The 2024 NASCAR Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 is done and dusted. The 12th race and final race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series West season commenced at 1:30 pm ET on Friday (November 8) at Phoenix Raceway with 24 entries.
Connor Zilisch, driving the #28 Chevrolet for Pinnacle Racing Group, secured his first win in the NASCAR ARCA Menards Series West season finale in dominating fashion.
The 18-year-old rising star dominated the race, leading all 99 of 100 laps and holding off a late race charge of William Sawalich in the closing laps to cross the finish line in P1.
Zilisch crossed the finish line 1.308 seconds ahead of Sawalich to grab the checkered flag. He has claimed 10 wins on all NASCAR's ARCA platforms this season. Of them, five came in the ARCA Menards Series and four in the ARCA East Series.
Meanwhile, Sean Hingorani clinched his back-to-back ARCA Menards Series West championship with a third-place finish at Phoenix. He was able to complete the full season despite competing with four different teams across the 12-race campaign.
Expressing his emotions on winning two championships in a row in a post-race interview, Hingorani said (via ARCA Racing):
“It’s been a long season with a lot of different people that have helped me get to this point. I want to thank Venturini Motorsports for everything they’ve done for me, [along with] Jerry Pitts Racing and Sigma Performance Services. It was harder this year acclimating every week to a different team, but I can’t thank [everyone] enough.”
Meanwhile, William Sawalich finished runner-up, followed by Sean Hingorani, Giovanni Ruggiero, and Brent Crews to round out the top five. Kaden Honeycutt, Jake Finch, Tyler Reif, Kole Raz, and Kyle Keller completed the top 10.
NASCAR 2024 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 final results
Below are the final results of NASCAR’s 2024 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 at Phoenix Raceway:
- #28 - Connor Zilisch
- #18 - William Sawalich *
- #15 - Sean Hingorani
- #20 - Giovanni Ruggiero *
- #22 - Brent Crews *
- #23 - Kaden Honeycutt
- #55 - Jake Finch *
- #13 - Tyler Reif
- #76 - Kole Raz *
- #9 - Kyle Keller
- #16 - Jack Wood
- #6 - Lavar Scott
- #50 - Trevor Huddleston
- #3 - Todd Souza
- #19 - Eric Johnson Jr. *
- #2 - Sebastian Arias
- #25 - Marco Andretti *
- #05 - David Smith
- #7 - Takuma Koga
- #71 - Rip Michels *
- #4 - Eric Nascimento Jr.
- #21 - Alex Malycke *
- #27 - Bobby Hillis Jr.
- #0 - Tony Huffman