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ARCA: Austin Theriault wins on dirt at DuQuoin

By Alex Herbst

FORT WORTH, TX - JUNE 04: Austin Theriault, driver of the #29 Cooper Standard Ford, looks on in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino & Resort 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 4, 2015 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images for Texas Motor Speedway)
FORT WORTH, TX - JUNE 04: Austin Theriault, driver of the #29 Cooper Standard Ford, looks on in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino & Resort 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 4, 2015 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images for Texas Motor Speedway) /
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Austin Theriault capped off a great weekend of dirt racing with Ken Schrader Racing by winning the ARCA Racing Series event at DuQuoin Speedway.

The annual ARCA Racing Series dirt swing consists of two races across the state fairgrounds, the only time the series goes off the asphalt each year.

The Labor Day classic for ARCA on dirt was back at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds on Monday, with 24 drivers vying for dirt supremacy. Austin Theriault took the victory on Labor Day for Ken Schrader Racing, taking advantage of the final restart to steal the win.

Theriault, who continues to dominate the ARCA Racing Series in 2017 and holds the championship lead, took control from Shane Lee on the final restart.

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Lee, who led the most laps, got into a bumping and banging battle with Sheldon Creed with two laps to go. Ultimately, Creed would get the better of Lee, coming home 2nd behind Theriault. Lee would slide back to 6th.

The dirt event collected a lot of cars in carnage, especially on the first green-white-checkered finish attempt. The crash included polesitter Will Kimmel, Riley Herbst, Tyler Dippel, Brandon Grosso, and many others. Just 19 cars would make it to the checkered flag on Monday.

Here are the full race results from the General Tire Grabber 100 at DuQuoin Speedway:

  1. Austin Theriault, Toyota, Ken Schrader Racing
  2. Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, Mason Mitchell Motorsports
  3. Gus Dean, Toyota, Win-Tron Racing
  4. Ryan Unzicker, Toyota, RJR Racing
  5. Brandon Grosso, Toyota, Hillenburg-Schrader Racing
  6. Shane Lee, Ford, Cunningham Motorsports
  7. Will Kimmel, Ford, Kimmel Racing
  8. Dalton Sargeant, Ford, Cunningham Motorsports
  9. Joe Cooksey, Ford, Hixson Racing
  10. Tom Hessert, Toyota, Venturini Motorsports
  11. Thomas Praytor, Ford, Max Force Racing
  12. Bret Holmes, Chevrolet, Holmes Family Racing
  13. Frankie Kimmel, Toyota, Venturini Motorsports
  14. Tyler Speer, Toyota, Fast Track Racing
  15. Mike Basham, Chevrolet, Darrell Basham Racing
  16. Riley Herbst, Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing
  17. Eric Caudell, Ford, Hixson Racing
  18. Tyler Dippel, Toyota, Win-Tron Racing
  19. Tanner Thorson, Toyota, Venturini Motorsports
  20. Mark Meunier, Ford, Peterson Motorsports
  21. Brad Smith, Ford, Hylton Racing
  22. A.J. Fike, Ford, RFMS Racing
  23. Payton Taylor, Chevrolet, Bayird Racing
  24. Con Nicolopoulos, Chevrolet, Peterson Motorsports

Next: Denny Hamlin Sweeps NASCAR Throwback Weekend

Be sure to tune in for replays of the ARCA Racing Series event from the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds on MAVTV. The next race for the series comes from Salem Speedway on Saturday, September 9. It will be ARCA’s version of the throwback weekend, and a race you certainly won’t want to miss.

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