Tristan McKee Wins ARCA East Opener at Hickory After Late Restarts
The 15-year-old converted a late-race shakeup into his first ARCA East victory.
Overview
- Tristan McKee won the ARCA Menards Series East opener at Hickory, which ran Saturday, holding off pole-sitter Max Reaves as Isaac Kitzmiller finished third.
- Reaves started from the Sioux Chief PowerPEX Pole and led 184 of 200 laps before losing the top spot in the final stretch.
- Nine cautions and repeated restarts produced three lead changes among three drivers, with Landon Huffman briefly out front before McKee took over with 14 laps to go.
- Dystany Spurlock became the first Black woman to start an ARCA Menards Series platform race and finished seventh in her debut for MBM Motorsports.
- The regional NASCAR development tour resumes at Rockingham on Saturday, April 4, with live coverage on FloRacing and The NASCAR Channel.