Full Throttle

There must have been a few leftover rainbows over the state after the recent storms in Kansas.

And F1 veteran Scott Speed may have caught one on his way to his first-ever ARCA RE/MAX Series win in the Kansas Lottery $150 Grand Friday afternoon at Kansas Speedway.

Speed started on the outside pole but by lap 16 found himself down a lap down after being called in to repair a window net that had come unlatched. It wasn’t until catching a Lucky Mongrel during a lap 54 caution period he regained the lead lap.

“I don’t let things that I can’t control affect me while I’m driving,” said Speed. “Obviously, something like a window net I can’t control. I just got really aggressive after that happened so that we could be in a position to earn the Lucky Dog. Once we got that, I pushed real hard to make up a lot of positions.”

Steadily worked his way through the field he got his chance to overtake then leader rookie Jesse Smith on a late-race restart with six laps remaining, held off Roush Fenway Racing’s Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. to the checkers to claim his career-first victory in his fifth career series start.

Stenhouse, Smith Michael Annett and Robb Brent filled out the remainder of the top five.

Series points leader going into the event Justin Allgaier had his two-race win streak broken after a blown engine sent his Chevy to the garage after 83 laps.

The lone female in the field Gabi DiCarlo scored her career best finish by bring home the Great Clips Toyota ninth on the lead lap.

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