The 2025 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA 200 was the 18th stock car race of the 2025 ARCA Menards Series season, and the 28th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at Salem Speedway in Salem, Indiana, a 0.555 miles (0.893 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. Brenden Queen, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, would take advantage of a late restart, and led the final 23 laps of the race to earn his seventh career ARCA Menards Series win. To fill out the podium, Andrew Patterson, driving for Nitro Motorsports, and Leland Honeyman, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Max Reaves dominated the majority of the event, after leading a race-high 111 laps from the pole position, but lost the lead to Lavar Scott before the second halfway break. Scott led a career-high 66 laps before losing the lead after a late-race caution that took out Reaves. Queen executed on the final restart and led the final 23 laps to win. Scott suffered damage after hitting the wall, and fell back to finish fourth.
Report Background
Salem Speedway is a long paved oval racetrack in Washington Township, Washington County, near Salem, Indiana, United States, approximately south of Indianapolis. The track has 33° degrees of banking in the corners. Major auto racing series that run at Salem are ARCA and USAC.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
#DriverTeamMake03Chris GoldenClubb Racing Inc.Ford06Brayton Laster (R)Wayne Peterson RacingToyota6Lavar ScottRev RacingChevrolet9Matt KempFast Track RacingToyota10Ed PompaFast Track RacingFord11Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingFord12Mike BashamFast Track RacingToyota18Max ReavesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota20Leland HoneymanVenturini MotorsportsToyota25Mason MitchellVenturini MotorsportsToyota28Brenden Queen (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet31Chase HowardRise MotorsportsToyota48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord55Isabella Robusto (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota67Ryan VargasMaples MotorsportsChevrolet69Will KimmelKimmel RacingFord70Andrew PattersonNitro MotorsportsToyota86Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford95Conner PopplewellMAN MotorsportsToyota97Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet99Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, September 20, at 3:45 PM EST, and would last for 45 minutes. Lavar Scott, driving for Rev Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 17.342, and a speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed16Lavar ScottRev RacingChevrolet17.342115.212218Max ReavesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota17.397114.847355Isabella Robusto (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota17.578113.665Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, September 20, at 5:15 PM EST. The qualifying procedure used is a single-car, two-lap system with one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have two laps to post a qualifying time, and whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.
Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 17.301, and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed118Max ReavesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota17.301115.48526Lavar ScottRev RacingChevrolet17.357115.112328Brenden Queen (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet17.427114.650470Andrew PattersonNitro MotorsportsToyota17.430114.630520Leland HoneymanVenturini MotorsportsToyota17.503114.152655Isabella Robusto (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota17.564113.755795Conner PopplewellMAN MotorsportsToyota17.573113.697869Will KimmelKimmel RacingFord17.576113.678925Mason MitchellVenturini MotorsportsToyota17.678113.0221097Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet17.699112.8881111Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingFord18.215109.6901267Ryan VargasMaples MotorsportsChevrolet18.340108.9421310Ed PompaFast Track RacingFord18.974105.302149Matt KempFast Track RacingToyota19.014105.0801512Mike BashamFast Track RacingToyota19.157104.2961631Chase HowardRise MotorsportsToyota19.278103.6411706Brayton Laster (R)Wayne Peterson RacingToyota19.783100.9961886Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford19.805100.8841999Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevrolet20.22398.7982048Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord––2103Chris GoldenClubb Racing Inc.Ford––Official qualifying results
Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1328Brenden Queen (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet20023Running472470Andrew PattersonNitro MotorsportsToyota2000Running423520Leland HoneymanVenturini MotorsportsToyota2000Running41426Lavar ScottRev RacingChevrolet20066Running415655Isabella Robusto (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota2000Running396925Mason MitchellVenturini MotorsportsToyota2000Running387869Will KimmelKimmel RacingFord2000Running378795Conner PopplewellMAN MotorsportsToyota1990Running3691111Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingFord1960Running35101267Ryan VargasMaples MotorsportsChevrolet1950Running34111097Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet1930Running33121512Mike BashamFast Track RacingToyota1890Running32131631Chase HowardRise MotorsportsToyota1850Running31141310Ed PompaFast Track RacingFord1840Running30151999Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevrolet1810Running29161706Brayton Laster (R)Wayne Peterson RacingToyota1760Running28172048Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord1740Running2718118Max ReavesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota173111Accident29191886Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford1450Running2520149Matt KempFast Track RacingToyota180Mechanical24212103Chris GoldenClubb Racing Inc.Ford140Mechanical23Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Brenden Queen 893 2 Lavar Scott 837 (–56) 3 Lawless Alan 744 (–149) 4 Jason Kitzmiller 734 (–159) 5 Isabella Robusto 722 (–171) 6 Alex Clubb 639 (–254) 7 Michael Maples 625 (–268) 8 Brayton Laster 599 (–294) 9 Brad Smith 478 (–415) 10 Brent Crews 364 (–529)
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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