Hailie Deegan, driver of the No. 16 Monster Energy Chevrolet SS for Bill McAnally Racing, has been named the winner of Saturday’s ARCA Menards Series West season-finale at Kevin Harvick Kern’s Raceway.

Scheduled for 150 laps around the half-mile facility in Bakersfield, California, Saturday’s NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame was halted due to inclement weather and eventually deemed official after running just 42 laps.

It’s the second ARCA Menards Series West victory of 2026 for Deegan, who returned to the regional division after several years competing in NASCAR’s National Series and a season in Indy NXT.

“I felt like I was mad at qualifying because I qualified off the pole by 0.007 [seconds], so I was frustrated myself,” said Deegan during post-race. “We were able to get the lead quick and checked out from there.”

Polesitter Mia Lovell will be credited with a second-place result, and much like in time trials earlier this afternoon, the event marks the first time in ARCA Menards Series history that the top-two spots have been occupied by two women.

Hudson Sharp finished third in his series debut for Nitro Motorsports, with Taylor Mayhew and Trevor Huddleston rounding out the top-five in the finishing order.

By virtue of starting the race, Huddleton clinched his second consecutive ARCA Menards Series West championship for High Point Racing. He is the first repeat champion of the series since Sean Hingorani in 2023 and 2024.

“We brought it home and that’s all that counts,” said Huddleston post-race. “We’re the little team that could. I never had a doubt in my mind that we could get it done and everyone here is everyone from last year, and we have no intentions of stopping, and it’s pretty epic to be here in Victory Lane to be a champion and to do with my family.”

Robbie Kennealy, Cole Denton, Tanner Huddleston (the younger brother of Trevor, also making his series debut for High Point Racing), Mason Massey, and Vito Cancilla completed the top-10.


NAPA Auto Parts 150 Unofficial Race Results

  1. #16 Hailie Deegan
  2. #15 Mia Lovell
  3. #70 Hudson Sharp
  4. #17 Taylor Mayhew
  5. #50 Trevor Huddleston
  6. #1 Robbie Kennealy
  7. #71 Cole Denton
  8. #55 Tanner Huddleston
  9. #19 Mason Massey
  10. #20 Vito Cancilla
  11. #4 Sean Hingorani
  12. #90 Wesley Slimp
  13. #51 Tyler Tomassi
  14. #13 Kenna Mitchell
  15. #7 Gavin Ray
  16. #04 Ian Wood
  17. #25 Sam Corry
  18. #37 Esteban Rodriguez
  19. #72 Cody Dennison (-1 Lap)
  20. #5 Eric Johnson Jr. (-1 Lap)
  21. #88 Joey Iest (-1 Lap)
  22. #08 Josiah Reaume (-2 Laps)
  23. #77 Donald Witkowski (-2 Laps)
  24. #38 Ray Bolinger (-2 Laps)
  25. #05 David Smith (-2 Laps)

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