ARCA West Championship To Be Decided At Phoenix
• 2 BMR Drivers Among 5 Competitors Separated By Just 6 Points
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (Nov. 3, 2021) – One of the tightest championship battles in the history of NASCAR’s ARCA Menards Series West will be decided at Phoenix Raceway on Saturday in the Arizona Lottery 100.
The top five drivers in the standings are separated by just six points, heading into the championship event at the one-mile tri-oval in the Valley of the Sun.
Bill McAnally Racing drivers Jesse Love and Cole Moore are both in the hunt for this year’s title.
Love, driver of the No. 16 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota Camry, leads the standings by one point. The 16-year-old from Menlo Park, California is aiming for a second consecutive championship; which would match the back-to-back titles won by two previous drivers of the NAPA-sponsored No. 16 – Brendan Gaughan (2000 & 2001) and Todd Gilliland (2016 & 2017).
Moore, who drives the No. 99 NAPA Power Premium Plus Toyota Camry, is fifth in the standings. The rookie driver from Granite Bay, California knows that if he has a great finish and his competition encounters any trouble, he could possibly make up the six-point deficit and leapfrog into first to capture the title.
A third BMR entry at Phoenix is planned for Sebastian Arias, in the No. 19 Rubbermaid Commercial Products/Brady IFS Toyota Camry.
BMR has visited Victory Lane at Phoenix on five occasions: Austin Cameron (2002), Eric Holmes (2010), Cole Custer (2014), Nick Drake (2014) and Todd Gilliland (2015).
In advance of Saturday’s race, Love and Moore will visit NAPA AUTO PARTS stores and NAPA AutoCare shops in the local area on Friday. A group of special guests from NAPA Phoenix and a VIP Group from NAPA Power Premium Plus will be welcomed by the race team at the track.
ARCA Menards Series West Event:
Race: Arizona Lottery 100 (Race 9 of 9) Nov. 6, 2021
Location: Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Ariz. (1-mile oval)
Television: TRACKPass on NBCSports Gold (Live) Nov. 6, 12 p.m. PT/ NBCSN on Nov. 11, 2 p.m. PT
BMR Drivers:
Jesse Love
No. 16 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota Camry
Age: 16
Hometown: Menlo Park, Calif.
Career series starts: 19
Career series wins: 5 (Utah1 6/27/20, Irwindale 7/4/20, Colorado 8/22/20, Irwindale1 7/3/21, Irwindale2 8/21/21)
Career series poles: 4 (Irwindale 7/4/20, Colorado 8/22/20, Las Vegas 9/26/20, Bakersfield 10/25/20)
Most recent series finish: 12th – Roseville (10/9/21)
Last series finish at Phoenix: 6th (3/12/21) (ARCA/ARCA West Combination Race)
2021 season series stats:
Races: 8 starts, 2 wins, 4 top fives, 5 top 10s
Laps completed: 993/1,020
Laps led: 183
Series standings: 1st
Cole Moore
No. 99 NAPA Power Premium Plus Toyota Camry
Age: 24
Hometown: Granite Bay, Calif.
Career series starts: 16
Best career series finish: 4th – two times (Sonoma 6/5/21, Colorado 7/31/21)
Most recent series finish: 5th – Roseville (10/9/21)
Last series finish at Phoenix: 12th (3/12/21) (ARCA/ARCA West Combination Race)
2021 season series stats:
Races: 8 starts, 4 top fives, 6 top 10s
Laps completed: 1,018/1,020
Laps led: 114
Series standings: 5th
Rookie standings: 3rd
Sebastian Arias
No. 19 Rubbermaid Commercial Products/BradyIFS Toyota Camry
Hometown: Bogota, Columbia
Age: 23
Preparing for first career series start