By Vincent Delforge, special to KickinTheTires.net What an incredible end of the race! A scenario worthy of a Hollywood movie! A race largely dominated by Ty Gibbs. The 2021 ARCA Menards Series champion made a perfect copy. But all the attention quickly shifted around 20 seconds behind the Joe Gibbs Racing driver. Indeed, for a few seconds the […]
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AVONDALE, Ariz. – After leading all the laps in the Arizona Lottery 100, Ty Gibbs wraps up a highly successful 2021 national stock car season with another trophy in the ARCA Menards Series West at Phoenix Raceway. “I felt like lapped traffic was one of the biggest challenges,” Gibbs said. “I felt like we were […]
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By Vincent Delforge, special to KickinTheTires.net That’s it, we are there! This Saturday, November 6, at noon MT. (3 p.m. ET) will be held the Arizona Lottery 100, the 2021 season finale in the ARCA Menards West Series at the Phoenix Raceway at Avondale, Arizona. This ninth and final race of the season will also be […]
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By Jerry Jordan, Editor KANSAS CITY, KS – As it stands right now, Austin Cindric is feeling pretty confident as he leaves Kansas Speedway with a second-place finish in the Kansas Lottery 300 because his points from the race put him in a strong position to move on to the season finale and battle for […]
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By Christian Koelle, Staff Writer All that Ty Gibbs has to do to earn his first championship in NASCAR is take the green flag tonight at Kansas. After qualifying on Saturday (October 23), Gibbs will lead the field to that green flag as he earned his 17th career General Tire Pole Award. Ready for the […]
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By Vincent Delforge, Special to kickinthetires.net Are there any similarities between the very first season in West Series history in 1954 and what we experience today in 2021 as the ARCA Menards West Series? In 1954, NASCAR created the Pacific Coast Late Model Division. The series was based on the Pacific Coast. It was actually […]
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By Christian Koelle, Staff Writer SALEM, IN. – Ty Gibbs will lead the field to green Saturday Night for the 10th time in 2021. Gibbs turned a 17.176-second (116.325-mph) lap around Salem Speedway to earn the pole on Saturday. Taylor Gray tied his career-best start of second, turning a 17.206-second (116.122-mph) lap. He was just .03-seconds […]
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By ARCA Menards Series BRISTOL, Tenn. — Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Ty Gibbs and Sammy Smith could not have executed the plan more perfectly. With both the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota and the No. 81 Engine Ice Toyota parked on the Bristol Motor Speedway frontstretch, facing each other with their bumpers touching, each driver […]
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By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer John Hunter Nemechek scored a top-five finish for Sam Hunt Racing (SHR) at Richmond Raceway, validating the organization’s speed in the process. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoff driver joined SHR during an off weekend for the Truck Series. Nemechek ran inside the top-10 throughout much of the Go […]
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By Tadd Haislop/ARCA Menards Series WEST ALLIS, Wis. — The last time the ARCA Menards Series was on track, a week ago on the Springfield dirt at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, Ty Gibbs failed to lead a lap for the first time all season. The 18-year-old driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota […]
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