| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 6 of 20 of the2020 ARCA Menards Series | |||
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| Date | July 11, 2020 | ||
| Official name | 15th Annual General Tire 150 | ||
| Location | Sparta, Kentucky,Kentucky Speedway | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.5 miles (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 | ||
The2020 General Tire 150 was the sixthstock car race of the2020 ARCA Menards Series and the 15th iteration of theevent. The race was held on Saturday, July 11, 2020, inSparta, Kentucky, atKentucky 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 ofJoe Gibbs Racing would take control in the late stages of the race to take his fourth careerARCA Menards Series win and his second of the season.[1] To fill out the podium,Bret Holmes ofBret Holmes Racing andMichael Self ofVenturini Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.
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 bySpeedway 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 theGander RV & Outdoors Truck Series,Xfinity Series,IndyCar Series,Indy Lights, and most recently, theNASCAR Cup Series beginning in 2011.
The race was held without fans in attendance due to the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic.[2]
The only one-hour practice session would take place on Saturday, July 11.Sam Mayer ofGMS 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. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 | Sam Mayer | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 30.199 | 178.814 |
| 2 | 25 | Michael Self | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 30.289 | 178.283 |
| 3 | 4 | Hailie Deegan | DGR-Crosley | Ford | 30.379 | 177.754 |
| Full practice results | ||||||
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 ofVenturini Motorsports won the pole.
| Fin[4] | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 18 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 100 | 59 | running | 48 |
| 2 | 5 | 23 | Bret Holmes | Bret Holmes Racing | Chevrolet | 100 | 17 | running | 43 |
| 3 | 1 | 25 | Michael Self | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 100 | 23 | running | 42 |
| 4 | 15 | 21 | Sam Mayer | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 100 | 1 | running | 41 |
| 5 | 4 | 15 | Drew Dollar | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 100 | 0 | running | 39 |
| 6 | 2 | 20 | Ryan Repko | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 100 | 0 | running | 38 |
| 7 | 13 | 22 | Derek Griffith | Chad Bryant Racing | Ford | 100 | 0 | running | 37 |
| 8 | 11 | 10 | Ryan Huff | Fast Track Racing | Ford | 100 | 0 | running | 36 |
| 9 | 9 | 17 | Tanner Gray | DGR-Crosley | Ford | 100 | 0 | running | 35 |
| 10 | 17 | 97 | Jason Kitzmiller | CR7 Motorsports | Chevrolet | 100 | 0 | running | 34 |
| 11 | 12 | 11 | Willie Mullins | Fast Track Racing | Ford | 98 | 0 | running | 33 |
| 12 | 16 | 48 | Brad Smith | Brad Smith Motorsports | Chevrolet | 91 | 0 | running | 32 |
| 13 | 10 | 12 | Dick Doheny | Fast Track Racing | Chevrolet | 81 | 0 | running | 31 |
| 14 | 6 | 4 | Hailie Deegan | DGR-Crosley | Ford | 77 | 0 | crash | 30 |
| 15 | 7 | 46 | Thad Moffitt | DGR-Crosley | Ford | 70 | 0 | crash | 29 |
| 16 | 14 | 06 | Don Thompson | Wayne Peterson Racing | Chevrolet | 19 | 0 | suspension | 28 |
| 17 | 8 | 69 | Scott Melton | Kimmel Racing | Toyota | 16 | 0 | crash | 27 |
| Official race results | |||||||||
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