General Tire 150 (Kentucky)

For other races with the same name, see General Tire 150 (disambiguation).

The General Tire 150^[1] was a 150-mile (240 km) ARCA Menards Series race held at the Kentucky Speedway.

General Tire 150

ARCA Menards Series
Venue	Kentucky Speedway
Corporate sponsor	General Tire
First race	2013
Last race	2020
Distance	150 miles (240 km)
Laps	100
Previous names	ZLOOP 150 (2013–2014) Crosley Brands 150 (2015–2017)
Most wins (driver)	Corey LaJoie Brennan Poole Ryan Reed Austin Cindric Austin Theriault Ty Gibbs (1)
Most wins (team)	Randy LaJoie Racing Venturini Motorsports Lira Motorsports Cunningham Motorsports Ken Schrader Racing (1)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Ford (4)

The track hosted the series twice a year between 2000 and 2009 (except 2003), with this race being held in July as a supporting race to the NASCAR Truck Series. The other race at the track was held as a standalone race in May, except for its first year in 2000 when it was held in August.

The ARCA Series would return to the track in September 2013.^[2] After five years, it was removed from the schedule again after the 2017 season when its supporting race, the NASCAR Xfinity Series VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 was also removed. The race was re-added in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 schedule changes resulting in the Charlotte Motor Speedway race being cancelled.

List of winners

Year	Date	Driver	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)
				Laps	Miles (km)
2000	July 2	Tim Steele	Ford	100	150 (241.402)	1:23:53	107.313
2001	July 13	Frank Kimmel	Ford	100	150 (241.402)	1:40:27	120.06
2002	July 12	Chad Blount	Dodge	100	150 (241.402)	1:39:23	121.348
2003	Not held
2004	July 10	Ryan Hemphill	Dodge	100	150 (241.402)	0:59:57	100.584
2005	July 8	Chad Blount	Chevy	100	150 (241.402)	1:26:53	103.587
2006	July 7	Brad Coleman	Ford	110		1:41:51	97.202
2007	July 13	Michael McDowell	Dodge	100	150 (241.402)	1:30:01	99.981
2008	July 18	Scott Speed	Toyota	100	150 (241.402)	1:40:28	93.165
2009	July 18	Parker Kligerman	Dodge	100	150 (241.402)	1:23:20	108
2010 – 2012	Not held
2013	September 21*	Corey LaJoie	Ford	100	150 (241.402)	1:12:30	124.138
2014	September 19	Brennan Poole	Toyota	100	150 (241.402)	1:15:06	119.84
2015	September 26*	Ryan Reed	Ford	100	150 (241.402)	1:26:58	103.488
2016	September 23	Austin Cindric	Ford	102	153 (246.230)	1:27:55	104.466
2017	September 22	Austin Theriault	Ford	100	150 (241.402)	1:37:14	92.561
2018 – 2019	Not held
2020	July 11	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	100	150 (241.402)	1:25:48	104.692

• 2013 and 2015: The race was postponed a day because of rain.
• 2006 and 2016: Race extended due to green-white-checker finish.

References

1. "General Tire 150 Increases Robust Kentucky Speedway Weekend Racing Lineup". ARCARacing.com. June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
2. "2013 ARCA Racing Series Schedule Announced; Season at 21 Races for First Time Since '09". arcaracing.com. arcaracing.com. November 21, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2013.

External links

• Racing-Reference.info – Kentucky Speedway