After four races, the top three in the ARCA Menards Series point standings are rightfully the top three championship contenders.
Nick Sanchez is tied with his Rev Racing teammate Rajah Caruth for the top spot and GMS Racing’s Daniel Dye trails by three points.
Sanchez has won back-to-back ARCA races at Talladega Superspeedway and Kansas Speedway.
Fear not though, his two straight wins, and three ARCA wins overall, have not inflated Sanchez’s ego.
“Every race is a new race,” he told Frontstretch. “I try to keep my head down and learn what I can and then go with my gut.”
While battling for the ARCA title, Sanchez and Caruth still have a good relationship, which they both attest to a team mindset.
“We communicate pretty well I’d say,” Sanchez said. “We are close team-wise. Once we get on track, it is a battle, but we are teammates.”
“I agree with Nick,” Caruth said. “Honestly, we both understand when we put our helmets on, we race for ourselves. But other than that, we are a race team. We do what we can to help each other and at the same time we are very competitive.”
At Kansas, Sanchez went to victory lane and Caruth earned his career-best ARCA finish: second.
A huge day for @RevRacin in the @ARCA_Racing Series at @kansasspeedway! @Nicksanchez080 captures his second win of the season! @rajahcaruth_ finishes P2, his best-career ARCA finish! pic.twitter.com/86gRcnXVLF
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) May 14, 2022
After finishing 0.775 seconds behind his teammate, would Caruth have driven aggressively, as showcased in the NASCAR national series, to move his teammate for the win?
“It’s situational,” Caruth said. “Obviously, if it is a late-race scenario, all bets are off. But we are not going to wreck each other; Nick is my teammate. That would just be foolish but there are aggression levels that need to be had. While we are a team, we race for ourselves but there are give and take situations in the longer races.”
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