2024 General Tire 150 (Dover)

2024 General Tire 150
Race details[1][2][3][4]
Race 4 of 20 of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series
Race 2 of 8 of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series East
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

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.

Report

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Background

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Dover Motor Speedway, the circuit where the race will be held.

Dover 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

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
2 Andrés Pérez de Lara Rev Racing Chevrolet Max Siegel Inc.
03 Alex Clubb Clubb Racing Inc. Ford Race Parts Liquidators
06 Cody Dennison (R) Wayne Peterson Racing Toyota ALL CAPS Comics
6 Lavar Scott (R) Rev Racing Chevrolet Max Siegel Inc.
10 Ed Pompa Fast Track Racing Ford Infinity Aggregates LLC / Double "H" Ranch
11 Zachary Tinkle Fast Track Racing Toyota Racing for Rescues
12 Mike Basham Fast Track Racing Toyota NASCAR Technical Institute
15 Kris Wright Venturini Motorsports Toyota FNB Corporation
17 Marco Andretti Cook Racing Technologies Chevrolet Group 1001 / MMI
18 William Sawalich Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Starkey / SoundGear
20 Gio Ruggiero (R) Venturini Motorsports Toyota JBL
22 Amber Balcaen Venturini Motorsports Toyota ICON Direct
25 Toni Breidinger Venturini Motorsports Toyota Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
28 Connor Zilisch (R) Pinnacle Racing Group Chevrolet Chevrolet / Silver Hare Development
31 Rita Goulet Rise Motorsports Chevrolet National Police / Max Buchanan Foundation
32 Christian Rose AM Racing Ford West Virginia Department of Tourism
35 Greg Van Alst Greg Van Alst Motorsports Ford Holzerman General Contracting
39 D. L. Wilson Costner Weaver Motorsports Toyota Heart O' Texas Speedway / ETR
42 Tanner Reif Cook Racing Technologies Toyota Vegas Fastener Manufacturing / MMI
55 Brent Crews Venturini Motorsports Toyota Mobil 1
73 Andy Jankowiak KLAS Motorsports Toyota Galactic Acres
82 Carson Kvapil Pinnacle Racing Group Chevrolet Chevrolet Performance
93 Caleb Costner (R) Costner Weaver Motorsports Chevrolet Strapinno
99 Michael Maples (R) Fast Track Racing Chevrolet Don Ray Petroleum LLC
Official entry list

Practice

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The 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
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

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Qualifying 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

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Pos.[12] # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 18 William Sawalich Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.248 161.812
2 55 Brent Crews Venturini Motorsports Toyota 22.445 160.392
3 20 Gio Ruggiero (R) Venturini Motorsports Toyota 22.516 159.886
4 82 Carson Kvapil Pinnacle Racing Group Chevrolet 22.599 159.299
5 6 Lavar Scott (R) Rev Racing Chevrolet 22.620 159.151
6 28 Connor Zilisch (R) Pinnacle Racing Group Chevrolet 22.674 158.772
7 2 Andrés Pérez de Lara Rev Racing Chevrolet 22.757 158.193
8 15 Kris Wright Venturini Motorsports Toyota 22.841 157.611
9 25 Toni Breidinger Venturini Motorsports Toyota 23.109 155.783
10 17 Marco Andretti Cook Racing Technologies Chevrolet 23.203 155.152
11 73 Andy Jankowiak KLAS Motorsports Toyota 23.329 154.314
12 32 Christian Rose AM Racing Ford 23.341 154.235
13 22 Amber Balcaen Venturini Motorsports Toyota 23.402 153.833
14 42 Tanner Reif Cook Racing Technologies Toyota 23.592 152.594
15 35 Greg Van Alst Greg Van Alst Motorsports Ford 24.125 149.223
16 39 D. L. Wilson Costner Weaver Motorsports Toyota 24.596 146.365
17 06 Cody Dennison (R) Wayne Peterson Racing Toyota 24.635 146.134
18 93 Caleb Costner (R) Costner Weaver Motorsports Chevrolet 25.022 143.873
19 10 Ed Pompa Fast Track Racing Ford 25.170 143.027
20 11 Zachary Tinkle Fast Track Racing Toyota 25.351 142.006
21 99 Michael Maples (R) Fast Track Racing Chevrolet 26.072 138.079
22 03 Alex Clubb Clubb Racing Inc. Ford 27.120 132.743
23 12 Mike Basham Fast Track Racing Toyota 27.691 130.006
24 31 Rita Goulet Rise Motorsports Chevrolet
Withdrew
48 Brad Smith Brad Smith Motorsports Ford
98 Dale Shearer Shearer Speed Racing Toyota
Official qualifying results

Race results

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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

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  1. ^ "General Tire 150 at Dover Motor Speedway". ARCA. December 11, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  2. ^ "Entry list: General Tire 150 at Dover Motor Speedway". ARCA. April 23, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  3. ^ White, Brandon (April 26, 2024). "Qualifying results: General Tire 150 at Dover Motor Speedway". ARCA. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  4. ^ "Race results: General Tire 150 at Dover Motor Speedway". ARCA. April 26, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  5. ^ Christie, Toby (April 26, 2024). "Connor Zilisch Nudges Way to Win at Dover; First Career ARCA Win". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b "Schedule of events: General Tire 150 at Dover Motor Speedway". ARCA. November 27, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  8. ^ White, Brandon (April 26, 2024). "Practice results: General Tire 150 at Dover Motor Speedway". ARCA. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  9. ^ "2024 General Tire 150 Practice Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Calloni, Josh (April 26, 2024). "William Sawalich on Pole for ARCA at Dover". Frontstretch.com. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  12. ^ "2024 General Tire 150 Qualifying Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  13. ^ "2024 General Tire 150 (Dover) - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
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