ARCA Menards Series West General Tire 200
NASCAR Cup Series regular Ryan Preece took full advantage of the opportunity to gain experience at Sonoma Raceway in preparation for Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 by starting from the pole and then dominating Friday’s ARCA Menards Series West General Tire 200.
Preece and the No. 9 Stewart-Haas Ford was the class of the field on the 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course, crossing the finish line 9.675 seconds ahead of NASCAR Xfinity Series regular Sammy Smith. Fellow NXS competitor Riley Herbst was third, while ARCA Menards Series West regulars Jack Wood and William Sawalich finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
“Laps mean a lot, especially now in today’s world of racing,” said Preece. “You don’t get much practice, so any opportunity you can to get in the seat, you take.”
“I feel like, as a Cup driver, you’re expected to win, right? Even though I don’t have a lot of road course experience, I felt like I had to win today.”
“Road racing is a totally different art. AJ Allmendinger comes to mind: when you look at him as someone who really set the bar and how much he can get out of a road race car. Today I had a really good race car. I was able to just work on me to find little things and I feel that was extremely beneficial for tomorrow and Sunday.”
| Pos | Car | Driver | Laps | |
| 1 | 9 | Ryan Preece | 64 | |
| 2 | 81 | Sammy Smith | 64 | |
| 3 | 5 | Riley Herbst | 64 | |
| 4 | 6 | Jack Wood | 64 | |
| 5 | 18 | William Sawalich * | 64 | |
| 6 | 15 | Sean Hingorani * | 64 | |
| 7 | 88 | Bradley Erickson | 64 | |
| 8 | 13 | Todd Souza | 64 | |
| 9 | 8 | Johnny Borneman III | 64 | |
| 10 | 21 | Ethan Nascimento * | 64 | |
| 11 | 32 | Dale Quarterley | 64 | |
| 12 | 86 | Tim Spurgeon | 64 | |
| 13 | 70 | Kyle Keller | 63 | |
| 14 | 77 | Nick Joanides | 63 | |
| 15 | 5 | David Smith * | 63 | |
| 16 | 14 | Davey Magras | 62 | |
| 17 | 41 | Tyler Reif * | 61 | |
| 18 | 55 | Cole Custer | 56 | |
| 19 | 17 | Landen Lewis * | 56 | |
| 20 | 16 | Tanner Reif | 55 | |
| 21 | 2 | Sebastian Arias | 55 | |
| 22 | 80 | Brian Kamisky | 54 | |
| 23 | 4 | Eric Nascimento Jr | 45 | |
| 24 | 7 | Takuma Koga | 39 | |
| 25 | 2 | Parker Retzlaff | 37 | |
| 26 | 52 | Ryan Philpott | 36 | |
| 27 | 19 | Eric Johnson Jr. | 31 | |
| 28 | 50 | Trevor Huddleston | 12 | |
| 29 | 46 | S.Rzesnowiecky * | 0 |
Picture. Perfect.@RyanPreece_ wins the @GeneralTire 200 at @RaceSonoma! pic.twitter.com/wJq4Io6LWG
— ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) June 10, 2023
source: Sonoma Raceway Media
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