| Race details [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] | |||
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| Race 2 of 20 in the 2026 ARCA Menards Series Race 2 of 13 in the 2026 ARCA Menards Series West | |||
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| Date | March 5, 2026 | ||
| Location | Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.000 miles (1.609 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 150 laps, 150 mi (240 km) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Pinnacle Racing Group | ||
| Time | 27.670 | ||
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | FS1 | ||
| Announcers | Brent Stover and Phil Parsons | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | ARN | ||
The 2026 General Tire 150 is an upcoming ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series West race that will be held on Thursday, March 5, 2026, at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 150 laps on the 1.000 mi (1.609 km) oval, it will be the second race of the 2026 ARCA Menards Series season, the second race of the 2026 ARCA Menards Series West season, and the seventh running of the event.
Phoenix Raceway is a 1-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona, near Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually including the final championship race since 2020. Phoenix Raceway has also hosted the CART, IndyCar Series, USAC and the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The raceway is currently owned and operated by NASCAR.
The first and only practice session was held on Thursday, March 5, at 1:30 PM MST, and lasted for 45 minutes. [7]
Tristan McKee, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 27.999 seconds, and a speed of 128.576 miles per hour (206.923 km/h). [8]
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
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| 1 | 77 | Tristan McKee | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | 27.999 | 128.576 |
| 2 | 70 | Thomas Annunziata | Nitro Motorsports | Toyota | 28.009 | 128.530 |
| 3 | 18 | Max Reaves | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 28.147 | 127.900 |
| Full practice results | ||||||
Qualifying was held on Thursday, March 5, at 2:30 PM MST. [7] The qualifying procedure used was a multi-car, multi-lap based system. All drivers were on track for a 20-minute timed session, and whoever set the fastest time in that session won the pole. [9]
Carson Brown, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, qualified on pole position with a lap of 27.670 seconds, and a speed of 130.105 miles per hour (209.384 km/h). [10]
Laps: 150
| Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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| 1 |