page_title: Will Rodgers
section_title: 2018: Road course dominance, ARCA debut
hierarchical_section_title: Will Rodgers / Racing career / 2018: Road course dominance, ARCA debut
caption_attribution_description: English: Will Rodgers celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Carneros 200 at Sonoma Raceway in 2018.
context_page_description: Will Rodgers is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet for Jefferson Racing, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 17W Chevrolet for Steve McGowan Motorsports.
context_section_description: In 2018, Rodgers returned to Jefferson Pitts Racing for the K&N West season opener at Kern County Raceway Park. After finishing a disappointing 16th, Rodgers moved to Bob Farmer's team for the doubleheader at Tucson Speedway. He finished ninth and seventh in the first and second race respectively.
  On June 16, Rodgers returned to the East Series to run again at New Jersey Motorsports Park. He won the race after qualifying second and leading 49 of the 55 laps, earning his third road course victory in four such races at the K&N level and establishing himself as one of the series' road course ringers. Two days before the race, Harvick reaffirmed his support for Rodgers and argued, "When the road course stuff shows up, Will is probably capable of being in an Xfinity race or a Cup race. In the right equipment on a road course, he'd be a top-10 competitor." The next week, Rodgers returned to Sonoma for the K&N West race; while Harvick did not enter the 2018 race, a total of five Cup Series drivers (Aric Almirola, William Byron, Daniel Suárez, Erik Jones, and Alex Bowman) did participate. Rodgers beat all of them, qualifying on the pole and winning his fourth consecutive road course race at the K&N level. Rodgers later joined Levin Racing for the race at Gateway Motorsports Park.
  Before the 2018 ARCA Racing Series season-opener at Daytona International Speedway, Rodgers was also announced as a driver for Ken Schrader Racing for select races, including Daytona. The race was Rodgers' first on an oval track longer than one mile in length. At Daytona, Rodgers was involved in an accident in turn 4 on lap 21, which led to him finishing 25 laps down in 30th place. Rodgers then rebounded to finish eighth in his next race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Later in the season, he set a new career-best finish with a sixth-place run at Michigan International Speedway.
caption: Rodgers celebrates his West Series win at Sonoma in 2018
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