July 6, 2024 (IRWINDALE, Calif.) — Sean Hingorani capped off his reunion with Venturini Motorsports in the ARCA Menards Series West platform by sweeping both events at Irwindale Speedway as part of Independence Day weekend.
The second night proved to be more challenging for Hingorani than the first. After his teammate Isabella Robusto lost a right-front tire with 29 laps remaining, Hingorani had to hang on through two late restarts to claim his second consecutive victory. He then had to patiently wait out a ruling on whether he jumped the final restart, but ARCA Menards Series officials determined there was no violation.
Although the ruling fell in his favor, Hingorani never doubted that his last restart of the evening was perfectly executed.
“My restarts have been good all season,” Hingorani said. “These guys at Venturini really taught me how to restart these ARCA cars. We had to restart for wins last year and we got here into a position to do it this year. It just came natural to me, and I couldn’t be more thankful for my guys.”
Irwindale has quickly become one of Hingorani’s favorite tracks. Of his now six West Series victories, half of them have occurred at the half-mile oval.
Adding onto his Irwindale win total required Hingorani to exercise patience during the opening 90 laps. He spent most of Saturday’s event following Trevor Huddleston on the top groove before methodically building momentum on the bottom that eventually allowed Hingorani to take second.
Robusto’s flat tire gave Hingorani the opportunity he needed. With clear track ahead of him, Hingorani could focus on playing defense and perfecting the final two restarts of the evening, which he accomplished to celebrate in front of the Irwindale crowd again.
With Hingorani capturing the flag, teammates Jake Finch finished 8th and Robusto finished a disappointing 17th after her misfortunes.
