Dalton Sargeant celebrates in victory lane after winning Sunday’s ARCA Racing Series event at Salem Speedway. Photo: ARCA Media
Dalton Sargeant settled into his own zip code Sunday afternoon at Indiana’s Salem Speedway, and went on to win scores his second career ARCA Racing Series victory.
Sargeant, who was a lap down at one point, got four fresh tires under caution late in the going and checked out from there. In the end, he was the only driver to complete all 200 laps.
“The biggest thing was working on long green flag runs…the guys at Cunningham Motorsports did an awesome job,” said Sargeant. “The General Tires were incredible.”
“We got a lap down on that long green flag run. My crew chief Chad Bryant just kept reiterating…take your time…just race the race track, and it paid off. This is definitely a difficult race. Our No. 77 Big Tine Cunningham Ford was amazing. I’m looking forward to Talladega.”
Gus Dean, in his first Salem attempt, finished in second.
“I knew it was going to be challenging…to run in the top-five, but this Win-Tron team is fully capable of doing anything and everything on that track,” said Dean. “We went a lap down, but we never got discouraged. This feels amazing…we really needed this.”
Dean tangled with Christian Eckes early on and both cars spun in turn two. While Dean went a lap down, Eckes took the opportunity to pit for four tires. Back under green, Eckes quickly drove through the field and passed race leader Travis Miller on the 53rd lap.
Once Eckes had the lead, and on newer tires, he drove away from the field. But after leading 91 laps, Eckes found himself on older tires while Sargeant, Dean and the rest of the front-runners pitted for new tires under caution on lap 135. Once the field went green, Sargeant drove to the front in no time while Eckes continued to fade. From there, Sargeant led the final 57 laps.
Kyle Weatherman, finished third, with Shane Lee in fourth and Austin Theriault in fifth.
Zane Smith, Bret Holmes, Eckes, Tony Mrakovich and Miller rounded out the top ten.
The ARCA Racing Series next heads for Alabama’s Talladega Superspeedway on Friday, May 5. For more information, visit ARCARacing.com.
ARCA Racing Series
Salem Speedway – Salem IN
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1. Dalton Sargeant
2. Gus Dean
3. Kyle Weatherman
4. Shane Lee
5. Austin Theriault
6. Zane Smith
7. Bret Holmes
8. Christian Eckes
9. Tony Mrakovich
10. Travis Miller
11. Mason Mingus
12. Riley Herbst
13. Raphael Lessard
14. Thomas Praytor
15. A.J. Fike
16. Mike Basham
17. Brad Smith
18. Will Kimmel
19. Con Nicolopoulos
20. Eric Caudell
21. Mark Muenier
22. Steve Fox
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