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Where:                                    Salem Speedway, Salem, Indiana

When:                                     Sunday, April 14, 2019; 2 pm ET

Television:                             MAVTV, Live

Track Length:                        0.555 miles

Banking:                                33 degrees

Most Recent Winner:            Chandler Smith, September 15, 2018, 70.380 mph

Most Recent Pole Winner:   Zane Smith, September 15, 2018, 117.329 mph

Track Qualifying Record:    Chandler Smith, April 21, 2018, 118.618 mph

• The ARCA Menards Series returns to Salem Speedway for the Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA 200, its 105th event at the high-banked half-mile since 1955.
• Salem Speedway has hosted more ARCA Menards Series races than any other racetrack.
• Nineteen drivers have earned their first career ARCA Menards Series victory at Salem Speedway: Bobby Allison, Steve Arpin, Earl Balmer, Christopher Bell, Blake Bjorklund, Tobey Butler, Jim Cushman, Elmer Davis, Dave Dayton, Christian Eckes, Butch Hartman, Shelby Howard, Ron Hutcherson, Larry Moore, Scott Neal, Brennan Poole, Patrick Sheltra, Bobby Watson, and Billy Venturini.
• Seven drivers registered their only career win at Salem: Bobby Allison, Blake Bjorklund, Tobey Butler, Elmer Davis, Larry Moore, Scott Neal, and Billy Venturini.
• Fourteen other drivers earned their most recent (or final) career victory at Salem: A. Arnold, Jack Harrison, Shelby Howard, Bruce Gould, Andy Hampton, Jason Jarrett, Tracy Leslie, Justin Lofton, Brad Malcuit, LaMarr Marshall, Joey Miller, Chandler Smith, and Roy Wathen.
• Since 1987, when the speedway reopened after a six-year hiatus, ARCA Menards Series races at Salem have been won from the pole thirteen times: Larry Moore in July 1988, Bob Strait in September 1993, Tim Steele in September 1995, September 1996, and April 1997, Frank Kimmel in April 1998, Bill Baird in April 1999, Kimmel in September 2000, April 2001, September 2001, April 2002, September 2002, and April 2004.
• There have been 29 ARCA Menards Series races at Salem without a win from the pole, a span of 15 years.
• Since 1987, Frank Kimmel leads all drivers with nine wins at Salem. Tim Steele is second with four, Tom Hessert III is third with three, and Justin Allgaier, Christopher Bell, Grant Enfinger, Shelby Howard, Ken Schrader, and Bob Strait are all tied for fourth with two.
• Single-event winners at Salem since 1987 include Dakoda Armstrong, Steve Arpin, Bill Baird, Kyle Benjamin, Blake Bjorklund, Chad Blount, Alex Bowman, Bob Brevak, Chris Buescher, Tobey Butler, Christian Eckes, Jason Jarrett, Bob Keselowski, Brian Keselowski, Tracy Leslie, Justin Lofton, Joey Miller, Larry Moore, Scott Neal, Brennan Poole, Dalton Sargeant, Bob Schacht, Patrick Sheltra, Chandler Smith, Austin Theriault, and Billy Venturini.
• Christopher Bell is the last driver to repeat as a winner in the ARCA Menards Series at Salem Speedway; he swept both races in 2016.
• Frank Kimmel leads all drivers with eight General Tire Poles at Salem since 1987. Bob Strait is second with four, and Justin Boston, Ken Schrader, and Tim Steele are tied for third with three apiece. A total of 31 drivers have earned at least one General Tire Pole Award at Salem since 1987.
• Since 1987, Frank Kimmel leads all drivers with 1,827 laps led at Salem. Tim Steele is second with 789 laps led, Ken Schrader third with 440, Chandler Smith fourth at 316, and Justin Lofton in fifth with 266 laps led.
• Ten-time series champion Frank Kimmel leads all drivers with 35 top ten finishes at Salem since 1987 with 35. Tom Hessert III and Ken Schrader are tied for second with 12, Joe Cooksey, Bob Schacht, and Bob Strait are tied for fourth with nine. A total of 212 drivers have earned at least one top ten finish since 1987.
• Frank Kimmel leads all drivers with 29 top-five finishes since 1987, with Ken Schrader second with 11, Tom Hessert III, Tim Steele, and Bob Strait tied for third with seven. A total of 123 drivers have registered at least one top-five finish since 1987.
• The races in September 1988 and October 1989 were both 500 laps, the last time the ARCA Menards Series competed in races that length. Bob Brevak won in 1988 and Bob Schacht won in 1989.
• The record for most caution flags in an ARCA Menards Series race at Salem Speedway is 13 for a record 126 laps, set in 1988 and tied five times in April 1998, April 2004, September 2004, September 2005, and September 2006. The record for caution laps in a 200-lap race is 81 set in April 2007 in a race won by Brian Keselowski.
• The record for fewest caution flags in an ARCA Menards Series race at Salem Speedway is one for a record eight laps set in 2014 in a race won by Tom Hessert III.

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