2020 General Tire 150 (Kentucky)

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2020 General Tire 150
Race details
Race 6 of 20 of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series
DateJuly 11, 2020
Official name 15th Annual General Tire 150
Location Sparta, Kentucky, Kentucky Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.41 km)
Distance 100 laps, 150 mi (241.402 km)
Scheduled Distance 100 laps, 150 mi (241.402 km)
Average speed 104.692 miles per hour (168.485 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Venturini Motorsports
Time Set by 2020 owner's points
Most laps led
Driver Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 59
Winner
No. 18 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox Sports 1
Announcers David Rieff, Todd Bodine
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 2020 General Tire 150 was the sixth stock car race of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series and the 15th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 11, 2020, in Sparta, Kentucky, at Kentucky Speedway, a 1.5-mile (2.41 km) tri-oval speedway. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. At race's end, Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would take control in the late stages of the race to take his fourth career ARCA Menards Series win and his second of the season. [1] To fill out the podium, Bret Holmes of Bret Holmes Racing and Michael Self of Venturini Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.

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Background

The layout of Kentucky Speedway. the venue where the race was held. Kentucky Speedway.svg
The layout of Kentucky Speedway. the venue where the race was held.

Kentucky Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, which has hosted ARCA, NASCAR and Indy Racing League racing annually since it opened in 2000. The track is currently owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. and Jerry Carroll, who, along with four other investors, owned Kentucky Speedway until 2008. The speedway has a grandstand capacity of 117,000. Construction of the speedway began in 1998 and was completed in mid-2000. The speedway has hosted the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Xfinity Series, IndyCar Series, Indy Lights, and most recently, the NASCAR Cup Series beginning in 2011.

The race was held without fans in attendance due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

Entry list

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
4 Hailie Deegan DGR-Crosley Ford Wastequip WRX
06 Don Thompson Wayne Peterson Racing Chevrolet Great Railing
10 Ryan Huff Fast Track Racing Ford H. B. Hankins, Inc.
11 Willie Mullins Fast Track Racing Ford CW Metals, Crow Wing Recycling
12 Dick Doheny Fast Track Racing Chevrolet Fast Track Racing
15 Drew Dollar Venturini Motorsports Toyota Dollar Concrete Construction Company, Lynx Capital
17 Tanner Gray DGR-Crosley Ford Ford Performance
18 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Monster Energy
20 Ryan Repko Venturini Motorsports Toyota Craftsman
21 Sam Mayer GMS Racing Chevrolet California Strong
22 Derek Griffith Chad Bryant Racing Ford Original Gourmet Lollipops
23 Bret Holmes Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet Holmes II Excavating
25 Michael Self Venturini Motorsports Toyota Sinclair
46 Thad Moffitt DGR-Crosley Ford Alsco Uniforms Patriotic
48 Brad Smith Brad Smith Motorsports Chevrolet Home Building Solutions, NASCAR Low Teams
69 Scott Melton Kimmel Racing Toyota Melton-McFadden Insurance Agency
97 Jason Kitzmiller CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet A. L. L. Construction
Official entry list

Practice

The only one-hour practice session would take place on Saturday, July 11. Sam Mayer of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a 30.199 and an average speed of 178.814 miles per hour (287.773 km/h). [3]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
121 Sam Mayer GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.199178.814
225 Michael Self Venturini Motorsports Toyota 30.289178.283
34 Hailie Deegan DGR-Crosley Ford 30.379177.754
Full practice results

Starting lineup

ARCA would not hold a qualifying session for the race. Therefore, the current 2020 owner's standings would be determined for who got the pole. As a result, Michael Self of Venturini Motorsports won the pole.

Full starting lineup

Pos.#DriverTeamMake
125 Michael Self Venturini Motorsports Toyota
220 Ryan Repko Venturini Motorsports Toyota
318 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
415 Drew Dollar Venturini Motorsports Toyota
523 Bret Holmes Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet
64 Hailie Deegan DGR-Crosley Ford
746 Thad Moffitt DGR-Crosley Ford
869 Scott Melton Kimmel Racing Toyota
917 Tanner Gray DGR-Crosley Ford
1012 Dick Doheny Fast Track Racing Chevrolet
1110 Ryan Huff Fast Track Racing Ford
1211 Willie Mullins Fast Track Racing Ford
1322 Derek Griffith Chad Bryant Racing Ford
1406 Don Thompson Wayne Peterson Racing Chevrolet
1521 Sam Mayer GMS Racing Chevrolet
1648 Brad Smith Brad Smith Motorsports Chevrolet
1797 Jason Kitzmiller CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet
Official starting lineup

Race results

Fin [4] St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts
1318 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 10059running48
2523 Bret Holmes Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet 10017running43
3125 Michael Self Venturini Motorsports Toyota 10023running42
41521 Sam Mayer GMS Racing Chevrolet 1001running41
5415 Drew Dollar Venturini Motorsports Toyota 1000running39
6220 Ryan Repko Venturini Motorsports Toyota 1000running38
71322 Derek Griffith Chad Bryant Racing Ford 1000running37
81110 Ryan Huff Fast Track Racing Ford 1000running36
9917 Tanner Gray DGR-Crosley Ford 1000running35
101797 Jason Kitzmiller CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 1000running34
111211 Willie Mullins Fast Track Racing Ford 980running33
121648 Brad Smith Brad Smith Motorsports Chevrolet 910running32
131012 Dick Doheny Fast Track Racing Chevrolet 810running31
1464 Hailie Deegan DGR-Crosley Ford 770crash30
15746 Thad Moffitt DGR-Crosley Ford 700crash29
161406 Don Thompson Wayne Peterson Racing Chevrolet 190suspension28
17869 Scott Melton Kimmel Racing Toyota 160crash27
Official race results

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