2025 Pensacola 150
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| Race details[1][2][3][4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 of 8 of the 2025 ARCA Menards Series East | |||
| Date | March 22, 2025 | ||
| Official name | 6th Annual Pensacola 150 | ||
| Location | Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 0.5 miles (0.80 km) | ||
| Distance | 150 laps, 75 mi (120 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 150 laps, 75 mi (120 km) | ||
| Average speed | 73.449 mph (118.205 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Time | 17.266 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Max Reaves | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 95 | ||
| 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 | ||
The 2025 Pensacola 150 was the first stock car race of the 2025 ARCA Menards Series East season, and the 6th running of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida, a 0.5 mile (0.80 km) permanent asphalt oval shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete.
Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would pull off an incredible performance, winning the pole and leading a race-high 95 laps to earn his first career ARCA Menards Series East win in his first start.[5] Kole Raz took over the lead in the middle stages, leading 57 laps before being passed by Reaves in the final 26 laps, finishing 2nd. To fill out the podium, Tyler Reif, driving for Sigma Performance Services, would finish in 3rd, respectively.
Background
Five Flags Speedway is a half-mile (0.8 km) paved oval racetrack in Pensacola, Florida. It opened in 1953 and is located on Pine Forest Road.[6] It is christened after the nickname of Pensacola—"City of Five Flags."[7]
It runs several local classes during the regular racing season (March – October). These classes include Super Late Models, Pro Late Models, Pro Trucks, Outlaw Stocks, Sportsman, and Pure Stocks. The races are usual held on Friday nights bi-weekly. The track has also hosted many regional touring series.[8][9]
In 2019, the ARCA Menards Series returned to the track, but for one year only. After the merge between ARCA and NASCAR after the 2019 season, the former NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, (now called ARCA Menards Series East) began racing at Five Flags in 2020.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Practice
The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, March 22, at 2:00 PM EST, and would last for 60 minutes.[10] Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 17.482, and a speed of 102.963 mph (165.703 km/h).[11]
| Pos.[12] | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Max Reaves | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 17.482 | 102.963 |
| 2 | 76 | Kole Raz | AM Racing | Ford | 17.724 | 101.557 |
| 3 | 79 | Isaac Kitzmiller (R) | ACR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 17.732 | 101.511 |
| Full practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Saturday, March 22, at 4:30 PM EST.[10] The qualifying procedure used is a single-car, two-lap based system with one round. 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.[13]
Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 17.266, and a speed of 104.251 mph (167.776 km/h).[14]
After crashing in practice, Andrew Patterson withdrew from the race.
