2023 General Tire 200

Race details[1][2][3]
Race 3 of 20 of the2023 ARCA Menards Series
Date	April 22, 2023
Official name	61st Annual General Tire 200
Location	Talladega Superspeedway,Lincoln, Alabama
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.66 miles (4.28 km)
Distance	76 laps, 202 mi (325 km)
Scheduled distance	76 laps, 202 mi (325 km)
Pole position
Driver	Taylor Gray	Joe Gibbs Racing
Grid positions set by competition-based formula
Most laps led
Driver	Jesse Love	Venturini Motorsports
Laps	35
Winner
No. 20	Jesse Love	Venturini Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Jamie Little,Phil Parsons, andAustin Cindric
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN

The2023 General Tire 200 was the 3rd stock car race of the2023 ARCA Menards Series season, and the 61st iteration of theevent. The race is scheduled to be held on Saturday, April 22, 2023, inLincoln, Alabama atTalladega Superspeedway, a 2.66 mile (4.28 km) permanent tri-oval shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 76 laps to complete.Jesse Love, driving forVenturini Motorsports, would dominate a portion of the race, and earned his 3rd careerARCA Menards Series win, and his first of the season. Love andAndrés Pérez de Lara would dominate the race in general, leading 35 and 28 laps respectively.^[4] To fill out the podium,Gus Dean, driving forVenturini Motorsports, andBret Holmes, driving for his family-owned team,Bret Holmes Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Talladega Superspeedway, formerly known as Alabama International Motor Speedway, is a motorsports complex located north ofTalladega, Alabama. It is located on the formerAnniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. A tri-oval, the track was constructed in 1969 by theInternational Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by theFrance family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking. The track currently hostsNASCAR's Cup Series,Xfinity Series andCraftsman Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like theDaytona International Speedway, which is 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km).^{[citation needed]}

• (R) denotes rookie driver.

The first and only practice session was held on Friday, April 21, at 3:00 PMCST. For practice, drivers were separated into different groups.^[5]Bret Holmes, driving for his family-owned team,Bret Holmes Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 52.351, and an average speed of 182.919 mph (294.380 km/h).^[6]

No qualifying session will be held, instead, the starting lineup will be based on the owners points from theprevious session.^[5] As a result,Taylor Gray, driving forJoe Gibbs Racing, would earn the pole.^[7]

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Frankie Muniz	106
2	2	Jesse Love	103 (-3)
2	3	Greg Van Alst	93 (-13)
2	4	Jack Wood	91 (-15)
2	5	Tony Cosentino	91 (-15)
4	6	Andrés Pérez de Lara	85 (-21)
2	7	Christian Rose	80 (-26)
5	8	Sean Corr	80 (-26)
'3	9	Toni Breidinger	75 (-31)
13	10	Jason White	70 (-36)

• Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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