SRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Justin Haley became the youngest winner in more than 80 years of championship racing at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, winning the ARCA Racing Series event Sunday at 17.
Racing a stock car on dirt for the first time, Haley, from Winamac, Indiana, held off Illinois favorites A.J. Fike and Ryan Unzicker during a green-white-checker finish on the mile track.
"I tried to hold him (Unzicker) off the best I could," Haley said. "I stayed strong through that first corner. I was very impressed how well he ran us, up on the outside of us.