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The 2024 West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts was the 6th stock car race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series West season, and the 23rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Irwindale Speedway in Irwindale, California, a 0.50 mile (0.80 km) permanent asphalt oval shaped short track. The race was originally scheduled to be contested over 150 laps, but was extended to 152 laps due to an overtime finish. In an action-packed race with post-race controversy, Sean Hingorani, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would take advantage of late teammate troubles from Isabella Robusto, and take the lead with 29 laps to go. After surviving numerous restarts, Hingorani held off Jack Wood in a one-lap shootout to earn his sixth career ARCA Menards Series West win, his second of the season, and his second consecutive win, sweeping both doubleheader races. Robusto and Trevor Huddleston were the most dominant drivers of the race, Robusto led 58 laps while Huddleston led a race-high 62 laps. After hitting the wall with 29 laps to go, Robusto lost the lead and retired from the race with a flat tire, credited with a 17th place finish. To fill out the podium, Tyler Reif, driving for Central Coast Racing, would finish in 3rd, respectively.

The race was originally scheduled to be held on March 30, but was postponed until July 6 due to the impeding bad weather for the area. The race served as a doubleheader with the 2024 NAPA Auto Parts 150, which was held two days prior on July 4.

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Background

The Irwindale Speedway & Event Center (a.k.a. Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale Dragstrip, or "The House of Drift") is a motorsports facility located in Irwindale, California, United States. It opened on March 27, 1999, under the official name Irwindale Speedway. Toyota purchased the naming rights to the facility in 2008, and from that time until 2011 it was also known as the Toyota Speedway at Irwindale.

The speedway features banked, paved 1⁄2- and 1⁄3-mile oval tracks and a 1⁄8-mile drag strip. The property is primarily used for NASCAR races such as ARCA Menards Series West and Whelen All-American Series events. In late 2011, NASCAR announced it was dropping Toyota Speedway from its schedule. The company that managed the track, Irwindale Speedway LLC, filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy on February 13, 2012.

Entry list

• (R) denotes rookie driver.

Practice

The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, July 6, at 3:30 PM PST, and would last for 1 hour. Nick Joanides, driving for Jan's Towing Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 18.510, and a speed of 97.245 mph (156.501 km/h).

Practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, July 6, at 5:00 PM PST. The qualifying system used is a multi-car, multi-lap based system. All drivers will be on track for a 20-minute timed session, and whoever sets the fastest time in the session will win the pole.

Nick Joanides, driving for Jan's Towing Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 18.380, and a speed of 97.933 mph (157.608 km/h).

One driver withdrew from the race: Robbie Kennealy.

Qualifying results

Post race conflict

Following the end of the race, conflict broke out between the PA announcer and the Irwindale Speedway track owner, Tim Huddleston (also the father of driver Trevor Huddleston), and crew members of Venturini Motorsports. As Hingorani did a burnout to celebrate, Huddleston stated that "This race is under review. They might take it away from him. Cause he jumped the start, so NASCAR is trying to figure out what happened here." Shortly after, ARCA officials confirmed that Hingorani was the winner of the race. As Hingorani began celebrating by climbing the catchfence, tensions began to rise. "They made the decision. Picking it up tonight. Climbing the fence. Hey, fuck you buddy" Huddleston had shouted into the hot mic. Shortly after, the mic ended up getting cut off before Huddleston went over to interview second-place finisher Jack Wood. "P2 tonight. What a gentleman. Class act. Ladies and Gentleman, they're so disrespectful, I'm not interviewing them. They don't need it." Afterwards, Huddleston jokingly said that Wood was the winner of the race. After interviewing third-place driver Tyler Reif, the broadcast went back to Hingorani, but wrapped up shortly after and Hingorani did not receive a victory interview on the broadcast.

Race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sean Hingorani 293 1 2 Tyler Reif 290 (-3) 1 3 Jack Wood 264 (–29) 1 4 Trevor Huddleston 258 (–35) 5 Kyle Keller 253 (–40) 2 6 Nick Joanides 240 (–53) 1 7 Eric Johnson Jr. 237 (–56) 1 8 Takuma Koga 231 (–62) 9 Todd Souza 218 (–75) 1 10 David Smith 199 (–94) Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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