| Type: | CUST |
| First Driver: | William Sawalich |
| Announcers: | Charles Krall |
| Distance Mi: | 89 |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Race Name: | Music City 150 |
| Scheduled Mi: | 89 |
| Course Mi: | 0.596 |
| Distance Laps: | 150 |
| Scheduled Laps: | 150 |
| Distance Km: | 143 |
| Scheduled Km: | 143 |
| Avg: | 69.362mph |
| Car: | 18 |
| Location: | Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee |
| Most Driver: | William Sawalich |
| First Team: | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| Most Laps: | 145 |
| Most Team: | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| Pole Time: | 19.420 |
| Pole Team: | Venturini Motorsports |
| Date: | May 11 |
| Network: | FloRacing |
| Pole Driver: | Gio Ruggiero |
| Description: | Race 3 of 8 of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series East |
| Official Name: | 4th Annual Music City 150 |
| Course Km: | 0.959 |
| Radio: | ARCA Racing Network |
| Details Ref: | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
The 2024 Music City 150 was the 3rd stock car race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series East season, and the 4th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee, a 0.596 mile (0.959 km) permanent asphalt oval shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would put on a blistering performance, leading all but five laps in the race to earn his fifth career ARCA Menards Series East win, and his first of the season.[5] Pole-sitter Gio Ruggiero led the first four laps of the race, before he spun and hit the wall on lap 6. He continued to race until lap 49, where he pulled into the pits and retired from the race, officially credited with a 14th place finish. To fill out the podium, Isabella Robusto, driving for Venturini Motorsports, and Connor Zilisch, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway is a motorsport racetrack located at the Nashville Fairgrounds near downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The track is the second-oldest continually operating track in the United States.[6] The track held NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup (now NASCAR Cup Series) races from 1958 to 1984.
The speedway is currently an 18 degree banked paved oval. The track is 0.596miles long. Inside the larger oval is a NaNmiles paved oval.
The track was converted to a NaNmiles paved oval in 1957, when it began to be a NASCAR series track. The speedway was lengthened between the 1969 and 1970 seasons. The corners were cut down from 35 degrees to their present 18 degrees in 1972. The track was repaved between the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, May 11, at 2:00 PM CST, and lasted for 60 minutes.[7] William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 19.760, and a speed of 108.583mph.[8]
| Pos.[9] | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | William Sawalich | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 19.760 | 108.583 | |
| 2 | 28 | Connor Zilisch (R) | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | 19.768 | 108.539 | |
| 3 | 20 | Gio Ruggiero (R) | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 19.955 | 107.522 | |
| Full practice results | |||||||
Qualifying was held on Saturday, May 11, at 4:00 PM CST. The qualifying system used is a single-car, two-lap based system. All drivers will be on track by themselves and will have two laps to post a qualifying time. The driver who sets the fastest time in qualifying will win the pole.[10]
Gio Ruggiero, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 19.420, and a speed of 110.484mph.[11]
| Fin[13] | St | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 18 | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 150 | 145 | Running | 48 | |
| 2 | 3 | 55 | Isabella Robusto | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 150 | 1 | Running | 43 | |
| 3 | 4 | 28 | Connor Zilisch (R) | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Running | 41 | |
| 4 | 5 | 11 | Zachary Tinkle | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 149 | 0 | Running | 40 | |
| 5 | 6 | 96 | Andrew Patterson | MAN Motorsports | Toyota | 149 | 0 | Running | 39 | |
| 6 | 7 | 07 | Tyler Scofield | Scofield Motorsports | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | Running | 38 | |
| 7 | 9 | 93 | Caleb Costner | CW Motorsports | Chevrolet | 148 | 0 | Running | 37 | |
| 8 | 12 | 10 | Jayson Alexander | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 147 | 0 | Running | 36 | |
| 9 | 8 | 95 | Hunter Wright | MAN Motorsports | Toyota | 147 | 0 | Running | 35 | |
| 10 | 10 | 39 | D. L. Wilson | CW Motorsports | Toyota | 146 | 0 | Running | 34 | |
| 11 | 13 | 06 | Cody Dennison (R) | Wayne Peterson Racing | Toyota | 146 | 0 | Running | 33 | |
| 12 | 11 | 99 | Michael Maples (R) | Fast Track Racing | Chevrolet | 146 | 0 | Running | 32 | |
| 13 | 15 | 31 | Rita Goulet | Rise Motorsports | Chevrolet | 135 | 0 | Running | 31 | |
| 14 | 1 | 20 | Gio Ruggiero (R) | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 49 | 4 | Accident | 32 | |
| 15 | 18 | 42 | Tanner Reif | Cook Racing Technologies | Chevrolet | 26 | 0 | Accident | 29 | |
| 16 | 16 | 48 | Brad Smith | Brad Smith Motorsports | Ford | 23 | 0 | Handling | 28 | |
| 17 | 17 | 0 | Nate Moeller | Wayne Peterson Racing | Ford | 23 | 0 | Steering | 27 | |
| 18 | 14 | 12 | Presley Sorah | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 20 | 0 | Brakes | 26 | |
| Official race results | ||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Connor Zilisch | 129 |
| 1 | 2 | William Sawalich | 125 (-4) |
| 2 | 3 | Gio Ruggiero | 122 (–7) |
| 4 | Zachary Tinkle | 110 (–19) | |
| 5 | D. L. Wilson | 102 (–27) | |
| 6 | Cody Dennison | 99 (–30) | |
| 7 | Michael Maples | 94 (–35) | |
| 1 | 8 | Rita Goulet | 83 (–46) |
| 4 | 9 | Hunter Wright | 74 (–55) |
| 9 | 10 | Caleb Costner | 72 (–57) |