Mason Mitchell Earns Top-10 in K&N Debut, Now Turns Attention to Pocono Raceway for ARCA Pocono 200

Mason Mitchell, 2014 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards champion successfully made his NASCAR K&N Pro Series East debut at Bowman Gray Stadium Saturday evening. Mitchell raced his way from 16th starting spot to finish 8th in the 150 lap event. Now the 20-year-old turns his attention to the Pocono Raceway.

Mitchell will strap back behind the No. 78 Chevrolet for Mason Mitchell Motorsports for the Pocono ARCA 200 at the “Tricky Triangle.”

The West Des Moines, Iowa native has four prior starts at Pocono earning three top-five finishes and four top-ten’s.

Last year Mitchell came within two laps of defeating Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Larson for the win. Mitchell took the lead away from Larson on a late race restart, but Larson took the lead for good with two laps remaining.

“Pocono has been one of my best tracks on the ARCA schedule,” Mitchell stated. “This race not only helped my stock as a driver last year but helped as a team almost taking down Goliath.”

“Pocono is a very technical track, three different corners with very different characteristic and high speed straightaways. I love this place.”

Mitchell has made two ARCA starts in 2015, Daytona where he finished 6th and Mobile where he was running in the top three late and had a mechanical failure.

Bowman Gray Stadium Review: Mitchell qualified in the 16th position for his K&N Pro Series debut. By lap 68 Mitchell worked his way into the 11th position. Mitchell got caught up trying to avoid a spin and got turned around on lap 72, however he drove away from the accident with left front damage. During the second half of the race the 2014 ARCA champ drove like a seasoned veteran coming from 16th to finish in the 8th position.

Chassis: Mason will pilot chassis No. 589. The chassis most recently raced at the Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville with Austin Wayne Self finishing in the 3rd spot. The chassis has six prior starts, earning five top-five finishes, with best finish of second three times, most recently at the 2014 Fall Salem race.

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