ARCA Racing Series Corrigan Oil 200 at Michigan International Speedway

ARCA Racing Series Corrigan Oil 200 at Michigan International Speedway

Qaulifying was canceled due to time restraints, therefore Myatt Snider started on the pole. But he crashed during the session, and had to bring out a backup car. The team elected Snider to drop to the rear of the field before the race. That would mean Chase Briscoe, and Dalton Sargeant would be on the front row.

The race soon got underway and it was all Chase Briscoe. On the same lap the 51, of Chad Finley spun off of four onto the pit lane. Finley got the car going, and would not have to bring out a caution. Meanwhile Briscoe got out to a big lead, but was soon challenged by Brandon Jones. On lap 11, the 65 of Jeff MacZink had a blend line violation. MacZink would have to serve a pass through penalty. And the 0 of Richard Hauck also came down to pit road for problems.

Briscoe and Jones pulled away from the field, while everyone else had to hold onto their positions. But the 98 of Brady Boswell came down pit road due to rising temperatures on lap 28. It was reported that Boswell had debris on his grill. Boswell would catch a break though, as a caution came out on lap 29. This caution was for Dustin Knowles who cut a left front tire. The whole field came down pit road, and most of the leaders pitted for four tires. Brandon Jones won the race off pit road, as Briscoe stalled during his pit stop. Kyle Weatherman in the 58 was the free pass.

Other problems occurred on pit road, as the 01 of Travis Braden had trouble with his air hose. Weatherman, who got the free pass came on pit road too. Reports were Weatherman had a lose spark plug. This would put Kyle Weatherman in the back for the restart.

Restart on lap 36, Brandon Jones selected the outside lane while Chase Briscoe chose the inside lane. It wouldn't take Jones long though as he was able to get out in front. Briscoe continued to fight back and battle side by side with Jones. But on lap 39, the caution came out for Myatt Snider who hit the wall off of turn two. Replays show that Snider got lose and just lost the car. On the same caution, the 19 of David Sear's engine blows up. During the lap 36-39 period, Matt Kurzejewski had problems with his 52. Although he was able to get the car going again.

On this caution period, Kurzejewski brought the machine down for four tires and fuel. A crew member crawled in the window, to see if there was any lose wiring in the car. Matt had reported that “he had a bad vibration”. There were other drivers who pitted during this yellow as well. Josh Williams of the #6 machine, and the 58 of Kyle Weatherman. Sarah Cornett-Ching would be the beneficiary of the free pass.

Restart on lap 44, Brandon Jones and Chase Briscoe was back it for the lead. These two would battle back and forth for many laps to come. On lap 50, Tom Hessert of the 25 machine pitted for two left side tires. Two laps later Hessert wold have to serve a drive through penalty. The race would calm down for just a little bit. Then with 42 to go, Hessert again was too fast exiting pit road, and would have to serve another drive through penalty. On the same lap, Dalton Sargeant had damage to his left rear. Tom Hessert would continue to have problems, as he brought the car to the garage with 38 to go. Josh Williams also came down for service with 34 to go. But Williams would end up going to the garage with 25 to go.

As the race started to wine down with 22 laps to go, the action was about to pick up. Leaders Brandon Jones, and Chase Briscoe came to pit road to top it off with four tires and fuel. Briscoe pitted for right side tires, while Jones pitted for four tires and fuel. Dalton Sargeant pitted as well, but was too fast on pit road. Meanwhile Brady Boswell, and Matt Kurzejewski took the top spots. But both had to pit with 10 to go. Kyle Weatherman on the other hand, was trying to stretch his fuel out and win the race. Unfortunately, with three laps to go Weatherman ran out of gas before turn three. This would hand the lead to Brandon Jones.

Finally after the crazy strategies, and great racing Brandon Jones wins the Corrigan Oil 200 at Michigan. This would be his third ARCA Racing Series career win. Chase Brisoce was 2^nd, followed by Kyle Benjamin in 3^rd, Travis Braden in 4^th, and Matt Tifft rounded out the top 5. ARCA Racing Series returns to Madison International Speedway on June 19.