2024 Circle City 200

2024 Circle City 200

Race details[1][2][3][4]
Race 10 of 20 of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series Race 6 of 8 of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series East
Date	July 19, 2024
Official name	16th Annual Circle City 200
Location	Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in Brownsburg, Indiana
Course	Permanent racing facility 0.686 mi (1.104 km)
Distance	202 laps, 139 mi (222 km)
Scheduled Distance	200 laps, 137 mi (220 km)
Average speed	75.879 miles per hour (122.115 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	William Sawalich	Joe Gibbs Racing
Time	22.306
Most laps led
Driver	Connor Zilisch	Pinnacle Racing Group
Laps	89
Winner
No. 28	Connor Zilisch	Pinnacle Racing Group
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Adam Alexander, Phil Parsons, and Trevor Bayne
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN

The 2024 Circle City 200 was the 10th stock car race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series season, the 6th race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series East season, and the 16th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, July 19, 2024, at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in Brownsburg, Indiana, a 0.686 mile (1.104 km) permanent oval shaped racetrack. The race was originally scheduled to be contested over 200 laps, but was extended to 202 laps due to an overtime finish. Connor Zilisch, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, would continue to be unstoppable in the ARCA Series, holding off the field on an overtime restart to earn his third career ARCA Menards Series win, his fourth career ARCA Menards Series East win, and his third consecutive East Series win. Zilisch also dominated the race in fashion, taking the lead late from pole-sitter William Sawalich and ended up leading a race-high 89 laps.^[5] To fill out the podium, Andrés Pérez de Lara, driving for Rev Racing, and Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park (formerly Indianapolis Raceway Park, O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, and Lucas Oil Raceway) is an auto racing facility in Brownsburg, Indiana, about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of downtown Indianapolis. It includes a 0.686-mile (1.104 km) oval track, a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) road course (which has fallen into disrepair and is no longer used), and a 4,400-foot (1,300 m) drag strip which is among the premier drag racing venues in the world. The complex receives about 500,000 visitors annually.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.

The first and only practice session was held on Friday, July 19, at 1:30 PM EST, and would last for 45 minutes.^[6] William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 22.397, and a speed of 110.265 mph (177.454 km/h).^[7]

Qualifying was held on Friday, July 19, at 2:30 PM EST.^[6] The qualifying system used is a multi-car, multi-lap system with only one round. All drivers will be on track for a 20-minute timed session, and whoever sets the fastest time in that round will win the pole.^[9]

William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 22.306, and a speed of 110.715 mph (178.179 km/h).^[10]

Drivers' Championship standings (ARCA Main) Pos Driver Points 1 Andrés Pérez de Lara 481 1 2 Lavar Scott 435 (-46) 1 3 Greg Van Alst 435 (–46) 4 Kris Wright 416 (–65) 2 5 Amber Balcaen 403 (–78) 2 6 Toni Breidinger 402 (–79) 1 7 Christian Rose 399 (–82) 8 Michael Maples 359 (–122) 9 Alex Clubb 344 (–137) 1 10 Cody Dennison 337 (–144) Drivers' Championship standings (ARCA East) Pos Driver Points 1 Connor Zilisch 326 2 William Sawalich 303 (-23) 3 Gio Ruggiero 288 (–38) 4 Zachary Tinkle 256 (–70) 5 D. L. Wilson 247 (–79) 6 Cody Dennison 239 (–87) 7 Michael Maples 236 (–90) 8 Rita Goulet 210 (–116) 2 9 Toni Breidinger 125 (–201) 10 Andrés Pérez de Lara 119 (–207) Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.