It took two overtime attempts to settle it, but Taylor Mayhew made the wait worth it. The driver of the No. 17 MMI Services Toyota pulled off an improbable victory in the ARCA Menards Series West Kyle Busch Classic 151 at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, edging Robbie Kennealy by inches at the stripe.

Mayhew's day nearly ended before it began. A clutch issue after practice forced an engine change, keeping him from making a qualifying attempt and sending him to the tail of the field for the start.

He spent the night carving his way forward and lined up third for the second and final one-lap overtime attempt. Mayhew then nudged his way past Kennealy (No. 1 Jan's Towing / Jan's Racing Ford) to take the checkered flag by 0.045 seconds.

The win came in just his fourth series start. Mayhew led only the final lap – the first - and so far only - lap he has led in his ARCA Menards Series West career. It also extended an exciting and improbable streak: four consecutive ARCA Menards Series West races have now been decided by a last-lap pass.

Chaos at the Finish

For most of the night, the race belonged to championship points leader Trevor Huddleston (No. 50 High Point Racing / Racecar Factory Ford). Huddleston led 153 laps and appeared to have the win in hand.

He led coming to the white flag, but instead of the signal for his final lap, the caution flew for an incident in Turn 2 involving Madera winner Hailie Deegan (No. 16 Monster Chevrolet).

Huddleston was still out front when the white flag was finally displayed. Coming to the checkered, however, he was taken three-wide into Turn 3, with Kennealy on the bottom and Mason Massey (No. 19 NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet) in the middle. Contact between Massey and Kennealy sent Massey up the track and into Huddleston, spinning both drivers and bringing out another caution.

That set up one final one-lap dash. Mayhew restarted third and made the most of it, slipping past Kennealy in a three-wide finish for the win. Huddleston recovered to finish fifth, with Massey sixth.

Through the Field

Kennealy held on for second in the three-wide finish, just behind Mayhew and just ahead of Jan's Racing teammate Cole Denton (No. 71 Jan's Towing / Jan's Racing Ford). Kennealy raced in memory of his father, Gary, who passed away two years ago this week. The runner-up was his seventh top-five finish of the season and his 10th top-10 in 11 starts.

Denton finished third, a strong rebound from a 21st-place result at Madera Speedway last week.

Vito Cancilla (No. 20 Home Smiles / Impact Transportation Chevrolet) finished fourth in his ARCA Menards Series West debut. He turned 15 just a day earlier, becoming eligible to compete on the ARCA Menards Series platform. Cancilla has deep roots in the series: his great-grandfather, Cos Cancilla, was a championship-winning car owner in the Pacific Coast Late Model division, the series now known as the ARCA Menards Series West.

Tyler Tomassi (No. 72 Mad Rbt Energy Patch / Third Gen Racecars / Phils Toyota) scored a career-best seventh. It was his third top-10 of the season and his first since a ninth-place run at Tri-City Raceway in June.

Eric Johnson Jr. (No. 5 Pacific Office Automation / Sherwin-Williams Toyota) was caught up in the Huddleston-Massey spin but rebounded to finish eighth, his sixth top-10 of the season.

Eric Rhead (No. 66 Champ Transport / Turnkey Leasing Ford) dodged at least two incidents on his way to ninth. That included a narrow miss on Lap 120, when Gavin Ray (No. 7 Southwest Specialty Contractors Toyota) and Andrew Chapman (No. 55 High Point Racing / Racecar Factory Ford) made contact in Turn 4. It was Rhead's third top-10 in four starts in 2026. Chapman finished 10th, and Ray came home 11th.

Helio Meza (No. 28 Allesandros / Heraldo Media Chevrolet) earned the Sioux Chief PowerPEX Pole Award in his series debut. An early unscheduled pit stop for a flat left-rear tire dropped him as many as 10 laps down. Meza fought back to recover three of those laps and finished 18th.

By the Numbers

Six caution flags slowed the field for a total of 52 laps, and the two overtime attempts extended the race by 16 laps. Mayhew's margin of victory was 0.045 seconds, and his winning average speed was 56.788 mph.

There were six lead changes among four drivers. Huddleston led 153 laps, Kennealy led nine, Meza led four, and Mayhew led only the one that mattered most: the last.