TC Daily Pit Stop: William Sawalich Conquers Salem; Reif Dominates at Shasta Speedway; Breidinger and Day Crash Hard
TC Daily Pit Stop: Sunday, July 28, 2024
William Sawalich Slays Salem, Takes Home The Trophy In A Chaotic Race
On a hot Saturday night in Southern Indiana, William Sawalich managed to survive the chaos and calamity and take home the win at the ARCA Salem 200 at the famed Salem Speedway.
“We had a really good race. Really fast Starkey SoundGear Toyota Camry. Made it really easy on me. I can’t thank the guys enough,” the Eden Prarie, Minnesota native said post-race. “It’s good momentum leading into next week. Home race at Elko. So it’s really special to get it done here. Last year we had some misfortune..really good momentum and we’ll keep it rolling.”
ARCA Menards Series points leader Andres Perez took home second, with Rev Racing teammate Lavar Scott third. Hometown favorite Will Kimmel came up fourth, and Christian Rose finally got the money off his back with a fifth place.
Isaac Johnson, Cody Dennison, Ryan Roulette, Brayton Laster, and Kris Wright rounded out the top-10.
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Video: Corey Day and Toni Breidinger Crash Big in ARCA Race at Salem
Entering Saturday’s ARCA Menards Series event at Salem Speedway, there was a ton of hype surrounding Chevrolet prospect Corey Day, making his series debut in the No. 28 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet SS for Pinnacle Racing Group.
The 18-year-old racer was battling for second place with Lavar Scott when contact was made between the two cars, which got the High Limit Sprint Car winner sideways and spinning around.
During his long slide down the backstretch, there were moments where it looked as though Day would save his HendrickCars.com Chevrolet from major damage, but while trying to avoid the wreck, Toni Breidinger slammed into the side of the No. 28.
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Tyler Reif Obliterates ARCA Menards Series West Field to Win at Shasta Speedway
For the first time since August 2, 2008, Central Coast Racing is in Victory Lane in the ARCA Menards Series West, winning Saturday’s Shasta 150 at Shasta Speedway with Tyler Reif.
Driving the team’s flagship No. 13 Toyota Camry, Reif put on a dominant performance in Saturday’s event, the seventh of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series West campaign, leading wire-to-wire en route to his second career victory.
Hingorani, driving this weekend for Jerry Pitts Racing in the No. 5, was the only driver able to remotely stay in touch with Reif during the event, but faded late, dropping more than two seconds behind the eventual race-winner, and having to settle for second.
Trevor Huddleston finished a distant third, while Derek Copeland, in his ARCA Menards Series West debut, finished an impressive fourth place. Kyle Keller rounded out the top five for Kennealy-Keller Motorsports.
Jack Wood started on the outside of the front row, but faded to sixth, with Todd Souza, Nick Joanides, Takuma Koga, and David Smith rounding out the top-10.