Practice and qualifying are in the books for Friday’s ARCA Menards Series Zinsser Smartcoat 150 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Sean Hingorani will roll from the pole in the No. 15 Venturini Motorsports Toyota Camry.
The young racer turned a lap time of 88.439 sec. during the session, which equates to a 91.914 mph lap around the 2.258-mile road course in Lexington, OH.
This marks the first pole of Hingorani’s ARCA Menards Series career, and it comes in his fourth career start. The 16-year-old comes into Mid-Ohio riding the momentum of a pair of third-place finishes at Berlin and Elko.
The California-native also has two victories so far this season in the ARCA Menards Series West, where he sits second in the championship standings after six races.
Tyler Ankrum, a full-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series competitor, will start alongside Hingorani on the front row of Friday’s ARCA event, as he turned in a lap 0.425 sec. off the time of Hingorani’s pole-winning lap.
Jack Wood, William Sawalich, and Andres Perez de Lara will round out the top-five starters of the Zinsser Smartcoat 150 at Mid-Ohio.
Jesse Love, the point leader of the ARCA Menards Series heading into Friday’s event, found electrical gremlins heading into the qualifying session and was unable to turn a lap in the session.
The No. 20 machine was seen with the Venturini Motorsports team thrashing on it to get it ready for Friday’s race.
Crews are working frantically on the no. 20 for @jesselovejr1
Car is up on jackstands now. pic.twitter.com/tdqoLugGJP
— old ben (gone and forgotten) (@BrBranscum43) July 7, 2023
As a result, Love will start 19th in the 21-car field.
Love, 18, has already amassed four victories in the opening seven races of the 2023 ARCA Menards Series season while piloting the No. 20 Ventuini Motorsports entry. He’ll look to chase down his teammate when the green flag is displayed on Friday afternoon.
ARCA Menards Series Zinsser Smartcoat 150 at Mid-Ohio
| Row | Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Lap time | Diff | Speed | Best Lap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROW 1 | 1 | 15 | Sean Hingorani | Venturini Motorsports GEARWRENCH Toyota | 88.439 | -- | 91.914 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 61 | Tyler Ankrum | Hattori Racing Enterprises LiUNA! Toyota | 88.864 | 0.425 | 91.474 | 2 | 2 | |
| ROW 2 | 3 | 6 | Jack Wood | Rev Racing Velocity Racing Chevrolet | 89.155 | 0.716 | 91.176 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 18 | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing Starkey / SoundGear Toyota | 89.651 | 1.212 | 90.671 | 1 | 1 | |
| ROW 3 | 5 | 2 | Andres Perez de Lara | Rev Racing Max Siegel Inc. Chevrolet | 89.682 | 1.243 | 90.640 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 55 | Dean Thompson | Venturini Motorsports Thompson Pipe Group Toyota | 89.836 | 1.397 | 90.484 | 3 | 3 | |
| ROW 4 | 7 | 30 | Frankie Muniz | Rette Jones Racing Ford | 90.035 | 1.596 | 90.284 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | Dale Quarterley | 1/4-Ley Racing Van Dyk Recycling Chevrolet | 90.052 | 1.613 | 90.267 | 1 | 3 | |
| ROW 5 | 9 | 25 | Conner Jones | Venturini Motorsports Jones Utilities Toyota | 90.638 | 2.199 | 89.684 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 13 | Todd Souza | Central Coast Racing Central Coast Cabinets Ford | 91.215 | 2.776 | 89.116 | 1 | 4 | |
| ROW 6 | 11 | 11 | Zach Herrin | Fast Track Racing Lambda Legal Toyota | 93.576 | 5.137 | 86.868 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 32 | Christian Rose | AM Racing West Virginia Department of Tourism Ford | 94.301 | 5.862 | 86.200 | 1 | 1 | |
| ROW 7 | 13 | 66 | Jon Garrett | Veer Motorsports Venture Foods Stores Chevrolet | 95.969 | 7.53 | 84.702 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 10 | Tim Monroe | Fast Track Racing Universal Technical Institute Toyota | 98.535 | 10.096 | 82.496 | 2 | 2 | |
| ROW 8 | 15 | 06 | Tim Richmond | Wayne Peterson Racing Circle Track Wearhouse Toyota | 99.434 | 10.995 | 81.750 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | 75 | Bob Schacht | Bob Schacht Racing Engineered Components Chevrolet | 100.555 | 12.116 | 80.839 | 1 | 2 | |
| ROW 9 | 17 | 0 | A.J. Moyer | Wayne Peterson Racing River's Edge Cottages Toyota | 124.816 | 36.377 | 65.126 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | 48 | Brad Smith | Brad Smith Racing Copraya Ford | 133.653 | 45.214 | 60.820 | 1 | 1 | |
| ROW 10 | 19 | 20 | Jesse Love | Venturini Motorsports JBL Toyota | 0.000 | -- | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 03 | Casey Carden | Clubb Racing, Inc. Bill's Speed Shop Ford | 0.000 | -- | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |
| ROW 11 | 21 | 12 | Zachary Tinkle | Fast Track Racing Ford | 0.000 | -- | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
