ARCA Notes: Queen’s Domination; Top Iowa Finishers

TOLEDO, Ohio — Brenden notched his fifth ARCA Menards Series victory of the season and his first on a track less than a mile in length in Friday’s Atlas 150 at Iowa Speedway.

Queen qualified the Pinnacle Group Chevrolet second and led 112 of the race’s 150 laps. Queen leads the series with a 4.9 average finish, 744 laps led, and 1591 of a possible 1,595 laps completed.

• Brent Crews finished second after earning the General Tire Pole Award with a new track record in qualifying. Crews, who led 38 laps on the evening, turned in a lap at 22.901 seconds/137.549 mph to eclipse the previous record set by Steven Wallace at 22.932 seconds at the track’s inaugural race in 2006.

Lawless Alan (No. 20 AUTOParkIt Toyota) finished third, his fifth third-place finish of 2025. Alan, who won at Talladega Superspeedway in April, unofficially trails Queen by 33 points with eight races remaining.

Isabella Robusto (No. 55 Mobil 1 Toyota) finished fourth for the second consecutive race. Robusto has three consecutive top-five finishes. Despite three finishes outside the top twenty, she has raised her average finish to 11.0.

Lavar Scott (No. 6 Max Siegel Inc. Chevrolet) finished fifth, his eighth top-five finish of the season and his sixth fifth-place result. Scott leads the series with 11 top-ten finishes in 12 races.

Isaac Kitzmiller (No. 79 A.L.L. Construction / Carter CAT Chevrolet) finished sixth to extend his lead in the ARCA Menards Series East championship standings over Tyler Reif (No. 23 Vegas Fastener / Sigma Performance Services Chevrolet), who finished eleventh. Kitzmiller unofficially enters the final round of the 2025 East season at Bristol Motor Speedway with a 19-point lead over Reif.

Sam Corry (No. 70 Nitro Motorsports Toyota) finished seventh, his first career top-10 finish. Corry, who was the final driver to finish on the leap lap, made his debut and finished 13th at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.

Eloy Falcon (No. 2 Max Siegel Inc. Chevrolet) scored his best career ARCA Menards Series finish in eighth. Falcon finished second in his first series start at Michigan International Speedway in June; he finished an impressive third in his first ARCA Menards Series East start at Rockingham Speedway in April.

Mason Mitchell (No. 25 Pro-Seed USA Toyota), the 2014 ARCA Menards Series champion and 2015 winner at Iowa Speedway, finished ninth.

Jason Kitzmiller (No. 97 A.L.L. Construction / Carter CAT Chevrolet) finished 10th, his ninth top-10 finish of the season.

There were five lead changes among two drivers; the caution waved eight times for 35 laps.

The next race for the ARCA Menards Series is the General Tire 100 at Watkins Glen International on Friday, August 8.

 

SPEED SPORT Staff
SPEED SPORT Staff
With a heritage dating back to 1934, SPEED SPORT's experienced staff carries on that tradition by providing accurate, timely and credible news and information 24/7.

Related Posts

STAY CONNECTED

295,800FansLike
8,676FollowersFollow
65,472FollowersFollow
11,100SubscribersSubscribe

Latest Articles