Tyler Reif Goes Back to Back, Wins at Tri-City

Tyler Reif and Central Coast Racing have their second consecutive win in the ARCA Menards Series West, as the 17-year-old took the checkered flag at Tri-City Raceway. 

Reif led the early stages and held off a dominant Sean Hingorani in the late stages to capture his second win of the season and third of his West career.

“No cautions surprised me the first 75 laps, and we knew what we had to do in the last 75,” Reif told track reporters. “I practiced the outside a little bit this weekend and it definitely paid off in the end.”

Hingorani would end up second, after leading much of the middle portion of the event. Jack Wood would finish third, with Reif’s teammate Todd Souza fourth. Rounding out the top five, Kyle Keller came home fifth.

“I wanted more for sure, it felt like we were really good all night,” Hingorani told track reporters. “I wish we had a little more at the end, something could’ve broken. It was very odd to getting drove around on the top.” 

Kasey Kleyn finished sixth in his ARCA debut, with Trevor Huddleston finishing seventh. Jess Havens finished in eighth, also making his ARCA debut, with Greg Biffle finishing ninth in his first West race since 1996. Nick Joanides would finish 10th despite wrecking across the finish line. 

As the field took to the green flag for the first time at the track since 2003, it was Reif who gained the lead from the outside on lap 1. By lap 5, Reif was able to pull away from Hingorani as the field settled in single file. 

By lap 20, as Reif began to sort through lapped traffic, Hingorani reached the back bumper of the No. 13. A few laps of following later, Hingorani got his nose inside of Reif and made the pass for the lead. 

Much like Reif on the opening laps, Hingorani was able to gap second place after passing for the lead, holding a nearly two-second lead about 10 laps after the pass. Fast forward 15 more laps and Hingorani had a lead of nearly two and a half seconds.