2022 Dawn 150

The 2022 Dawn 150 was the ninth stock car race of the 2022 ARCA Menards Series season, the fifth race of the 2022 Sioux Chief Showdown, and the third iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, July 8, 2022, in Lexington, Ohio at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, a 2.400 mile (3.862 km) permanent road course. The race took its scheduled 42 laps to complete. In a chaotic race, Taylor Gray, driving for David Gilliland Racing, came home with the win, after making a move on Kris Wright with 3 laps to go. This was Gray's second career ARCA Menards Series win, and his second of the season. To fill out the podium, Parker Chase, driving for Venturini Motorsports, and Sammy Smith, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Background Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 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. It hosts a number of racing series such as IndyCar, IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the ARCA Menards Series, along with other club events such has SCCA and National Auto Sport Association.

Entry list

(R) denotes rookie driver #DriverTeamMake01D. L. WilsonFast Track RacingFord2Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet03Rita ThomasonClubb Racing Inc.Chevrolet3Casey CardenMullins RacingFord6Rajah Caruth (R)Rev RacingChevrolet7Ed BullBull RacingFord10Arnout KokFast Track RacingToyota11Stanton BarrettFast Track RacingToyota12Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingToyota15Parker ChaseVenturini MotorsportsToyota17Taylor GrayDavid Gilliland RacingFord18Sammy Smith (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota20Jesse Love (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota21Jack WoodBill McAnally RacingToyota25Toni Breidinger (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota27Con NicolopoulosRichmond MotorsportsChevrolet30Amber Balcaen (R)Rette Jones RacingFord32Dale Quarterley1/4 Ley RacingChevrolet35Greg Van AlstGreg Van Alst MotorsportsFord42Kris WrightCook Racing TechnologiesChevrolet43Daniel Dye (R)GMS RacingChevrolet48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet55John Hunter NemechekVenturini MotorsportsToyota91Colby HowardBill McAnally RacingToyota99Blaine PerkinsBill McAnally RacingChevroletOfficial entry list

Practice/Qualifying Practice and qualifying will be combined into one 60-minute session, with a driver's fastest time counting as their qualifying lap. It was held on Friday, July 8, at 2:00 PM EST.

John Hunter Nemechek, driving for Venturini Motorsports, scored the pole for the race, with a time of 1:27.616 seconds, and a speed of . Pos.#NameTeamMakeTimeSpeed155John Hunter NemechekVenturini MotorsportsToyota1:27.61692.778218Sammy Smith (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1:27.73892.64932Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet1:28.38391.972415Parker ChaseVenturini MotorsportsToyota1:28.52491.82656Rajah Caruth (R)Rev RacingChevrolet1:28.63791.709691Colby HowardBill McAnally RacingToyota1:28.91391.424742Kris WrightCook Racing TechnologiesChevrolet1:28.97691.359817Taylor GrayDavid Gilliland RacingFord1:29.02891.306920Jesse Love (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota1:29.76590.5561032Dale Quarterley1/4 Ley RacingChevrolet1:29.97390.3471143Daniel Dye (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1:30.43389.8881235Greg Van AlstGreg Van Alst MotorsportsFord1:31.01089.3181399Blaine PerkinsBill McAnally RacingChevrolet1:31.21489.1181411Stanton BarrettFast Track RacingToyota1:31.44688.8921525Toni Breidinger (R) Venturini MotorsportsToyota1:33.61586.8321621Jack WoodBill McAnally RacingToyota1:33.70586.7491710Arnout KokFast Track RacingToyota1:34.98085.5841830Amber Balcaen (R)Rette Jones RacingFord1:36.30084.4111912Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingToyota1:38.10482.859207Ed BullBull RacingFord1:45.57076.999213Casey CardenMullins RacingFord1:47.72375.4602201D. L. WilsonFast Track RacingFord1:49.89873.9672303Rita ThomasonClubb Racing Inc.Chevrolet1:53.04871.9062427Con NicolopoulosRichmond MotorsportsChevrolet2:00.46167.4812548Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet2:15.17660.135Official practice/qualifying results

Race results Fin.St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1817Taylor GrayDavid Gilliland RacingFord423Running472415Parker ChaseVenturini MotorsportsToyota421Running433218Sammy Smith (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota421Running424155John Hunter NemechekVenturini MotorsportsToyota4231Running425920Jesse Love (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota420Running396742Kris WrightCook Racing TechnologiesChevrolet423Running3971411Stanton BarrettFast Track RacingToyota420Running3781143Daniel Dye (R)GMS RacingChevrolet410Running36956Rajah Caruth (R)Rev RacingChevrolet400Running35101032Dale Quarterley1/4 Ley RacingChevrolet400Running341132Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet403Running34121235Greg Van AlstGreg Van Alst MotorsportsFord400Running32131525Toni Breidinger (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota400Running31141710Arnout KokFast Track RacingToyota380Running30151830Amber Balcaen (R)Rette Jones RacingFord350Running2916207Ed BullBull RacingFord350Running2817691Colby HowardBill McAnally RacingToyota320Accident27181399Blaine PerkinsBill McAnally RacingToyota270Brakes26192303Rita ThomasonClubb Racing Inc.Chevrolet270Mechanical25201912Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingToyota80Transmission24212201D. L. WilsonFast Track RacingChevrolet50Brakes23222548Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet30Ignition2223213Casey CardenMullins RacingFord00Did Not Start21242427Con NicolopoulosRichmond MotorsportsChevrolet00Did Not Start20251621Jack WoodBill McAnally RacingToyota00Did Not Start19Official race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Rajah Caruth 390 2 Nick Sanchez 384 (-6) 3 Daniel Dye 382 (-8) 4 Toni Breidinger 332 (-58) 5 Greg Van Alst 329 (-61) 6 Amber Balcaen 319 (-71) 1 7 Brad Smith 267 (-123) 1 8 Zachary Tinkle 248 (-142) 9 Sammy Smith 226 (-164) 10 D. L. Wilson 203 (-187)

Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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