Gio Ruggiero won the ARCA Menards Series Henry Ford Health 200 at Michigan International Speedway – ARCA Racing Photo
* Gio Ruggiero (No. 18 First Auto Group Toyota) scored his third ARCA
Menards Series win of the season in Friday’s Henry Ford Health 200 at
Michigan International Speedway. Ruggiero took the lead on lap 49 and
led to lap 57 when the race was cut short due to inclement weather.
* The Henry Ford Health 200 is the first ARCA Menards Series race to be
shortened by weather since William Sawalich won at Phoenix Raceway in
2024.
* ARCA Menards Series championship points leader Jake Bollman (No. 20
Nitro Motorsports Toyota) finished second, his fourth top-five finish of
2026.
* Gavan Boschele (No. 25 ShopGavan.com Toyota) notched a career-best
third in his fourth career ARCA Menards Series start.
* Pinnacle Racing Group entered with two consecutive ARCA Menards
Series wins at Michigan International Speedway in 2024 with Connor
Zilisch and in 2025 with Brenden Queen. The team’s two drivers, Connor
Mosack (No. 28 Friends of Jaclyn Chevrolet) and Lanie Buice (No. 77
Sunoco Chevrolet) rounded out the top five. Buice was fastest in
practice earlier in the afternoon and scored her second straight
fifth-place finish.
* Nitro Motorsports had four drivers in the top ten; in addition to
Bollman, Thomas Annunziata (No. 70 JBL Toyota) in sixth, Isabella
Robusto (No. 55 Mobil 1 Toyota) in seventh, and Wesley Slimp (No. 15
Road Ready Foundation Toyota) in ninth all ended up inside the top ten.
It marks Slimp’s second consecutive top ten result; he finished a
career-best eighth in his last start at Toledo Speedway.
* Will Kimmel (No. 69 Aviation Technology Ford) finished eighth, his
49th career top ten finish and first of 2026.
* Garrett Mitchell (No. 30 BaldEagle.com Ford), known to his millions
of fans as Cleetus McFarland, earned his first career Sioux Chief
PowerPEX Pole Award in qualifying. McFarland nearly spun after contact
with Annunziata on lap 7, and then made contact with the wall after
contact with Ryan Vargas (No. 91 Michael Maples Motorsports Ford) on lap
50; despite the damage to the right side of the car he persevered to
finish 14th.
* George Siciliano (No. 0 Heat Wave Visuals Ford), better known to his
fans on YouTube as Squirrel McNutt, started last in the 28-car field and
rallied to finish tenth, his best career ARCA Menards Series finish.
* The next race for the ARCA Menards is at Pocono Raceway on Friday,
June 12. The race, set to begin at 3 pm ET, will be televised live on
FS1 and broadcast on select affiliates of the MRN Radio network
nationwide.
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