Dominance continues to run rampant in the ARCA Menards Series in 2024.
In the series’ most recent race at DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Brent Crews led all 102 laps en route to victory.
Crews’ triumph ended William Sawalich’s four-race winning streak. In addition, Crews ended Joe Gibbs Racing and Pinnacle Racing Group’s trips to victory lane as the two teams combined to win the previous 12 ARCA races.
Remarkably, Crews’ victory maintained only three winning organizations this year: Venturini Motorsports, JGR and Pinnacle.
In the driver’s standings, the top eight kept their respective positions.
Where did the frontrunners shake out with the ARCA dirt track slate completed?
1. William Sawalich
Sawalich won the pole and arguably had the second-fastest car but he could not catch Crews on the overtime restart, coming up 0.177 seconds short.
Sawalich’s ninth pole of ’24, like his laps led amount, blows away the competition as only one other driver has more than one pole. He is already eighth in all-time pole awards and 11th in laps led.
How high can he climb in those rankings? He’s 280 laps led away from 10th-place Jesse Love and 289 behind ninth-place Chandler Smith. In terms of poles, Sawalich trails fifth-place Bobby Bowsher by three, which is the number of races Sawalich has left in his ARCA slate this year.
Oh yeah, Sawalich also is 11th in most wins, and if he scores wins in all three races, he’ll reach ninth place. For all these statistical accolades, Sawalich retains his perch atop these power rankings.
2. Andres Perez
A third-place finish and third-most points are not overly spectacular, especially when Crews led every lap and Sawalich won the pole, but Andres Perez strides ever closer to capturing the 2024 title.
Compared to the series regulars, Perez is tied for most top fives and has the most top 10s, poles and miles logged.
Is it the breakout season he wanted?
Yes and no.
Yes, winning the championship is always an accomplishment. Yet on a race-by-race basis, Perez has not contended for wins, he’s only led 19 laps and three runner-up finishes are not jaw-dropping performances.
Alas, as the model of consistency and smart racing, Perez earns second in these rankings.
3. Lavar Scott
Lavar Scott trails Perez by 49 points with only four races left this season.
That’s exactly a full race’s worth of points. In short, gaining at least 13 points per…
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