2024 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100

Race details[1][2][3][4]
Race 12 of 12 of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series West
Date	November 8, 2024
Official name	52nd Annual Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100
Location	Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona
Course	Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance	100 laps, 100 mi (160 km)
Scheduled Distance	100 laps, 100 mi (160 km)
Average speed	98.307 mph (158.210 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	William Sawalich	Joe Gibbs Racing
Time	26.780
Most laps led
Driver	Connor Zilisch	Pinnacle Racing Group
Laps	99
Winner
No. 28	Connor Zilisch	Pinnacle Racing Group
Television in the United States
Network	FloRacing
Announcers	Charlie Krall and Phil Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN

The 2024 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 was the 12th and final stock car race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series West season, and the 52nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, November 8, 2024, at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. Connor Zilisch, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, would put on a dominate performance, leading the most laps and earning his first career ARCA Menards Series West win in his first career West Series start.^[5] To fill out the podium, William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, and Sean Hingorani, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Despite finishing in third, Sean Hingorani would claim the 2024 ARCA Menards Series West championship. This was Hingorani's second championship, winning it the year before and the second championship for Venturini Motorsports in the West Series.^[6]

Phoenix Raceway – also known as PIR – is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.

The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 mi (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 mi (2.43 km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend.

Phoenix Raceway is home to two annual NASCAR race weekends, one of 13 facilities on the NASCAR schedule to host more than one race weekend a year. The track is both the first and last stop in the western United States, as well as the fourth and the last track on the schedule.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.

The first and only practice session was held on Thursday, November 7, at 6:00 PM MST, and would last for 60 minutes.^[7] Connor Zilisch, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 27.239, and a speed of 132.163 mph (212.696 km/h).^[8]

Qualifying was held on Thursday, November 7, at 7:10 PM MST. The qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with only one round. Whoever sets the fastest time in that round will win the pole.^[7]

William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 26.780, and a speed of 134.428 mph (216.341 km/h).^[9]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sean Hingorani 603 2 Tyler Reif 584 (–19) 3 Trevor Huddleston 556 (–47) 4 Jack Wood 534 (–69) 5 Kyle Keller 512 (–91) 6 Eric Johnson Jr. 490 (–113) 7 Takuma Koga 472 (–131) 8 David Smith 426 (–177) 9 Todd Souza 390 (–213) 10 Nick Joanides 310 (–293) Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.