Trevor Huddleston, Cole Denton and Mia Lovell after the 2026 NAPA Auto Care 150 Greg Biffle Memorial for the ARCA Menards Series West at Tri-City Raceway in West Richland, Washington
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ARCA Menards West at Tri-City Raceway: NAPA Auto Parts Greg Biffle Memorial 150 Post-Race Notes
* Cole Denton (No. 71 Jan’s Towing Ford) was the dominant force
throughout the day as he was fastest in practice, earned his second
Sioux Chief PowerPEX Pole Award in qualifying, and then led most of the
NAPA Auto Parts Greg Biffle Memorial 150 to score his second career ARCA
Menards Series victory., Denton, from Pascagoula, Mississippi, led 101
of the race’s 150 laps.
* Denton joins Trevor Huddleston (No. 50 High Point Racing / Racecar
Factory Ford) as the only two drivers with multiple ARCA Menards West
wins in 2026; Denton won earlier in the season at Tucson Speedway while
Huddleston came to Tri-City with a two-race win streak with victories at
Shasta Speedway and Colorado National Speedway.
* Huddleston, the reigning series champion, entered the night with a
20-point lead over fifth-place finisher Mason Massey (No. 19 NAPA Auto
Care Chevrolet). Huddleston was the race’s only other leader, gaining
a valuable bonus point, and finished second to open his lead in the
standings to 24 points with seven races remaining. Huddleston is the
only driver to finish among the top five and in the top ten in all six
races so far in 2026.
* Third-place finisher Mia Lovell (No. 15 Pine Health Toyota) had the
best race of her fledgling ARCA Menards West career. She started fourth
and battled in and among the top five all evening long, racing her way
past Robbie Kennealy (No. 1 Jan’s Towing Ford) on the final restart at
lap 113 to earn her best career series finish; Kennealy held on to
finish fourth. Lovell is the sixth female driver to finish third or
better in an ARCA Menards West race in series history, joining Hailie
Deegan, Gracie Trotter, Nicole Behar, Julia Landauer, and Isabella
Robusto.
* Coming in 4th, was Robbie Kennealy who hails from Madera Acres, California and was the 2025 ARCA Menards Series West Rookie of the Year.
* Mason Massey finished fifth in Saturday’s Greg Biffle Memorial 150 race at Tri-City Raceway, earning his fourth top five finish
through the first six races of the 2026 season. Massey retains his 2nd place in the points standings.
* TJ Moon (No. 41 Jan’s Towing Ford) finished sixth in his ARCA
Menards West debut driving a third entry for team owner Jan Qualkenbush.
Moon, the 2024 INEX Bandolero national champion, stayed out of the chaos
throughout the second half of the race to give the Jan’s Racing team
half of the first six finishers.
* Gavin Ray (No. 7 Jerry Pitts Racing Toyota) finished seventh after
starting an uncharacteristic 13th. His six positions gained were the
most of anyone in the 16-car starting field.
* Andrew Chapman (No. 55 High Point Racing / Racecar Factory Ford)
finished eighth, the final driver on the lead lap.
* Strike Mamba Racing finished in the final two positions inside the
top ten, with Tyler Tomassi (No. 51 RBR Engineering Chevrolet) in ninth
and newcomer Josiah Reaume (No. 72 RBR Engineering Chevrolet) in tenth.
* Sam Corry (No. 25 Nitro Motorsports Toyota) finished eleventh after
being involved in a multi-car pileup in the final turn of the tricky
tri-oval layout on lap 109. Corry was able to continue with only damage
to the right rear and tail of his Nitro Motorsports entry. Eric Johnson,
Jr. (No. 5 Pacific Office Automation Toyota) was also able to continue
with heavy damage to the nose and hood of his car, 17 laps off the pace.
Two others, Jade Avedisian (No. 13 Central Coast Cabinets Toyota) and
Hailie Deegan (No. 16 Columbia Bank Chevrolet) were eliminated in the
accident.
* David Smith (No. 05 Shockwave Marine Suspension Seating Systems
Toyota) finished 12th after recovering from a late-race spin off turn
two which nearly collected then race-leader Huddleston. Television
replays showed Huddleston missing the rear of Smith’s car by inches as
it came down the banking and into the infield.
* ARCA Menards East regular Quinn Davis (No. 77 King Taco / FLAV R PAC
/ Bulldog Toyota) was named to drive the Joe Nava-owned car early in the
week, but was sidelined early with overheating issues; she finished last
in the 16-car field with 25 laps completed.
* The race was run in memory of 19-time NASCAR Cup Series winner, 2002
NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series champion and 2000 NASCAR Craftsman
Truck Series champion Greg Biffle. Biffle, a two-time Tri-City Raceway
champion in the 1990s, perished in an aviation crash in December with
his wife Christina, daughter Emma, son Ryder, family friend Craig
Wadsworth, pilot Dennis Dutton and his son Jack all lost their lives in
the accident last December. Biffle’s long-time friend Adam Vail
addressed the sold-out crowd before the race, and several members of the
Biffle family were in attendance. Biffle had driven in the ARCA Menards
West race at Tri-City Raceway in each of the last two years, finishing
ninth in 2024 and third in 2025.
* The next race for the ARCA Menards West is at Sonoma Raceway on
Friday, June 26. The race, set to begin at 6:30 pm ET / 3:30 pm PT, will
be streamed live on FloRacing. ARCARacing.com will have live timing &
scoring data throughout all on-track activity and live race audio.
Follow @ARCA_Racing on X (formerly Twitter) for up-to-the-minute
updates.
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