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Kyle Weatherman Poised for Championship Run in First Full Season of ARCA Competition

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Kyle Weatherman at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, May 19, 2016 Photo - ARS

Kyle Weatherman at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, May 19, 2016
Photo – ARS

Kyle Weatherman is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 9:30 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @beberly18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Kyle Weatherman made a name for himself in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards last season. Driving for Cunningham Motorsports, Weatherman competed in 15 of the 20 races on the series’ schedule and earned his first series victory at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

Weatherman also recorded runner-up finishes at Salem, Iowa, Springfield, DuQuoin and Kansas en route to earning the 2015 SCOTT Rookie of the Year award and the Calypso Lemonade Short Track Challenge championship.

Weatherman changed teams during the off-season, singing with Lira Motorsports to pilot the team’s No. 58 Ford and compete for the championship. Continue reading →

Gus Dean Scores First ARCA Win in the General Tire 200 at Talladega Superspeedway

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Gus Dean at 8:40 pm ET on Monday, May 2, 2016 Photo - Courtesy of Talladega Superspeedway

Gus Dean at 8:40 pm ET on Monday, May 2, 2016
Photo – Courtesy of Talladega Superspeedway

Gus Dean is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, May 2, 2016 at 8:40 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast. 

Driver of the No. 98 GREE Chevrolet for Mason Mitchell Motorsports (MMM), Gus Dean earned his first career ARCA win in the General Tire 200 at the 2.66 mile Talladega Superspeedway.

The Bluffton, South Carolina native selected the outside line for the afternoon’s final restart coming with four to go. Veteran Tommy Hessert gave Dean a big push down the backstretch pulling him even with Josh Williams. A wreck behind the leaders would end the race and send the ARCA officials to the video monitor which declared Dean as the race winner. Continue reading →

Justin Boston Finally Gets Monkey Off his Back at Toledo

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Photo - Venturini Motorsports on Twitter

Photo – Venturini Motorsports on Twitter

Justin Boston is our next guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, May 19th at 9:50 pm ET. Call 347-996-5176 during the LIVE broadcast to interact with Justin Boston and our Fan4Racing panel. 

Justin Boston is finally a winner in the ARCA Racing Series. The Venturini Motorsports driver passed Grant Enfinger with 20 laps to go and held off a hard-charging Mason Mitchell to win in his 26th career series start. Continue reading →

ARCA Menards 200 at Toledo Preview

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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. Continue reading →