Brandon Jones survives for ARCA victory at Charlotte
Friday’s ARCA Menards Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway came down to survival for Brandon Jones. Several top contenders encountered issues...
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Friday’s ARCA Menards Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway came down to survival for Brandon Jones. Several top contenders encountered issues...
By Tadd Haislop-ARCARacing.com Sammy Smith celebrates after winning Saturday night's ARCA Menards Series East race at Five Flags Speedway. Photo: Morgan Givens/ARCA Racing PENSACOLA, Fla. - Based on the way he barely lost the ARCA Menards Series East season-opener to fellow rookie Max Gutiérrez a few weeks ago, Sammy Smith’s eventual first win on the platform felt inevitable. It became a reality Saturday night at 5 Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida, where the 16-year-old from Johnston, Iowa, won the Pensacola 200 in convincing fashion. Smith’s first victory came in just his second se...
And the long wait for the last few laps was worth every second, especially for Max Gutiérrez. The 18-year-old ARCA Menards Series East rookie from Mexico City, Mexico, passed both Taylor Gray and Sammy Smith on the final stretch of the last lap of the 2021 opener to win a three-wide photo finish. Not a bad way for one to earn his first victory on the ARCA Menards platform. “The last corner, they were battling for first,” Gutiérrez said after the race of his move to steal the win from Gray and Smith, the latter of whom was attempting to pass the former in turn 4 before the No. 30 ToughBu...