BROOKLYN, Mich. — Gio Ruggiero (No. 18 First Auto Group Toyota) scored his third ARCA Menards Series win of the season in Friday’s Henry Ford Health 200 at Michigan International Speedway.
Ruggiero took the lead on lap 49 and led to lap 57 when the race was cut short due to inclement weather.
The Henry Ford Health 200 is the first ARCA Menards Series race to be shortened by weather since William Sawalich won at Phoenix Raceway in 2024.
ARCA Menards Series championship points leader Jake Bollman (No. 20 Nitro Motorsports Toyota) finished second, his fourth top-five finish of 2026.
Gavan Boschele (No. 25 ShopGavan.com Toyota) notched a career-best third in his fourth career ARCA Menards Series start.
Pinnacle Racing Group entered with two consecutive ARCA Menards Series wins at Michigan International Speedway in 2024 with Connor Zilisch and in 2025 with Brenden Queen. The team’s two drivers, Connor Mosack (No. 28 Friends of Jaclyn Chevrolet) and Lanie Buice (No. 77 Sunoco Chevrolet) rounded out the top five. Buice was fastest in practice earlier in the afternoon and scored her second straight fifth-place finish.
Nitro Motorsports had four drivers in the top ten; in addition to Bollman, Thomas Annunziata (No. 70 JBL Toyota) in sixth, Isabella Robusto (No. 55 Mobil 1 Toyota) in seventh, and Wesley Slimp (No. 15 Road Ready Foundation Toyota) in ninth all ended up inside the top ten. It marks Slimp’s second consecutive top-ten result; he finished a career-best eighth in his last start at Toledo Speedway.
Will Kimmel (No. 69 Aviation Technology Ford) finished eighth, his 49th career top-10 finish and first of 2026.
Garrett Mitchell (No. 30 BaldEagle.com Ford), known to his millions of fans as Cleetus McFarland, earned his first Sioux Chief PowerPEX Pole Award in qualifying. McFarland nearly spun after contact with Annunziata on lap 7, and then made contact with the wall after contact with Ryan Vargas (No. 91 Michael Maples Motorsports Ford) on lap 50; despite the damage to the right side of the car he persevered to finish 14th.
