OREGON, Wis. — Tristan McKee (No. 77 Zeigler.com Chevrolet) scored his third ARCA Menards Series victory of the season in Friday’s Atlas 200 at Madison International Speedway.
McKee, who led 105 laps, traded the lead with rival Max Reaves (No. 18 Cook Out / Victory Junction Gang Camp Toyota, who led the other 95, throughout the middle stages of the race and then held off his Pinnacle Racing Group teammate Carson Brown (No. 28 Grizzly Coolers Chevrolet) over three late-race restarts to secure the victory.
“It feels good,” McKee. “Had some issues in practice, so we were kind of behind at the beginning and qualified second, which wasn’t bad after not getting a mock (qualifying run in practice). The guys made some good adjustments at the breaks and got the car better.”
Brown finished second to give PRG the organization’s fourth 1-2 finish of the season. Brown won at Phoenix Raceway with McKee in second, Connor Mosack won at Chicagoland Speedway with Lanie Buice in second, and McKee won at Iowa two races ago with Brown in second.
After winning at Madison in 2025, Reaves finished in third, his sixth top-five finish in ten starts this season.
ARCA Menards Series championship points leader Jake Bollman (No. 20 Nitro Motorsports Toyota) finished fourth while his main rival for the title Thomas Annunziata (No. 70 JBL Audio Toyota) finished fifth, unofficially giving Bollman a five-point lead in the standings with four races remaining.
Isaac Kitzmiller (No. 79 A.L.L. Construction / Carter CAT Chevrolet) traded paint with Annunziata several times over the final laps but was forced to settle for sixth at the finish.
Isabella Robusto (Np.55 Mobil 1 Toyota) recovered from an early spin that brought out the first caution flag of the night at lap 17 that left her two laps down to finish in seventh on the lead lap. Robusto stayed out at the first scheduled race break of the night to regain one of those laps, and then was able to stay as the first car one lap down until the second break which allowed her to return to the lead lap.
Will Robinson (No. 25 Mander Collision and Glass Toyota) recovered from a mid-race spin and an unscheduled pit stop in the final 50 laps to finish in eighth, his second top-10 finish of the season. He finish seventh in his series debut earlier this season at Berlin Raceway.
Jason Kitzmiller (No. 97 A.L.L. Construction / Carter CAT Chevrolet) finished ninth and Tony Cosentino (No. 10 Fast Track Racing Ford) rounded out the top 10.
There were six caution flags for 33 laps.
McKee’s margin of victory was 1.046 seconds.
The finish:
Tristan McKee, Carson Brown, Max Reaves, Jake Bollman, Thomas Annunziata, Isaac Kitzmiller, Isabella Robusto, Will Robinson, Jason Kitzmiller, Tony Cosentino, Takuma Koga, Austin Vaughn, Mike Basham, Daniel Sasnett, Alex Clubb, Taylor Mayhew, Jeff Maconi, Michael Maples, Ty Fredrickson, Kevin Campbell, Brad Smith.
