The ARCA Series Pocono Green 250 race at Pocono Raceway started with Joel Kilburn capturing the pole and recording the fastest lap of the race. Brian Glass gained 6 spots for the most positions gained bonus. The race produced many close battles for position through the field with many position changes. Dwayne McArthur Driver of the #67 RideTV.com Camry led the most laps with 32, going on take the win. This week the drivers displayed good race-craft, resulting in 1 caution with 9 lead change as there were no disqualifications with 3 disconnects in a 22 car field ending with Dwayne McArthur capturing his 1st win of the season with Mike Franklin finishing 2nd, Joel Kilburn 3rd and Brian Glass in 4th
ARCA Series Final Point Standings, Congratulation to Eddie Jones on winning the ARCA Series Points Championship
ARCA Series Final Points Standings (Top 8 qualify for Playoffs) * Alternates
1 – Eddie Jones, 2 – Mike Schrader, 3 – Thomas Allmon, 4 – Bruce Pearson, 5 – Niels Clyde, 6 – Mike Grayson, 7 – Brian Glass, 8 – Ken Huff, *9 – Michael Knoll, *10 – David Trainer
This week starts the ARCA Series Playoffs at the Zombie Auto 150 race at Bristol Motor Speedway with the current points leader Eddie Jones looking for ways to maintain his lead in the series.. The top 8 drivers compete for the championship with alternates qualifying if a top 8 driver is absent in the first race.
The question is … can he hold off the charging Old Bastards?
We shall see when the green flag drops at 9:05 pm Eastern time. In the ARCA Series points championship Eddie Jones in 2nd, Bruce Pearson 3rd, Mike Schrader 4th and Thomas Allmon in 5th.
The Bristol race will be intense, and expect to see close battles all over the track
May 9th, 2018
Written By Michael Schrader
