ARCA Menards 200 at Toledo Preview

Photo - Robert Laberge/Getty Images

Photo – Robert Laberge/Getty Images

The ARCA Racing Series makes its annual visit to Toledo Speedway this weekend. This is a home game for ARCA, as Toledo, Ohio is home for their headquarters.

Last year’s race came down to a late-race battle between Ken Schrader and Grant Enfinger.  The two ran nose-to-tail for most of the race. Enfinger stayed right in the tire tracks of the No. 52 car, until a right-front tire went down on the No. 90 car with 12 laps to go, ending his shot at the win.

Schrader went on to win to become the oldest winner in ARCA history.

The two will face off once again as both drivers are entries for the race this weekend.  Schrader will also field a second car for 17-year-old Matt Tifft, who finished fifth in last year’s running. Tifft is also splitting the No. 52 with Schrader throughout the season in ARCA.

Enfinger’s teammate, Justin Allison, is making his short-track début for Team BCR Racing this weekend.  Allison is running part-time in the No. 88 car and is the grandson of former NASCAR driver Donnie Allison.

Venturini Motorsports will once again have four cars this weekend, adding 15-year-old J.J. Haley in the No. 66 car.

Frank Kimmel has nine wins at the half-mile track, including his first career ARCA win in May 1994.

No active team has more wins at Toledo than the Roulo Brothers.  They have won eight times there, most recently with ARCA champ Chris Buescher in May 2012.

Kyle Benjamin will once again wheel the No. 17 car at Toledo.  He became the youngest pole-sitter in ARCA history for last year’s race.

Coverage of the Menards 200 is live on Sun., May 18 on FOX Sports 1 at 2 p.m. ET.