Stay updated with breaking news from Max guti. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
AM Racing Fielding Xfinity and Truck Teams in 2023 – Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site jayski.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jayski.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Tadd Haislop-ARCARacing.com Sammy Smith celebrates after winning Saturday night s ARCA Menards Series East race at Five Flags Speedway. Photo: Morgan Givens/ARCA Racing PENSACOLA, Fla. - Based on the way he barely lost the ARCA Menards Series East season-opener to fellow rookie Max Gutiérrez a few weeks ago, Sammy Smith’s eventual first win on the platform felt inevitable. It became a reality Saturday night at 5 Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida, where the 16-year-old from Johnston, Iowa, won the Pensacola 200 in convincing fashion. Smith’s first victory came in just his second series start. Smith, who earlier Saturday earned the General Tire Pole Award when he put the No. 18 Engine Ice Toyota on the top of the speed chart toward the end of an open qualifying session, finished ahead of second-place Mason Diaz by more than two seconds on the half-mile paved oval. ....
Making Sense of the Wild and Controversial ARCA East Finish Max Gutiérrez won in a three-wide photo finish but that wasn t even the most remarkable story. Adam Glanzman | NASCAR The finish to the ARCA Menard’s East race at New Smyrna Speedway on Monday night will be included in highlight reels for years, but everything that preceded it will be equally memorable, if not infamous. Defending NASCAR Mexico Challenge Series champion Max Gutiérrez won for the first time in ARCA competition in just his third start, taking the checkered flag in an incredible three-wide finish that also included fellow teenagers Taylor Gray and Sammy Smith. ....
And the long wait for the last few laps was worth every second, especially for Max Gutiérrez. The 18-year-old ARCA Menards Series East rookie from Mexico City, Mexico, passed both Taylor Gray and Sammy Smith on the final stretch of the last lap of the 2021 opener to win a three-wide photo finish. Not a bad way for one to earn his first victory on the ARCA Menards platform. “The last corner, they were battling for first,” Gutiérrez said after the race of his move to steal the win from Gray and Smith, the latter of whom was attempting to pass the former in turn 4 before the No. 30 ToughBuilt Ford entered the equation. “I saw an opportunity, and I took it. ....