The 2023 Zinsser SmartCoat 150 was the 8th stock car race of the 2023 ARCA Menards Series season, and the 3rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, July 7, 2023, in Lexington, Ohio at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, a 2.258-mile (3.634 km) permanent road course. The race took the scheduled 42 laps to complete. Tyler Ankrum, driving for Hattori Racing Enterprises, would make a comeback after a late-race spin, and put on a dominating performance, leading 21 of the 42 laps, and earning his first career ARCA Menards Series win. To fill out the podium, William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, and Jack Wood, driving for Rev Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

The race was noted following a last lap altercation between Venturini Motorsports teammates Sean Hingorani and Dean Thompson. With eight laps to go, Thompson would shove Hingorani into the grass in turn 13, causing Hingorani to spin down the frontstretch. On the final lap, Hingorani attempted to force Thompson into the grass in turn 9, and would cause both of them to get stuck in the sand trap. Thompson was running second at the time, while Hingorani was a lap down outside the top 10. Thompson and Hingorani would end up finishing 10th and 13th in the race.

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, and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, along with other club events such has SCCA and National Auto Sport Association.

Entry list

(R) denotes rookie driver.

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor0A. J. MoyerWayne Peterson RacingToyotaRiver's Edge Cottages & RV Park2Andrés Pérez de Lara (R)Rev RacingChevroletMax Siegel Inc.03Casey CardenClubb Racing Inc.FordBill's Speed Shop4Dale Quarterley1/4 Ley RacingChevroletVan Dyk Recycling Solutions06Tim RichmondRichmond MotorsportsToyotaCircle Track Warehouse6Jack WoodRev RacingChevroletVelocity Racing10Tim MonroeFast Track RacingToyotaUniversal Technical Institute11Zach HerrinFast Track RacingToyotaLambda Legal12Zachary TinkleFast Track RacingFordHYTORC of New York13Todd SouzaCentral Coast RacingFordCentral Coast Cabinets15Sean HingoraniVenturini MotorsportsToyotaMobil 1, Yahoo!18William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaStarkey, SoundGear20Jesse LoveVenturini MotorsportsToyotaJBL25Conner JonesVenturini MotorsportsToyotaJones Utilites30Frankie Muniz (R)Rette Jones RacingFordMuniz Racing32Christian Rose (R)AM RacingFordWest Virginia Tourism48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevroletCopraya.com55Dean ThompsonVenturini MotorsportsToyotaThompson Pipe Group61Tyler AnkrumHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaLiUNA!66Jon Garrett (R)Veer MotorsportsChevroletVenture Foods75Bob SchachtBob Schacht MotorsportsChevroletEngineered ComponentsOfficial entry list

Practice The first and only practice session was held on Friday, July 7, at 1:45 pm EST, and would last for 1 hour. Jack Wood, driving for Rev Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:29.298, and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed16Jack WoodRev RacingChevrolet1:29.29891.030261Tyler AnkrumHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1:29.30591.023315Sean HingoraniVenturini MotorsportsToyota1:29.66190.661Full practice results

Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, July 7, at 3:00 pm EST. The qualifying system used is a multi-car, multi-lap system with only one round. Whoever sets the fastest time in that round wins the pole. Sean Hingorani, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 1:28.439, and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed115Sean HingoraniVenturini MotorsportsToyota1:28.43991.914261Tyler AnkrumHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1:28.86491.47536Jack WoodRev RacingChevrolet1:29.21891.176418William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1:29.65190.67252Andrés Pérez de Lara (R)Rev RacingChevrolet1:29.68290.640655Dean ThompsonVenturini MotorsportsToyota1:29.83690.485730Frankie Muniz (R)Rette Jones RacingFord1:30.17390.28584Dale Quarterley1/4 Ley RacingChevrolet1:30.69190.268925Conner JonesVenturini MotorsportsToyota1:30.63889.6841013Todd SouzaCentral Coast RacingFord1:31.94289.1171111Zach HerrinFast Track RacingToyota1:33.57686.8681232Christian Rose (R)AM RacingFord1:34.30186.2011366Jon Garrett (R)Veer MotorsportsChevrolet1:35.96984.7021410Tim MonroeFast Track RacingToyota1:38.53582.4971506Tim RichmondRichmond MotorsportsToyota1:39.43481.7511675Bob SchachtBob Schacht MotorsportsChevrolet1:40.55580.839170A. J. MoyerWayne Peterson RacingToyota2:04.81665.1261848Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet2:13.65360.8201920Jesse LoveVenturini MotorsportsToyota––2003Casey CardenClubb Racing Inc.Ford––2112Zachary TinkleFast Track RacingFord––Official qualifying results

Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1261Tyler AnkrumHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota4221Running492418William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota420Running42336Jack WoodRev RacingChevrolet420Running4141920Jesse LoveVenturini MotorsportsToyota428Running41584Dale Quarterley1/4 Ley RacingChevrolet420Running396730Frankie Muniz (R)Rette Jones RacingFord420Running3871013Todd SouzaCentral Coast RacingFord420Running378925Conner JonesVenturini MotorsportsToyota420Running3691111Zach HerrinFast Track RacingToyota420Running3510655Dean ThompsonVenturini MotorsportsToyota415Accident35111232Christian Rose (R)AM RacingFord410Running33121366Jon Garrett (R)Veer MotorsportsChevrolet410Running3213115Sean HingoraniVenturini MotorsportsToyota400Accident33141675Bob SchachtBob Schacht MotorsportsChevrolet400Running301552Andrés Pérez de Lara (R)Rev RacingChevrolet400Running29161410Tim MonroeFast Track RacingToyota170Brakes2817170A. J. MoyerWayne Peterson RacingToyota150Vibration27182003Casey CardenClubb Racing Inc.Ford120Accident26191506Tim RichmondRichmond MotorsportsToyota50Battery25202112Zachary TinkleFast Track RacingFord40Transmission24211848Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet10Overheating23Official race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jesse Love 377 2 Frankie Muniz 334 (-43) 3 Andrés Pérez de Lara 317 (-60) 1 4 Christian Rose 306 (-71) 1 5 Tony Cosentino 276 (-101) 1 6 Jon Garrett 270 (-107) 1 7 Toni Breidinger 264 (-113) 8 Jack Wood 255 (-122) 9 A. J. Moyer 240 (-137) 10 Brad Smith 225 (-152) Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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