The 2024 General Tire 150 was the fourth stock car race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series season, the second race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series East season, and the inaugural running of the event. The race was held on Friday, April 26, 2024, at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent asphalt oval shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. In an action-packed race, Connor Zilisch, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, would survive the chaos that occurred with the leaders, and dominated the final stages of the race, leading the final 42 laps to earn his first career ARCA Menards Series win, his first career ARCA Menards Series East win, and his first career win in total.[5] Pole-sitter William Sawalich and Gio Ruggiero dominated the majority of the race, with Sawalich leading a race-high 67 laps and Ruggiero leading 41 laps. Sawalich was involved in an incident with under 50 laps to go, and was unable to continue the race, finishing 17th.[6] Ruggiero rebounded from a late-race penalty to finish in 2nd. To fill out the podium, Carson Kvapil, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, would finish in 3rd, respectively.
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Race 4 of 20 of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series Race 2 of 8 of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series East | |||
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| Date | April 26, 2024 | ||
| Official name | Inaugural General Tire 150 | ||
| Location | Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km) | ||
| Distance | 150 laps, 150 mi (240 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 150 laps, 150 mi (240 km) | ||
| Average speed | 97.862 mph (157.494 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Time | 22.248 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 67 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 28 | Connor Zilisch | Pinnacle Racing Group | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | FS2 | ||
| Announcers | Jamie Little, Phil Parsons, and Austin Cindric | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | ARCA Racing Network | ||
Report
editBackground
editDover Motor Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1 mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.
Entry list
edit- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Practice
editThe first and only practice session was held on Friday, April 26, at 12:40 PM EST, 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 22.411, and a speed of 160.635 mph (258.517 km/h).[8]
| Pos.[9] | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
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| 1 | 18 | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 22.411 | 160.635 |
| 2 | 55 | Brent Crews | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 22.508 | 159.943 |
| 3 | 20 | Gio Ruggiero (R) | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 22.619 | 159.158 |
| Full practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
editQualifying was held on Friday, April 26, at 1:40 PM EST.[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.[10]
William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 22.248, and a speed of 161.812 mph (260.411 km/h).[11]
Two drivers withdrew from the race: Brad Smith and Dale Shearer.
Qualifying results
editRace results
edit| Fin[13] | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 28 | Connor Zilisch (R) | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | 150 | 42 | Running | 47 |
| 2 | 3 | 20 | Gio Ruggiero (R) | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 150 | 41 | Running | 43 |
| 3 | 4 | 82 | Carson Kvapil | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Running | 41 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Lavar Scott (R) | Rev Racing | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Running | 40 |
| 5 | 7 | 2 | Andrés Pérez de Lara | Rev Racing | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Running | 39 |
| 6 | 8 | 15 | Kris Wright | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 150 | 0 | Running | 38 |
| 7 | 11 | 73 | Andy Jankowiak | KLAS Motorsports | Toyota | 150 | 0 | Running | 37 |
| 8 | 15 | 35 | Greg Van Alst | Greg Van Alst Motorsports | Ford | 150 | 0 | Running | 36 |
| 9 | 18 | 93 | Caleb Costner (R) | Costner Weaver Motorsports | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 35 |
| 10 | 20 | 11 | Zachary Tinkle | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 144 | 0 | Running | 34 |
| 11 | 16 | 39 | D. L. Wilson | Costner Weaver Motorsports | Toyota | 144 | 0 | Running | 33 |
| 12 | 17 | 06 | Cody Dennison (R) | Wayne Peterson Racing | Toyota | 142 | 0 | Running | 32 |
| 13 | 19 | 10 | Ed Pompa | Fast Track Racing | Ford | 141 | 0 | Accident | 31 |
| 14 | 21 | 99 | Michael Maples (R) | Fast Track Racing | Chevrolet | 140 | 0 | Running | 30 |
| 15 | 9 | 25 | Toni Breidinger | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 137 | 0 | Accident | 29 |
| 16 | 2 | 55 | Brent Crews | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 117 | 0 | Running | 28 |
| 17 | 1 | 18 | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 108 | 67 | Accident | 30 |
| 18 | 22 | 03 | Alex Clubb | Clubb Racing Inc. | Ford | 96 | 0 | DNF | 26 |
| 19 | 10 | 17 | Marco Andretti | Cook Racing Technologies | Chevrolet | 89 | 0 | Loss Power | 25 |
| 20 | 13 | 22 | Amber Balcaen | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 74 | 0 | Accident | 24 |
| 21 | 12 | 32 | Christian Rose | AM Racing | Ford | 74 | 0 | Accident | 23 |
| 22 | 14 | 42 | Tanner Reif | Cook Racing Technologies | Toyota | 65 | 0 | DNF | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 31 | Rita Goulet | Rise Motorsports | Chevrolet | 35 | 0 | Accident | 21 |
| 24 | 23 | 12 | Mike Basham | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 4 | 0 | Handling | 20 |
| Withdrew | |||||||||
| 48 | Brad Smith | Brad Smith Motorsports | Ford | ||||||
| 98 | Dale Shearer | Shearer Speed Racing | Toyota | ||||||
| Official race results | |||||||||
Standings after the race
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References
edit- ^ "General Tire 150 at Dover Motor Speedway". ARCA. December 11, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
- ^ "Entry list: General Tire 150 at Dover Motor Speedway". ARCA. April 23, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
- ^ White, Brandon (April 26, 2024). "Qualifying results: General Tire 150 at Dover Motor Speedway". ARCA. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ "Race results: General Tire 150 at Dover Motor Speedway". ARCA. April 26, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ Christie, Toby (April 26, 2024). "Connor Zilisch Nudges Way to Win at Dover; First Career ARCA Win". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ Augustin, Amman (April 26, 2024). "Joe Gibbs' Monster Mile Polesitter Falls Off at Dover After Heartbreaking Tango With Trackhouse Racing's Prodigy". EssentiallySports.com. EssentiallySports. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ a b "Schedule of events: General Tire 150 at Dover Motor Speedway". ARCA. November 27, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
- ^ White, Brandon (April 26, 2024). "Practice results: General Tire 150 at Dover Motor Speedway". ARCA. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ "2024 General Tire 150 Practice Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ Fenwick, Adam (April 23, 2024). "PIT BOX: The Monster Mile stands before ARCA Menards Series competitors for the first time". ARCA. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
- ^ Calloni, Josh (April 26, 2024). "William Sawalich on Pole for ARCA at Dover". Frontstretch.com. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ "2024 General Tire 150 Qualifying Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ "2024 General Tire 150 (Dover) - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved April 26, 2024.