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ARCA Menards Series at Kansas Speedway Tide 150 – Post-Race Notes

Brenden “Butterbean” Queen (No. 28 BestRepair.net Chevrolet) scored his second career ARCA Menards Series win and his second of 2025 with a dominant victory in Friday’s Tide 150 at Kansas Speedway. Queen led 72 of the race’s 105 laps and held off runner-up William Sawalich (No. 18 Starkey Toyota) on a trio of late-race restarts, including one on the final lap to win. Queen also won the season opener at Daytona International Speedway.

  • Sawalich led for 29 laps on his way to his second runner-up finish of the season. Sawalich has 13 wins, 26 top-five finishes, and 28 top-10 finishes in 30 career ARCA Menards Series starts.
  • Mason Mitchell (No. 25 Pro-Seed USA Toyota) finished third in his first ARCA Menards Series start of the season. The 2014 series champion is planning additional starts this season at Iowa Speedway and the fall race at Kansas Speedway, with others potentially to be added.
  • Talladega winner Lawless Alan (No. 20 AUTOChargeIt Toyota) continued his hot streak by picking up his first career General Tire Pole Award in qualifying. Alan ran in the top five throughout the race but lost a spot to Mitchell on the final lap to settle for fourth.
  • Lavar Scott (No. 6 Max Siegel Inc. Chevrolet) entered the Tide 150 as the ARCA Menards Series championship points leader. Scott finished fifth, his third career top-five finish in four starts at Kansas Speedway.
  • Queen has reassumed the ARCA Menards Series championship points lead, by a single point over Alan and Scott, who are now tied for second.
  • Andy Jankowiak (No. 73 Acacia Energy / DAKS Markets Toyota) finished sixth, coming up one position short from finishing in the top five in back-to-back ARCA Menards Series races for the first time in his career.  Jankowiak then made the overnight run to his home track, Lancaster Motorplex, where he finished second in the Sportsman division feature.
  • Jason Kitzmiller (No. 97 A.L.L. Construction Chevrolet) scored his third top-ten finish in four 2024 starts with a solid seventh-place effort. Kitzmiller is now unofficially fourth in the ARCA Menards Series championship standings; his son Isaac leads the ARCA Menards Series East standings.
  • Lanie Buice (No. 2 Max Siegel Inc. Chevrolet) finished eighth in her ARCA Menards Series debut. She is the 52nd female driver to make at least one series start and the 30th to score at least one top-ten finish.
  • Spencer Gallagher (No. 23 Allegiant Airlines / Sigma Performance Services Chevrolet) made his first series start at Kansas Speedway since winning the 2014 season finale. He finished ninth, the final car on the lead lap.
  • Ryan Vargas (No. 67 Maples Motorsports Ford) finished tenth in a last-minute appearance to give the Maples Motorsports team its second top-ten finish of the season; Ryan Roulette drove the No. 67 car to a ninth-place finish at Daytona.
  • There were four cautions for a total of 22 laps; the average speed was 117.221 miles per hour. Queen’s margin of victory was 0.275 seconds.
  • The next race for the ARCA Menards Series is the General Tire 150 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday, May 23. The race will be televised live on FS1 starting at 6 pm ET. Complete event information, including live timing and scoring data for all on-track activity and live race audio, will be available at ARCARacing.com. Up-to-the-minute updates are available by following @ARCA_Racing on X (formerly known as Twitter).

Race results: Tide 150 at Kansas Speedway

Pos.No.NameSponsorLapsDiff.
128Brenden Queen *bestrepair.net Chevrolet105 —
218William SawalichStarkey Toyota1050.275
325Mason MitchellPro-Seed USA Toyota1050.718
420Lawless AlanAUTOParkit Toyota1051.012
56Lavar ScottMax Siegel Inc Chevrolet1051.178
673Andy JankowiakKlas Motorsports Toyota1051.254
797Jason KitzmillerA.L.L. Construction Chevrolet1051.352
82Lanie Buice*Max Siegel Inc Chevrolet1051.691
923Spencer GallagherSPS Chevrolet1052.606
1067Ryan VargasMaples Motorsports Ford1041 Lap
1169Miguel Gomes*Simthunder Ford1023 Laps
1299Michael MaplesDon Ray Petroleum/Maples Motorsports Chevrolet1005 Laps
1355Isabella Robusto *Mobil 1 Toyota996 Laps
1431Tim GouletRick Havenridge Principal Financial Toyota9312 Laps
1506Brayton LasterPeterson Motorsports Chevrolet9213 Laps
1646Thad MoffittNitro Motorsports Toyota9114 Laps
170Kevin HincklePeterson Motorsports Chevrolet8619 Laps
1803Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc./Race Parts Liquidators Ford3372 Laps
1911Mike BashamDouble H Ranch Ford2184 Laps
2012Matt Kemp*ELHDetailing.com/Fathom Realty1095 Laps
219Presley Sorah*Health Market/Newtz Auto Services Ford897 Laps
2217Patrick Staropoli *131 MotorSports Park Toyota5100 Laps
2348Brad SmithGary’s Speed Shop Ford4101 Laps
2410Nate MoellerFastTrackRacing.com Toyota3102 Laps
2568Will KimmelKimmel Racing Ford2103 Laps
2686Brian ClubbRace Parts Liquidators Ford0DNS