2025 Music City 150
3rd race of the 2025 ARCA Menards Series East
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The 2025 Music City 150 was the 3rd stock car race of the 2025 ARCA Menards Series East season, and the 5th iteration of the event. The race was originally scheduled to be held on Saturday, May 3, 2025, but was postponed to Sunday, May 4, due to inclement weather.[5] The race was held at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee, a 0.596 mile (0.959 km) permanent asphalt oval shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would be unstoppable throughout the event, leading all but three laps to earn his second career ARCA Menards Series East win in his second start, becoming the third driver in series history to win in their first two career starts.[6] To fill out the podium, Tyler Reif, driving for Sigma Performance Services, and Hunter Wright, driving for MAN Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
| Race details[1][2][3][4] | |||
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| Race 3 of 8 of the 2025 ARCA Menards Series East | |||
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| Date | May 4, 2025 | ||
| Official name | 5th Annual Music City 150 | ||
| Location | Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 0.596 miles (0.959 km) | ||
| Distance | 150 laps, 89 mi (143 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 150 laps, 89 mi (143 km) | ||
| Average speed | 80.520 mph (129.584 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Grid positions set by competition-based formula | |||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Max Reaves | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 147 | ||
| 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
Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway is a motorsport racetrack located at the Nashville Fairgrounds near downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The track is the second-oldest continually operating track in the United States.[7] The track held NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup (now NASCAR Cup Series) races from 1958 to 1984.
The speedway is currently an 18 degree banked paved oval. The track is 0.596 mi (0.959 km) long. Inside the larger oval is a 1⁄4 mi (0.40 km) paved oval.[citation needed]
The track was converted to a 1⁄2 mi (0.80 km) paved oval in 1957, when it began to be a NASCAR series track. The speedway was lengthened between the 1969 and 1970 seasons. The corners were cut down from 35 degrees to their present 18 degrees in 1972. The track was repaved between the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Practice
The first and only practice session was originally scheduled to be held on Saturday, May 3, at 2:00 PM CST, but was postponed due to constant rain showers.[8] The session was moved to Sunday, May 4, at 1:00 PM CST, and would last for 30 minutes. Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 19.853, and a speed of 108.074 mph (173.928 km/h).[9]
| Pos.[10] | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
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| 1 | 18 | Max Reaves | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 19.853 | 108.074 |
| 2 | 95 | Hunter Wright | MAN Motorsports | Toyota | 19.962 | 107.484 |
| 3 | 23 | Tyler Reif (R) | Sigma Performance Services | Chevrolet | 20.109 | 106.698 |
| Full practice results | ||||||
Starting lineup
Qualifying was originally scheduled to be held on Saturday, May 3, at 4:15 PM CST, but was cancelled due to constant rain showers.[11][12] The starting lineup would be determined by last season's owners points. As a result, Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, will start on the pole.[13]
Starting lineup
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make |
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| 1 | 18 | Max Reaves | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota |
| 2 | 11 | Zachary Tinkle | Fast Track Racing | Toyota |
| 3 | 10 | D. L. Wilson | Fast Track Racing | Toyota |
| 4 | 9 | Mike Basham | Fast Track Racing | Ford |
| 5 | 06 | Nate Moeller | Wayne Peterson Racing | Toyota |
| 6 | 12 | Takuma Koga (R) | Fast Track Racing | Toyota |
| 7 | 31 | Quinn Davis | Rise Motorsports | Toyota |
| 8 | 95 | Hunter Wright | MAN Motorsports | Toyota |
| 9 | 48 | Brad Smith | Brad Smith Motorsports | Ford |
| 10 | 23 | Tyler Reif (R) | Sigma Performance Services | Chevrolet |
| 11 | 01 | Rita Goulet | Wayne Peterson Racing | Chevrolet |
| 12 | 96 | Jackson McLerran | MAN Motorsports | Toyota |
| 13 | 86 | Jeff Maconi | Clubb Racing Inc. | Ford |
| 14 | 85 | Becca Monopoli | City Garage Motorsports | Ford |
| 15 | 79 | Isaac Kitzmiller (R) | ACR Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| 16 | 34 | Austin Vaughn (R) | VWV Racing | Ford |
| Official starting lineup | ||||
Race results
| Fin[14] | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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| 1 | 1 | 18 | Max Reaves | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 150 | 147 | Running | 49 |
| 2 | 10 | 23 | Tyler Reif (R) | Sigma Performance Services | Chevrolet | 150 | 3 | Running | 43 |
| 3 | 8 | 95 | Hunter Wright | MAN Motorsports | Toyota | 150 | 0 | Running | 41 |
| 4 | 15 | 79 | Isaac Kitzmiller (R) | ACR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Running | 40 |
| 5 | 2 | 11 | Zachary Tinkle | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 150 | 0 | Running | 39 |
| 6 | 12 | 96 | Jackson McLerran | MAN Motorsports | Toyota | 149 | 0 | Running | 38 |
| 7 | 6 | 12 | Takuma Koga (R) | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 146 | 0 | Running | 37 |
| 8 | 14 | 85 | Becca Monopoli | City Garage Motorsports | Ford | 146 | 0 | Running | 36 |
| 9 | 7 | 31 | Quinn Davis | Rise Motorsports | Toyota | 145 | 0 | Running | 35 |
| 10 | 5 | 06 | Nate Moeller | Wayne Peterson Racing | Toyota | 136 | 0 | Running | 34 |
| 11 | 9 | 48 | Brad Smith | Brad Smith Motorsports | Ford | 134 | 0 | Running | 33 |
| 12 | 13 | 86 | Jeff Maconi | Clubb Racing Inc. | Ford | 132 | 0 | Running | 32 |
| 13 | 3 | 10 | D. L. Wilson | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 99 | 0 | Rear End | 31 |
| 14 | 16 | 34 | Austin Vaughn (R) | VWV Racing | Ford | 51 | 0 | Rear End | 30 |
| 15 | 4 | 9 | Mike Basham | Fast Track Racing | Ford | 9 | 0 | Mechanical | 29 |
| 16 | 11 | 01 | Rita Goulet | Wayne Peterson Racing | Chevrolet | 2 | 0 | Quit | 28 |
| Official race results | |||||||||
Standings after the race
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