| Type: | CUST |
| Avg: | 104.692mph |
| Radio: | Motor Racing Network |
| Network: | Fox Sports 1 |
| First Team: | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| Most Team: | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| Most Laps: | 59 |
| Most Driver: | Ty Gibbs |
| First Driver: | Ty Gibbs |
| Pole Driver: | Michael Self |
| Pole Time: | Set by 2020 owner's points |
| Pole Team: | Venturini Motorsports |
| Car: | 18 |
| Scheduled Mi: | 150 |
| Location: | Sparta, Kentucky, Kentucky Speedway |
| Scheduled Laps: | 100 |
| Distance Laps: | 100 |
| Distance Km: | 241.402 |
| Scheduled Km: | 241.402 |
| Official Name: | 15th Annual General Tire 150 |
| Description: | Race 6 of 20 of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series |
| Race Name: | General Tire 150 |
| Date: | July 11 |
| Course Km: | 2.41 |
| Course Mi: | 1.5 |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Distance Mi: | 150 |
| Announcers: | David Rieff, Todd Bodine |
The 2020 General Tire 150 was the sixth stock car race of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series and the 15th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 11, 2020, in Sparta, Kentucky, at Kentucky 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 of Joe Gibbs Racing would take control in the late stages of the race to take his fourth career ARCA Menards Series win and his second of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Bret Holmes of Bret Holmes Racing and Michael Self of Venturini 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 by Speedway 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 the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Xfinity Series, IndyCar Series, Indy Lights, and most recently, the NASCAR Cup Series beginning in 2011.
The race was held without fans in attendance due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
The only one-hour practice session would take place on Saturday, July 11. Sam Mayer of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a 30.199 and an average speed of 178.814mph.[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 of Venturini 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 | ||||||||||