The 2021 Dawn Ultra 150 was the seventh stock car race of the 2021 ARCA Menards Series season, the second race of the 2021 Sioux Chief Showdown, and the second iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, June 4, in Lexington, Ohio at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, a permanent road course. The race took the scheduled 42 laps to complete. At race's end, Ty Gibbs would dominate for his 13th ARCA Menards Series career win, his fifth of the season, and his fourth win in a row of the season. To fill out the podium, Austin Hill of Hattori Racing Enterprises and Thad Moffitt of David Gilliland Racing would finish second and third, respectively.
Background
The track is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside the village of Lexington. Mid-Ohio has also colloquially become a term for the entire north-central region of the state, from south of Sandusky to the north of Columbus.
The track opened as a 15-turn, 2.4 mile (3.86 km) road circuit run clockwise. The back portion of the track allows speeds approaching 180 mph (290 km/h). A separate starting line is located on the backstretch to allow for safer rolling starts. The regular start / finish line is located on the pit straight. There is grandstand seating for 10,000 spectators and three observation mounds alongside the track raise the capacity to over 75,000.
Entry list #DriverTeamMakeSponsor1Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaARCO National Construction01Owen SmithFast Track RacingFordAcademy Mortgage2Nick SanchezRev RacingChevroletMax Siegel Incorporated02Mark GreenYoung's MotorsportsChevroletYoung's Motorsports06Con Nicolopoulos*Wayne Peterson RacingChevroletGreat Railing10Arnout KokFast Track RacingToyotaSteel Seal, South Africa "Inspiring new ways"11Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingFordFast Track Racing12Stanton BarrettFast Track RacingToyotaFast Track Racing15Drew DollarVenturini MotorsportsToyotaSunbelt Rentals18Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaJoe Gibbs Racing20Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyotaCraftsman25Brandon JonesVenturini MotorsportsToyotaBounty "The Quicker Picker Upper", Tide27Tim RichmondRichmond Clubb MotorsportsToyotaRichmond Clubb Motorsports28Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevroletEastern Fuel Systems, Night Owl Contractors30Kris WrightRette Jones RacingFordAmerica's Auto Auction46Thad MoffittDavid Gilliland RacingFordDirteeze48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevroletHenshaw Automation69Russ LaneKimmel RacingFordNational Auto Sport Association Central RegionOfficial entry list
Qualifying Qualifying would take place on Friday, June 4, at 2:45 PM EST. The qualifying system was a 45 minute session where drivers could run as many laps as they wanted within the session to set a time. Corey Heim of Venturini Motorsports would win the pole, setting a time of one minute, 27.877 seconds and an average speed of .
Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed120Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyota1:27.87792.502218Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1:28.50491.847325Brandon JonesVenturini MotorsportsToyota1:28.64891.698430Kris WrightRette Jones RacingFord1:28.70291.69852Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet1:29.33690.991615Drew DollarVenturini MotorsportsToyota1:29.82790.99171Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1:31.02389.305812Stanton BarrettFast Track RacingToyota1:31.36689.305946Thad MoffittDavid Gilliland RacingFord1:31.59288.7501069Russ LaneKimmel RacingFord1:32.63187.7551110Arnout KokFast Track RacingToyota1:37.20883.6231227Tim RichmondRichmond Clubb MotorsportsToyota1:39.50681.6921328Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1:39.73981.5011411Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingFord1:40.58580.8151502Mark GreenYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1:55.61370.3101601Owen SmithFast Track RacingFord2:13.70160.798Provisional1748Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet——WithdrewWD06Con NicolopoulosWayne Peterson RacingChevrolet——Official qualifying results
Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1218Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota4235running49271Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota420running423946Thad MoffittDavid Gilliland RacingFord420running414325Brandon JonesVenturini MotorsportsToyota424running41552Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet420running396812Stanton BarrettFast Track RacingToyota420running387120Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyota423running388430Kris WrightRette Jones RacingFord410running3691110Arnout KokFast Track RacingToyota410running35101328Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet410running34111069Russ LaneKimmel RacingFord390running3312615Drew DollarVenturini MotorsportsToyota150suspension32131227Tim RichmondRichmond Clubb MotorsportsToyota130ignition31141601Owen SmithFast Track RacingFord70brakes30151411Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingFord50vibration29161748Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet50handling28171502Mark GreenYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet50vibration27WithdrewWD06Con NicolopoulosWayne Peterson RacingChevroletOfficial race results
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