The 2025 Southern Illinois 100 was the 16th stock car race of the 2025 ARCA Menards Series season, and the 45th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, August 31, 2025, at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack in Du Quoin, Illinois, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped dirt track. The race was contested over 104 laps, extended from 100 laps due to late-race restart. In a wild race, Brenden Queen, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, would take advantage of a late restart, and led the final 22 laps of the event to earn his sixth career ARCA Menards Series win. Brent Crews, the dominant driver of the race, was involved in a late race wreck involving Alex Clubb with eight laps to go, ending his chances at sweeping both dirt races. He retired from the race and was credited with a 15th place finish. To fill out the podium, pole-sitter Lawless Alan, driving for Venturini Motorsports, and Kelly Kovski, driving for his own team, Kelly Kovski Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Report Background
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack is a one-mile (1.6-km) clay oval motor racetrack in Du Quoin, Illinois, about southeast of St Louis, Missouri. It is a stop on the ARCA Menards Series, USAC Silver Crown Series and American Flat Track.
The DuQuoin "Magic Mile" racetrack was constructed on reclaimed stripmine land in 1946 by W.R. Hayes. The track's first national championship race was held in September 1948. In the second race on October 10, popular AAA National driving champion Ted Horn was killed in the fourth turn when a spindle on his championship car broke. The national championship race for the USAC Silver Crown dirt cars is held in his honor.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake03Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford06Brayton Laster (R)Wayne Peterson RacingFord6Lavar ScottRev RacingChevrolet9Trevor WardFast Track RacingToyota10Ed PompaFast Track RacingFord11Tim MonroeFast Track RacingChevrolet12Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingToyota16Kelly KovskiKelly Kovski RacingChevrolet18Max ReavesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota20Lawless AlanVenturini MotorsportsToyota25Jade AvedisianVenturini MotorsportsToyota28Brenden Queen (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet31Chase HowardRise MotorsportsToyota48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord55Isabella Robusto (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota67Ryan VargasMaples MotorsportsChevrolet70Brent CrewsNitro MotorsportsToyota86Josh WhiteClubb Racing Inc.Ford97Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet99Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Sunday, August 31, at 4:30 PM CST, and would last for 30 minutes. Lavar Scott, driving for Rev Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 34.158, and a speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed16Lavar ScottRev RacingChevrolet34.158105.393270Brent CrewsNitro MotorsportsToyota34.336104.846328Brenden Queen (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet34.435104.545Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Sunday, August 31, at 6:00 PM CST. The qualifying procedure used is a single-car, one-lap based system. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have one lap to post a qualifying time, and whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.
Lawless Alan, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 34.072, and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed120Lawless AlanVenturini MotorsportsToyota34.072105.659270Brent CrewsNitro MotorsportsToyota34.176105.337318Max ReavesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota34.267105.05746Lavar ScottRev RacingChevrolet34.432104.554528Brenden Queen (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet34.479104.411616Kelly KovskiKelly Kovski RacingChevrolet34.626103.968725Jade AvedisianVenturini MotorsportsToyota34.770103.538855Isabella Robusto (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota35.006102.840967Ryan VargasMaples MotorsportsChevrolet35.073102.6431012Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingToyota35.497101.4171131Chase HowardRise MotorsportsToyota35.987100.0361211Tim MonroeFast Track RacingChevrolet36.23699.3491397Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet36.33699.0751499Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevrolet36.54798.5031548Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord37.16596.8651606Brayton Laster (R)Wayne Peterson RacingFord37.18796.808179Trevor WardFast Track RacingToyota37.35296.3801803Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford37.71295.4601910Ed PompaFast Track RacingFord38.51593.4702086Josh WhiteClubb Racing Inc.Ford42.86183.992Official qualifying results
Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1528Brenden Queen (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet10422Running472120Lawless AlanVenturini MotorsportsToyota1040Running433616Kelly KovskiKely Kovski RacingChevrolet1040Running414855Isabella Robusto (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota1040Running4051211Tim MonroeFast Track RacingChevrolet1040Running39646Lavar ScottRev RacingChevrolet1048Running3971131Chase HowardRise MotorsportsToyota1040Running3781012Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingToyota1040Running3691499Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevrolet1040Running3510318Max ReavesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota10320Running35111803Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford1010Running33121910Ed PompaFast Track RacingFord1000Running32131606Brayton Laster (R)Wayne Peterson RacingFord990Running31141397Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet980Running3015270Brent CrewsNitro MotorsportsToyota9354Accident31161548Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord720Mechanical2817725Jade AvedisianVenturini MotorsportsToyota670Accident2718967Ryan VargasMaples MotorsportsChevrolet160Mechanical26192086Josh WhiteClubb Racing Inc.Ford120Mechanical2520179Trevor WardFast Track RacingToyota40Mechanical24Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Brenden Queen 805 2 Lavar Scott 763 (–42) 3 Lawless Alan 744 (–61) 1 4 Isabella Robusto 666 (–139) 1 5 Jason Kitzmiller 666 (–139) 6 Alex Clubb 591 (–214) 7 Michael Maples 572 (–233) 8 Brayton Laster 556 (–249) 9 Brad Smith 429 (–376) 2 10 Brent Crews 316 (–489)
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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