Zane Smith Secures First Career ARCA Victory in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Zane Smith passed Sheldon Creed late in Saturday's Music City 200 at Nashville to secure his first career victory in the series. He had finished second three times before his first career victory but on Saturday Night, Smith seemed to have the dominant car in the cold conditions in Nashville, Tennessee. Creed had taken the lead from Smith on the final restart. The two battled until Smith took the lead back but he still wasn't able to breathe easy. Creed continued to put pressure on the No. 41 but time would run out and Smith would get the guitar in victory lane.

Creed still finished the race in second and his MDM Motorsports teammate Harrison Burton would finish third, after having to come from 25th rounding out the MDM sweep of the first three positions. Michael Self, the winner of the last two ARCA Races, led seven laps in Saturday's race but he'd finish the race in fourth.

Chandler Smith won the pole, in track record fashion, and led the first 51 laps before pit stops set him back. Smith still managed to pull a fifth-place finish in his ARCA Racing Series debut. Tyler Dippel finished sixth, Chase Purdy, Christian Eckes, Brandon Grosso, and Bret Holmes rounded out the top-10. Natalie Decker was the last driver on the lead lap finishing 11th.

Though Creed challenged Smith in the end, Smith led the most laps with 120 of the 200 laps. Five cautions slowed the event for 43 laps. Michael Self remains the points leader followed by Sheldon Creed. Decker moves up to third, race winner Smith moves up to fourth, and Riley Herbst rounds out the top-five.

Results from the Music City 200

  1. Zane Smith
  2. Sheldon Creed
  3. Harrison Burton
  4. Michael Self
  5. Chandler Smith
  6. Tyler Dippel
  7. Chase Purdy
  8. Christian Eckes
  9. Brandon Grosso
  10. Bret Holmes
  11. Natalie Decker
  12. Ryan Repko 
  13. Riley Herbst
  14. Thad Moffitt
  15. Travis Braden
  16. Joe Graf Jr.
  17. Gus Dean
  18. Thomas Praytor
  19. Rick Clifton
  20. Eric Caudell
  21. Joe Cooksey
  22. Brad Smith
  23. Con Nicolopoulos
  24. Will Kimmel
  25. D.L. Wilson
  26. Mike Basham
Photo Credit - Christian Koelle/CCK Photography

Comments

Post a Comment