Connor Mosack won Friday’s Sioux Chief Fast Track 150 at Kansas Speedway. He pulled away from the field following some early attrition to earn his maiden ARCA Menards Series victory, becoming the seventh first-time winner in 2023.
With Jesse Love and Dean Thompson botheliminated from contention earlier in the evening due to separate issues, Mosack cruised to the finish for a milestone victory he believed was overdue for himself and Joe Gibbs Racing.
The closest challenge Mosack received during the second half of the race came from Carson Kvapil, who was making his ARCA Menards Series debut aboard the No. 28 Chevrolet for the Pinnacle Racing Group.
A successful driver in JR Motorsports’ Late Model Stock Car program, the only mistake Kvapil made during his first time around Kansas was slight wall contact during the early portion of the race. He kept his car out of trouble the rest of the night and got within a half-second of Mosack’s lead.
He had hoped to chase down Mosack in the closing laps, but came away from Kansas satisfied with how he adapted to the heavier ARCA cars.
The torrid pace set by Mosack meant that Kvapil was the only other driver to finish on the lead lap in the Sioux Chief Fast Track 150.
Mosack has matched the speed of the Venturini cars in nearly every ARCA Menards Series start this year, so he knew it was only a matter of time before he and Joe Gibbs Racing found a setup that would take them to Victory Lane.
With Kansas scheduled to be his final ARCA Menards Series start with Gibbs this year, Mosack considered Friday’s outcome to be a fitting conclusion.
Toni Breidinger recorded a career-best finish of third in the Sioux Chief Fast Track 150. Lavar Scott rebounded from early wall contact to finish fourth with Jake Finch rounding out the top-five.
The rest of the top-10 finishers were Christian Rose, Scott Melton, Thompson, Mandy Chick and Andy Jankowiak.
The next race up for the ARCA Menards Series will be the Bush’s Beans 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Thursday evening, which doubles as the ARCA Menards Series East season finale. The green flag will wave at 6 p.m. ET with FS1 providing the coverage.
ARCA Menards Series Point Standings (After 17/20 races):
1. Jesse Love 869 pts
2. Andres Perez de Lara (-127)
3. Christian Rose (-146)
4. Frankie Muniz (-150)
5. Jon Garrett (-224)
6. Brad Smith (-303)
7. AJ Moyer (-316)
8. William Sawalich (-449)
9. Toni Breidinger (-452)
10. Tim Monroe (-562)
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