2024 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)

2024 General Tire 150

Race details[1][2][3][4]
Race 2 of 20 of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series Race 1 of 12 of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series West
Date	March 8, 2024
Official name	5th Annual General Tire 150
Location	Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona
Course	Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance	115 laps, 115 mi (185 km)
Scheduled Distance	150 laps, 150 mi (240 km)
Average speed	86.142 mph (138.632 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	William Sawalich	Joe Gibbs Racing
Time	27.316
Most laps led
Driver	William Sawalich	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	66
Winner
No. 18	William Sawalich	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Jamie Little, Phil Parsons, and Trevor Bayne
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN

The 2024 General Tire 150 was the second stock car race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series season, the first race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series West season, and the 5th running of the event. The race was held on Friday, March 8, 2024, at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent asphalt tri-oval shaped speedway. The race was originally scheduled to be contested over 150 laps, but was decreased to 115 laps due to lightning and rain in the area. William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would dominate the majority of the race, winning the pole and leading a race-high 66 laps to earn his fifth career ARCA Menards Series win, his second career ARCA Menards Series West win, and his first of the season. Sawalich's closest competition was Gio Ruggiero, who led 49 laps in the race before finishing in 2nd.^[5] To fill out the podium, Ruggiero, driving for Venturini Motorsports, and Grant Enfinger, driving for Sigma Performance Services, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Phoenix Raceway is a 1-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona, near Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually including the final championship race since 2020. Phoenix Raceway has also hosted the CART, IndyCar Series, USAC and the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The raceway is currently owned and operated by NASCAR.

43 drivers are entered for the General Tire 150, marking the second race in a row where drivers will fail to qualify for a race.^[6]

• (R) denotes rookie driver.

The first and only practice session was held on Friday, March 8, at 1:30 PM MST, and would last for 45 minutes.^[7] William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 27.598, and a speed of 130.444 mph (209.929 km/h).^[8]

Qualifying was held on Friday, March 8, at 2:30 PM MST.^[7] The qualifying system used is a multi-car, multi-lap based system. All drivers will be on track for a 20-minute timed session, and whoever sets the fastest time in that session will win the pole.

William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 27.316, and a speed of 131.791 mph (212.097 km/h).^[10]

Three drivers would fail to qualify: Garrett Zacharias, Cody Dennison, and Brad Smith.

Drivers' Championship standings (ARCA Main) Pos Driver Points 2 1 Greg Van Alst 73 2 2 Christian Rose 68 (-5) 9 3 Andrés Pérez de Lara 68 (–5) 5 4 Amber Balcaen 64 (–9) 10 5 Lavar Scott 63 (–10) 5 6 Andy Jankowiak 51 (–22) 1 7 Alex Clubb 50 (–23) 8 William Sawalich 48 (–25) 8 9 Gus Dean 47 (–26) 8 10 Isaac Johnson 46 (–27) Drivers' Championship standings (ARCA West) Pos Driver Points 1 William Sawalich 48 2 Gio Ruggiero 43 (-5) 3 Grant Enfinger 41 (–7) 4 Connor Mosack 40 (–8) 5 Sean Hingorani 39 (–9) 6 Isabella Robusto 38 (–10) 7 Jack Wood 37 (–11) 8 Andrés Pérez de Lara 36 (–12) 9 Toni Breidinger 35 (–13) 10 Lavar Scott 34 (–14) Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.