Sean Hingorani
Sean Hingorani (Photo: Brian Hayes/ARCA Racing)

West Series at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway: Notes and stats for the NAPA Auto Parts 150 Presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame

www.arcaracing.com October 24, 2024

The Race: NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame

The Place: Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway

The Date: Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024

The Time: 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT

How To Watch: FloRacing

Distance: 150 Laps / 75 Miles

  • The NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway will be the 11th of 12 races for the ARCA Menards Series West in 2024. It will be the second race of the season at the half-mile banked oval.
  • Reigning ARCA Menards Series West champion Sean Hingorani (No. 15 Fidelity Capital Toyota) leads the series standings by five points over Tyler Reif (No. 13 Central Coast Cabinets Toyota) into the NAPA Auto Parts 150 Presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame.
  • Kole Raz (No. 5 Cyclum Renewables Truck Stops Toyota) will make his first ARCA Menards Series West appearance since the Independence Day weekend doubleheader at Irwindale Speedway. Raz earned his first ARCA Menards Series West victory earlier this season at Kern when he out-dueled Trevor Huddleston (No. 50 High Point Racing / Racecar Factory Ford) on the final lap to win by 0.058 seconds. He finished sixth in his most recent start at Irwindale.

  • Hingorani finished fourth at All American Speedway in the most recent West Series race, his worst finish since a 16th-place run at Portland International Raceway in May.
  • Reif rebounded from a 14th-place finish at Madera Speedway to finish third at All American. Other than an 11-place finish in the opener at Phoenix Raceway, he had finished among the top five in every other West race in 2024.
  • Huddleston won at All American Speedway after leading every lap from the pole in a caution-free race. It was the second time in four races a West Series event went caution-free; Tyler Reif also won from the pole at Shasta Speedway in a caution-free race. It was Huddleston’s second consecutive series win, he also won at Madera Speedway for his fifth series victory.
  • Isabella Robusto (No. 55 Mobil 1 Toyota) returns to the ARCA Menards Series West for the first time since she dominated at Irwindale Speedway on July 6, when she led 58 laps before a cut tire sent her into the Turn 1 wall with just 29 laps remaining. Robusto has finished second in the ARCA Menards Series (Illinois State Fairgrounds), ARCA Menards Series East (Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway) and ARCA Menards Series West (Irwindale Speedway) in 2024.
Isabella Robusto
Isabella Robusto (Photo: Jeff Curry/ARCA Racing)
  • Brent Crews (No. 20 JBL Audio Toyota) will make his second ARCA Menards Series West start of 2024. He finished 23rd in his first start of the year at Sonoma Raceway. Crews, the 2023 TransAm TA2 national champion, won the ARCA Menards Series race at DuQuoin State Fairgrounds earlier in the season.
  • Cook Racing Technologies, which won the 2023 ARCA Menards Series West owner’s championship, has entered two cars for Buddy Shepherd (No. 17 HS Towing Chevrolet) and Spencer Davis (No. 42 MMI Services Chevrolet).
  • Both of the Nascimento brothers, Eric (No. 4 Impact Transport / Nascimento Joiner Motorsports Chevrolet) and Ethan (No. 21 Impact Transport / Phillips Bros. Fabrication / Freddy’s Tree Service Chevrolet) are entered. Eric finished runner-up in the last race at All American Speedway, while Ethan earned his best series finish, third, two races ago at Madera Speedway.
General view of the tracks name on the wall prior to the MMI Oil Workers 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame for the ARCA Menards Series West at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway in Bakersfield, California on April 20, 2024. (David Dennis/ARCA Racing)
(Photo: David Dennis/ARCA Racing)
  • The NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame will be the 15th ARCA Menards Series West race at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway since the track opened in 2013. Previous winners include Greg Pursley (2013, 2014), Dylan Lupton (2014), Dalton Sargeant (2015), Todd Gilliland (2016, 2017), Derek Kraus (2017, 2018, 2018, 2019), Taylor Gray (2020), Landen Lewis (2022), Sean Hingorani (2023) and Kole Raz (2024).
  • There will be a five-minute break for teams to change tires, add fuel and make adjustments at or near Lap 75. Teams can change two tires at the break.
  • Should the race need to be extended into overtime, there will be unlimited attempts at a two-lap “green followed by white followed by checkered” finish. If the yellow flag is displayed after the white flag, there will be unlimited attempts at a one-lap “green-and-white-together followed by checkered” finish.