The ARCA Menards Series rolled into Kansas Speedway for the Dutch Boy 150 and Nick Sanchez took home the victory after Corey Heim and Drew Dollar crashed out of the race on Saturday, May 14.
Early on it appeared that Heim would dominate the race. Heim led the opening 58 laps in his No. 20 Toyota until a battle with Drew Dollar caused both of the dominant cars to wreck. Dollar and Heim raced hard into the corner and Dollar got loose underneath, ending Heim’s day. Dollar’s team attempted to repair some damage and finish, but soon after he found himself in the wall and retired from the race.
That allowed the race-long battle between Rev Racing teammates Nick Sanchez and Rajah Caruth to race for the win, with Sanchez breaking away and leaving Caruth in the midwestern dust. Caruth was the points leader coming into Kansas this week but now is unofficially sharing that lead with Sanchez in a tie.
“Honestly right there we were just trying to maintain once we got that caution,” Sanchez told FOX Sports 1 after his win. “We lucked out with what happened with the Nos. 18 and 20. I feel we could’ve possibly beaten them there at the end on speed. Inevitably we won so I’m happy.”
“I feel like you can move up a lot here [at Kansas Speedway],” Sanchez continued. “I was utilizing the third groove to stall someone out. You can’t do that at other tracks. I love Kansas.
“You had to be mistake-free. Rajah [Caruth] did not make many mistakes. Corey [Heim] and Drew [Dollar], up until that, did not make many mistakes so it was all about restarts and clean air. And we didn’t lose a spot on the restart. I feel like with one more restart, we would’ve gotten them [Heim and Dollar].”
“Our Max Siegel-owned Chevy was fast today,” Caruth told FS1 after earning his career-best ARCA finish. “I cannot thank everyone enough on this Rev Racing team. They worked really hard for this weekend bringing two fast race cars. It sucks to finish second. Can’t…
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