Raise your hand if you thought the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series combination race at the Milwaukee Mile on Sunday was exciting.
Unless you’re a William Sawalich fan because he won the race, a Connor Zilisch fan because he kept his East points lead or an Andres Perez fan because he kept the national series points lead, you’re probably not raising your hand.
That’s OK — not all races are exciting. Nevertheless, there are still some storylines from each race. For example, after Christian Rose spun Toni Breidinger to bring out the caution on lap 65, the two exchanged words post-race.
With only a quarter of the 2024 main series left, here are the ARCA power rankings after the Sprecher 150 at Milwaukee.
1. William Sawalich
How can Sawalich not be No. 1? In his part-time national division slate, he has four straight wins, all of which he led the most laps. He’s led 1,054 laps of his 1,567 total. That’s an astounding 67.2%.
Here’s another cool way to view Sawalich’s dominance this year: 2,027 laps have been logged this ’24 ARCA season. He’s led 51.9% of those despite being ineligible to compete in five races because he is not yet 18.
At Milwaukee, he sat on the pole after posting the fastest practice lap and led 149 of the 150 laps. To boot, it’s his second straight win at Milwaukee and the fourth straight for his No. 18 team
“We kind of had to set a good pace and then the No. 28 fell off a little bit,” Sawalich told reporters post-race. “So then got a little less challenging. I made it to not set as fast of a pace. I mean the whole time not worried about saving my tires, we had a really good Starkey Soundgear Toyota Camry today. Joe Gibbs Racing always brings me a good car. We’re competitive every race we go to, so super thankful for that.”
The FOX Sports broadcasters touched upon it and yes, when Sawalich pilots the No. 18 Toyota, he’s not just fast, he’s the best in the field.
2. Connor Zilisch
For the first time in his national series starts in ’24, and the second time in his six-race national tenure, Zilisch did not win. Yet he kept pace with Sawalich, even leading one lap, the only lap Sawalich did not lead in the race.
“I wish I had an answer for ya for that one,” Zilisch told Frontstretch post-race about what he needed to erase…
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