpeedwaySparta, KentuckyMay 145Hantz Group 200Toledo SpeedwayToledo, OhioMay 22SPEED6Williams Bros. 200Lanier National SpeedwayBraselton, GeorgiaMay 287ARCA 150Milwaukee MileWest Allis, WisconsinJune 4SPEED8Pocono 200Pocono RacewayLong Pond, PennsylvaniaJune 11SPEED9Hantz Group 200Michigan International SpeedwayBrooklyn, MichiganJune 17SPEED10Kansas Lottery $200 GrandKansas Speedway Kansas City, KansasJuly 2SPEED11WLWT Channel 5 150Kentucky SpeedwaySparta, KentuckyJuly 8SPEED12Request/Sara Lee ARCA 200Berlin RacewayMarne, MichiganJuly 1613Pennsylvania 200Pocono RacewayLong Pond, PennsylvaniaJuly 2314Shop n' Save 150Gateway International RacewayMadison, IllinoisJuly 28SPEED15ARCA 200Lake Erie SpeedwayGreenfield Township, PennsylvaniaAugust 516ARCA Re/MAX 200Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, TennesseeAugust 13SPEED17Hantz Group 200Michigan International SpeedwayBrooklyn, MichiganAugust 19SPEED18Allen Crowe Memorial 100Illinois State Fairgrounds RacetrackSpringfield, IllinoisAugust 2119Hantz Group 200 presented by Belle TireToledo SpeedwayToledo, OhioSeptember 2SPEED20Southern Illinois 100DuQuoin State Fairgrounds RacetrackDu Quoin, IllinoisSeptember 521SK Hand Tool 200Chicagoland SpeedwayJoliet, IllinoisSeptember 10SPEED22Eddie Gilstrap Motors Fall ClassicSalem SpeedwayWashington Township, IndianaSeptember 1723Food World 300Talladega SuperspeedwayLincoln, AlabamaOctober 1SPEED
Results and standings
Races No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver No. Winning team 1 Advance Discount Auto Parts 200 Bobby Gerhart Bobby Gerhart Bobby Gerhart Chevrolet 5 Bobby Gerhart Racing 2 PFG Lester 150 Erin Crocker Chad Blount Chad Blount Chevrolet 67 ML Motorsports 3 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Chad McCumbee Chad Blount Chad Blount Chevrolet 67 ML Motorsports 4 Harley-Davidson of Cincinnati 150 Chad Blount Chad Blount Frank Kimmel Ford 46 Clement Racing 5 Hantz Group 200 Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Ken Schrader Chevrolet 99 Ken Schrader Racing 6 Williams Bros. 200 David Ragan Joey Miller David Ragan Ford 90 Day Enterprise Racing 7 ARCA 150 David Ragan Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Ford 46 Clement Racing 8 Pocono 200 Travis Kvapil Travis Kvapil Travis Kvapil Dodge 27 Penske Racing 9 Hantz Group 200 Kyle Krisiloff Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Ford 46 Clement Racing 10 Kansas Lottery $200 Grand Joey Miller Chad Blount Chad Blount Chevrolet 67 ML Motorsports 11 WLWT Channel 5 150 Erin Crocker Chad Blount Chad Blount Chevrolet 67 ML Motorsports 12 Request/Sara Lee ARCA 200 Joey Miller Joey Miller Joey Miller Dodge 9 Hagans Racing 13 Pennsylvania 200 Joey Miller Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Ford 46 Clement Racing 14 Shop n' Save 150 Ken Schrader Joey Miller Joey Miller Dodge 9 Hagans Racing 15 ARCA 200 Joey Miller Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Ford 46 Clement Racing 16 ARCA Re/MAX 200 Joey Miller Joey Miller Joey Miller Dodge 9 Hagans Racing 17 Hantz Group 200 Kyle Krisiloff Steve Wallace Steve Wallace Dodge 27 Penske Racing 18 Allen Crowe Memorial 100 Justin Allgaier Frank Kimmel Frank Kimmel Ford 46 Clement Racing 19 Hantz Group 200 presented by Belle Tire David Ragan Joey Miller Frank Kimmel Ford 46 Clement Racing 20 Southern Illinois 100 Brian Tyler Justin Allgaier Frank Kimmel Ford 46 Clement Racing 21 SK Hand Tool 200 Joey Miller Joey Miller Dawayne Bryan Dodge 65 Bryan Racing 22 Eddie Gilstrap Motors Fall Classic Brett Hudson Joey Miller Joey Miller Dodge 9 Hagans Racing 23 Food World 300 Kraig Kinser Kraig Kinser Kraig Kinser Chevrolet 10 Fast Track Racing with MB2 Motorsports
Drivers' championship (key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.