Event statistics following the seventh race of the 2018 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards season, General Tire #AnywhereIsPossible 200 on Friday, June 1, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.
Harrison Burton earned his second career ARCA victory in five series starts, leading the final nine laps and 24 overall to top teammate Sheldon Creed by 4.451 seconds, the largest margin of victory by a driver this season. Zane Smith finished third, as Matthew Miller-owned cars occupied the top three positions. Travis Braden was fourth, while Riley Herbst garnered fifth.
General Tire #AnywhereIsPossible 200
Pocono Raceway – Long Pond, Pennsylvania
- Winner (starting position): Harrison Burton (12th)
- Top Five: Harrison Burton, Sheldon Creed, Zane Smith, Travis Braden, Riley Herbst
- Full Results: Harrison Burton, Sheldon Creed, Zane Smith, Travis Braden, Riley Herbst, Gus Dean, Joseph Graf Jr., Natalie Decker, Chase Purdy, Noah Gragson, Christian Eckes, Blane Perkins, Bret Holmes, L.B. Skaggs, Max Tullman, Bobby Gerhart, Codie Rohrbaugh, Will Rodgers, Steve Fox, Brad Smith, Tony Mrakovich, Leilani Munter, Ed Pompa, Jesse Iwuji, Thad Moffitt, Brian Kaltreider, Don Thompson, Mike Basham, Dale Matchett, Con Nicolopoulos
- Laps Completed: 80
- Laps Led: Noah Gragson (37), Harrison Burton (24), Riley Herbst (11), Sheldon Creed (5), Zane Smith (3)
- Pole Position: Noah Gragson (No Qualifying)
- Hard Charger: Harrison Burton (+11; 12th to 1st)
- Margin of Victory: 4.451 seconds
- Car Count: 30
- Cars Entered: 30
- Cars Running at Finish: 20 (of 30; or 67 percent of the field)
- Drivers to Finish on Lead Lap: 18
- Cautions: 7 for 38 laps
- Average Speed: 108.611 mph
- Lead Changes: 9
- Manufacturer Breakdown: Chevrolet (10), Toyota (10), Ford (9), Dodge (1)
Notes of Interest – Race Recap
- This is Harrison Burton’s first ARCA victory of the season and the second of his career. It is Burton’s first win at Pocono Raceway; his first win came at Toledo Speedway in Ohio in 2017.
- Burton is the fifth driver to win an ARCA race this season. He joins three-race winner Zane Smith, as well as single-race victors Michael Self, Christian Eckes and Brandon Jones.
- Burton is the 42nd driver to win an ARCA race at Pocono Raceway. Twenty-three consecutive races at Pocono have been won by a different driver, starting with Frank Kimmel’s third victory at the track, in the second Pocono race of 2006. Each of the 22 winners after Kimmel’s third win are all first-time Pocono winners.
- Burton’s win gives him victories in consecutive seasons.
- Burton has won twice in five races, winning in 40 percent of starts. He has finished in the top 10 in all five career races, and never worse than ninth (four times he’s finished in the top five).
- Burton won from the 12th starting position, marking the third race in seven this season the winner has come from outside the top 10. It marks the first time a driver has won from the 12th starting position since Austin Theriault in the penultimate race of 2017 at Kentucky Speedway. It is the first time a winner has started 12th.
- Burton won by 4.451 seconds, marking the largest margin of victory by a driver this season (previous best was 1.650 seconds by Christian Eckes over Zane Smith at Salem Speedway).
- Toyota has now won all seven races in 2018.
- Burton is the first driver this season to make up the most positions of any driver in any race.
- Sheldon Creed finished second, his fifth top-three finish in seven races, to maintain second the points standings. Creed’s five top-three finishes, and six top-five and top-10 results, are tied with the most of any driver with points leader Zane Smith.
- Creed now has an average finish of 5.0 this season, the best among the nine drivers that have competed in all seven races so far in 2018.
- Zane Smith finished third, his sixth consecutive top-five finish. Smith has finished in the top 10 in 18 of his 23 career ARCA races, and in the top five in 13 of those 23 races.
- Travis Braden finished a season-best fourth, the highest-finishing driver in a Ford. It is Braden’s third top-10 finish of the season, all in the last four races.
- Riley Herbst was fifth, his second consecutive top-five finish and fourth top-10 of 2018.
- Gus Dean, the highest-finishing driver in a Chevrolet, was a season-best sixth. It is his second top-10 result of 2018.
- Joseph Graf Jr. was seventh, marking his third top-10 finish in six races this season.
- Natalie Decker was eighth, also earning her third top-10 finish, albeit in seven races this season.
- Chase Purdy was ninth, garnering his fourth top-10 finish in seven races in 2018.
- Polesitter Noah Gragson finished 10th after leading a race-high 37 laps. Gragson has finished in the top 10 in both of his ARCA appearances this season (was seventh at Daytona).
- Four drivers were competing in their first race of 2018: L.B. Skaggs (14th); Steve Fox (19th); Brian Kaltreider (26th); and Dale Matchett (29th). Skaggs was the only one of the four making his series debut.
- Drivers who earned or tied their season-best finishes were: Blaine Perkins (12th); Ed Pompa (23rd); and Don Thompson (27th).
- Will Rodgers was the final driver to finish all 80 laps; he finished 18th.
- A total of 30 cars competed, with 20 finishing the race.
- For the third consecutive race, a total of 13 drivers improved on their starting position in the race.
- The next race will be Friday, June 8, with the ZOMONGO 200 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.
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