re: LUNCH THREAD ••• The "what is your favorite number?" edition...

Andy Jankowiak

ARCA series driver.

I used to enjoy ARCA races until NASCAR bought them out

Andrea de Cesaris had a long career, not because he was a great driver, but because his father controlled five million dollars worth of Marlboro sponsorship money.
His nickname in some circles was "de Crasheris"

Is the ASA still a thing?

ASA was another Midwestern circuit, with different rules. Schrader, Wallace, Kulwicki, and others came out of there.
Brad Keslowski's dad Bob, was a star in that series.

ASA raced on ovals large and small, I believe on a road course or two, and even on dirt.
ARCA was mostly, if not all, ovals. A lot of NASCAR teams entered ARCA races to get seasoning for their up-and-coming drivers.

Cool. I enjoyed watching them back in the day. Between ESPN and the Nashville Network, you could watch a ton of racing, of all types.

Indeed.

Yeah, pretty much have to have FLO to watch the smaller series now. I get a ton of races on there, but not ASA. I think they have their own service they stream on, not really sure. With FLO though I get Dirt racing, CARS, Nascar Home Tracks, and some ARCA.