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. 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. 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.
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Background
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 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 (R) denotes rookie driver.
#DriverTeamMakeSponsor2Andrés Pérez de LaraRev RacingChevroletMax Siegel Inc.03Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.FordRace Parts Liquidators06Cody Dennison (R)Wayne Peterson RacingToyotaALL CAPS Comics6Lavar Scott (R)Rev RacingChevroletMax Siegel Inc.10Ed PompaFast Track RacingFordInfinity Aggregates LLC / Double "H" Ranch11Zachary TinkleFast Track RacingToyotaRacing for Rescues12Mike BashamFast Track RacingToyotaNASCAR Technical Institute15Kris WrightVenturini MotorsportsToyotaFNB Corporation17Marco AndrettiCook Racing TechnologiesChevroletGroup 1001 / MMI18William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaStarkey / SoundGear20Gio Ruggiero (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyotaJBL22Amber BalcaenVenturini MotorsportsToyotaICON Direct25Toni BreidingerVenturini MotorsportsToyotaRaising Cane's Chicken Fingers28Connor Zilisch (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevroletChevrolet / Silver Hare Development31Rita GouletRise MotorsportsChevroletNational Police / Max Buchanan Foundation32Christian RoseAM RacingFordWest Virginia Department of Tourism35Greg Van AlstGreg Van Alst MotorsportsFordHolzerman General Contracting39D. L. WilsonCostner Weaver MotorsportsToyotaHeart O' Texas Speedway / ETR42Tanner ReifCook Racing TechnologiesToyotaVegas Fastener Manufacturing / MMI55Brent CrewsVenturini MotorsportsToyotaMobil 173Andy JankowiakKLAS MotorsportsToyotaGalactic Acres82Carson KvapilPinnacle Racing GroupChevroletChevrolet Performance93Caleb Costner (R)Costner Weaver MotorsportsChevroletStrapinno99Michael Maples (R)Fast Track RacingChevroletDon Ray Petroleum LLCOfficial entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Friday, April 26, at 12:40 PM EST, and would last for 45 minutes. 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 . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed118William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota22.411160.635255Brent CrewsVenturini MotorsportsToyota22.508159.943320Gio Ruggiero (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota22.619159.158Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, April 26, at 1:40 PM EST. 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.
William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 22.248, and a speed of .
Two drivers withdrew from the race: Brad Smith and Dale Shearer.
Qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed118William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota22.248161.812255Brent CrewsVenturini MotorsportsToyota22.445160.392320Gio Ruggiero (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota22.516159.886482Carson KvapilPinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet22.599159.29956Lavar Scott (R)Rev RacingChevrolet22.620159.151628Connor Zilisch (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet22.674158.77272Andrés Pérez de LaraRev RacingChevrolet22.757158.193815Kris WrightVenturini MotorsportsToyota22.841157.611925Toni BreidingerVenturini MotorsportsToyota23.109155.7831017Marco AndrettiCook Racing TechnologiesChevrolet23.203155.1521173Andy JankowiakKLAS MotorsportsToyota23.329154.3141232Christian RoseAM RacingFord23.341154.2351322Amber BalcaenVenturini MotorsportsToyota23.402153.8331442Tanner ReifCook Racing TechnologiesToyota23.592152.5941535Greg Van AlstGreg Van Alst MotorsportsFord24.125149.2231639D. L. WilsonCostner Weaver MotorsportsToyota24.596146.3651706Cody Dennison (R)Wayne Peterson RacingToyota24.635146.1341893Caleb Costner (R)Costner Weaver MotorsportsChevrolet25.022143.8731910Ed PompaFast Track RacingFord25.170143.0272011Zachary TinkleFast Track RacingToyota25.351142.0062199Michael Maples (R)Fast Track RacingChevrolet26.072138.0792203Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford27.120132.7432312Mike BashamFast Track RacingToyota27.691130.0062431Rita GouletRise MotorsportsChevrolet––Withdrew48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord98Dale ShearerShearer Speed RacingToyotaOfficial qualifying results
Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1628Connor Zilisch (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet15042Running472320Gio Ruggiero (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota15041Running433482Carson KvapilPinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet1500Running41456Lavar Scott (R)Rev RacingChevrolet1500Running40572Andrés Pérez de LaraRev RacingChevrolet1500Running396815Kris WrightVenturini MotorsportsToyota1500Running3871173Andy JankowiakKLAS MotorsportsToyota1500Running3781535Greg Van AlstGreg Van Alst MotorsportsFord1500Running3691893Caleb Costner (R)Costner Weaver MotorsportsChevrolet1470Running35102011Zachary TinkleFast Track RacingToyota1440Running34111639D. L. WilsonCostner Weaver MotorsportsToyota1440Running33121706Cody Dennison (R)Wayne Peterson RacingToyota1420Running32131910Ed PompaFast Track RacingFord1410Accident31142199Michael Maples (R)Fast Track RacingChevrolet1400Running3015925Toni BreidingerVenturini MotorsportsToyota1370Accident2916255Brent CrewsVenturini MotorsportsToyota1170Running2817118William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota10867Accident30182203Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford960DNF26191017Marco AndrettiCook Racing TechnologiesChevrolet890Loss Power25201322Amber BalcaenVenturini MotorsportsToyota740Accident24211232Christian RoseAM RacingFord740Accident23221442Tanner ReifCook Racing TechnologiesToyota650DNF22232431Rita GouletRise MotorsportsChevrolet350Accident21242312Mike BashamFast Track RacingToyota40Handling20Withdrew48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord98Dale ShearerShearer Speed RacingToyotaOfficial race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings (ARCA Main) Pos Driver Points 2 1 Andrés Pérez de Lara 143 2 Greg Van Alst 142 (-1) 2 3 Christian Rose 130 (–13) 4 Amber Balcaen 125 (–18) 2 5 Kris Wright 118 (–25) 3 6 Lavar Scott 116 (–27) 5 7 Andy Jankowiak 105 (–38) 8 Toni Breidinger 105 (–38) 2 9 Alex Clubb 95 (–48) 7 10 Caleb Costner 94 (–49)
Drivers' Championship standings (ARCA East) Pos Driver Points 1 Gio Ruggiero 90 2 2 Connor Zilisch 88 (-2) 1 3 William Sawalich 75 (–15) 4 4 Zachary Tinkle 70 (–20) 4 5 D. L. Wilson 68 (–22) 4 6 Cody Dennison 66 (–24) 5 7 Michael Maples 62 (–28) 2 8 Mike Basham 58 (–32) 5 9 Rita Goulet 52 (–38) 7 10 Bubba Pollard 41 (–49)
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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