Brenden Queen is making magic along with his eighth 2025 ARCA Menards Collection victory at Kansas Speedway on Friday within the Reese’s 150.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Brenden Queen all the time appears to seek out his method to the entrance when it issues most.
Brenden Queen is Making Magic
It was extra of the identical Friday night time within the Reese’s 150 for the ARCA Menards Collection at Kansas Speedway, the place Queen took the lead late and survived two additional time restarts to safe his eighth victory of a season that’s all however certain to finish subsequent week with a championship for the 27-year-old from Chesapeake, Virginia.
“What a rookie marketing campaign,” mentioned Queen, who wants solely to begin the finale subsequent Saturday at Toledo Speedway to clinch the 2025 ARCA Menards Collection championship. “Another race left. Possibly we will get 9 (wins), however I feel we’re closing in on what the primary prize is.”
Queen, who gained earlier this 12 months through the sequence’ most up-to-date cease at Kansas Speedway, began from the Common Tire Pole however misplaced the result in Joe Gibbs Racing’s Gio Ruggiero by the point the primary lap was full.
Ruggiero spent a lot of the night answerable for the Reese’s 150, however Queen stayed shut in case a chance have been to come up for him to problem for the lead.
That chance got here with fewer than 20 laps left when the warning flag waved for fluid on the monitor after a mechanical failure for third-place Corey Day.
Following pit stops for recent tires by all the leaders, Ruggiero and Queen restarted on the entrance row with 12 laps left. Queen, who restarted on the backside, acquired an enormous push from 2014 ARCA Menards Collection champion Mason Mitchell to take the lead.
Surviving Time beyond regulation
Simply when it appeared Queen had the sphere lined, a warning on the ultimate scheduled lap for a crash involving Andy Jankowiak compelled an additional time restart and gave Ruggiero an opportunity to regain the lead.
Queen held serve on the restart, however a spin by Thad Moffitt compelled a second additional time restart. The second try went similar to the primary for Queen, who powered away from Ruggiero to safe the eighth ARCA Menards Collection win of a possible championship marketing campaign that may finish subsequent Saturday at Toledo.
“We’ve come a good distance from Phoenix having to study restarts with these vehicles,” mentioned Queen, who turned the primary driver to brush each ARCA Menards Collection occasions at Kansas Speedway in a single season. “I simply hung in there all night time. It’s why you by no means quit, similar to final week.”
Ruggiero admitted his option to restart on the surface of Queen through the restart with 12 laps to go in the end proved to be his downfall.
“I feel that one time I picked the highest it most likely wasn’t the very best determination there from the push I used to be having behind me,” Ruggiero mentioned. “If I had slightly bit higher push there, I feel I’d have been capable of keep the lead. I hate it for this JGR crew, man. They work so arduous. They introduced me the quickest automobile right here tonight.”
Leland Honeyman charged from the again of the sphere to complete third, with Kris Wright and Taylor Reimer finishing the highest 5.
Mitchell, Moffitt, Andrew Patterson, Jason Kitzmiller, and Isabella Robusto completed sixth by means of tenth, respectively.
Brenden Queen is now 85 factors forward of Lavar Scott in second place. Jason Kitzmiller now sits in third place. Following him are Isabella Robusto and Lawless Alan in fourth and fifth place.
Up Subsequent – Season Finale
The 2025 ARCA Menard Collection season will come to a detailed subsequent Saturday when the sequence returns residence to Ohio’s Toledo Speedway for the operating of the Owens Corning 200 at 4 p.m. ET on FS2.
