ELKO, Minn. — Max Reaves scored his first ARCA Menards Sequence victory in his second profession collection begin in Saturday’s Shore Lunch 250 Introduced by Dutch Boy at Elko Speedway.
Reaves began his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota second and took the lead for the ultimate time on lap 204, main a complete of 84 laps on the day.
Reaves, the protégé of 2000 NASCAR Cup Sequence champion and NASCAR Corridor of Fame inductee Bobby Labonte, has three ARCA Menards Sequence East victories in three profession collection begins, matching the file set by highway course ace Will Rodgers.
Reaves is the 365th driver to attain at the least one ARCA Menards Sequence victory, and the primary to earn his first profession win at Elko Speedway.
• Brad Smith (No. 48 Gary’s Pace Store Ford) made his 450th profession ARCA Menards Sequence begin, ending 18th after overheating points compelled him to park early. Smith began his profession in 1988 driving a Chrysler to a Twenty fourth-place end at Rockford Speedway.
Smith, who competes on a miniscule fraction of the finances of the highest groups within the collection, has two profession top-ten finishes and a career-best fifth-place within the championship standings in 2021. Smith’s 450 begins places him third on the profession checklist behind Iggy Katona, who has over 600 profession begins, and ten-time collection champion Frank Kimmel with 503.
• There have been 5 first-time ARCA Menards Sequence winners within the first eight races of the season: Brenden Queen (Daytona), Lawless Alan (Talladega), Austin Inexperienced (Charlotte), Treyten Lapcevich (Berlin), and Reaves (Elko). There have been three first-time winners in 2024 and 7 in 2023.
Brenden Queen (No. 28 BestRepair.web Chevrolet) earned his first profession Normal Tire Pole Award in qualifying and led twice for a race-high 148 laps however was compelled to accept second on the end. It was Queen’s sixth top-five end of the season, permitting him to stretch his lead within the ARCA Menards Sequence championship standings to 11 factors over Lawless Alan (No. 20 AUTOParkIt Toyota) heading into Saturday’s race at Lime Rock Park.
Alan scored his third consecutive third-place end, matching his efforts at Michigan Worldwide Speedway and Berlin Raceway.
• Ty Fredrickson (No. 25 Venturini Motorsports Toyota) completed fourth in his ARCA Menards Sequence debut. Fredrickson is from close by Webster, Minnesota, and is the son of two-time ASA Midwest Tour champion Dan Fredrickson. His grandfather Bob Fredrickson is a former proprietor of Elko Speedway and his grandmother Liz is the chief scorer for the ARCA Menards Sequence West.
• Isabella Robusto (No. 55 Yahoo Toyota) scored her second top-five end of the season and her first on a paved quick observe since she completed fourth at Elko in 2024. She completed third earlier this season at Talladega Superspeedway.
• Jason Kitzmiller (No. 97 A.L.L. Building / Carter CAT Chevrolet) completed sixth, his finest profession ARCA Menards Sequence quick observe end.
• Lavar Scott (No. 6 Max Siegel Inc. Chevrolet) jumped into the lead popping out of the second race break and appeared like he might avenge his runner-up end in 2024, when he crossed the end line simply 0.011 seconds behind winner William Sawalich. After main 18 laps, a mechanical situation developed with the racecar and he dropped again to seventh on the end, solely his second end outdoors the highest 5 this season. Scott is the one driver to complete within the high ten in all eight races.
• Willie Mullins (No. 3 CW Metals / Crow Wing Recycling Toyota) completed ninth, marking the primary time in his 32 profession begins he has completed within the high ten in back-to-back races. Mullins had ARCA Menards Sequence veteran Will Kimmel serving as crew chief for the race.
• Alex Clubb completed tenth, his first high ten end since he completed eighth at Daytona Worldwide Speedway in 2024. Clubb will make his seventy fifth profession ARCA Menards Sequence begin on Saturday at Lime Rock Park.
• The subsequent race for the ARCA Menards Sequence is the Lime Rock Park 100 at Lime Rock Park
