2023 West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150

The 2023 West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 was the 2nd stock car race of the 2023 ARCA Menards Series West season, and the 22nd running of the event. The race was held on Saturday, April 1, 2023, at Irwindale Speedway in Irwindale, California, a 0.50 mile (0.80 km) permanent asphalt oval shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. In an action-packed race, Sean Hingorani, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would hold off a challenging Landen Lewis throughout the entire race, and led the final 16 laps of the race to earn his first career ARCA Menards Series West win. Pole-sitter Trevor Huddleston dominated the early portions of the race, leading the first 72 laps, before falling back in the final stage and finishing 4th. Hingorani led 61 laps and had a hard-fought battle with Landen Lewis throughout the remainder of the event. To fill out the podium, Tyler Reif, driving for Lowden Jackson Motorsports, would finish in 3rd, respectively.

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Background

The Irwindale Speedway & Event Center (a.k.a. Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale Dragstrip, or "The House of Drift") is a motorsports facility located in Irwindale, California, United States. It opened on March 27, 1999, under the official name Irwindale Speedway. Toyota purchased the naming rights to the facility in 2008, and from that time until 2011 it was also known as the Toyota Speedway at Irwindale.

The speedway features banked, paved - and -mile oval tracks and a -mile drag strip. The property is primarily used for NASCAR races such as ARCA Menards Series West and Whelen All-American Series events. In late 2011, NASCAR announced it was dropping Toyota Speedway from its schedule. The company that managed the track, Irwindale Speedway LLC, filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy on February 13, 2012.

Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver.

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor04Ethan Nascimento (R)Nascimento MotorsportsToyotaRAILBAR Protein Bar4Eric NascimentoNascimento MotorsportsChevroletFidelity Capital / RJ's Paintshop05David Smith (R)Shockwave MotorsportsToyotaShockwave Marine Suspension Seating7Takuma KogaJerry Pitts RacingToyotaGR Garage13Todd SouzaCentral Coast RacingFordCentral Coast Cabinets15Sean Hingorani (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyotaMobil 116Tanner ReifBill McAnally RacingChevroletNAPA Auto Care17Landen LewisMcGowan MotorsportsToyotaAmerican Resurfacing Inc. / MMI27Bobby Hillis Jr.Fierce Creature RacingChevroletFirst Impression Press / Camping World41Tyler Reif (R)Lowden Jackson MotorsportsFordPower Gen Components / Stoney's46R. J. Smotherman (R)Lowden Jackson MotorsportsFordCountry AF Radio / Stoney's50Trevor HuddlestonHigh Point RacingFordHigh Point Racing55Jake BollmanHigh Point RacingFordHigh Point Racing70Kyle KellerJerry Pitts RacingToyotaEverReady Health / Star Nursery77Nick JoanidesPerformance P–1 MotorsportsToyotaJan's Towing / King Taco88Bradley Erickson (R)Naake-Klauer MotorsportsFordL&S FramingOfficial entry list

Practice The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, April 1, at 3:30 PM PST, and would last for 1 hour. Bradley Erickson, driving for Naake-Klauer Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 18.432, and a speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed188Bradley Erickson (R)Naake-Klauer MotorsportsFord18.43297.656217Landen LewisMcGowan MotorsportsToyota18.49297.339350Trevor HuddlestonHigh Point RacingFord18.53897.098Full practice results

Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, April 1, at 5:00 PM PST. The qualifying system used is a multi-car, multi-lap based system. All drivers will be on track for a 20-minute timed session, and whoever sets the fastest time in the session will win the pole.

Trevor Huddleston, driving for High Point Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 18.127, and a speed of .

Qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed150Trevor HuddlestonHigh Point RacingFord18.12799.299288Bradley Erickson (R)Naake-Klauer MotorsportsFord18.20498.879315Sean Hingorani (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota18.37597.959417Landen LewisMcGowan MotorsportsToyota18.39297.869516Tanner ReifBill McAnally RacingChevrolet18.44597.587655Jake BollmanHigh Point RacingFord18.51197.239741Tyler Reif (R)Lowden Jackson MotorsportsFord18.51197.239870Kyle KellerJerry Pitts RacingToyota18.56296.972904Ethan Nascimento (R)Nascimento MotorsportsToyota18.56696.951104Eric NascimentoNascimento MotorsportsChevrolet18.56896.9411113Todd SouzaCentral Coast RacingFord18.58196.8731246R. J. Smotherman (R)Lowden Jackson MotorsportsFord18.87295.379137Takuma KogaJerry Pitts RacingToyota18.89895.2481405David Smith (R)Shockwave MotorsportsToyota19.28493.3421577Nick JoanidesPerformance P–1 MotorsportsToyota19.59591.8601627Bobby Hillis Jr.Fierce Creature RacingChevrolet19.85890.644Official qualifying results

Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1315Sean Hingorani (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota15061Running472417Landen LewisMcGowan MotorsportsToyota15017Running433741Tyler Reif (R)Lowden Jackson MotorsportsFord1500Running414150Trevor HuddlestonHigh Point RacingFord15072Running435516Tanner ReifBill McAnally RacingChevrolet1500Running396870Kyle KellerJerry Pitts RacingToyota1500Running387137Takuma KogaJerry Pitts RacingToyota1480Running378288Bradley Erickson (R)Naake-Klauer MotorsportsFord1460Running3691627Bobby Hillis Jr.Fierce Creature RacingChevrolet1450Running35101405David Smith (R)Shockwave MotorsportsToyota1410Running34111113Todd SouzaCentral Coast RacingFord1380Running3312655Jake BollmanHigh Point RacingFord1110Accident3213904Ethan Nascimento (R)Nascimento MotorsportsToyota1090Mechanical3114104Eric NascimentoNascimento MotorsportsChevrolet960Transmission30151246R. J. Smotherman (R)Lowden Jackson MotorsportsFord940Accident29161577Nick JoanidesPerformance P–1 MotorsportsToyota940Accident28Official race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Tyler Reif 88 2 Landen Lewis 86 (-2) 6 3 Trevor Huddleston 77 (—11) 1 4 Kyle Keller 77 (—11) 2 5 Bradley Erickson 76 (—12) 10 6 Sean Hingorani 75 (—13) 6 7 Tanner Reif 71 (—17) 4 8 Todd Souza 66 (—22) 10 9 Takuma Koga 62 (—26) 7 10 David Smith 61 (—27)

Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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