Michael Self (No. 25 Sinclair Oil Toyota) held off a late race charge from teammates Christian Eckes and Chandler Smith to pick up his fourth career ARCA Menards Series victory in Saturday night’s Pensacola 200 at Five Flags Speedway.

On Saturday, Self and the Venturini Motorsports-owned team will make their way to Five Flags Speedway for the first ARCA Menards Series event at the .5-mile short track since 1996. Self will look to capture his first series win on a track shorter than 1 mile. His current best finish in the category is a 2nd at Lucas Oil Raceway in 2017.

Michael Self, driver of the No. 25 Sinclair Oil Toyota for Venturini Motorsports will make his first ever start at Five Flags Speedway when the ARCA Menards Series (ARCA) returns to action under the lights Saturday night in Pensacola, FL.

Michael Self (No. 25 Sinclair Oil Toyota) barely had time to let the pre-race jitters subside before abruptly finding himself out of contention on lap three during Saturday’s ARCA Menards Series opening event at Daytona International Speedway. 

On Saturday, Self and Sinclair will return to the site of their biggest win, which came one year ago at Daytona International Speedway. This race marks the first of the 2019 ARCA Racing Series season, and Self’s third start at the World Center of Racing. In two previous starts Self has one win.

Self, 28, the defending Daytona race winner, will kick off his season pursuit of an ARCA championship driving Venturini Motorsports’ flagship No. 25 Sinclair Oil Toyota. Returning to the series for his first full season effort, the Utah native has notched three wins in just 19-career ARCA starts since 2015. The championship contender will be paired with veteran crew chief Shannon Rursch for the upcoming 2019 campaign.