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Race 7 of 20 of the2021 ARCA Menards Series | |||
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Date | June 4, 2021 | ||
Official name | Dawn Ultra 150 | ||
Location | Lexington, Ohio,Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 3.634 km (2.258 miles) | ||
Distance | 42 laps, 94.836 mi (152.62 km) | ||
Scheduled distance | 42 laps, 94.836 mi (152.62 km) | ||
Average speed | 71.456 miles per hour (114.997 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Venturini Motorsports | ||
Time | 1:27:877 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
Laps | 35 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 18 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | Fox Sports 1 | ||
Announcers | Jamie Little,Phil Parsons | ||
Radio in the United States | |||
Radio | Motor Racing Network |
The2021 Dawn Ultra 150 was the seventhstock car race of the2021 ARCA Menards Series season, the second race of the2021 Sioux Chief Showdown, and the second iteration of theevent. The race was held on Friday, June 4, inLexington, Ohio at theMid-Ohio Sports Car Course, a 2.258 miles (3.634 km) permanent road course. The race took the scheduled 42 laps to complete. At race's end,Ty Gibbs would dominate for his 13thARCA Menards Series career win, his fifth of the season, and his fourth win in a row of the season.[1] To fill out the podium,Austin Hill ofHattori Racing Enterprises andThad Moffitt ofDavid Gilliland Racing would finish second and third, respectively.
The track is a road courseauto racing facility located inTroy Township, Morrow County, Ohio,United States, just outside the village ofLexington. Mid-Ohio has also colloquially become a term for the entire north-central region of the state, from south ofSandusky to the north ofColumbus.
The track opened as a 15-turn, 2.4 mile (3.86 km) road circuit runclockwise. The back portion of the track allows speeds approaching 180 mph (290 km/h). A separate starting line is located on the backstretch to allow for safer rolling starts. The regular start / finish line is located on the pit straight. There is grandstand seating for 10,000 spectators and three observation mounds alongside the track raise the capacity to over 75,000.
Qualifying would take place on Friday, June 4, at 2:45 PMEST.[2] The qualifying system was a 45 minute session where drivers could run as many laps as they wanted within the session to set a time.Corey Heim ofVenturini Motorsports would win the pole, setting a time of one minute, 27.877 seconds and an average speed of 92.502 miles per hour (148.868 km/h).[3]
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