PIT BOX: ARCA Menards Series set for its return trip to Kansas Speedway

For the second time this season, the ARCA Menards Series heads to Kansas Speedway this Friday evening for the running of the Sioux Chief Fast Track 150 (6 p.m. ET on FS1).

Kansas is the only venue on the 2023 ARCA Menards Series schedule to welcome the series twice in 2023. The track has been a regular part of the schedule dating back to 2001, when Jason Jarrett the first of two ARCA Menards Series victories during his racing career.

In the years since, a number of recognizable names have visited Victory Lane at the 1.5-mile speedway, including Frank Kimmel, Parker Kligerman, Ty Dillon, Alex Bowman, Mason Mitchell, Chase Briscoe, Sheldon Creed, Christian Eckes, Bret Holmes, Corey Heim, Ty Gibbs, Nick Sanchez and, most recently, Jesse Love earlier this season.

Tickets for Friday’s Sioux Chief Fast Track 150 are available here. Below is everything to know about the event.

Sioux Chief Fast Track 150 at Kansas Speedway

WHAT TO WATCH FOR:

Jesse Love continues to be the man to beat during the 2023 ARCA Menards Series season following his ninth victory of the season last Sunday evening at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds. He’ll look to make it 10 wins this year Friday at Kansas.

Love is the favorite to win the Sioux Chief Fast Track 150 after dominating the Dawn 150 at Kansas earlier this year. If he wins Friday, he’ll be the first driver to sweep both races at Kansas in a single season since ARCA began racing at the 1.5-mile speedway twice annually in 2020.

He’ll face stout competition from several drivers, including the one who finished second to him earlier this year, Dean Thompson. The driver from Anaheim, California is scheduled to make his fifth start of 2023 for Venturini Motorsports as a teammate to Love, Toni Breidinger and Jake Finch.

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Another likely contender Friday is Connor Mosack, who returns to the wheel of the No. 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. Rev Racing will field a pair of entries for Andres Perez de Lara and Lavar Scott, the latter of him will his first start in a standalone ARCA Menards Series race since his debut at Daytona International Speedway in February.

Kansas native Mandy Chick returns for her fourth race of the season this weekend in her family-owned No. 74. Cody Coughlin is also back in action in his own No. 72. Frankie Muniz will look to rebound from a rough day at DuQuoin with a strong run at Kansas aboard the No. 30 for Rette Jones Racing.

Other notable entries include Christian Rose, Jon Garrett, Ryan Huff and Scott Melton, among others.

The full entry list for Friday’s Sioux Chief Fast Track 150 is available here.

RACING REFERENCE:

• Previous ARCA races at Kansas
• ARCA Menards Series drivers at Kansas

RACE FACTS:

CREW CHIEF HANDOUT: The starting field for the Sioux Chief Fast Track 150 is limited to 30 starters plus provisionals. This event will run under the 2023 ARCA Menards Series rules, procedures, regulations and specifications.

QUALIFYING: Starting lineup determined by Timed Session qualifying results plus provisionals.

RACE PIT STOP: Modified live pit stop procedure. There will be a scheduled caution at or near lap 50. All cars will be required to make at least one pit stop prior to last 10 laps of race. No adding or moving tires to or from pit box once race has started. (Learn about all of ARCA’s pit stop procedures here.)

TIRE ALLOTMENT:Per ARCA Rulebook, maximum number of tires allowed in pit box for use in race is eight (8).