2012 ARLA Elite Series Rookie Shootout

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2012 ARLA Elite Series Rookie Shootout
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Date February 2, 2012
Location Dallas Speedpark, Dallas, TX
Laps 100
Polesitter Kyle Gaffigan (chosen by draw)
First Ashley Tucker
Second Bill Tissom
Third Jessica Graham
Cautions 7
Race Results

The 2012 ARLA Elite Series Rookie Shootout was the fourth-annual running of the event, which is open to all rookie full-time drivers.

Due to the tornadoes that devastated the area, this became the first Rookie Shootout that wouldn't accompany the season opening race.

Watch[edit | edit source]

Eligible drivers[edit | edit source]

The 2012 field consisted of 25 drivers, down from the 29 cars of 2011.

Pre-race storylines[edit | edit source]

Kyle Gaffigan won the pole in the pre-race draw. He, along with Vijay Pushanda and Kiriki Hetsuno, are former Formula Overdrive drivers.

There was only one driver in the field with an ARLA win under his belt – Drew Eisenman.

Jacob Hartson was the first driver who participated in M-Pire Rent-A-Car's Drive The Dream program. The company, which sponsors the No. 85 car Hartson will drive, held auditions during the off-season in which the company's customers could take turns driving the car in each ARLA Elite Series race. Hartson will drive this race as well as the Smash Beer 400.

Results[edit | edit source]

Position Number Driver Sponsor Team Car
1 57 Ashley Tucker Kalberg Ice Cream Riggs Motorsports Saar Carolina
2 07 Bill Tissom 7 Key Aftermarket Enhancements Team Thunder Tonare Thunderbolt
3 59 Jessica Graham The Music Express S-Tech Autosport Saar Carolina
4 99 Zachary Zins Seek The Truth A1 Racing Karl, Inc. Revolution
5 116 Tiffany Matthews Red-Hot Race Wear Matthews Motorsports Lenard Q9
6 0 Jarrko Forsstrom Polymer Oil Whiper-Ildest Racing Xenos Hilt
7 π Vijay Pushanda All Arithmetic Math Motors Xenos Hilt
8 10 Kasie Campbell Grease Burger Grease Burger Racing Karl, Inc. Revolution
9 82 Yevgeny Kuznetsov Fatherland Vodka RUS Autosport RUS Autosport "Contraption"
10 20 Darren Grant Y2K Antivirus Cash Racing Lenard Q9
11 672 Kalvin Oreiller Dangerous Dog Racing Kivett Spade PS
12 41 Greg Woodard Trollbusters.com Terra International Motorsports Tonare Thunderbolt
13 999 Barton Sandy Wubstep Land Down Under Racing Lenard Q9
14 37 Kyle Gaffigan Atsuro Technologies MRD Motorsports Nemoto Celerox
15 26 Drew Eisenman Xoron Corporation MRD Motorsports Nemoto Celerox
16 11 Patrick HENDERSON Midwest Engineering Inglesby Flashback
17 728 Nikos Kastupolos The Racing Experts Carcia-Aragon Motorsports ?
18 X/0 Ebenezer Quiggles, Jr. Marcos Leonard Institute of Division by Zero Fluffy Penguin Onionburger Inglesby Flashback
19 9 Lawrence Burr Grease Burger Grease Burger Racing Karl, Inc. Revolution
20 114 Lane Cranston None MT Motorsports Karl, Inc. Revolution
21 85 Jacob Hartson M-Pire Rent-a-Car Team M-Pire Inglesby Flashback
22 86x Mac Rhylen Bloody X Ike Durbin Racing Inglesby Flashback
23 84 Ben Atkins Uncle Chunky's Milk Eichholtz Autosport Saar Carolina
24 696 Jennifer Goodwin T-Bone's Wrecking Service/Rabbit Punch Altamont Autosport Saar Carolina
25 6 Kiki Hitsuno Atsuro Technologies/My Mech MRD Motorsports Nemoto Celerox

Penalties[edit | edit source]

  • Patrick HENDERSON – start in the rear of the field in the next race for careless driving
  • Jennifer Goodwin – start in the rear of the field in the next race for reckless driving