Hessert, Carroll and the Cherry Hill Classic Cars team arrived at Salem Speedway early Saturday morning to prepare for the one-day companion event with the ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series. With one practice, Hessert was scored 16th fastest before entering the late afternoon qualifying session. In qualifying, Hessert posted a lap of 109.414 m.p.h. (18.261 seconds) putting himself in position for the 19th starting spot.

As the green flag dropped for the start of the 200 lap event, 23-year-old Hessert slowly worked his way thru traffic toward the front of the field. Continuing to make adjustments and work on the No. 20 Cherry Hill Classic Cars Ford, Hessert and Carroll began making changes to help with handling. After several stretches of green flag racing Hessert brought the No. 20 Cherry Hill Classic Cars Ford to the checkered flag inside the top-10 with an eighth place finish. The finish marked the fifth top-10 finish for the New Jersey native since joining RAB Racing in July.

“We struggled all through practice,” Hessert said after the race. “The car was loosen exit all day. We made changes and it was a lot better for qualifying but we didn’t know exactly what we had. Once the race started we slowly picked off a few cars. We’ve been having a lot of uncommon green flag runs lately during the races, but we stayed out of trouble, minded our own business and came home with a decent finish.”

Hessert moved from tenth to ninth in driver points after the Salem Speedway event. Hessert sits 85 markers out of eighth with 3685 points as the ARCA RE/MAX Series heads into the final two races of the season.

The ARCA RE/MAX Series tour will resume next month on Thursday night, October 1st, in the Kansas Lottery $150 Grand at Kansas Speedway. Hessert and RAB Racing will use the time off to prepare for the final race of the year by testing at Rockingham Speedway later this week.

“I’ve only competed at Kansas once before in the spring of 2008,” Hessert said. “It’s been a while since I’ve been there, but we had a good run and finished 13th. Kansas is a real fast track, similar to Chicago. We’re taking the same car we had in Chicago so I expect to be pretty good there.”

Catch all the action live from Kansas Speedway on SPEED at 5:00 p.m. and www.arcaracing.com via live timing and scoring section.

For more information on RAB Racing please visit: www.teamrab.com

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For more information on Cherry Hill Classic Cars please visit: www.cherryhillclassiccars.com

- RAB Racing Press Release

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Andy Belmont Racing and LoanMax have reached an agreement to field the No.1 LoanMax car for the remainder of the 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Season. The schedule will be split between Brett Butler and his brother Ken Butler, III. The Butler brothers will be racing the No.1 LoanMax Ford Fusion with Roush/Yates motors.

Brett currently runs the full schedule of the USAR ProCup Series for the 2009 season as well. He will now join the Belmont Racing team this season to compete in the ARCA series.

This will be the second time he has raced under this team this season. Earlier this season, Butler took the wheel of a Belmont car in early February at Daytona International Speedway in the ARCA RE/MAX Series qualifying 25th and finishing 39th.

“I am looking forward to running with the boys,” said Andy Belmont, team owner. “I have worked with Brett before at Daytona this year. He qualified really well and was running great, when he got caught up in a wreck. He was really great to work with; I think we will do well.”

Andy Belmont has been involved with racing for 35 years. He has spent 11 years with the ARCA RE/MAX Series and has finished in the top ten in points most of those years. He stepped out of the car in 2006 and has been leading his race team ever since.

“Brett is going to be in a great car,” said Belmont. “This team has been on the poll at Talladega earlier this season and had great finishes with a third at Toledo and a sixth at Salem as well. The boys will have Wayne Carroll as their crew chief. Wayne was with KBIII when he got the pole at Kansas and Nashville last year in ARCA. So Wayne should work with these guys really well.”

You can catch Brett Butler in the ARCA RE/MAX Series this Saturday, July 11th as he tackles Iowa Speedway in the Prairie Meadows 200. The No. 1 LoanMax Ford Fusion will start the race at 8:00 PM EST. For ticket information visit www.iowaspeedway.com.

ABOUT LOANMAX:

LoanMax is a pioneer in the title lending industry, being one of the first lending services willing to meet the needs of consumers looking for short-term financial assistance. LoanMax has offered access to credit to thousands of satisfied customers since 1990.

LoanMax is there to help hard-working Americans having short-term cash flow problems get back on track.

For more information on LoanMax visit www.loanmaxlendingservices.com.

- Andy Belmont Racing Press Release