Denver, NC(May 4, 2009) - After two months of steady online voting, early results for the 2009 Most Popular Driver Award are in; and it's a very tight race.

Currently, 33 different drivers have received votes since voting began on March 1.

The top-five, an interesting mix of rookies and veterans, are, in no particular order, Robb Brent, Darrell Basham, Steve Arpin, Frank Kimmel and Alli Owens. There are still nearly six months left for folks to cast their ballots. 

ARCA officials and the ARCA Nation announced the return of the Most Popular Driver Award in February of 2009. Voting for the award, which started on March 1 and ends on October 23, takes place exclusively through arcaracing.com's social networking website, ARCANation.com.

Race fans can log onto ARCANation.com to vote for their favorite ARCA RE/MAX Series driver by clicking on the "vote" button at the top of that driver's ARCA Nation page. All race fans will be permitted to vote once per day for the Most Popular Driver; but votes from fans who are ARCA Nation members count twice as compared to their non-member counterparts, which count once

The Most Popular Driver Award will be presented at the ARCA RE/MAX Series Championship Awards Banquet in Covington, Kentucky, in December.

Thank you to all of our fans for taking the time to log on and vote for Steve!! We Appreciated it.

To join ARCA Nation, visit www.arcanation.com

For more on Steve Arpin visit www.stevearpinracing.com

Media Contact:

Katrina Arpin

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Steve Arpin Racing

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