| Type: | CUST |
| First Driver: | Jake Finch |
| Announcers: | Jamie Little, Phil Parsons, and Trevor Bayne |
| Distance Mi: | 202 |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Race Name: | General Tire 200 |
| Scheduled Mi: | 202 |
| Course Mi: | 2.66 |
| Distance Laps: | 76 |
| Scheduled Laps: | 76 |
| Distance Km: | 325 |
| Scheduled Km: | 325 |
| Avg: | 181.219mph |
| Car: | 20 |
| Location: | Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama |
| Most Driver: | Jake Finch |
| First Team: | Venturini Motorsports |
| Most Laps: | 76 |
| Most Team: | Venturini Motorsports |
| Pole Team: | Venturini Motorsports |
| Date: | April 20 |
| Network: | FS1 |
| Pole Driver: | Jake Finch |
| Description: | Race 3 of 20 of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series |
| Official Name: | 62nd Annual General Tire 200 |
| Course Km: | 4.28 |
| Radio: | MRN |
| Details Ref: | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| Grid From Prev Perf: | Yes |
The 2024 General Tire 200 was the 3rd stock car race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series season, and the 62nd running of the event. The race was held on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama, a 2.66 mile (4.28 km) permanent quad-oval shaped asphalt superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 76 laps to complete. Jake Finch, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would find redemption from Daytona, and put on a blistering performance, leading every lap of the race to earn his first career ARCA Menards Series win. It was the first Talladega race in series history where a driver led every lap to win the race.[5] [6] To fill out the podium, Kris Wright, driving for Venturini Motorsports, and Tanner Gray, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Talladega Superspeedway, formerly known as Alabama International Motor Speedway, is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. A tri-oval, the track was constructed in 1969 by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking. The track currently hosts NASCAR's Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which is 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km).
Practice was held on Friday, April 19, at 3:00 PM CST, and would last for 1 hour. For practice, drivers were separated into different groups and had a specified number of laps to set a fastest time.[7] Bryce Haugeberg, driving for Fast Track Racing, would set the fastest time between all the groups, with a lap of 53.331, and a speed of 179.558mph.[8]
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Bryce Haugeberg | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 53.331 | 179.558 | |
| 2 | 15 | Kris Wright | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 53.345 | 179.511 | |
| 3 | 25 | Toni Breidinger | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 53.398 | 179.333 | |
| Full practice results | |||||||
No qualifying session was held. Instead, the starting lineup was determined by owners points from the previous season.[9] As a result, Jake Finch, driving for Venturini Motorsports, started on the pole.[10]
| Fin[11] | St | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 20 | Jake Finch | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 76 | 76 | Running | 49 | |
| 2 | 5 | 15 | Kris Wright | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 76 | 0 | Running | 42 | |
| 3 | 2 | 18 | Tanner Gray | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 76 | 0 | Running | 41 | |
