The ARCA Menards Series is chock full of talent from all sorts of backgrounds. A major factor in ARCA is the large number of female drivers who get an opportunity to race in the Series. This season, several ladies took on the ARCA Menards Series.
Amber Balcaen comes from a family of dirt track racers. The Canadian racer has continued to ascend the racing ladder throughout her career. Starting on dirt and moving to asphalt, Amber won a NASCAR Whelen All-American race at the former Motor Mile Speedway in 2016. After a 20-race 2022 campaign in ARCA, Amber only entered three races last season before returning to full-time competition in 2024 with Venturini Motorsports.
Becca Monopoli is a longtime veteran of the Florida Short Track scene. This season, Becca made her ARCA Menards Series Debut at Indianapolis Raceway Park with City Garage Motorsports. Unfortunately, after qualifying a solid 19th, 121 laps into the 205-lap race, Becca wrecked out, finishing 27th.
Danica Dart is just starting her career in ARCA and NASCAR. The 17-year-old Washington native made her debut in the ARCA Menards Series earlier this year at Phoneix. Unfortunately, after starting 40th, Dart found herself caught up in a lap one incident and finished 40th. Dart also started four ARCA Menards Series West races this season, with a best finish of 14th at both Irwindale Speedway and Tri-City Raceway.
Isabella Robusto is a name that many NASCAR fans will need to know for the future. An asphalt race through and through, Robusto has a history of racing in go-karts, legend cars, and late models. This season with Venturini Motorsports, Robusto has two top-fives and a best finish of second at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. She also finished second in the ARCA Menards Series West at Irwindale Speedway.
Logan Misuraca has just four starts in the ARCA Menard Series in her young ARCA Career. However, the 2020 New Smyrna Speedway Pro Late Model Champion is in a good spot with Rev Racing. Rev, in its time in ARCA, has consistently produced quality talent like Nick Sanchez. In her debut with the team at Bristol, a Lap 64 crash spelled an unfortunate end to her day.
Mandy Chick comes from a family of racers, with her family owning a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team in the early 2000s. Chick has a background in asphalt racing in USAC and has participated in several late-model stock series. In eight starts in ARCA, Chick put up her best performance in 2023, finishing in the top ten twice in four starts.
Rita Goulet is not only a racer but also a full-time police officer in North Carolina. After finishing 12th in her ARCA debut at Berlin Raceway in 2022, she has continued to enter ARCA races across the East Coast consistently. This season, Goulet also entered seven races in the ARCA Menards Series East.
Taylor Reimer is a former University of Oklahoma Cheerleader and dirt track racer. Reimer grew up racing on dirt tracks in sprint cars. In her three career ARCA starts, Reimer has an average finish of sixth. All three career starts in ARCA were on the Series Dirt Tracks racing with Venturini Motorsports.
Almost every NASCAR fan knows who Toni Breidinger is. In her five seasons in ARCA, Breidinger has four top-fives, all of which came in her part-time schedule last season. Breidinger’s relationship with TRD also developed into four races in the Craftsman Truck Series with Tricon Garage.
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It was a busy Saturday at EchoPark Speedway (formerly Atlanta Motor Speedway). First, we had the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. Then, the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series took center stage and they were two vastly different events. Ultimately, it was Sheldon Creed standing tall in victory lane when all was said and done. Here’s what you need to take away from tonight’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at EchoPark Speedway.
Corey Day had a very sloppy, bad race in general, and it started early. First, he caused a wreck that took out Harrison Burton and a couple of others. Then, he took out the JRM duo of Carson Kvapil and Justin Allgaier. You can recap that first incident by reading the article below.
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Kvapil and Allgaier weren’t the only JRM cars to have issues tonight. Firstly, Rajah Caruth was out of control throughout the race, fighting a mean-handling car. He was able to brilliantly save it several times, to his credit. But perhaps the biggest incident involving the four JRM Chevys came at Lap 142 when Sammy Smith had a tire go down and spun in front of the pack. This took out several drivers, including Taylor Gray, among others. Read about that here:
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As Ross Chastain took the lead and the pack was closing in on 20 laps to go, things a little deeper in the pack started to get a little hairy. We had yet another huge crash late in the running here tonight, this one sparked by Sammy Smith’s flat rear tire. Here’s what happened:
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It has been a tail of two races when it comes to today’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series at EchoPark Speedway (formerly the Atlanta Motor Speedway). We got off to a rough start with Corey Day triggering a massive wreck that took out the likes of Harrison Burton, and the Sieg brothers. Then, the field settled in and started to churn laps. Here’s what’s gone down so far.
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