2025 Dutch Boy 150
4th race of the 2025 ARCA Menards Series East
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The 2025 Dutch Boy 150 was the 4th stock car race of the 2025 ARCA Menards Series East season, and the 3rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Flat Rock Speedway in Ash Township, Michigan, a 0.25 mile (0.40 km) permanent asphalt oval shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would win the race, leading all but six laps and holding off Tyler Reif throughout the entire race to earn his third career ARCA Menards Series East win in his third start, becoming the second driver in series history to win in their first three career starts.[5] To fill out the podium, Takuma Koga, driving for Fast Track Racing, scored his best career ARCA finish with 3rd.
| Race details[1][2][3][4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 4 of 8 of the 2025 ARCA Menards Series East | |||
| Date | May 17, 2025 | ||
| Official name | 3rd Annual Dutch Boy 150 | ||
| Location | Flat Rock Speedway in Ash Township, Michigan | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 0.25 miles (0.40 km) | ||
| Distance | 150 laps, 37 mi (60 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 150 laps, 37 mi (60 km) | ||
| Average speed | 71.040 mph (114.328 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Time | 12.669 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Max Reaves | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 144 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 18 | Max Reaves | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | FloRacing | ||
| Announcers | Charles Krall | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | ARCA Racing Network | ||
Report
Background
Flat Rock Speedway is a race track in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in Ash Township just south of the city of Flat Rock along U.S. Route 24. Opened in 1953, it is owned by NASCAR and is the sister track to Toledo Speedway. It features racing on Saturday nights that include Outlaw Body Late Models, Street Stocks, and Figure 8s for its weekly divisions. It is the closest NASCAR-style oval track racing circuit to Detroit, Michigan.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Practice
The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, May 17, at 3:30 PM EST, and would last for 60 minutes.[6] Austin Vaughn, driving for VWV Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 12.763, and a speed of 70.516 mph (113.485 km/h).[7]
| Pos.[8] | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34 | Austin Vaughn (R) | VWV Racing | Ford | 12.763 | 70.516 |
| 2 | 79 | Isaac Kitzmiller (R) | ACR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 12.800 | 70.312 |
| 3 | 18 | Max Reaves | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 12.817 | 70.219 |
| Full practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Saturday, May 17, at 5:10 PM EST.[6] The qualifying system used is a single-car, two-lap based system. 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.[9]
Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 12.669, and a speed of 71.040 mph (114.328 km/h).[10]
Qualifying results
| Pos.[11] | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Max Reaves | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 12.669 | 71.040 |
| 2 | 10 | Matt Kemp | Fast Track Racing | Ford | 12.757 | 70.550 |
| 3 | 23 | Tyler Reif (R) | Sigma Performance Services | Chevrolet | 12.927 | 69.622 |
| 4 | 79 | Isaac Kitzmiller (R) | ACR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 13.016 | 69.146 |
| 5 | 12 | Takuma Koga (R) | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 13.104 | 68.681 |
| 6 | 65 | Jeffery MacZink | MacZink Racing | Toyota | 13.153 | 68.425 |
| 7 | 9 | Trevor Ward | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 13.175 | 68.311 |
| 8 | 11 | Zachary Tinkle | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 13.251 | 67.919 |
| 9 | 34 | Austin Vaughn (R) | VWV Racing | Ford | 13.601 | 66.172 |
| 10 | 86 | Alex Malycke | Clubb Racing Inc. | Ford | 13.687 | 65.756 |
| 11 | 31 | Rita Goulet | Rise Motorsports | Toyota | 13.689 | 65.746 |
| 12 | 06 | Nate Moeller | Wayne Peterson Racing | Toyota | 13.840 | 65.029 |
| 13 | 48 | Brad Smith | Brad Smith Motorsports | Ford | 13.854 | 64.963 |
| 14 | 01 | Jeff Smith | Brad Smith Motorsports | Ford | 15.727 | 57.226 |
| 15 | 95 | Jackson McLerran | MAN Motorsports | Toyota | 15.801 | 56.958 |
| Official qualifying results | ||||||
Race results
| Fin[12] | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 18 | Max Reaves | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 150 | 144 | Running | 49 |
| 2 | 3 | 23 | Tyler Reif (R) | Sigma Performance Services | Chevrolet | 150 | 6 | Running | 43 |
| 3 | 5 | 12 | Takuma Koga (R) | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 150 | 0 | Running | 41 |
| 4 | 2 | 10 | Matt Kemp | Fast Track Racing | Ford | 150 | 0 | Running | 40 |
| 5 | 9 | 34 | Austin Vaughn (R) | VWV Racing | Ford | 149 | 0 | Running | 39 |
| 6 | 8 | 11 | Zachary Tinkle | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 146 | 0 | Running | 38 |
| 7 | 4 | 79 | Isaac Kitzmiller (R) | ACR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 146 | 0 | Running | 37 |
| 8 | 13 | 48 | Brad Smith | Brad Smith Motorsports | Ford | 143 | 0 | Running | 36 |
| 9 | 15 | 95 | Jackson McLerran | MAN Motorsports | Toyota | 141 | 0 | Running | 35 |
| 10 | 10 | 86 | Alex Malycke | Clubb Racing Inc. | Ford | 134 | 0 | Running | 34 |
| 11 | 12 | 06 | Nate Moeller | Wayne Peterson Racing | Toyota | 127 | 0 | Running | 33 |
| 12 | 11 | 31 | Rita Goulet | Rise Motorsports | Toyota | 121 | 0 | Mechanical | 32 |
| 13 | 6 | 65 | Jeffery MacZink | MacZink Racing | Toyota | 79 | 0 | Overheating | 31 |
| 14 | 7 | 9 | Trevor Ward | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 15 | 0 | Quit | 30 |
| 15 | 14 | 01 | Jeff Smith | Brad Smith Motorsports | Ford | 0 | 0 | Quit | 29 |
| Official race results | |||||||||
Standings after the race
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