The 2020 General Tire 150 was the sixth stock car race of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series and the 15th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 11, 2020, in Sparta, Kentucky, at Kentucky Speedway, a 1.5-mile (2.41 km) tri-oval speedway. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. At race's end, Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would take control in the late stages of the race to take his fourth career ARCA Menards Series win and his second of the season. To fill out the podium, Bret Holmes of Bret Holmes Racing and Michael Self of Venturini Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.
Background
Kentucky Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, which has hosted ARCA, NASCAR and Indy Racing League racing annually since it opened in 2000. The track is currently owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. and Jerry Carroll, who, along with four other investors, owned Kentucky Speedway until 2008. The speedway has a grandstand capacity of 117,000. Construction of the speedway began in 1998 and was completed in mid-2000. The speedway has hosted the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Xfinity Series, IndyCar Series, Indy Lights, and most recently, the NASCAR Cup Series beginning in 2011.
The race was held without fans in attendance due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Entry list #DriverTeamMakeSponsor4Hailie DeeganDGR-CrosleyFordWastequip WRX06Don ThompsonWayne Peterson RacingChevroletGreat Railing10Ryan HuffFast Track RacingFordH. B. Hankins, Inc.11Willie MullinsFast Track RacingFordCW Metals, Crow Wing Recycling12Dick DohenyFast Track RacingChevroletFast Track Racing15Drew DollarVenturini MotorsportsToyotaDollar Concrete Construction Company, Lynx Capital17Tanner GrayDGR-CrosleyFordFord Performance18Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaMonster Energy20Ryan RepkoVenturini MotorsportsToyotaCraftsman21Sam MayerGMS RacingChevroletCalifornia Strong22Derek GriffithChad Bryant RacingFordOriginal Gourmet Lollipops23Bret HolmesBret Holmes RacingChevroletHolmes II Excavating25Michael SelfVenturini MotorsportsToyotaSinclair46Thad MoffittDGR-CrosleyFordAlsco Uniforms Patriotic48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevroletHome Building Solutions, NASCAR Low Teams69Scott MeltonKimmel RacingToyotaMelton-McFadden Insurance Agency97Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevroletA. L. L. ConstructionOfficial entry list
Practice The only one-hour practice session would take place on Saturday, July 11. Sam Mayer of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a 30.199 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed121Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet30.199178.814225Michael SelfVenturini MotorsportsToyota30.289178.28334Hailie DeeganDGR-CrosleyFord30.379177.754Full practice results
Starting lineup ARCA would not hold a qualifying session for the race. Therefore, the current 2020 owner's standings would be determined for who got the pole. As a result, Michael Self of Venturini Motorsports won the pole.
Full starting lineup Pos.#DriverTeamMake125Michael SelfVenturini MotorsportsToyota220Ryan RepkoVenturini MotorsportsToyota318Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota415Drew DollarVenturini MotorsportsToyota523Bret HolmesBret Holmes RacingChevrolet64Hailie DeeganDGR-CrosleyFord746Thad MoffittDGR-CrosleyFord869Scott MeltonKimmel RacingToyota917Tanner GrayDGR-CrosleyFord1012Dick DohenyFast Track RacingChevrolet1110Ryan HuffFast Track RacingFord1211Willie MullinsFast Track RacingFord1322Derek GriffithChad Bryant RacingFord1406Don ThompsonWayne Peterson RacingChevrolet1521Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet1648Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet1797Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevroletOfficial starting lineup
Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1318Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota10059running482523Bret HolmesBret Holmes RacingChevrolet10017running433125Michael SelfVenturini MotorsportsToyota10023running4241521Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet1001running415415Drew DollarVenturini MotorsportsToyota1000running396220Ryan RepkoVenturini MotorsportsToyota1000running3871322Derek GriffithChad Bryant RacingFord1000running3781110Ryan HuffFast Track RacingFord1000running369917Tanner GrayDGR-CrosleyFord1000running35101797Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet1000running34111211Willie MullinsFast Track RacingFord980running33121648Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet910running32131012Dick DohenyFast Track RacingChevrolet810running311464Hailie DeeganDGR-CrosleyFord770crash3015746Thad MoffittDGR-CrosleyFord700crash29161406Don ThompsonWayne Peterson RacingChevrolet190suspension2817869Scott MeltonKimmel RacingToyota160crash27Official race results
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