TC Daily Pit Stop: Ruggiero Takes ARCA Win In Overtime, Cleetus Blows Engine; Kvapil On O'Reilly Pole After Mother Nature Intervenes
TC Daily Pit Stop: Saturday, April 18, 2026
Gio Ruggiero Takes Win In ARCA Menards Series Tide 150 at Kansas Speedway
Gio Ruggiero, driving the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, was the dominant driver in Saturday’s ARCA Menards Series Tide 150 at Kansas Speedway, but thanks to a rash of late-race cautions, which led to a double-overtime finish, Ruggiero had to fend off some heavy challengers.
In the end, Daniel Dye, who was making his first stock car racing start since being reinstated by NASCAR, would be his most formidable challenger, but would come up just shy of being able to get around Ruggiero for the win in the closing laps.
Jake Bollman, Gavan Boschele, and Lanie Buice would finish third through fifth behind Ruggiero and Dye.
Squirrel McNutt would finish 12th, which allowed him to win the head-to-head battle with his friend Cleetus McFarland on the afternoon in the ARCA Menards Series race.
McFarland had the better overall race, but with under 30 laps to go, McFarland suffered a blown engine in his No. 30 Rette-Jones Racing Ford, while running 10th. McFarland would be credited with a 20th-place finish.
Kvapil Inherits Pole For O’Reilly Race At Kansas Thanks To Mother Nature
Severe weather in the area of Kansas Speedway led to the cancellation of NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts practice and qualifying on Friday afternoon, which means the starting lineup was set by way of the rule book.
Due to the performance metric formula, Carson Kvapil will start from the pole position, and he’ll be joined by William Byron, driving the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, on the front row.
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