The ARCA Menards Series West raced The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the General Tire 150. Qualifying was held earlier in the day with Jesse Love winning the pole with a lap time of 14.941 at 90.355 mph. Joey Iest qualified second with a lap time of 14.974 at 90.156 mph. Only twelve cars were competing in this race.
General Tire 150 is 🟢 from The Bullring 💻 @_TrackPass ⏱ Race Center: https://t.co/Bg4znMtM7a #ARCAMenards | @LVMotorSpeedway pic.twitter.com/affJBT0Xeu — ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) September 26, 2020
Jesse Love led the first 33 laps before being passed by Trevor Huddleston from the outside of turn four for the lead. Huddleston led 14 laps before suffering a flat right-front tire and hit the wall at turn three to bring out the first caution. Huddleston’s day was done, and would finish in 12th place.
New race leader: Trevor Huddleston#ARCAMenards West | @_TrackPass pic.twitter.com/WFjgXbIGQj — ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) September 26, 2020
Tough break for @TrevorHudd50 Race leader gets in the wall.#ARCAMenards | @LVMotorSpeedway pic.twitter.com/Z5RHMEZIAP — ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) September 26, 2020
Love resumed the lead on the restart at lap 53. Love would lose the lead a lap later to Gracie Trotter. The restart only lasted three laps before Blaine Perkins went straight into the outside wall at turn two to bring out the second caution. Perkins would finish in tenth place.
Three-wide for the lead? Yes please.@GracieTrotter to P1⃣#ARCAMenards | @LVMotorSpeedway pic.twitter.com/Ox23h9IDvG — ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) September 26, 2020
Trotter led the field to the restart on lap 60. This restart only lasted seven laps before the third caution was out for debris on the front stretch. Trotter once again led the field back to green on lap 73. Jesse Love battled Trotter on the restart and ended up leading that lap before Trotter grabbed the lead back. She had a 1.44 second lead on Love until the fourth caution was out for debris at turn two.
The race would get back underway on lap 110 with Trotter still in the lead. She extended her lead to 2.21 seconds over Love. Love spun out Bridget Burgess to bring out the fifth caution of the day with 16 laps to go.
🚨 CAUTION 🚨 That'll set up a late-race restart for @gracietrotter11 #ARCAMenards | @_TrackPass pic.twitter.com/s32rs393n1 — ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) September 26, 2020
The race resumed on lap 134. Jesse Love was able to get the edge on Trotter for a lap before Trotter took it back again. Holley Hollan would crash at turn four to bring out the sixth caution with twelve laps to go. Once her car was off the track, the race was back underway for the final ten laps. Trotter led the last ten laps to win her first race by 1.821 seconds over Gio Scelzi. Trotter becomes the second female to win behind Hailie Deegan and first in the ARCA Menards Series West to win a race. Deegan’s wins came under the old NASCAR K&N Pro Series West.
H I S T O R Y@gracietrotter11 is first female winner in ARCA Racing Takes 🏁 in #ARCAMenards West at @LVMotorspeedway pic.twitter.com/JM8o7yw7kG — ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) September 26, 2020
The rest of the top five finishers were Jesse Love third, Kyle Keller fourth, and Todd Souza fifth. There were six cautions for 25 laps and seven lead changes.
With the third-place finish, Love’s lead is now 15-points ahead of Blaine Perkins. Gracie Trotter is third (-30), Gio Scelzi fourth (-43), Trevor Huddleston fifth (-50), and Todd Souza sixth (-60) with three races left in the season. The ARCA Menards Series West will return to action on October 23rd from All American Speedway in Roseville, CA, in the NAPA 150 presented by Freon Can Return for $10 Program at 5 pm on NBC Sports Gold Track Pass.
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