ARCA Menards Series East | |
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Venue | Dover Motor Speedway |
Location | Dover, Delaware United States |
Corporate sponsor | General Tire |
First race | 1998 |
Distance | 150 miles (241.402 km) |
Laps | 150 |
Previous names | Delaware 200 (1998) MBNA E-Commerce 150 (2001) MBNA All American Heroes 150 (2002) MBNA America 150 (2004) MBNA Race Points 150 (2005) Sunoco 150 (2006-2010) Dover 150 (2011) American Real TV 150 (2012) Drive Sober 150 (2013-2014) Drive Sober 125 (2015) Dover 125 (2016) National Fallen Firefigheters Foundation 125 presented by Carl Deputy & Son Builders (2017) Crosley 125 (2018) General Tire 125 (2019-2023) |
Circuit information | |
Surface | Concrete |
Length | 1 mi (1.6 km) |
Turns | 4 |
The General Tire 150 is an ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East combination race held at Dover Motor Speedway, Prior to 2020, it was the final race of the season and was held before the NASCAR Xfinity Series event, the BetRivers 200. [1]
Year | Date | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Race distance | Race time | Average speed (mph) | ||
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ARCA Menards Series East race | ||||||||||
1998 | July 18 | 12 | Jimmy Spencer | Spencer Motor Ventures | Chevrolet | 200 | 200 (321.869) | 2:03:46 | 96.957 | |
1999 – 2000 | Not held | |||||||||
2001 | September 21 | 60 | Dale Shaw | Dale Shaw Racing | Chevrolet (2) | 154* | 154 (247.839) | 1:42:40 | 90.000 | |
2002 | September 20 | 40 | Matt Kobyluck | Matt Kobyluck Racing | Chevrolet (3) | 150 | 150 (241.402) | 1:17:28 | 116.179 | |
2003 | Not held | |||||||||
2004 | September 24 | 32 | Dale Quarterley | Quarterley Racing | Chevrolet (4) | 160* | 160 (257.495) | 1:38:00 | 97.959 | |
2005 | September 23 | 44 | Andy Santerre | Andy Santerre Racing | Chevrolet (5) | 150 | 150 (241.402) | 1:45:23 | 88.772 | |
2006 | September 22 | 9 | Tim Andrews | Tim Andrews Racing | Chevrolet (6) | 157* | 157 (252.667) | 1:48:25 | 86.887 | |
2007 | September 21 | 44 | Sean Caisse | Andy Santerre Racing (2) | Chevrolet (7) | 150 | 150 (241.402) | 1:47:14 | 83.929 | |
2008 | September 19 | 8 | Aric Almirola | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | Chevrolet (8) | 150 | 150 (241.402) | 1:49:05 | 90.833 | |
2009 | September 25 | 44 | Brett Moffitt | Andy Santerre Racing (3) | Chevrolet (9) | 150 | 150 (241.402) | 1:30:23 | 99.576 | |
2010 | September 24 | 20 | Brett Moffitt (2) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 155* | 155 (249.448) | 1:52:13 | 82.875 | |
2011 | September 30 | 6 | Darrell Wallace Jr. | Revolution Racing | Toyota (2) | 152* | 152 (244.62) | 1:44:28 | 87.301 | |
2012 | September 28 | 07 | Corey LaJoie | Randy LaJoie Racing | Toyota (3) | 154* | 154 (247.839) | 1:47:19 | 86.001 | |
2013 | September 27 | 13 | Austin Hill | Austin Hill Racing | Ford | 150 | 150 (241.402) | 1:43:30 | 86.957 | |
2014 | September 26 | 22 | Austin Hill (2) | Austin Hill Racing (2) | Ford (2) | 150 | 150 (241.402) | 1:38:31 | 91.355 | |
2015 | October 3* | 2 | Collin Cabre | Revolution Racing (2) | Toyota (4) | 125 | 125 (201.168) | 1:22:11 | 103.902 | |
2016 [2] | September 30 | 40 | Kyle Benjamin | Ranier Racing with MDM | Chevrolet (10) | 126* | 126 (202.777) | 1:20:26 | 93.797 | |
2017 | September 29 | 12 | Harrison Burton | MDM Motorsports | Toyota (5) | 128* | 128 (205.996) | 1:22:36 | 92.978 | |
2018 | October 6* | 6 | Rubén García Jr. | Revolution Racing (3) | Toyota (6) | 125 | 125 (201.168) | 1:15:36 | 99.206 | |
2019 | October 4 | 21 | Sam Mayer | GMS Racing (3) | Chevrolet (11) | 125 | 125 (201.168) | 1:15:36 | 99.206 | |
2020 | August 21 | 21 | Sam Mayer (2) | GMS Racing (4) | Chevrolet (12) | 125 | 125 (201.168) | 1:00:00 | 116.219 | |
2021 | May 14 | 18 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing (2) | Toyota (7) | 125 | 125 (201.168) | 1:28:11 | 85.050 | |
2022 | April 29 | 17 | Taylor Gray | David Gilliland Racing | Ford (3) | 125 | 125 (201.168) | 1:03:00 | 119.048 | |
2023 | April 28 | 20 | Jake Finch | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota (8) | 127* | 127 (204.343) | 1:10:38 | 107.881 | |
ARCA Menards Series/ARCA Menards Series East combination race | ||||||||||
2024 | April 26 | 28 | Connor Zilisch | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | 150 | 150 (241.402) |
# Wins | Driver | Years Won |
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2 | Brett Moffitt | 2009, 2010 |
Austin Hill | 2013, 2014 | |
Sam Mayer | 2019, 2020 | |
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