AVONDALE, Ariz. — Carson Brown (No. 28 Distributor Wire and Cable Chevrolet) started from the Sioux Chief PowerPEX Pole and led every lap to score his first ARCA Menards Series victory in Thursday’s General Tire 150 at Phoenix Raceway.
Brown finished 0.299 seconds ahead of his Pinnacle Racing Group teammate Tristan McKee (No. 77 Miner Chevrolet).
Brown is the 39th driver to win in his ARCA Menards Series debut. It is also his first ARCA Menards Series West victory in his second career West start; he finished second at Phoenix in the 2025 West finale.
It marks the first time Pinnacle Racing Group has finished 1-2 in an ARCA Menards Series race.
“We had a lot of speed, but just struggled to be comfortable,” Brown said. “I felt like we were burning the tires off it to go that fast and stay out front. I felt like if we weren’t opening up the corner and staying in the higher groove, we just struggled really bad. We were down there in the rubber and just kind of floating it out there doing what I could to keep the car from being pinched down to the bottom, and I feel like it worked. We chose the top every restart, felt comfortable out there and did everything we could. Things got a little hairy there at the end off of (turn) two, made a little bit of contact, but a free car is typically a fast car, and that’s what we had tonight.”
There were two full-time ARCA Menards Series East drivers and two full-time ARCA Menards Series West drivers among the top five finishers; Brown and McKee will contend for the ARCA Menards East championship while fourth-place finisher Trevor Huddleston (No. 50 High Point Racing / Racecar Factory Ford) and fifth-place finisher Mason Massey (No. 81 Brunt Boots / Mongoose Power Solutions Chevrolet) will battle for the ARCA Menards West title.
Thomas Annunziata (No. 70 JBL Toyota) finished third, the highest full-time ARCA Menards Series driver.
Jake Bollman (No. 20 Nitro Motorsports Toyota) finished sixth, reigning ARCA Menards Series East champion Isaac Kitzmiller (No. 79 A.L.L. Construction / Carter CAT Chevrolet) was seventh, 15-year-old Taylor Mayhew (No. 17 MMI Toyota) was eighth, Max Reaves (No. 18 Cook Out Toyota) was ninth, and Robbie Kennealy (No. 42 Jan’s Towing Ford) was tenth.
There were five female drivers in the field; Hailie Deegan (No. 16 NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet) was the highest finishing in eleventh. Jade Avedisian (No. 90 Yahoo Toyota) ran up front before issues on a restart cost her laps, ultimately resulting in a 28th-place finish. Isabella Robusto (No. 55 Mobil 1 Toyota), Mia Lovell (No. 15 Pine Health Toyota), Taylor Reimer (No. 13 Central Coast Cabinets Toyota) all received damage in incidents and finished 21st, 30th, and 32nd respectively.
