Brenden ‘Butterbean’ Queen holds off Brent Crews, wins ARCA race at Iowa

Despite being a short tracker from Virginia, this is the first short track win for Butterbean Queen in ARCA competition. Last week, Brent Crews kind of embarrassed Queen at IRP. This week, he returned the favor in his own way.

That late contact was seriously scary for Queen. Then it became an incident that they both had to save themselves from. It almost opened the door for a late surge from Lawless Alan or Isabella Robusto had the two leaders wrecked or washed up the track.

Daytona, Kansas, Michigan, Dover, and Iowa. Not bad for Butterbean Queen so far this season in the ARCA Menards Series. The thing is, he could have had more wins this season based on his laps led stats. He led the most laps at Phoenix and got pushed aside in overtime by Crews for that win. He also led the most laps at Elko and IRP.

Butterbean Queen fights off Brent Crews at Iowa

It was a great fight between these two, young drivers. The last two seasons, the Pinnacle Racing Group Chevy team has been a great foil to the usual Venturini/Joe Gibbs Racing dominance. Toyota has owned ARCA in the last few years and it is nice to see that not be the case this season.

Butterbean Queen is a great racer. He’s cut his teeth on short tracks like Langley Speedway and the CARS Tour circuit. He was fantastic tonight on this short track in Iowa. Meanwhile, Crews and Queen are likely going to run into each other more and more down the line.

Speaking of Crews, he is starting a new Truck Series organization. He will race the No. 70 truck at the Watkins Glen race next weekend. This has led to a bit of confusion as to who is involved and a couple of other drivers have had to release statements as a result.

Next up for the ARCA Menards Series is the Glen. Then it is dirt racing at the Illinois State Fiar followed by Madison International Speedway. It is going to be a wild end to this ARCA season, folks.