Robb Brent burns out after winning the Weis Markets 125 at Pocono Raceway. (Photo: ARCAracing)

Armstrong's second-place finish was the fifth top-five finish of his young ARCA Racing Series career, and his best finish since winning at Talladega Superspeedway in April.

"It was a great run for my guys. We were a little worried after qualifying 13th. It's not what you hope for. I thought we had a good race car, and it was way better than I thought it'd be," Armstrong said. "We made no changes under pits and got out front. I knew track position was going to be pretty key with this race being so short."

Armstrong relished the chance to share the Saturday card with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, which had raced earlier in the day in its first visit to the 2.5-mile triangular track.

"You know, it's always good to even be out here behind the (NASCAR Sprint) Cup guys and the trucks when they run and have that atmosphere, and it's good exposure for the ARCA Racing Series and all of these drivers," he said.

Goess finished third after leading three laps late in the race, but had hoped to back up his spring victory with a better finish.

"I'm disappointed in third place, so I guess that's a good thing. We picked up some points so that was a positive for us today," said Goess, who moved to within 30 points of Justin Marks for the ARCA Racing Series standings lead. "We missed out on a lot of practice, and switched out motors, transmissions, and the rear end because we weren't happy with the way it felt.

Tom Hessert ended the race fourth after a thrilling three-wide battle late in the race with Marks and Frank Kimmel. Marks preserved his position atop the ARCA Racing Series point standings with a fifth-place finish, and Patrick Sheltra rebounded from separate tire and transmission issues to finish sixth after falling outside the top 20.

Kimmel finished seventh after what was his best recent bid to win for the first time since September 2008, and Kile ended eighth. Bryan Silas and Brandon McReynolds completed the top 10.

Three cautions slowed the race for 12 laps, and the 50-lap event finished in 57 minutes, 32 seconds, at an average speed of 130.359 mph.

The ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards visits Berlin (Mich.) Raceway, near Grand Rapids, on Saturday, August 7. The 200-lap, 88-mile Berlin ARCA 200 begins at 8:30 p.m. Eastern.