Brent wins ARCA race at Pocono

Robb Brent won the ARCA race at Pocono Raceway on Saturday for his first career victory and continued a season-long trend of new winners in Victory Lane.

''I was starting to think my time wouldn't come,'' Brent said.

Brent became the ninth first-time winner this year in the ARCA series. Dakoda Armstrong was second and Craig Goess was third on Saturday, followed by Tom Hessert and Justin Marks.

There have been 10 different winners in 11 ARCA races this year, and Brent won for the first time in 48 career ARCA races.

''Everyone kept winning. I was like, 'When is it my turn?''' he said. ''Whatever it is, I just really like this place. I fell in love with this place the first time I tested here.''

The race was shortened this year to 50 laps because of the debut earlier Saturday of the NASCAR Truck Series race. The race took only 57 minutes, 32 seconds to complete.

Brent led a race-high 36 laps.

ARCA drivers got to keep their garage while the trucks were parked on the grass. Work was done on the pit stalls.

''It worked out great for us,'' a smiling Goess said.

Ricky Byers completed only two laps and was 36th. Byers drove his red-and-black Ford Fusion in honor of the people who have given the two-time throat cancer survivor a chance to fight back at the disease that nearly cost him his life.

Byers created his own racing team last year with a purpose of donating all of its winnings to cancer research.

Frank Kimmel, who won the pole, was seventh.

ARCA announced before the race it has extended its TV deal with the Speed channel for 2011.