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The ARCA series, the traditional stepping stone to NASCAR, is adding a second date in Florida, and it’s a road course: The stock car series will race at the new Palm Beach International Raceway, a 2.034-mile, 11-turn road course in Jupiter, on Saturday, February 27, 2010. PBIR is the old Moroso Motorsports Park, considerably redone and updated.
While ARCA hasn’t finalized its entire 2010 schedule, this is presumably the second race of the season, and the first that will feature cars that were made possible by an ARCA announcement a couple of days ago: The series will allow retired NASCAR Nationwide series cars to race against the current car, essentially a retired NASCAR Sprint Cup car. The Nationwide series car’s wheelbase, at 105 inches, is five inches shorter than the regular Cup car, but ARCA seems convinced that both cars can be adjusted to compete against each other. The V-8 engine and 3,400-pound weight limit remains in place.
"We've been working with officials at Palm Beach Int'l Raceway for well over a year, and today's announcement has been highly anticipated by everyone at ARCA," said ARCA President Ron Drager. "The PBIR venue and market represents a key addition to the 2010 schedule and we certainly look forward to working with Jason Rittenberry, Ron Dixon, Emily Brown and everyone at PBIR. We expect a large number of our teams to visit the facility based on common travel over the next couple months with the Performance Racing Industry trade show in Orlando Dec. 10-12, the ARCA sanctioned open test at Daytona International Speedway Dec. 18-20, and the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 race at Daytona Feb. 6."
PBIR joins the previously announced August 15 race date at New Jersey Motorsports Park as one of two road course venues on the 2010 schedule. ARCA’s last second date in Florida was at Lakeland, which has closed.
While ARCA hasn’t finalized its entire 2010 schedule, this is presumably the second race of the season, and the first that will feature cars that were made possible by an ARCA announcement a couple of days ago: The series will allow retired NASCAR Nationwide series cars to race against the current car, essentially a retired NASCAR Sprint Cup car. The Nationwide series car’s wheelbase, at 105 inches, is five inches shorter than the regular Cup car, but ARCA seems convinced that both cars can be adjusted to compete against each other. The V-8 engine and 3,400-pound weight limit remains in place.
"We've been working with officials at Palm Beach Int'l Raceway for well over a year, and today's announcement has been highly anticipated by everyone at ARCA," said ARCA President Ron Drager. "The PBIR venue and market represents a key addition to the 2010 schedule and we certainly look forward to working with Jason Rittenberry, Ron Dixon, Emily Brown and everyone at PBIR. We expect a large number of our teams to visit the facility based on common travel over the next couple months with the Performance Racing Industry trade show in Orlando Dec. 10-12, the ARCA sanctioned open test at Daytona International Speedway Dec. 18-20, and the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 race at Daytona Feb. 6."
PBIR joins the previously announced August 15 race date at New Jersey Motorsports Park as one of two road course venues on the 2010 schedule. ARCA’s last second date in Florida was at Lakeland, which has closed.
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