Stenhouse races to first ARCA victory

SPARTA, Ky. — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. raced to his first ARCA RE/MAX Series victory, taking the lead after a late restart and holding off Scott Speed by 0.374 seconds Saturday night in the Kentucky 150.

Tayler Malsam, of Sammamish, Wash., finished 11th.

The 20-year-old Stenhouse, driving a Ford for Roush Fenway Racing, passed Speed’s Toyota on the 107th lap in the 112-lap race on the 1¼-mile Kentucky Speedway.

“We’ve had good runs the last few weeks, so to finally get a win was just awesome,” Stenhouse said. “It was pretty tough.”

Ryan Fischer was third, followed by Ken Butler III, John Wes Townley, Brett Hudson, Patrick Sheltra, Bryan Silas, Michael Annett and Dominick Casola.

ARCA-Kentucky 150 results

Saturday at Kentucky Speedway

Sparta, Ky.

Lap length: 1.5 miles

(Start position in parentheses)

1. (15) Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Ford, 112 laps.

2. (7) Scott Speed, Toyota, 112.

3. (5) Ryan Fischer, Chevrolet, 112.

4. (20) Ken Butler III, Toyota, 112.

5. (8) John Wes Townley, Ford, 112.

6. (21) Brett Hudson, Dodge, 112.

7. (10) Patrick Sheltra, Dodge, 112.

8. (23) Bryan Silas, Chevrolet, 112.

9. (4) Michael Annett, Toyota, 112.

10. (17) Dominick Casola, Dodge, 112.

11. (6) Tayler Malsam, Dodge, 112.

12. (22) Todd Hansen, Chevrolet, 112.

13. (11) Frank Kimmel, Ford, 112.

14. (19) Tom Hessert III, Ford, 112.

15. (18) Billy Leslie, Ford, 111.

16. (27) Bobby Gerhart, Chevrolet, 111.

17. (25) Frank Kapfhammer, Chevrolet, 111.

18. (31) Donny Kelley, Chevrolet, 111.

19. (12) Jake Francis, Dodge, 111.

20. (28) Tom Berte, Chevrolet, 111,

21. (14) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 110.

22. (24) Dexter Bean, Chevrolet, 110.

23. (13) Justin Lofton, Dodge, 109.

24. (34) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, 108.

25. (29) Gabi DiCarlo, Toyota, 107.

26. (36) Tim Mitchell, Ford, 107.

27. (35) Brad Smith, Ford, 107.

28. (1) Sean Caisse, Toyota, accident, 106.

29. (16) Matt Carter, Ford, accident, 98.

30. (3) Jesse Smith, Dodge, accident, 98.

31. (2) Robb Brent, Chevrolet, accident, 98.

32. (40) Todd Bowsher, Ford, 86.

33. (30) Ron Cox, Chevrolet, engine, 80.

34. (37) Mike Koch, Chevrolet, 71.

35. (33) Darrell Basham, Chevrolet, handling, 58.

36. (32) Mike Harmon, Chevrolet, accident, 36.

37. (39) Jason Basham, Chevrolet, overheating, 21.

38. (9) Michael Phelps, Dodge, engine, 11.

39. (26) Grant Enfinger, Ford, vibration, 8.

40. (41) Wayne Peterson, Chevrolet, clutch, 0.

41. (38) Greg Seevers, Chevrolet, vibration, 0.

Race Statistics

Time of race: 1 hour, 53 minutes, 14 seconds.

Margin of victory: .374 seconds.

Caution flags: 10 for 55 laps.

Lap leaders: S.Caisse 1-7, M.Annett 8-38, J.Francis 39-51, S.Speed 52-106, R.Stenhouse 107-112.

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