Kenny Scherer

Kerry Scherer (born September 19, 1949) is an American, He has also made occasional appearances in NASCAR competition. He helped found the ARCA team Cunningham Motorsports.

Biography
Scherer, co-owner of Cunningham Motorsports, released a statement yesterday, stating that they’d be appealing, based upon the specified reasons.

“The Cunningham Motorsports teams, driven by Tom Hessert and Dakoda Armstrong, strive to produce the fastest, most competitive cars in the ARCA Racing Series. In no way do we ever, or will we ever, search for an illegal advantage. We feel it is unfortunate that ARCA officials have penalized our teams following the post-race inspection at Salem Speedway and plan to appeal the ruling.

Scherer does bring up some credible points in his defense that could very well win him the appeal.

“The Cunningham Motorsports teams, driven by Tom Hessert and Dakoda Armstrong, strive to produce the fastest, most competitive cars in the ARCA Racing Series. In no way do we ever, or will we ever, search for an illegal advantage. We feel it is unfortunate that ARCA officials have penalized our teams following the post-race inspection at Salem Speedway and plan to appeal the ruling.

“Following the event, ARCA officials alleged that the roof of the #77 car was 1/16 of an inch too low and the roof of the #22 car was 1/8 of an inch too low. We believe the post-race procedure was not a just assessment based on the following points:


 * "The race cars were inspected on two separate occasions before the race and passed each time".


 * "Our crews were unable to make any adjustments prior to the race, after the final pre-qualifying inspection, based on the fact that the cars were impounded after qualifying".


 * "The circumstances of the race, including the rough track surface at Salem Speedway, could have caused the springs to compress and not fully rebound prior to the post-race inspection and cause the alleged infraction".


 * Since these alleged infractions gave no competitive advantage to either Hessert or Armstrong, neither driver should be punished with the loss of 25 championship points.

“The battle for the 2010 ARCA Racing Series championship is shaping up to be one of the most exciting in history. No doubt that it will come down to the wire. The racing action and competition have been tremendous. We would hate for the champion to be decided based on this penalty, and not settled on the track.”

Scherer does bring up some credible points in his defense that could very well win him the appeal.

The fact that the car passed inspection before the race on those two separate occasions does not help his case, as it could easily be argued that it was set with the settings to occur on track. We've seen this case on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series side, as drivers have been fined after races for being too low, yet were fine before.

Also, blaming it on the track's surface isn't really the best excuse to use, as that's something that the teams should be preparing for, knowing what the rules are and what's expected.

However, the argument stating that the finding was unable to be double-checked does bring up discussion. Without double-checking it, ARCA Re/Max officials are hurting their credibility, and that credibility is something the appeal board will look at.

Could this very point be what reverses the appeal and sees a change in the tech inspection process for ARCA? Very well as relying back to what is considered ARCA's big brother to some NASCAR, they've strengthened their credibility considerably.

This will be a very important decision for the appeal board, as if the penalties were to be reversed, Hessert would regain the points lead and be 10 points ahead of Patrick Sheltra.

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Scherer noted that Briscoe's journey with Cunningham Motorsports started with two open tests at Mobile and the Nashville Fairgrounds in 2015.

"After the Mobile test, I thought I blew it. I was overdriving it so bad," Briscoe said to Scherer. "After the Indy race, I thought I blew that one too. I thought it was over."

If Briscoe thought it was over, Cunningham Motorsports co-owners Briggs Cunningham and Scherer saw it differently.

"I'll be honest...I didn't know who Chase Briscoe was last year," Cunningham car owner Kerry Scherer said. "Then, over a two week period, all of a sudden I started hearing his name. We all came to learn that Chase is the complete package. What he's got, he's earned...he's got it all. I saw the likeability right away...then it didn't take long to see the drivability."

Scherer came calling, and Briscoe has rewarded the team with their first victory together and a commanding lead in the ARCA driver standings through 10 races—all with fewer than 20 stock-car starts on his résumé.

Scherer and Briggs Cunningham gave him a shot behind the wheel, when a one-time sponsor stepped up with the money to field another car for the organization. That was at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis mid-season last year. In his debut ARCA Racing Series event, he started fifth and finished tenth.

Scherer knew that after enduring what seemed like an eternity when the morning practice sessions were cancelled, Briscoe was finally able to roll out onto the 1.5-mile track to become the official ARCA Series champion when practice began at 2:30 p.m. But, Briscoe wasn’t going to sit on his laurels during the finale of the 2016 season, the Kansas 150; he wanted to go out in style….winning the pole and grabbing his sixth win of the year. Though he didn’t win the pole on-track, he came close to completing all of those goals Friday night.