NASCAR Chase Purdy

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Eckes Takes ARCA Win at Springfield

Christian Eckes is our guest on Fan4Racing Radio, Monday, August 20, 2018, at 8:40 pm ET. Photo – Fan4Racing

Christian Eckes is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk, on Monday, August 20, 2018, at 8:40 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Christian Eckes (No. 15 JBL Audio Toyota) took over the lead when most of the other lead lap cars pitted late in the race and held off two furious charges, first from teammate Logan Seavey and then from eventual runner-up Sheldon Creed, to score his second ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards win of 2018 in Sunday’s Allen Crowe 100 at the Illinois State Fair.
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Zane Smith Wins Rain-Shortened ModSpace 150 at Pocono

Zane Smith celebrates winning a rain-shortened ModSpace 150 in the ARCA Racing Series at Pocono Raceway on Friday, July 27, 2018. Photo – ARS

Zane Smith is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, July 30, 2018, at 9 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Zane Smith won Friday’s rain-shortened ModSpace 150 for the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards at Pocono Raceway. Smith led an MDM Motorsports sweep of the top four positions in his No. 41 LaPaz Margarita Mix/ICON Vehicle Dynamics Toyota. It was his fourth ARCA Racing Series win of the season.
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Dean Takes Pocono Pole; Looks for Two-in-a-Row in ModSpace 150

Gus Dean takes the Pole Award for Win Tron Racing at Pocono Raceway. Photo – ARS
Gus Dean took to the track last in General Tire Pole Qualifying, but he will start the ModSpace 150 from the pole as he turned the fastest lap of the afternoon around the 2.5-mile Pocono Raceway. Dean’s lap of 52.850 seconds/179.293 miles per hour was good enough to lock down his first General Tire Pole Award of 2018 and the first of his ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards career.

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Austin Theriault, 2017 ARCA Champion: Where is he Now?

Photo – ARS

As with so many drivers, talent alone is not a guarantee for a premium ride in the sport of racing. The competition for sponsorship dollars is at an all-time high with a slew of new drivers balancing in the wings in hopes of advancing their careers. But driving is only one way of using talent within the sport and Austin Theriault is finding that his talent is helpful to one of those up-and-coming new drivers in the ARCA Racing Series. Continue reading