TOLEDO, Ohio — Saturday’s (Sept. 5) Owens Corning 200 at Toledo Speedway was merely a matter of formalities for Rev Racing.
By just starting the race, both Andres Perez and Lavar Scott officially clinched two different ARCA Menards Series titles.
For Perez, it was a long-awaited drivers’ championship. Perez took the lead early on in the season and continued to increase his points gap steadily as the season progressed. By the time Toledo came around, Perez had a 40-point lead over second-place.
”We had a great season overall,” Perez said post-race. “So we’ve been having a good points gap the whole way. But these last few races, we had to execute, have zero mistakes, and we did, right?
”I don’t know how I’m gonna celebrate,” Perez later told Frontstretch. “I’m just gonna get some good dinner and soak it in; I’m gonna try to enjoy it.”
With the win, Perez becomes the first foreign-born driver to win an ARCA title.
Perez is also the second Rev driver to win the championship in three years. Nick Sanchez, driving the same No. 2 as Perez, won the title in 2022. The now-NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver offered his congratulations to the newly crowned champion.
Perez had to hold off teammate Scott to do it. Scott, in his first full-time ARCA national series season, was almost as fast a learner as he was a driver. The Carney’s Point, N.J., native found incredible speed halfway through the season, which allowed him to catapult to second in the final standings.
Like Perez, Scott also had a 40-point cushion over third-place Kris Wright entering Toledo. By starting the race, Scott would clinch a 1-2 finish for Rev Racing in the points. On a more personal note, starting the race also clinched Scott the 2024 Bounty Rookie of the Year Award.
”It feels good,” Scott told Frontstretch after the race. “We had a really good year. I learned so much this year that I can use in the future. Andres worked really hard for it. He’s a great teammate and a great brother of mine, so it means a lot that he got the championship. Finishing 1-2 is really great for Rev Racing, I’m really proud of us for that.”
Despite the jubilee of taking home the big trophies at the end of the season, neither Perez nor Scott were able to bring home race wins in 2024, despite their best efforts. Perez was alway able to run in the top five but never had race winning speed, while Scott was mere thousandths of a…
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