The 2025 Pensacola 150 was the first stock car race of the 2025 ARCA Menards Series East season, and the 6th running of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida, a 0.5 mile (0.80 km) permanent asphalt oval shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete.

Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would pull off an incredible performance, winning the pole and leading a race-high 95 laps to earn his first career ARCA Menards Series East win in his first start. Kole Raz took over the lead in the middle stages, leading 57 laps before being passed by Reaves in the final 26 laps, finishing 2nd. To fill out the podium, Tyler Reif, driving for Sigma Performance Services, would finish in 3rd, respectively.

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Background

Five Flags Speedway is a half-mile (0.8 km) paved oval racetrack in Pensacola, Florida. It opened in 1953 and is located on Pine Forest Road. It is christened after the nickname of Pensacola—"City of Five Flags."

It runs several local classes during the regular racing season (March – October). These classes include Super Late Models, Pro Late Models, Pro Trucks, Outlaw Stocks, Sportsman, and Pure Stocks. The races are usual held on Friday nights bi-weekly. The track has also hosted many regional touring series.

In 2019, the ARCA Menards Series returned to the track, but for one year only. After the merge between ARCA and NASCAR after the 2019 season, the former NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, (now called ARCA Menards Series East) began racing at Five Flags in 2020.

Entry list

(R) denotes rookie driver.

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor00Corey AikenVWV RacingToyotaVaughn Wilcox & Vaughn01E. J. TamayoFast Track RacingFordTamayo Sports Florida / Amici Engineering4Carson BrownHettinger RacingChevroletPayCafe / EBB Logistics / GBS Brand Connect06Nate MoellerWayne Peterson RacingToyotaPeterson Motorsports9Cody DennisonFast Track RacingToyotaFlux / Timcast10Mike BashamFast Track RacingFordDouble "H" Ranch11Zachary TinkleFast Track RacingToyotaUniversal Technical Institute12Takuma KogaFast Track RacingToyotaMacnica Yit Ikedo / CKB18Max ReavesJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaCook Out23Tyler Reif (R)Sigma Performance ServicesChevroletSigma Performance Services28Connor MosackPinnacle Racing GroupChevroletChevrolet Performance31Rita GouletRise MotorsportsToyotaNationalPolice.org34Austin Vaughn (R)VWV RacingFordSafford Trading Company39D. L. WilsonCW MotorsportsToyotaPerformance Cleaners40Andrew PattersonAndrew Patterson RacingChevroletWinSupply / SCS Gearbox48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFordGary's Speed Shop56Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyotaHill Motorsports76Kole RazAM RacingFordCyclum Nextgen Travel Centers79Isaac Kitzmiller (R)ACR MotorsportsChevroletA. L. L. Construction / Carter Cat85Becca MonopoliCity Garage MotorsportsFordOrlando Health93London McKenzie (R)CW MotorsportsFordMcKenzie Real Estate95Hunter WrightMAN MotorsportsToyotaSunset Park RV / Cedar City RVOfficial entry list

Practice The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, March 22, at 2:00 PM EST, and would last for 60 minutes. Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 17.482, and a speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed118Max ReavesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota17.482102.963276Kole RazAM RacingFord17.724101.557379Isaac Kitzmiller (R)ACR MotorsportsChevrolet17.732101.511Full practice results

Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, March 22, at 4:30 PM EST. The qualifying procedure used is a single-car, two-lap based system with one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have two laps to post a qualifying time, and whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.

Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 17.266, and a speed of .

After crashing in practice, Andrew Patterson withdrew from the race.

Qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed118Max ReavesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota17.266104.251228Connor MosackPinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet17.415103.359376Kole RazAM RacingFord17.446103.176479Isaac Kitzmiller (R)ACR MotorsportsChevrolet17.525102.710523Tyler Reif (R)Sigma Performance ServicesChevrolet17.530102.68164Carson BrownHettinger RacingChevrolet17.546102.587795Hunter WrightMAN MotorsportsToyota17.858100.795893London McKenzie (R)CW MotorsportsFord17.923100.430956Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota18.02099.8891012Takuma KogaFast Track RacingToyota18.20298.8901101E. J. TamayoFast Track RacingFord18.33298.1891285Becca MonopoliCity Garage MotorsportsFord18.54697.0561339D. L. WilsonCW MotorsportsToyota18.56196.978149Cody DennisonFast Track RacingToyota18.63196.6131511Zachary TinkleFast Track RacingToyota18.66896.4221634Austin Vaughn (R)VWV RacingFord18.95494.9671710Mike BashamFast Track RacingFord19.19193.7941848Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord19.83290.7621906Nate MoellerWayne Peterson RacingToyota19.99490.0272031Rita GouletRise MotorsportsToyota20.13389.4052100Corey AikenVWV RacingToyota22.87778.6822240Andrew PattersonAndrew Patterson RacingChevrolet––Official qualifying results

Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1118Max ReavesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota15095Running492376Kole RazAM RacingFord15054Running433523Tyler ReifSigma Performance ServicesChevrolet1500Running414228Connor MosackPinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet1501Running415479Isaac Kitzmiller (R)ACR MotorsportsChevrolet1500Running39664Carson BrownHettinger RacingChevrolet1500Running387956Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota1490Running378893London McKenzie (R)CW MotorsportsFord1490Running369795Hunter WrightMAN MotorsportsToyota1480Running35101511Zachary TinkleFast Track RacingToyota1480Running34111012Takuma Koga (R)Fast Track RacingToyota1470Running33121339D. L. WilsonCW MotorsportsToyota1460Running32131710Mike BashamFast Track RacingFord1450Running31141285Becca MonopoliCity Garage MotorsportsFord1440Running30151634Austin VaughnVWV RacingFord1410Running29161906Nate MoellerWayne Peterson RacingToyota1350Running2817149Cody DennisonFast Track RacingToyota1310Running27181101E. J. TamayoFast Track RacingFord1010Engine26192100Corey AikenVWV RacingToyota320Carburetor25202031Rita GouletRise MotorsportsToyota260Mechanical24211848Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord40Quit23222240Andrew PattersonAndrew Patterson RacingChevrolet00DNS22Official race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Max Reaves 49 2 Kole Raz 43 (-6) 3 Tyler Reif 41 (–7) 4 Connor Mosack 41 (–7) 5 Isaac Kitzmiller 39 (–10) 6 Carson Brown 38 (–11) 7 Timmy Hill 37 (–12) 8 London McKenzie 36 (–13) 9 Hunter Wright 35 (–14) 10 Zachary Tinkle 34 (–15)

Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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