Myatt Snider was just hoping to finish in his ARCA Racing Series debut Sunday at Toledo Speedway.
Snider finished, alright – and with the checkered flag, capturing the victory in the Menards 200 in the 29-driver field.
Son of NBC NASCAR announcer Marty Snider, 21-year-old Myatt Snider started the race from the third position. He drove the No. 22 Cunningham Motorsports Ford Fusion, with sponsorship from The Original Louisiana Hot Sauce, which just signed on as his sponsor for Sunday’s race this past week.
Here’s some social media posts about the younger Snider’s achievement:
Twitter:
ARCA: @MyattSnider celebrates a victory in his ARCA debut at Toledo.
Myatt Snider wins the #Menards200 on his ARCA Racing Series debut
An elated @MyattSnider in victory lane at @ToledoSpeedway #ARCA
Dalton Sargeant finished second, followed by Kyle Weatherman, Chase Briscoe, Matt Kurzejewski, Josh Williams, Gus Dean, Tom Hessert, Brian Keselowski and Bo LeMastus.
Sunday was the first of nine ARCA races Snider will take part in this season. Others coming up include both season races at Pocono Raceway, as well as Michigan International Speedway, Iowa Speedway, Lucas Oil Raceway (Brownsburg, Indiana), Chicagoland Speedway, Kentucky Speedway and Kansas Speedway.
“I hope to win a race for sure,” Snider said last week. “I want to learn all I possibly can about racing the bigger and heavier cars on the bigger tracks.
“It’ll be a huge learning experience getting adapted to the radial tires. I plan on being like a big sponge in soaking up all the knowledge and experience that I possibly can.”
He apparently has learned his lessons well already.
