The fifth race of the 2022 ARCA Menards Series season hits Charlotte Motor Speedway this Friday (May 27) to kick off a patriotic weekend of racing across every major NASCAR series.
Current NASCAR Xfinity Series competitor and last year’s winner Ty Gibbs will not be racing in the event. However, Gibbs’ Xfinity teammate Brandon Jones is entered in the race driving the No. 81 Toyota. Jones won the ARCA race in Charlotte back in 2018.
“I will be looking for how the car progresses, work on passing areas and competitive restarts the whole time to use towards Saturday’s race,” Jones said in a team release.
A five-time winner in ARCA competition, Jones will also compete in the ARCA races at Iowa Speedway, Pocono Raceway, Watkins Glen International and Bristol Motor Speedway.
Corey Heim and Drew Dollar had the two best cars at Kansas, but they crashed out. Billy Venturini, Heim’s car owner, had some colorful words for Dollar who caused the wreck. Although Venturini and Dollar exchanged tweets, only time will tell if the tension between the teams has simmered. Both drivers will be competing in this race. Heim and Dollar finished second and third in last year’s race at Charlotte.
“We were really good there last year,” Dollar told Frontstretch. “Then at the finish, on old tires we were able to get into the top three. I feel really good about Charlotte and I hope to take my Kyle Busch Motorsports team to victory.
In addition, it’s Dollar’s last ARCA start this season.
Rev Racing teammates Nick Sanchez and Rajah Caruth enter the race tied for the points lead after Caruth entered Kansas Speedway as the points leader. Sanchez drove his No. 2 Chevrolet to back-to-back wins at Talladega Superspeedway and Kansas to tie his teammate for the lead.
Sanchez is also slated to run double duty at Charlotte as he’ll attempt his second career Xfinity start.
“I’m going to have to make sure I’m ready both physically and mentally for the Xfinity race, but…
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