TOLEDO, Ohio - February 14, 2011 - Bobby Gerhart made several things perfectly clear following his win in the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona International Speedway, an ARCA record seventh on the 2.5-mile superspeedway. One is that his latest win required a major strategic gamble; another was that he wouldn't have won ARCA's most prestigious race yet again without the help of key people and genuine belief.

Asked about defeating the series' higher-funded teams in the signature event for the seventh time in 13 years, Gerhart (No. 5 Lucas Oil Slick Mist Chevrolet) gave a response he had clearly been waiting to provide.

"There's one thing money can't buy, and it can't buy spirit," Gerhart said. "It can't buy somebody's motive to do something, and you just can't put a number on that. There's probably 90 percent of the race drivers on this side of the fence that would be much happier being in a more funded situation - me included. We only have one full-time employee, and from there on, we're part-time, with a lot of volunteers. It's a tremendous, long list of logistics to put this thing together, a long list of people."

Cautions at a Seven-Year Low: The pace of the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 slowed just five times for 30 laps, the fewest caution periods at Daytona since 2004 (also five), and the fewest caution laps at Daytona since 2003, when seven caution periods slowed the field for 29 laps. Three of the yellow flags thrown in Saturday's race came as the result of single-car incidents.

Do the Math: Gerhart's win inserted him into rare air in the ARCA Racing Series. With the Pennsylvanian's seven total wins at the 2.5-mile superspeedway, no combination of any three winners in Daytona ARCA history can surpass Gerhart's Daytona victory total. All-time ARCA wins leader Iggy Katona won three times at Daytona, and five drivers have won two times apiece: Andy Hampton, Ben Hess, Andy Hillenburg, Jimmy Horton, and Jeff Purvis.

Gerhart Adds Special Awards: Gerhart's night at Daytona not only included a race win, but two major special awards. By leading a race-high 61 laps - including Lap 40, marking the halfway point - Gerhart won the Aaron's Lap Leader of the Race Award and the Messina Halfway Leader Award. Each pays $500.

(Gerhart's 61 laps led brings his career total at Daytona to 462, an all-time high.)

Grant Enfinger (No. 36 BeasleyAllen.com/Excalibur Coach Dodge) started 31st and finished ninth, an improvement of 22 spots, to win the CGS Imaging Hard Charger of the Race Award.