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<p>LONG POND &#8212; In a race against his teammate and the rain, Zane Smith held off a furious charge from Sheldon Creed in the closing laps to win Friday&#8217;s ARCA race at Pocono Raceway.</p><p>Clouds loomed over the 2.5-mile track while Smith held a one-second advantage over Creed before the halfway point of the 60-lap event. Both drivers engaged in a hard-fought battle for the lead with rain in the vicinity as the two were side-by-side on lap 28.</p><p>The race became official after 33 laps when a downpour deluged the facility and Smith was declared the winner.</p><p>&#8220;I thought he was going to go around and both of us we&#8217;re going to pancake it into the fence or something and wait for whoever was in third to go by both of us,&#8221; Smith said. &#8220;Right when he got into me, both of us were chasing it up the track. I think I was mirror-watching all the way to the Tunnel Turn, and then I couldn&#8217;t see anything coming, so we must&#8217;ve had a big gap.</p><p>&#8220;I think we both knew we were racing until lap 31. I feel like he closed in a lot of that gap because we were about to run out of fuel. Halfway down the straightaway, it would just feel like I&#8217;d pull a parachute then come back to me.&#8221;</p><p>The two maintained the gap after the final restart while Creed kept pace with Smith&#8217;s No. 41 Toyota and had a chance to better his runner-up finish from June at the Tricky Triangle.</p><p>&#8220;Just hard racing, I knew we got that last restart with 11 to go until we got to half way,&#8221; Creed said. &#8220;I kind of knew that restart was going to be the decider because it&#8217;s really hard to pass here. He made the mistake that I needed and I got next to him and went down into (Turn 1) and I got super-loose underneath him and we both went up the racetrack.</p><p>&#8220;We were both pretty close, just racing hard. I had my shot to get to the lead and we kind of knew the rain was going to cut it short so took my shot when I had it and it didn&#8217;t work out.&#8221;</p><p>Smith snatched the lead from second-generation driver Todd Gilliland on an early restart. Gilliland led the first 13 laps before coming to pit road under a caution, just moments after losing the top spot.</p><p>MDM Motorsports scored a 1-2-3-4 finish, the first for the organization since joining the ARCA Racing Series circuit in 2016.</p><p>Creed unofficially leads Smith by 155 points in the series championship battle after Friday&#8217;s ModSpace 150 at Pocono Raceway.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Friday&#8217;s ARCA event kicked off a weekend of racing at Pocono, with the Truck Series running on Saturday and the headline Cup Series race on Sunday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/web1_IMG_7966-ARCA-POC2-18-RC.jpg</photo0><caption0>Friday&#8217;s ARCA event kicked off a weekend of racing at Pocono, with the Truck Series running on Saturday and the headline Cup Series race on Sunday. </caption0><photoCredit0>ARCA </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/web1_DSC_0260.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Zane Smith won a rain-shortened ARCA race on Friday at Pocono Raceway. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/web1_DSC_0260.jpg</photo1><caption1>Zane Smith won a rain-shortened ARCA race on Friday at Pocono Raceway. </caption1><photoCredit1>ARCA </photoCredit1></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Kyle Magda</p><p>For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>SATURDAY&#8217;S SCHEDULE</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">at Pocono Raceway, Long Pond</p><p><strong>9 a.m., 11:30 a.m.</strong></p><p>Cup Series practice (CNBC)</p><p><strong>10 a.m.</strong></p><p>Truck Series qualifying (FS1)</p><p><strong>1 p.m.</strong></p><p>Truck Series, Gander Outdoors 150 (FS1)</p><p><strong>4 p.m.</strong></p><p>Cup Series qualifying (NBCSN)</p></factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @TLsports</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Zane Smith wins ARCA ModSpace 150 at Pocono Raceway