- Brenden “Butterbean” Queen (No. 28 bestrepair.net Chevrolet) won the Ride the ‘Dente 200 at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, leading the final ten laps to score his first career ARCA Menards Series victory in his second career series start. His only other previous ARCA Menards Series start was in the 2019 race at Daytona; he finished 29th due to a crash after 49 laps.
- Queen’s victory is the seventh ARCA Menards Series victory for team owner Mark Webb’s Pinnacle Racing Group team. The organization has scored wins with Luke Fenhaus in 2023 and with Connor Mosack and Connor Zilisch in 2024.
- Two-time ARCA Menards Series East champion William Sawalich (No. 18 Starkey Toyota) finished second in his first ARCA Menards Series start on a superspeedway. Sawalich led twice for 29 laps, the most of any driver in the race.
- Jason Kitzmiller (No. 97 A.L.L. Construction Chevrolet) finished third, his career best ARCA Menards Series finish.
- Lavar Scott (No. 6 Max Siegel Inc. Chevrolet) finished fourth, the second time in three starts at Daytona International Speedway that he has finished in the fourth position.
- Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves (No. 82 Wendy’s Chevrolet) finished fifth in his first ARCA Menards Series start. Castroneves, in a team car to race winner Brenden Queen, rallied from involvement in two separate on-track incidents to battle for the lead late in the race before setting for fifth.
- Kole Raz (No. 76 Cyclum Renewable Truck Stops Ford) finished sixth in his first career ARCA Menards Series start. Raz won the ARCA Menards Series West race at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway last April.
- A.J. Moyer (No. 88 River’s Edge Cottages & RV Park Chevrolet) earned his best career series finish in seventh. Moyer is the son of 1981 ARCA Menards Series champion Larry Moyer.
- Andy Jankowiak (No. 73 KLAS Motorsports Ford) rallied from involvement in the first incident of the race to finish eighth. Jankowiak was able to race up into the top five late in the race despite damage to nearly every side of his racecar.
- Ryan Roulette (No. 67 VFW Ford) earned his second career top-ten finish with his ninth-place finish. Roulette, who is an active member of the United States Air Force, recovered from mechanical issues that forced him to miss the drop of the green flag and left him a lap down by lap two. He received the free pass on the first caution at lap three.
- Bryce Haugeberg (No. 06 North Dakota State University Toyota) finished tenth, his first top-ten finish since he finished tenth at Salem Speedway in 2022. All three of Haugeberg’s top-ten results are tenth-place finishes.
- Queen unofficially leads the ARCA Menards Series championship point standings by three points over Sawalich and by six points over Kitzmiller and Scott who are tied for third.
- There were seven caution flags for 33 laps, holding the average speed to 96.450 miles per hour.
- There were six lead changes among six drivers; Sawalich led 29 laps, Lawless Alan (No. 20 AUTOParkit Toyota) led 26, Scott and Queen 10 each; Haugeberg 4, and Scott Melton (No. 68 Melton-McFadden Insurance Agency Ford) 1.
- Queen’s margin of victory was 0.094 seconds.
- The next race for the ARCA Menards Series is at Phoenix Raceway on Friday, March 7, a combination race with the ARCA Menards Series West. The race will be televised live on FS1 at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT. The race will also be broadcast live on select affiliates of the MRN Radio network nationwide. Live timing and scoring data for all on-track activity is available at ARCARacing.com and up-to-the-minute updates are available by follow @ARCA_Racing on X (formerly known as Twitter).
ARCA Menards Race Number 1
Unofficial Race Results For The Ride the ‘Dente 200 – 02/15/2025
Daytona International Speedway – Daytona Beach, Fla. –
2.5-mile banked paved tri-oval
Total Race Length 321 K – 80L – 200 M
Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Points B/Points Status
1 5 28 Brenden Queen * bestrepair.net Chevrolet 80 47 4 Running
2 1 18 William Sawalich Starkey Toyota 80 44 2 Running
3 24 97 Jason Kitzmiller A.L.L. Construction Inc Chevrolet 80 41 Running
4 3 6 Lavar Scott Max Siegel Inc. Chevrolet 80 41 1 Running
5 19 82 Helio Castroneves * Wendy’s Chevrolet 80 39 Running
6 8 76 Kole Raz * Cyclum Renewable Truck Stops Ford 80 38 Running
7 38 88 A.J. Moyer * Rivers Edge Cottages & RV Park/AmpereEV.com 80 37 Running
8 20 73 Andy Jankowiak KLAS Motorsports Ford 80 36 Running
9 29 67 Ryan Roulette VFW/Maples Motorsports Ford 80 35 Running
10 15 06 Bryce Haugeberg NDSU/Brenco Toyota 80 35 1 Running
11 39 57 Hunter Deshautelle O.B. Builders Inc Chevrolet 80 33 Running
12 11 9 Jason White More Core/Power Ventures Ford 80 32 Running
13 13 10 Ed Pompa Double H Ranch Ford 80 31 Running
14 18 48 Jeff Scofield JXT Transportation Chevrolet 77 30 Running
15 6 25 Jake Finch Phoenix Toyota 75 29 Running
16 14 03 Alex Clubb Race Parts Liquidators/A.Clubb Lawn Care Ford 74 28 Running
17 26 27 Tim Richmond Immigration Law Center Toyota 64 27 Mechanical
18 2 20 Lawless Alan * AUTOParkit Toyota 52 27 1 Running
19 16 31 Tim Viens Max Buchanan Foundation Toyota 51 25 Running
20 40 75 Bryan Dauzat O.B. Builders Inc Chevrolet 50 24 Mechanical
21 4 55 Isabella Robusto * Mobil 1 Toyota 48 23 Mechanical
22 21 77 Corey Day * Hendrickcars.com Chevrolet 45 22 Accident
23 36 68 Scott Melton Melton McFadden Ins/Donna’s Donuts Ford 40 22 1 Mechanical
24 35 0 Brayton Laster * Clear Tech Pools Chevrolet 24 20 Accident
25 12 12 Takuma Koga * Macnica Yit Ikedo/CKB/Fast Track Racing Toyota 18 19 Accident
26 25 86 Becca Monopoli * Orlando Health Toyota 18 18 Accident
27 32 02 Craig Bracken * Technique High/Speed Prototypes Chevrolet 18 17 Accident
28 28 69 Nolan Wilson Stowell Co/Decisely Ins/Daytona Beach Poker Ford 18 16 Mechanical
29 30 70 Amber Balcaen Gambit Technologies/ICON Direct Toyota 17 15 Accident
30 27 30 Garrett Mitchell * Kenetix Ford 17 14 Accident
31 17 99 Michael Maples * Don Ray Petroleaum LLC/ Maples Motorsports 13 13 Accident
32 31 29 Kyle Steckly * APC Auto Parts Centres Ford 11 12 Accident
33 34 4 Dale Quarterley Van Dyk Recycling Solutions/ACI Chevrolet 6 11 Accident
34 10 11 Cody Dennison Timcast Chevrolet 4 10 Accident
35 22 3 Willie Mullins CorvetteParts.net/Crow Wing Recycling Ford 4 9 Accident
36 33 8 Sean Corr Nesco Bus Sales Chevrolet 4 8 Accident
37 7 46 Thad Moffitt Nitro Motorsports Toyota 3 7 Accident
38 23 93 Caleb Costner * Piedmont Outfitters Chevrolet 3 6 Accident
39 9 23 Katherine Legge * SPS Chevrolet 3 5 Accident
40 37 7 Eric Caudell RYDIN/Coble Enterprises/Sheppard Racing Ent 3 4 Accident