2025 Shore Lunch 250
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| Race details[1][2][3][4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 8 of 20 of the 2025 ARCA Menards Series | |||
| Date | June 21, 2025 | ||
| Official name | 10th Annual Shore Lunch 250 presented by Dutch Boy Paints | ||
| Location | Elko Speedway in Elko New Market, Minnesota | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 0.375 miles (0.604 km) | ||
| Distance | 250 laps, 93 mi (150 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 250 laps, 93 mi (150 km) | ||
| Average speed | 64.261 mph (103.418 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Pinnacle Racing Group | ||
| Time | 14.716 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Brenden Queen | Pinnacle Racing Group | |
| Laps | 148 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 18 | Max Reaves | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | FS2 | ||
| Announcers | Brent Stover and Phil Parsons | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | ARCA Racing Network | ||
The 2025 Shore Lunch 250 presented by Dutch Boy Paints was the 8th stock car race of the 2025 ARCA Menards Series season, and the 10th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at Elko Speedway in Elko New Market, Minnesota, a 0.375 miles (0.604 km) permanent oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 250 laps to complete. Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would make a late charge to the lead from Lavar Scott with 46 laps to go, and led the remaining laps to earn his first career ARCA Menards Series win in his second start.[5] To fill out the podium, Brenden Queen, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, and Lawless Alan, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Queen started on the pole and after losing the lead on the start, he regained it on lap 39 and eventually led a race-high 148 laps. He lost the lead after lap 185 and settled with a second-place finish. Scott took over the lead late in the event, leading 18 laps until he fell off on speed, finishing 7th.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Practice
The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, June 21, at 3:40 PM CST, and would last for 50 minutes.[6] Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 14.755, and a speed of 91.494 mph (147.245 km/h).[7]
| Pos.[8] | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Max Reaves | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 14.755 | 91.494 |
| 2 | 28 | Brenden Queen (R) | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | 14.876 | 90.750 |
| 3 | 20 | Lawless Alan | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 14.919 | 90.489 |
| Full practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Saturday, June 21, at 5:20 PM CST.[6] The qualifying procedure used is a single-car, two-lap 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.[9]
Brenden Queen, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 14.716, and a speed of 91.737 mph (147.636 km/h).[10]
