For the fourth time in his career and the first time this season, Trevor Huddleston found victory lane in the ARCA Menards Series West. The 28-year-old led the most laps en route to victory at Madera Speedway.
While being interviewed for the win in victory lane, Huddleston proposed to his girlfriend, as the two met at the track 10 years prior.
Finishing runner-up behind Huddleston was Sean Hingorani, who took over the championship lead after Tyler Reif had mechanical issues halfway through the race.
Ethan Nascimento crossed the line in third, with Eric Johnson Jr. finishing fourth, and Kyle Keller rounding out the top five, in fifth.
Pole sitter Jaron Giannini, Takuma Koga, Henry Barton, Rip Michels and Michael Killen completed the top 10 in sixth through 10th, respectively.
At the start of the race, Giannini took the lead as the field worked out of turn 4 for the first time. However, just seven laps later, Huddleston pulled a crossover on him, taking possession of the lead shortly before the caution flag fell for a spinning Jack Wood.
The field saw the green flag wave once again on lap 17, with Huddleston quickly regaining possession of the lead. However, the run wouldn’t last long, as the caution flew once again less than 10 laps later. Eric Nascimento stalled his No. 4 on the frontstretch on lap 22 to bring out the yellow.
After a quick yellow flag period, the green flag waved once again on lap 25, but the race would quickly see another yellow as Michels spun on the exit of turn 4.
The green flag waved again on lap 30, with Huddleston again taking the lead. However, it was Hingorani who was the biggest mover on the restart, getting around Giannini for second. Huddleston, however, pulled away from the battle, receiving little to no pressure for about 25 laps before yet another caution was thrown on the track. This time, Kyle Whisner went for a spin on the exit of turn 2, losing it on his own at the rear of the field.
It would again be a quick yellow flag period, as the field took the green flag four laps after the caution flew. This particular restart which much closer, as Hingorani got to the outside of Huddleston. However, with the preferred line, Huddleston got out front and began to pull away from Hingorani. Behind the leader, a hard-fought three-way battle took place for multiple laps, featuring Nascimento, Giannini and Hingorani.
Roughly seven laps past the halfway mark in the race, the caution…
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