Sam Corry – ARCA Racing Photo
* Sam Corry (No. 25 Bruce Toyota) started from the Sioux Chief
PowerPEX Pole and led every one of the race’s 47 laps to score the
victory in Friday’s ARCA Menards West General Tire 150 at Sonoma
Raceway. Corry held off his Nitro Motorsports teammate Mia Lovell (No.
15 Pine Health Toyota) by 0.840 seconds to score the win in just his
second career series start.
* Mia Lovell bettered her career best finish with her runner-up result; her
previous best was third last time out at Tri-City Raceway.
* Eric Johnson, Jr. (No. 5 Pacific Office Automation Toyota) started
third but dropped out of the top ten at the midway point before rallying
to match his season-best third-place result earlier this year at Tucson
Speedway.
* Cole Denton (No. 71 Jan’s Towing Ford) finished fourth in his first
ARCA Menards West start on a road course. Denton will unofficially pick
up five points on series points leader Trevor Huddleston (No. 50 High
Point Racing/Racecar Factory Ford), who finished ninth, and 15 points on
runner-up Mason Massey (No. 19 NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet), who finished
19th after rear gear issues cost him 12 laps just after the midway
break.
* Patrick Staropoli (No. 20 American Cattle Company / Tractor Supply
Chevrolet) was the lone bright spot on the day for Bill McAnally Racing.
Staropoli finished fifth in his first West start since 2014. His two
teammates Massey and Hailie Deegan (No. 16 Columbia Bank Chevrolet) both
fought mechanical issues with Massey finishing in 19th and Deegan, who
also had an off-track excursion on the second lap of the race, finished
in 20th.
* Todd Souza (No. 13 Central Coast Cabinets Ford) finished sixth in his
first ARCA Menards West start of the season. His most recent appearance
as a driver was last year at Madera Speedway where he finished 11th.
* Robbie Kennealy (No. 1 Jan’s Towing Ford) finished seventh, his
best career West finish on a road course.
* Jeff Anton (No. 44 Deerpark Recycling / Squid Decals Chevrolet) ran
as high as third before two separate off-course excursions in turn 10
dropped to ninth at the finish.
* Gavin Ray (No. 7 Jerry Pitts Racing Toyota) dropped outside of the
top 15 in the first half of the race while dealing with a sticky
throttle pedal; his team made adjustments at the midway break and he
recovered to finish tenth.
* Mason Massey from Douglasville, GA stalled out on Lap 35 & ended his day.
* The next race for the ARCA Menards Series West is the Portland 112 at
Portland International Raceway on Saturday, August 8. The race, set to
begin at 9 pm ET / 6 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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