| 4 | 15 | 55 | Gus Dean | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 76 | 0 | Running | 40 | |
| 5 | 6 | 32 | Christian Rose | AM Racing | Ford | 76 | 0 | Running | 39 | |
| 6 | 23 | 8 | Sean Corr | Empire Racing | Chevrolet | 76 | 0 | Running | 38 | |
| 7 | 24 | 22 | Amber Balcaen | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 76 | 0 | Running | 37 | |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Andrés Pérez de Lara | Rev Racing | Chevrolet | 76 | 0 | Running | 36 | |
| 9 | 7 | 30 | Frankie Muniz | Rette Jones Racing | Ford | 76 | 0 | Running | 35 | |
| 10 | 4 | 25 | Toni Breidinger | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 76 | 0 | Running | 34 | |
| 11 | 21 | 35 | Greg Van Alst | Greg Van Alst Motorsports | Chevrolet | 76 | 0 | Running | 33 | |
| 12 | 29 | 44 | Thomas Annunziata | Jeff McClure Racing | Chevrolet | 76 | 0 | Running | 32 | |
| 13 | 25 | 93 | Caleb Costner (R) | Costner Weaver Motorsports | Chevrolet | 76 | 0 | Running | 31 | |
| 14 | 17 | 69 | Scott Melton | Kimmel Racing | Ford | 75 | 0 | Running | 30 | |
| 15 | 31 | 7 | Eric Caudell | CCM Racing | Toyota | 75 | 0 | Running | 29 | |
| 16 | 32 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Richmond Motorsports | Toyota | 75 | 0 | Running | 28 | |
| 17 | 20 | 01 | Cody Dennison (R) | Fast Track Racing | Ford | 75 | 0 | Running | 27 | |
| 18 | 8 | 11 | Bryce Haugeberg | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 74 | 0 | Running | 26 | |
| 19 | 26 | 88 | A. J. Moyer | Moyer-Petroniro Racing | Chevrolet | 74 | 0 | Running | 25 | |
| 20 | 11 | 12 | Ryan Roulette | Fast Track Racing | Ford | 74 | 0 | Running | 24 | |
| 21 | 10 | 10 | Ed Pompa | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 74 | 0 | Running | 23 | |
| 22 | 9 | 99 | Michael Maples (R) | Fast Track Racing | Chevrolet | 73 | 0 | Running | 22 | |
| 23 | 30 | 87 | Chuck Buchanan Jr. | Charles Buchanan Racing | Chevrolet | 73 | 0 | Running | 21 | |
| 24 | 33 | 57 | Hunter Deshautelle | Brother-In-Law Racing | Chevrolet | 73 | 0 | Running | 20 | |
| 25 | 12 | 03 | Alex Clubb | Clubb Racing Inc. | Ford | 72 | 0 | Running | 19 | |
| 26 | 18 | 31 | Casey Carden | Rise Motorsports | Chevrolet | 71 | 0 | Running | 18 | |
| 27 | 19 | 73 | Andy Jankowiak | KLAS Motorsports | Ford | 70 | 0 | Fuel Pump | 17 | |
| 28 | 13 | 06 | Con Nicolopoulos | Wayne Peterson Racing | Ford | 70 | 0 | Running | 16 | |
| 29 | 27 | 98 | Dale Shearer | Shearer Speed Racing | Toyota | 69 | 0 | Running | 15 | |
| 30 | 14 | 48 | Brad Smith | Brad Smith Motorsports | Ford | 69 | 0 | Running | 14 | |
| 31 | 16 | 6 | Lavar Scott (R) | Rev Racing | Chevrolet | 68 | 0 | Running | 13 | |
| 32 | 28 | 68 | Jeff Scofield | Kimmel Racing | Chevrolet | 26 | 0 | Radiator | 12 | |
| 33 | 22 | 97 | Jason Kitzmiller | CR7 Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 | 0 | Water Leak | 11 | |
| 34 | 34 | 0 | Ben Peterson | Wayne Peterson Racing | Toyota | 7 | 0 | DNF | 10 | |
| Withdrew | ||||||||||
| 36 | Ryan Huff | Ryan Huff Motorsports | Ford | |||||||
| 63 | John Aramendia | Spraker Racing Enterprises | Chevrolet | |||||||
| Official race results | ||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Christian Rose | 107 |
| 1 | 2 | Greg Van Alst | 106 (-1) |
| 3 | Andrés Pérez de Lara | 104 (–3) | |
| 4 | Amber Balcaen | 101 (–6) | |
| 4 | 5 | Gus Dean | 87 (–20) |
| 20 | 6 | Jake Finch | 83 (–24) |
| 14 | 7 | Kris Wright | 80 (–27) |
| 5 | 8 | Toni Breidinger | 76 (–31) |
| 4 | 9 | Lavar Scott | 76 (–31) |
| 2 | 10 | Thomas Annunziata | 74 (–33) |