Ryan Unzicker sent his retiring ARCA Menards Series team owner Bill Hendren out on a high note. Unzicker led the most laps in the Rust-Oleum Automotive Finishes 100 en route to winning the rain-shortened event at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds on Monday (September 5).
Unzicker earned his career second ARCA victory. He notched his first one at the other ARCA dirt track, the Illinois State Fairgrounds, in the 2020 campaign.
Unzicker held off Jesse Love, who thoroughly rebounded from some mechanical gremlins, on the last restart before the skies opened on the 1-mile dirt track in DuQuoin, Ill.
Thanks to his victory earlier this season at the Illinois State Fairgrounds and his runner-up finish in the second dirt track event, Love won the Performance Seed Dirt Double, claiming a $5,000 prize.
Sammy Smith, Daniel Dye, and series points leader Nick Sanchez finished third through fifth, respectively.
ARCA officials postponed the 100 lap race from Sunday to Monday due to the poor quality of the dirt track due to inclement weather earlier in the weekend.
On Monday, everyone knew it could be a battle against Mother Nature, and series officials opted to both cancel qualifying as well as move the race start time up by one hour.
The move paid dividends, as 78 laps were completed in the event, though the track condition still resulted in only 10 drivers running at the finish.
After the second ARCA dirt track event, the field will head to Kansas Speedway, the only circuit the field visits twice in 2022. The second Kansas event will take place on Saturday, September 10 at 7 p.m. ET with TV coverage provided by MAVTV Motorsports Network and available on FloRacing.
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