Max Reaves scores ARCA win – Brenden Queen wraps up ARCA Title at Toledo Speedway on Friday evening within the Owens Corning 200.
TOLEDO, Ohio — On a day when Pinnacle Racing Group secured each the ARCA Menards Sequence driver and proprietor’s title with Brenden ‘Butterbean’ Queen, Max Reaves and Joe Gibbs Racing offered a minor spoiler to their celebration.
Max Reaves – Brenden Queen
As has been a theme with Reaves in his restricted ARCA Menards Sequence begins this yr, he was infallible after incomes the Basic Tire Pole for Saturday’s Owens Corning 200 at Toledo Speedway. Reaves efficiently pulled away from Queen within the closing laps to earn his third nationwide victory of 2025 and his sixth total on the platform.
The consequence didn’t come with out delicate contact between the 2 frontrunners, as Reaves and Queen exchanged bumps with the previous in the end shifting the champion out of the groove within the first flip. Reaves expressed regret over the aggressive racing however was more than pleased to finish his first nationwide ARCA Menards Sequence marketing campaign with a win.
“I’ve acquired to apologize to [Queen] for entering into him like that,” Reaves stated. “I didn’t imply to do this. I misjudged it. I’ve acquired to thank all my guys [at Gibbs], my mother, my dad, and the great Lord above for getting me right here.”
Max Reaves
Reaves had no points carrying the effectivity of his predecessors in Gibbs’ No. 18 Toyota, which incorporates present NASCAR Xfinity Sequence drivers William Sawalich and Sammy Smith.
The three ARCA Menards Sequence East occasions Reaves received this yr noticed him lead a mixed complete of 383 out of 450 doable laps, which helped Gibbs safe the East Sequence proprietor’s title. In Reaves’ two prior nationwide ARCA Menards Sequence triumphs at Elko Speedway and Madison Worldwide Speedway, he tallied 283 complete laps led.
Toledo was one other show of Reaves’ burgeoning chemistry with Gibbs’ storied ARCA Menards Sequence program. Reaves discovered beneath the mentorship of 2000 NASCAR Cup Sequence champion Bobby Labonte. He methodically navigated his manner via slower visitors to keep up a snug benefit for many of the afternoon.
Brenden Queen
Queen’s dedication to cap off his championship season with a victory was the one impediment standing in Reaves’ manner. The seasoned brief observe competitor tracked down Reaves in the course of the closing inexperienced flag run. In the long run, Queen ended up settling for a runner-up exhibiting after Reaves’ bump-and-run.
The strategy by which Queen felt Reaves raced him was a bitter level on an in any other case cathartic outing at Toledo. Regardless of this, Queen took pleasure in with the ability to ship PRG another accomplishment in 2025. An proprietor’s title over Gibbs.
“I handed [Reaves] clear, and he drives like a younger child that doesn’t know learn how to cross,” Queen stated. “We received the conflict. I did the whole lot I may to cross him clear, however that’s alright. He’ll be taught at some point.”
Queen ended his stellar 2025 with eight victories, 4 poles. and 17 top-five finishes. That consistency earned Queen the glory of becoming a member of names like Frank Kimmel, Iggy Katona, Benny Parsons, and others as an ARCA Menards Sequence champion, a milestone he intends to cherish for the remainder of his life, together with PRG’s first proprietor’s championship.
“It’s actual particular,” Queen stated. “I’m extra excited to convey the proprietor’s RECAP: Max Reaves Scores ARCA Win – Brenden Queen Wraps Up ARCA Title at Toledo dwelling for these guys. They’re those that make me look good. That is the primary time Pinnacle has received each [a driver’s and owner’s title] on the nationwide deal. What a dream season, and I couldn’t have executed it with out the Pinnacle Racing Group.”
Joe Gibbs Racing
For Reaves, his accomplishments all year long helped Gibbs accumulate six nationwide ARCA Menards Sequence wins in complete. Brent Crews received the opposite three. Reaves understood the expectations when he agreed to drive the No. 18 Toyota in 2025. He was keen to go to Victory Lane as many occasions as doable.
Though he got here up in need of delivering Gibbs a second proprietor’s championship, Reaves enters the offseason with loads of momentum and confidence on his aspect.
“I knew the automobile may [win],” Crews stated. “It simply [came down to] if [Gibbs] may rely upon me to do it. I’m pleased with all my guys and I’m grateful to be right here.”
Tristan McKee completed third within the second PRG Chevrolet to wrap up the season. In Venturini Motorsports’ closing nationwide ARCA Menards Sequence race, Isabella Robusto led the historic operation with a fourth-place exhibiting. She was adopted within the prime 5 by Tyler Reif.
The remainder of the highest ten consisted of Taylor Reimer, Willie Mullins, Julian DaCosta, Jason Kitzmiller, and Becca Monpoli.
Though the 2025 ARCA Menards Sequence is now over, two occasions stay for the ARCA Menards Sequence West. The following race for the West Sequence is on Friday at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The Star Nursery 150 broadcast is on FloRacing beginning at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET.
