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The 2024 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 was the 12th and final stock car race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series West season, and the 52nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, November 8, 2024, at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. Connor Zilisch, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, would put on a dominate performance, leading the most laps and earning his first career ARCA Menards Series West win in his first career West Series start.[5] To fill out the podium, William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, and Sean Hingorani, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
| Race details[1][2][3][4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 12 of 12 of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series West | |||
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| Date | November 8, 2024 | ||
| Official name | 52nd Annual Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 | ||
| Location | Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km) | ||
| Distance | 100 laps, 100 mi (160 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 100 laps, 100 mi (160 km) | ||
| Average speed | 98.307 mph (158.210 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Time | 26.780 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Connor Zilisch | Pinnacle Racing Group | |
| Laps | 99 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 28 | Connor Zilisch | Pinnacle Racing Group | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | FloRacing | ||
| Announcers | Charlie Krall and Phil Parsons | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
Despite finishing in third, Sean Hingorani would claim the 2024 ARCA Menards Series West championship. This was Hingorani's second championship, winning it the year before and the second championship for Venturini Motorsports in the West Series.[6]
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Background
Phoenix Raceway – also known as PIR – is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.
The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 mi (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 mi (2.43 km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend.
Phoenix Raceway is home to two annual NASCAR race weekends, one of 13 facilities on the NASCAR schedule to host more than one race weekend a year. The track is both the first and last stop in the western United States, as well as the fourth and the last track on the schedule.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Notes
- After David Smith jumped out of his car early in the race in his No. 05 car, Smith would give up his ride and allow Iest to pilot the No. 05 car during the race.
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The first and only practice session was held on Thursday, November 7, at 6:00 PM MST, and would last for 60 minutes.[7] Connor Zilisch, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 27.239, and a speed of 132.163 mph (212.696 km/h).[8]
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | Connor Zilisch | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | 27.239 | 132.163 |
| 2 | 18 | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 27.327 | 131.738 |
| 3 | 16 | Jack Wood | Bill McAnally Racing | Chevrolet | 27.590 | 130.482 |
| Full practice results | ||||||
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Qualifying was held on Thursday, November 7, at 7:10 PM MST. The qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with only one round. Whoever sets the fastest time in that round will win the pole.[7]
William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 26.780, and a speed of 134.428 mph (216.341 km/h).[9]
| Fin[10] | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 28 | Connor Zilisch | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | 100 | 99 | Running | 48 |
| 2 | 1 | 18 | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 100 | 1 | Running | 44 |
| 3 | 5 | 15 | Sean Hingorani | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 100 | 0 | Running | 91 |
| 4 | 6 | 20 | Gio Ruggiero | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 100 | 0 | Running | 40 |
| 5 | 7 | 22 | Brent Crews | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 100 | 0 | Running | 39 |
| 6 | 8 | 23 | Kaden Honeycutt | Sigma Performance Services | Toyota | 100 | 0 | Running | 38 |
| 7 | 12 | 55 | Jake Finch | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 100 | 0 | Running | 37 |
| 8 | 4 | 13 | Tyler Reif | Central Coast Racing | Toyota | 100 | 0 | Running | 86 |
| 9 | 10 | 76 | Kole Raz | AM Racing | Ford | 100 | 0 | Running | 85 |
| 10 | 13 | 9 | Kyle Keller | Jan's Towing Racing | Ford | 100 | 0 | Running | 84 |
| 11 | 3 | 16 | Jack Wood | Bill McAnally Racing | Chevrolet | 100 | 0 | Running | 83 |
| 12 | 9 | 6 | Lavar Scott | Rev Racing | Chevrolet | 100 | 0 | Running | 32 |
| 13 | 19 | 50 | Trevor Huddleston | High Point Racing | Ford | 98 | 0 | Running | 81 |
| 14 | 17 | 3 | Todd Souza | Central Coast Racing | Toyota | 98 | 0 | Running | 80 |
| 15 | 11 | 19 | Eric Johnson Jr. (R) | Bill McAnally Racing | Chevrolet | 98 | 0 | Running | 79 |
| 16 | 15 | 2 | Sebastian Arias | Rev Racing | Chevrolet | 98 | 0 | Running | 28 |
| 17 | 14 | 25 | Marco Andretti | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 98 | 0 | Running | 27 |
| 18 | 20 | 05 | Joey Iest | Shockwave Motorsports | Toyota | 97 | 0 | Running | 76 |
| 19 | 18 | 7 | Takuma Koga | Jerry Pitts Racing | Toyota | 97 | 0 | Running | 75 |
| 20 | 22 | 71 | Rip Michels | Jan's Towing Racing | Ford | 96 | 0 | Running | 74 |
| 21 | 16 | 4 | Eric Nascimento | Nascimento Motorsports | Chevrolet | 57 | 0 | Accident | 73 |
| 22 | 21 | 21 | Alex Malycke | Nascimento Motorsports | Toyota | 11 | 0 | Accident | 22 |
| 23 | 23 | 27 | Bobby Hillis Jr. | Fierce Creature Racing | Chevrolet | 2 | 0 | Accident | 21 |
| 24 | 24 | 0 | Tony Huffman | Fierce Creature Racing | Chevrolet | 1 | 0 | Accident | 20 |
| Official race results | |||||||||
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