LAS VEGAS – Sam Mayer’s target of sweeping the ARCA Menards Series East and West openers is off to a fast start.
The 16-year-old from Franklin, Wisconsin, captured the General Tire Pole Award Thursday afternoon at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in advance of the evening’s Star Nursery 150. It is the opening race for the ARCA Menards Series West.
Mayer already won the East opener earlier in the month at Florida’s New Smyrna Speedway, and was fastest in practice at Las Vegas before rocketing to the pole in qualifying. Mayer posted a lap of 14.611 seconds (92.396 mph) in the No. 21 Spencer Clark Foundation Chevrolet.
STAR NURSERY 150 QUALIFYING RESULTS
Mayer shattered the old West track record set by Greg Pursley in 2011 of (90.144) around the .375-mile oval. It is Mayer’s second career West pole and first under the ARCA Menards Series banner.
Sound 🆙 to hear from the @GeneralTire pole man for tonight’s clash at The Bullring: @sam_mayer_
Fastest in practice ✅
Fastest in qualifying ✅
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Jesse Love, making his West debut, qualified second at 14.740 (91.588), and teenager Joey Iest was third fast at 15.034 (89.796).
Love’s BMR teammate Gracie Trotter was fourth, while the Sunrise Ford Racing duo of Blaine Perkins and Trevor Huddleston were fifth and sixth, respectively.
Jack Wood, Todd Souza, Gio Scelzi and Lawless Alan rounded out the top 10.
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