The 2025 Music City 150 was the 3rd stock car race of the 2025 ARCA Menards Series East season, and the 5th iteration of the event. The race was originally scheduled to be held on Saturday, May 3, 2025, but was postponed to Sunday, May 4, due to inclement weather. The race was held at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee, a 0.596 mile (0.959 km) permanent asphalt oval shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would be unstoppable throughout the event, leading all but three laps to earn his second career ARCA Menards Series East win in his second start, becoming the third driver in series history to win in their first two career starts. To fill out the podium, Tyler Reif, driving for Sigma Performance Services, and Hunter Wright, driving for MAN Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

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Background

Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway is a motorsport racetrack located at the Nashville Fairgrounds near downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The track is the second-oldest continually operating track in the United States. The track held NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup (now NASCAR Cup Series) races from 1958 to 1984.

The speedway is currently an 18 degree banked paved oval. The track is long. Inside the larger oval is a paved oval.

The track was converted to a paved oval in 1957, when it began to be a NASCAR series track. The speedway was lengthened between the 1969 and 1970 seasons. The corners were cut down from 35 degrees to their present 18 degrees in 1972. The track was repaved between the 1995 and 1996 seasons.

Entry list

(R) denotes rookie driver.

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor01Rita GouletWayne Peterson RacingChevroletPeterson Motorsports06Nate MoellerWayne Peterson RacingToyotaPeterson Motorsports9Mike BashamFast Track RacingFordDouble "H" Ranch10D. L. WilsonFast Track RacingToyotaPerformance Cleaners11Zachary TinkleFast Track RacingToyotaScouting America12Takuma Koga (R)Fast Track RacingToyotaMacnica Yit Ikedo / CKB18Max ReavesJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaCook Out23Tyler Reif (R)Sigma Performance ServicesChevroletSigma Performance Services31Quinn DavisRise MotorsportsToyotaHepaws Garage34Austin Vaughn (R)VWV RacingFordSafford Trading Company48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFordGary's Speed Shop79Isaac Kitzmiller (R)ACR MotorsportsChevroletA.L.L. Construction / Carter Cat85Becca MonopoliCity Garage MotorsportsFordOrlando Health86Jeff MaconiClubb Racing Inc.FordMaconi Setup Shop95Hunter WrightMAN MotorsportsToyotaVisit Wilco / Cedar City RV96Jackson McLerranMAN MotorsportsToyotaFiremark Property Mgt / ARYLCO LLCOfficial entry list

Practice The first and only practice session was originally scheduled to be held on Saturday, May 3, at 2:00 PM CST, but was postponed due to constant rain showers. The session was moved to Sunday, May 4, at 1:00 PM CST, and would last for 30 minutes. Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 19.853, and a speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed118Max ReavesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota19.853108.074295Hunter WrightMAN MotorsportsToyota19.962107.484323Tyler Reif (R)Sigma Performance ServicesChevrolet20.109106.698Full practice results

Starting lineup Qualifying was originally scheduled to be held on Saturday, May 3, at 4:15 PM CST, but was cancelled due to constant rain showers. The starting lineup would be determined by last season's owners points. As a result, Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, will start on the pole.

Starting lineup Pos.#DriverTeamMake118Max ReavesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota211Zachary TinkleFast Track RacingToyota310D. L. WilsonFast Track RacingToyota49Mike BashamFast Track RacingFord506Nate MoellerWayne Peterson RacingToyota612Takuma Koga (R)Fast Track RacingToyota731Quinn DavisRise MotorsportsToyota895Hunter WrightMAN MotorsportsToyota948Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord1023Tyler Reif (R)Sigma Performance ServicesChevrolet1101Rita GouletWayne Peterson RacingChevrolet1296Jackson McLerranMAN MotorsportsToyota1386Jeff MaconiClubb Racing Inc.Ford1485Becca MonopoliCity Garage MotorsportsFord1579Isaac Kitzmiller (R)ACR MotorsportsChevrolet1634Austin Vaughn (R)VWV RacingFordOfficial starting lineup

Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1118Max ReavesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota150147Running4921023Tyler Reif (R)Sigma Performance ServicesChevrolet1503Running433895Hunter WrightMAN MotorsportsToyota1500Running4141579Isaac Kitzmiller (R)ACR MotorsportsChevrolet1500Running405211Zachary Tinkle Fast Track RacingToyota1500Running3961296Jackson McLerranMAN MotorsportsToyota1490Running387612Takuma Koga (R)Fast Track RacingToyota1460Running3781485Becca MonopoliCity Garage MotorsportsFord1460Running369731Quinn DavisRise MotorsportsToyota1450Running3510506Nate MoellerWayne Peterson RacingToyota1360Running3411948Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord1340Running33121386Jeff MaconiClubb Racing Inc.Ford1320Running3213310D. L. WilsonFast Track RacingToyota990Rear End31141634Austin Vaughn (R)VWV RacingFord510Rear End301549Mike BashamFast Track RacingFord90Mechanical29161101Rita GouletWayne Peterson RacingChevrolet20Quit28Official race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Isaac Kitzmiller 117 1 2 Tyler Reif 110 (-7) 1 3 Zachary Tinkle 106 (–11) 1 4 Takuma Koga 99 (–18) 4 5 Max Reaves 97 (–20) 1 6 Austin Vaughn 90 (–27) 4 7 Nate Moeller 83 (–34) 6 8 Brad Smith 76 (–41) 13 9 Hunter Wright 76 (–41) 8 10 Kole Raz 74 (–43)

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

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