Herr's Chase The Taste 200 presented by Federated Car Care

ARCA hits the midway point today at Winchester Speedway, Grant Enfinger and Mason Mitchell continue a fierce battle for the title. Enfinger's four wins have helped him earn a 35 point lead over Mitchell, who has yet to win a race. But could the half mile of Winchester be the place where Mitchell finally gets his first win, or will pole sitter Ken Schrader continue an impressive stock car career with another win. The race is live at 2:00 PM ET on CBS Sports Network.

The big story this week however has been Carter 2 Motorsports, which runs the #40 and #97 cars for the full season. Late last season, team co-owner and driver Roger Carter was sent to prison for an RV rental scam, while Dana Carter, the listed car owner of both the #40 and #97 teams, was given 30 months of probation. Earlier this week, Carter absconded from her probation and her whereabouts are currently unknown. As a result, neither the #40 or the #97 cars made a lap this week, and it appears that ARCA has sent both teams home. The #40 appears on the starting grid, but does not have a position next to it, and the #97 is missing from the grid. If the #40 car is not allowed to run, there will be only 21 cars on the grid.

Starting Grid
1 52 Ken Schrader/Fenton MO Federated Auto Parts Chevrolet 15.826 113.737
2 4 Brandon Jones/Atlanta GA Exide-Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 15.899 113.215
3 77 Anderson Bowen/Suwanee GA Cunningham Motorsports Dodge 15.932 112.980
4 15 John Wes Townley/Watkinsville GA Zaxby's Toyota 15.949 112.860
5 98 Mason Mitchell/West Des Moines IA Musselman's-Wildlife Foundation of Florida-TTS Ford 15.957 112.803
6 25 Justin Boston/Baltimore MD ZLOOP Toyota 16.079 111.947
7 90 Grant Enfinger/Fairhope AL Team BCR Ford 16.083 111.919
8 17 Kyle Weatherman/Wentzville MO Roulo Brothers Racing Ford 16.096 111.829
9 66 JJ Haley/Winamac IN Braun Auto Group-Braun Ability Toyota 16.143 111.503
10 44 Frank Kimmel/Clarksville IN Ansell-Menards Toyota 16.146 111.483
11 55 Cody Coughlin/Delaware OH JEGS Toyota 16.205 111.077
12 69 Michael Lira/Port Orange FL Gary Yeomans Ford 16.311 110.355
13 3 Karl Weber/Ambia IN Silveus Insurance Group Chevrolet 16.351 110.085
14 22 Austin Wayne Self/Austin TX AM Technical Solutions Dodge 16.357 110.045
15 72 Tom Hessert/Cherry Hill NJ Caregard-AxionWarranty.com Dodge 16.432 109.542
16 6 Josh Williams/Port Charlotte FL Southwest Florida Cable Construction Ford 16.717 107.675
17 0 James Swanson/Clarksboro NJ Wayne Peterson Racing Ford 17.385 103.538
18 2 Thomas Praytor/Mobile AL DK-LOK Chevrolet 17.406 103.413
19 06 Wayne Peterson/Pulaski TN Wayne Peterson Racing Chevrolet 21.250 84.706
20 48 Brad Smith/Shelby Township MI Radon.com Ford Provisional
21 68 Will Kimmel/Sellersburg IN Messinas Ford Provisional
TBD 40 Jami Weimer/Cumming GA Carter 2 Motorsports Dodge

Wow. I'm surprised no one commented on this considering how wild that finish was.

RealRacer4 wrote:Wow. I'm surprised no one commented on this considering how wild that finish was.

Video?

EDIT: NVM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK-KK_ZT38U

Chalk this up as another chapter in "The Chronicles of Mason Mitchell's 2nd Place Finishes". I really feel bad for the poor kid. He's deserved to win about 4 or 5 of these races this season, but he can never hold on until the checkered flag for some reason. Last week, Theriault doorchecked the s**t out of him and drove away in Michigan and this week in Winchester, Brandon Jones decides that this is his one and only chance to ever win in ARCA (which, knowing Turner-Scott drivers, it probably is since they run one race and then stay forever in Trucks), divebombs the hell out of Mitchell in 3, stuffs the 98 in the wall and wins.

I know that it's ARCA and you're all going to rag on me about why I'm complaining about apparently one of the least credible racing series to exist and that what I'm saying is irrelevant and I'm not making sense, but Mitchell's deserved to win and it sucks to see people like Theriault and Jones coming in and robbing him.

BooyakaDragon wrote:

RealRacer4 wrote:Wow. I'm surprised no one commented on this considering how wild that finish was.

Video?

EDIT: NVM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK-KK_ZT38U

Dunno why he was mad. That's what you call last lap racing.