2024 General Tire 150 (Charlotte)
| Race details[1][2][3][4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 6 of 20 of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series | |||
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| Date | May 24, 2024 | ||
| Official name | 6th Annual General Tire 150 | ||
| Location | Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) | ||
| Distance | 100 laps, 150 mi (241 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 100 laps, 150 mi (241 km) | ||
| Average speed | 103.409 mph (166.421 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Rev Racing | ||
| Time | 30.340 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Carson Kvapil | Pinnacle Racing Group | |
| Laps | 61 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 18 | Tanner Gray | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | FS1 | ||
| Announcers | Jamie Little, Phil Parsons, and Trevor Bayne | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
The 2024 General Tire 150 was the 6th stock car race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series season, and the 6th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, May 24, 2024, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, a 1.5 mile (2.4 km) permanent asphalt tri-oval shaped intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. Tanner Gray, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would recover from a flat tire in the early stages of the race, and held off the field on worn tires to earn his first career ARCA Menards Series win.[5] Carson Kvapil would dominate the majority of the race, leading a race-high 61 laps before finishing 2nd. To fill out the podium, pole-sitter Andrés Pérez de Lara, driving for Rev Racing, would finish 3rd, respectively.
Report
[edit]Background
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The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track that was utilized for the race, as well as a dragstrip and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith serving as track president.
Entry list
[edit]- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Practice
[edit]The first and only practice session was held on Friday, May 24, at 11:40 AM EST, and would last for 45 minutes.[6] Tanner Gray, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.874, and a speed of 174.904 mph (281.481 km/h).[7]
| Pos.[8] | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Tanner Gray | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 30.874 | 174.904 |
| 2 | 6 | Lavar Scott (R) | Rev Racing | Chevrolet | 30.877 | 174.887 |
| 3 | 22 | Amber Balcaen | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 30.892 | 174.803 |
| Full practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
[edit]Qualifying was held on Friday, May 24, at 12:40 PM EST.[6] 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.[9]
Andrés Pérez de Lara, driving for Rev Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 30.340, and a speed of 177.983 mph (286.436 km/h).[10]
Two drivers withdrew from the race: Ryan Huff and Chuck Buchanan Jr..
Qualifying results
[edit]Race results
[edit]| Fin[12] | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 18 | Tanner Gray | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 100 | 31 | Running | 47 |
| 2 | 5 | 82 | Carson Kvapil | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | 100 | 61 | Running | 45 |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | Andrés Pérez de Lara | Rev Racing | Chevrolet | 100 | 8 | Running | 43 |
| 4 | 10 | 69 | Will Kimmel | Kimmel Racing | Ford | 100 | 0 | Running | 40 |
| 5 | 7 | 6 | Lavar Scott (R) | Rev Racing | Chevrolet | 100 | 0 | Running | 39 |
| 6 | 2 | 55 | Gus Dean | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 100 | 0 | Running | 38 |
| 7 | 11 | 20 | Dean Thompson | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 100 | 0 | Running | 37 |
| 8 | 29 | 33 | Lawless Alan | Reaume Brothers Racing | Ford | 100 | 0 | Running | 36 |
| 9 | 15 | 97 | Jason Kitzmiller | CR7 Motorsports | Chevrolet | 100 | 0 | Running | 35 |
| 10 | 18 | 9 | Sebastian Arias | Rev Racing | Chevrolet | 100 | 0 | Running | 34 |
| 11 | 13 | 35 | Greg Van Alst | Greg Van Alst Motorsports | Ford | 100 | 0 | Running | 33 |
| 12 | 12 | 25 | Toni Breidinger | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 100 | 0 | Running | 32 |
| 13 | 16 | 10 | Cody Dennison (R) | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 100 | 0 | Running | 31 |
| 14 | 9 | 73 | Andy Jankowiak | KLAS Motorsports | Toyota | 100 | 0 | Running | 30 |
| 15 | 8 | 22 | Amber Balcaen | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 99 | 0 | Running | 29 |
| 16 | 21 | 12 | Ryan Roulette | Fast Track Racing | Ford | 98 | 0 | Running | 28 |
| 17 | 17 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Richmond Motorsports | Toyota | 98 | 0 | Running | 27 |
| 18 | 4 | 15 | Kris Wright | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 97 | 0 | Running | 26 |
| 19 | 22 | 88 | A. J. Moyer | Moyer-Petroniro Racing | Chevrolet | 96 | 0 | Running | 25 |
| 20 | 23 | 99 | Michael Maples (R) | Fast Track Racing | Chevrolet | 94 | 0 | Running | 24 |
| 21 | 24 | 57 | Austin McDaniel | Brother-In-Law Racing | Chevrolet | 90 | 0 | Running | 23 |
| 22 | 30 | 06 | Con Nicolopoulos | Wayne Peterson Racing | Ford | 89 | 0 | Running | 22 |
| 23 | 26 | 75 | Hunter Deshautelle | Brother-In-Law Racing | Chevrolet | 87 | 0 | Running | 21 |
| 24 | 28 | 31 | Mitch Gibson | Rise Motorsports | Chevrolet | 79 | 0 | Accident | 20 |
| 25 | 25 | 03 | Alex Clubb | Clubb Racing Inc. | Ford | 45 | 0 | Running | 19 |
| 26 | 27 | 48 | Brad Smith | Brad Smith Motorsports | Ford | 36 | 0 | Too Slow | 18 |
| 27 | 6 | 28 | Connor Mosack | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | 30 | 0 | Brakes | 17 |
| 28 | 14 | 32 | Christian Rose | AM Racing | Ford | 28 | 0 | DNF | 16 |
| 29 | 20 | 11 | Jayson Alexander | Fast Track Racing | Ford | 20 | 0 | Accident | 15 |
| Did not start | |||||||||
| 30 | 19 | 93 | Caleb Costner (R) | CW Motorsports | Chevrolet | ||||
| Official race results | |||||||||
Standings after the race
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References
[edit]- ^ "General Tire 150 at Charlotte Motor Speedway". ARCA. December 11, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ "Entry list: General Tire 150 at Charlotte Motor Speedway". ARCA. May 21, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ White, Brandon (May 24, 2024). "Qualifying results: General Tire 150 at Charlotte Motor Speedway". ARCA. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
- ^ "Race results: General Tire 150 at Charlotte Motor Speedway". ARCA. May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
- ^ Branscum, Benjamine (May 24, 2024). "Redemption Arrives For Tanner Gray As He Wins The General Tire 150". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
- ^ a b "Schedule of events: General Tire 150 at Charlotte Motor Speedway". ARCA. November 27, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ White, Brandon (May 24, 2024). "Practice results: General Tire 150 at Charlotte Motor Speedway". ARCA. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
- ^ "2024 General Tire 150 Practice Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
- ^ Fenwick, Adam (April 30, 2024). "PIT BOX: Home game awaits as ARCA Menards Series heads to Charlotte Motor Speedway". ARCA. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
- ^ Branscum, Benjamine (May 24, 2024). "'It's Just Great,' Andres Perez Wins Pole For The General Tire 150". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
- ^ "2024 General Tire 150 Qualifying Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
- ^ "2024 General Tire 150 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved May 24, 2024.