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Tyler Reif Makes the Comeback and Takes the Win in the General Tire 150 at Phoenix

Tyler Reif ARCA Menards Series win Phoenix Raceway 2023
Tyler Reif ARCA Menards Series win Phoenix Raceway 2023
15-year-old Tyler Reif scored his first-career ARCA Menards Series win Friday in a wild event at Phoenix Raceway. Screengrab from FS2 race broadcast

After an early spin and contact from Sean Hingorani on lap 10, Tyler Reif took home the checkered flag and his first career ARCA Menards Series win in just his third career ARCA West and first career ARCA Menards National Series start.

The Henderson, NV native took the win in dramatic fashion in a green-white-checkered finish. Reif had a weak final restart at first, but was able to make the last lap pass on the backstretch on the No. 17 of Landen Lewis heading into three and took the win.

Here is a video of the finish, which saw Reif, a 15-year-old, score the first win of his ARCA Menards Series career:

“This team did so well to get this car hooked up…just no words to describe this,” Reif said in his post-race interview on FS2.

Landen Lewis came home second with Bradley Erickson third. A strong night for a lot of the ARCA West Series regulars. In his first full race, Andres Perez de Lara came home in fourth and Kyle Keller fifth.

Just outside the top five, and in his second ARCA Menards Series start, Frankie Muniz continues his rookie season with a strong sixth-place finish. Overcoming a spin on lap three.

The race was mired with 13 cautions. The biggest incident came just after the race break on lap 80 when Conner Jones made a daring move four wide into turn one. Jones made contact with Jack Wood and sent him spinning up into Jones’ teammate Jeese Love. Putting an early end to both Love and Wood’s race.

The other big incident occurred with three to go when contact between the No. 02 of Leland Honeyman and the No. 55 of Toni Breidinger sent her into the turn three wall. Breidinger showed some of her displeasure on Twitter after the wreck:

Honeyman overcame damage, a penalty, and this incident and finished eighth, while Breidinger finished 22nd.

Daytona ARCA winner Greg Van Alst continues his strong start with a 10th-place finish on the night and continues to lead the 2023 ARCA Menards Series points heading into Talladega.

The ARCA Menards West Series now heads to Irwindale Speedway on April 1st, while the ARCA Menards Series travels to Talladega Superspeedway on April 22nd.


Full Results ARCA Menards Series Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix Raceway

FinSt.No.DriverTeamLapsDiffStatusB. Time
1441Tyler ReifLowden Jackson Motorsports
Power Gen Components-Stoney’s
Ford
160---Running28.482
21017Landen LewisCook Racing Technologies
Rentsource-MMI
Chevrolet
1600.288Running28.762
31288Bradley EricksonNaake-Klauer Motorsports
L&S Framing
Ford
1600.534Running29.055
462Andres Perez de LaraRev Racing
Max Siegel Inc
Chevrolet
1600.637Running28.766
51570Kyle KellerJerry Pitts Racing
EverReady Health-Star Nursery-Argus Constr
Toyota
1601.677Running29.365
61130Frankie MunizRette Jones Racing
The Hot Chick
Ford
1601.818Running29.042
7825Conner JonesVenturini Racing
PepperJack Kennels-Jones Utilities
Toyota
1602.261Running28.748
8502Leland HoneymanYoung's Motorsports
Klean Freak
Chevrolet
1602.823Running28.604
91350Trevor HuddlestonHigh Point Racing
Ford
1603.057Running29.420
101435Greg Van AlstGreg Van Alst Motorsports
Team35.com-CB Fabricating
Ford
1603.189Running28.577
111613Todd SouzaKelly Souza
Central Coast Cabinets
Ford
1603.256Running29.270
122016Tanner ReifBill McAnally Racing
NAPA Auto Care
Chevrolet
1604.294Running29.363
13118William SawalichJoe Gibbs Racing
Starkey-Sound Gear
Toyota
16049.319Running28.078
14174Eric NascimentoNascimento Motorsports
Fidelity Capital-Nascimento-David-Joiner Racing
Chevrolet
1591 lapRunning29.514
152145Tony CosentinoTamayo Cosentino Racing
Tamayo Sports Florida
Chevrolet
1591 lapRunning29.838
16715Sean HingoraniVenturini Motorsports
Gearwrench
Toyota
1573 lapsRunning28.864
171805David SmithShockwave Motorsports
Shockwave Marine Suspension Seating
Toyota
1564 lapsRunning30.682
182703Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.
Yavapai Bottle Gas
Ford
1564 lapsRunning31.094
19197Takuma KogaJerry Pitts Racing
Rise Up
Toyota
1546 lapsOut30.025
202366Jon GarrettVeer Motorsports
Venture Foods
Chevrolet
1546 lapsRunning29.660
213006A.J. MoyerWayne Peterson Racing
River’s Edge Cottages & RV Park-JRC Transp
Toyota
14911 lapsRunning30.552
22955Toni BreidingerVenturini Motorsports
Rootly
Toyota
14614 lapsOut29.139
232232Christian RoseAM Racing
West Virginia Department of Tourism
Ford
14614 lapsOut29.585
242412D.L. WilsonFast Track Racing
Heart O’ Texas Speedway Waco
Chevrolet
14515 lapsOut29.896
252527Bobby HillisFierce Creature Racing
First Impression Press
Chevrolet
12535 lapsOut30.420
262904Ethan NascimentoNascimento Motorsports
Fidelity Capital-RJ’s Painshop-Joiner-Davids
Toyota
10555 lapsOut29.829
27320Jesse LoveVenturini Motorsports
JBL
Toyota
8377 lapsOut28.576
2826Jack WoodRev Racing
Velocity Racing
Chevrolet
8377 lapsOut28.828
293246RJ SmothermanLowden Jackson Motorsports
Country AF Radio-Stoney’s
Ford
26134 lapsOut31.397
302848Brad SmithBrad Smith Motorsports
Copraya.com
Chevrolet
26134 lapsOut32.094
312610Tim MonroeFast Track Racing
FastTrackRacing.com
Ford
23137 lapsOut31.714
323111Bryce HaugebergFast Track Racing
Magnum Contracting-Universal Technical Institute
Ford
0160 lapsDNS0.000

With the second race of the 2023 ARCA Menards Series season in the books, Greg Van Alst, who won the season-opener at Daytona International Speedway holds a 10-point lead over Frankie Muniz in the season standings:

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