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ARCA: Two In A Row For Sheltra
Patrick Sheltra rolls in Ansell Protective Gloves 150; Joey Coulter hangs on for Four Crown Win...
ARCA Communications  | http://www.arcaracing.com  |  Posted August 28, 2010   Joliet, IL

Joey Coulter scored a wire-to-wire win to grab the Bill France Four Crown Award. (Photo: ARCAracing.com)

Sheltra moved away on Lap 47, and just four laps later held a lead of more than one second over Finley. By leading the race's 50th lap, Sheltra took the Messina Halfway Leader Award, a fitting supplement to his Aaron's Lap Leader Award, earned for leading more laps than any other driver.

Arpin moved past Tim George Jr. (No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Development Chevrolet) and Marks to take third place, and it was soon his Toyota that was battling Finley for the second position. The side-by-side racing between Arpin and Finley allowed Sheltra to advance his lead to more than two seconds, and his lead only grew before Alli Owens (No. 15 ElectrifyingCareers.com Chevrolet) spun on Lap 60 to bring out the race's third caution.

Finley spun his tires on the Lap 64 restart, allowing Arpin and Goess to move into the second and third positions, respectively. Sheltra's lead on the first green lap was just more than a half-second, but Arpin was able to shave from that advantage.

Brent contacted the wall in Turn 2 on Lap 72 to bring out the race's fourth caution, and almost immediately upon the Lap 75 restart - just laps after singing from inside his cockpit that his team had a fast car - Arpin passed Sheltra for the lead. Sheltra retaliated, however, and took the lead again two laps later.

Enfinger had moved back into third, and it was his late battle with Arpin that allowed Sheltra to begin to pull away. Though Arpin was just more than one second behind Sheltra's lead, Enfinger was less than a half-second behind Arpin for second place.

The race's final caution came out when Finley's car went up in smoke and had to leave the track. Sheltra's pursuers had a chance on the Lap 91 restart, but Sheltra pulled away over the final 10 laps to win his second consecutive event in the series and move into third place and within 10 points of Goess in the series standings.

Arpin and Enfinger battled tightly in the waning laps, with Arpin taking the second position. Kimmel and Goess followed to close the top five, and Marks held off Tom Hessert (No. 77 Cherry Hill Classic Cars Dodge) for sixth place. Hessert currently stands fourth, 25 points behind Goess's lead. coulterbf4c2010.jpg
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Joey Coulter's eighth-place finish, even when coupled with Sheltra's win, gave him a wire-to-wire win in the Bill France Four Crown Award. Coulter (No. 16 Rip It Energy Fuel/Darrell Gwynn Foundation Chevrolet) defeated Sheltra by a mere 10 points, 745-735, to win the season-within-a-season contest which awards drivers for success on a diverse slate of tracks. Coulter won the contest-opening race at the 0.4-mile Berlin Raceway on August 7, finished second at the New Jersey Motorsports Park road course on August 15, and finished fourth at the Illinois State Fairgrounds dirt oval on August 22.

Bobby Gerhart finished ninth to take his first top-10 since the June race at Pocono, and Bryan Silas finished 10th.

At one hour, 21 minutes, and 35 seconds (110.317 mph), the race was 31 seconds short of matching last season's record-setting race, won by eventual series champion Justin Lofton at a speed of 111.020 mph. The five caution periods delayed the race for 30 laps.

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