The 2023 General Tire 125 was the second stock car race of the 2023 ARCA Menards Series East season, and the 9th running of the event. The race was originally scheduled to be held on Friday, April 28, 2023, but was postponed until Saturday, April 29, due to constant rain showers. The race was held at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent asphalt oval shaped speedway. It was originally scheduled to be contested over 125 laps, but was increased to 127 laps, due to a NASCAR overtime finish. In a wild finish, Jake Finch, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would hold off Landen Lewis in a side-by-side battle on the final restart to earn his first career ARCA Menards Series East win. Finch would also dominate the race, leading a race-high 89 laps. To fill out the podium, Luke Fenhaus, 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.

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor01Tim MonroeFast Track RacingFordFast Track Racing6Lavar Scott (R)Rev RacingChevroletMax Siegel Inc.10Ed PompaFast Track RacingFordHYTORC of New York / Double "H" Ranch11Zachary TinkleFast Track RacingToyotaRacing for Rescues12C. J. McLaughlinFast Track RacingToyotaSci Aps15Sean Hingorani (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyotaGearWrench17Landen LewisMcGowan MotorsportsToyotaAmerican Resurfacing Inc.18William Sawalich (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyotaStarkey / SoundGear20Jake FinchVenturini MotorsportsToyotaPhoenix Construction25Conner JonesVenturini MotorsportsToyotaJones Utilities28Luke Fenhaus (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevroletChevrolet Performance31Rita Goulet (R)Rise MotorsportsChevroletInspire Real Change48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFordSki's Graphics55Toni BreidingerVenturini MotorsportsToyotaFP Movement98Dale ShearerShearer Speed RacingToyotaShearer Speed RacingOfficial entry list

Starting lineup Practice and qualifying were both scheduled to be held on Friday, April 26, but were both cancelled due to constant rain showers. The starting lineup would be determined by the ARCA rulebook. As a result, William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would start on the pole.

Starting lineup Pos.#DriverTeamMake118William Sawalich (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota211Zachary TinkleFast Track RacingToyota301Tim MonroeFast Track RacingFord412C. J. McLaughlinFast Track RacingToyota548Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord610Ed PompaFast Track RacingFord715Sean Hingorani (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota86Lavar Scott (R)Rev RacingChevrolet920Jake FinchVenturini MotorsportsToyota1025Conner JonesVenturini MotorsportsToyota1155Toni BreidingerVenturini MotorsportsToyota1217Landen LewisMcGowan MotorsportsToyota1331Rita Goulet (R)Rise MotorsportsChevrolet1428Luke Fenhaus (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet1598Dale ShearerShearer Speed RacingToyotaOfficial starting lineup

Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1920Jake FinchVenturini MotorsportsToyota12789Running4821217Landen LewisMcGowan MotorsportsToyota1272Running4331428Luke Fenhaus (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet1270Running414118William Sawalich (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota1272Running41586Lavar Scott (R)Rev RacingChevrolet1274Running406211Zachary TinkleFast Track RacingToyota1270Running3871155Toni BreidingerVenturini MotorsportsToyota1250Running378610Ed PompaFast Track RacingFord1190Running3691025Conner JonesVenturini MotorsportsToyota11330Accident3610715Sean Hingorani (R)Venturini MotorsportsToyota850Running3411548Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord700Clutch33121331Rita Goulet (R)Rise MotorsportsChevrolet290Parked3213412C. J. McLaughlinFast Track RacingToyota50Mechanical31141598Dale ShearerShearer Speed RacingToyota40Mechanical3015301Tim MonroeFast Track RacingFord20Mechanical29Official race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 William Sawalich 90 1 2 Jake Finch 89 (-1) 1 3 Luke Fenhaus 83 (–7) 1 4 Lavar Scott 78 (–12) 2 5 Zachary Tinkle 75 (–15) 2 6 Sean Hingorani 74 (–16) 3 7 Ed Pompa 70 (–20) 3 8 Tim Monroe 62 (–28) 6 9 Rita Goulet 61 (–29) 4 10 Dale Shearer 60 (–30)

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

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