The ARCA Menards Series made its way to Phoenix Raceway for the General Tire 150, bringing high-speed action and intense battles. Brent Crews started on the pole and dominated much of the race, but a late-race restart set up a dramatic finish between Crews and Brenden Queen. With tempers flaring and the checkered flag in sight, Phoenix delivered yet another unforgettable night of racing.

Brent Crews(18) on the pole for the General Tire 150 at Phoenix Raceway

Isabella Robusto (55) hits the pits under green. She has smoke coming out of the rear of her vehicle. The #55 gets pushed behind the wall so they can work on it. A big pool of oil remains in her pit stall. She is likely done for the night.

Competition Caution comes out for Lap 21. This is an untimed pit stop for all drivers to make their first changes to their vehicles. This was an elective caution, and most cars chose not to come in.

Brent Crews still has the lead, with Tyler Reif (23) in second. Crews has lead all 20 laps early on. Followed by Branden Queen (28), Lawless Alan (20), Lavar Scott (8), Patrick Starapoli (25), Treyten Lapcevich (15), Thad Moffitt (46), Jake Bollman (19), and Taylor Reif (13).

Brent Crews takes the lead with the restart at lap 31.

Jake Bollman (19) into the wall during lap 33. The caution comes out. He blew his left front tire, and unfortunately couldn’t keep the car off the outside wall heading into turn one.

Restart with Brent Crews still up front, and Brenden Queen joins him for the restart on lap 42. Crews takes the lead once again.

On lap 44, the #97 of Jason Kitzmiller tags the wall and heads to the pits. No caution was called.

On lap 51, Brenden “Butterbean” Queen passes Brent Crews for the lead on the outside of turn two.

A few laps later, Tyler Reif passes Crews for second, just before the caution comes out for the scheduled caution at lap 75. The caution is five minutes and gives the teams enough time to fix anything they need for the last half of the race.

Restart with 67 laps remaining. Queen jumps out front heading into the dog leg, but Tyler Reif gets back to the start/finish line first to lead his first lap of the night. But that would not last long as the 318 of Brent Crews comes back a few laps later and retakes the lead with 65 laps to go.

Caution flag comes out with 61 laps to go, the #25 of Patrick Staropoli gets spun out by Lapcevich after Lapcevich got loose on his inside coming out of turn three. Staropoli did a great job saving the car and keeping it off the inside wall. Brent Crews still in first place when the caution flew.

Restart with Crews and Queen on the front line. Queen gets the edge on the restart and takes the lead with Crews on his bumper with 54 laps remaining.

Brenden Queen is coming off of win at Daytona to start the season and is trying to win two in a row.

With less than a lap left, the #31 of Tim Viens spins and the caution comes out! Per the ARCA Menard Series rule book, all races must finish under green.

Queen chose the inside lane with Crews on the outside for the restart.

On the green flag, Thad Moffit gets into the #23 of Tyler Reif and sends Reif into the inside wall that protects the tail end of the pit area. The damage ends his night. We will have another restart to decide the finish.

In a thrilling final restart, Brent Crews capitalized on a dramatic turn-three move to steal the victory from Brendon Queen, securing his win at the General Tire 150. The Phoenix showdown had everything from intense lead changes to last-lap chaos, setting the stage for an exciting next race at Talladega on April 26th.





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