Mikey Kile Scores First Career ARCA Win At Michigan

Brooklyn, MI, United States (AHN) - Turnabout was fair play as Mikey Kile bounced back from a runner-up finish a week ago at Pocono and won Friday's ARCA Series race at Michigan International Speedway.

Kile had the fastest car a week ago at Pocono, but settled for a career-best second-place finish, while Craig Goess came away with the win. On Friday, Goess had the fastest car but was a lap down on pit road when the caution came out, allowing Kile the victory.

"We just kept our cool, raced the race track and luckily this time the caution came out when we needed it,'' said Kile. "Those last five laps couldn't come quick enough. Those last five laps were the longest five laps of my life.''

Kile, of Westlake, LA., scored his first career ARCA win after leading 26 of 100 laps in his Venturini Motorsports Toyota.

Joey Coulter settled for runner-up honors and was followed by Patrick Sheltra, Justin Marks and Frank Kimmel.

"They stole it from us last week and we came away with it this week.,'' said Kevin Reed, Kile's crew chief. "Mikey's just doing an awesome job.''

Goess ended up finishing sixth on a day when he had the car to beat.

"We had a dominant car all day. We had the car to beat and we just pulled away after every pit stop,'' Goess said. "The sheet does not reflect how good of a car we had, obviously.''

Sheltra leads the points race by 35 over Marks, while Kile is third and Goess is fourth.

Edward Lewis - AHN Sports Reporter Article © AHN - All Rights Reserved