General Tire 200

This article is about the ARCA Menards Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. For the ARCA Menards Series West race at Sonoma Raceway which has the same name, see General Tire 200 (Sonoma).

The General Tire 200 is an ARCA Menards Series race held at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. Since 2009, it has been held in the spring on the same weekend as the NASCAR Cup Series' GEICO 500 and NASCAR Xfinity Series' Ag-Pro 300. It was previously held during the track's fall Cup Series weekend.

General Tire 200

ARCA Menards Series
Venue	Talladega Superspeedway
Corporate sponsor	General Tire[1]
First race	1969
Distance	202.16 miles (325.3 km)
Laps	76
Previous names	Spring: TALLADEGA ARCA 200 (1982) TALLADEGA ARCA 500 (1983) PERMATEX 500 (1984-1985) TALLADEGA ARCA 500K (1986,1988) ARCA PERMATEX 500K (1987) BUMPER-TO-BUMPER 500K (1989) POULAN PRO 500K (1990-1993) FOOD WORLD 500K (1994-1995) MOUNTAIN DEW 500K(1996) ARCA RE/MAX 250 (2009) TALLADEGA ARCA 250 (2010) 3 AMIGOS 250 (2011) INTERNATIONAL MOTORSPORTS HALL OF FAME 250 (2012-2013) INTERNATIONAL MOTORSPORTS HALL OF FAME 200 (2014-2015) GENERAL TIRE 200 (2016-2019, 2021-) Summer: TALLADEGA ARCA 200 (1982-1984) PERMATEX 500K (1986, 1988) TALLADEGA ARCA 500K (1987-1991) GENERAL TIRE 200 AT TALLADEGA (2020) Fall: TALLADEGA ARCA 200 (1979-1981) WINN DIXIE 500K (1997) WINN DIXIE 300 (1998-2000) FOOD WORLD 300 (2001-2006) ARCA RE/MAX 250 (2007-2008)

Footage from the 2006 race was shown in the 2008 U. S. remake of Funny Games. The race was also Juan Pablo Montoya's first race in a stock car (he finished 3rd in the race.)

The 2018 race currently has the closest margin of victory in ARCA Series history. The official margin of victory was 0.0029 seconds.

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Manufacturer	Race distance		Race time	Average speed (mph)
				Laps	Miles (km)
1969	October 26	Jim Vandiver	Dodge	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:12:19	156.017
1970	April 11	Ramo Stott	Plymouth	50	133 (214.043)	0:51:30	154.391
	June 14	Ramo Stott	Plymouth	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:23:25	147.504
1975	May 3	Jim Vandiver	Dodge	76	202.16 (325.344)	1:20:04	151.494
1976	May 1	Johnny Halford	Dodge	76	202.16 (325.344)	1:20:05	151.462
1977	August 6	Ron Hutcherson	Chevrolet	76	202.16 (325.344)	1:20:37	150.46
1978	August 5	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	76	202.16 (325.344)	1:17:44	156.041
1979	August 4	Sandy Satullo, II	Buick	76	202.16 (325.344)	1:25:21	142.113
1980	August 2	Billie Harvey	Chevrolet	76	202.16 (325.344)	1:31:04	132.15
1981	August 1	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	76	202.16 (325.344)	1:25:35	141.728
1982	May 1	Jim Vaughan	Ford	76	202.16 (325.344)	1:36:30	125.4
	July 31	Rick Roland	Pontiac	76	202.16 (325.344)	1:27:20	138.571
1983	April 30	Davey Allison	Pontiac	117	311.22 (500.86)	2:06:16	147.887
	July 30	Davey Allison	Pontiac	76	202.16 (325.344)	1:25:07	142.5
1984	May 5	Davey Allison	Pontiac	117	311.22 (500.86)	2:14:06	139.248
	July 28	Red Farmer	Chevrolet	76	202.16 (325.344)	1:15:10	161.369
1985	May 4	Davey Allison	Buick	117	311.22 (500.86)	2:08:20	145.505
	July 27	No race was held because of rain.
1986	May 3	Grant Adcox	Chevrolet	117	311.22 (500.86)	2:11:26	142.073
	July 26	Grant Adcox	Chevrolet	117	311.22 (500.86)	1:47:21	173.947
1987	May 2	Grant Adcox	Chevrolet	117	311.22 (500.86)	2:43:47	114.011
	July 25	Grant Adcox	Oldsmobile	117	311.22 (500.86)	2:19:01	134.323
1988	April 30	Red Farmer	Chevrolet	117	311.22 (500.86)	2:13:07	140.277
	July 30	Grant Adcox	Chevrolet	117	311.22 (500.86)	2:10:52	142.688
1989	May 6	Tracy Leslie	Pontiac	117	311.22 (500.86)	2:08:46	145.016
	July 29	Tracy Leslie	Pontiac	117	311.22 (500.86)	2:00:54	154.452
1990	May 5	Jimmy Horton	Pontiac	117	311.22 (500.86)	1:59:26	155.913
	July 28	Charlie Glotzbach	Chevrolet	117	311.22 (500.86)	1:58:08	158.068
1991	May 4	Jimmy Horton	Pontiac	76*	202.16 (325.344)	1:32:22	131.32
	July 27	Charlie Glotzbach	Chevrolet	117	311.22 (500.86)	1:58:16	157.89
1992	May 2	Charlie Glotzbach	Chevrolet	117	311.22 (500.86)	2:08:20	145.505
1993	May 1	Tim Steele	Ford	117	311.22 (500.86)	2:07:46	146.15
1994	April 30	Jeff Purvis	Chevrolet	117	311.22 (500.86)	2:07:56	145.96
1995	April 29	Mike Wallace	Ford	117	311.22 (500.86)	2:05:13	150.327
1996	April 27	Tim Steele	Ford	117	311.22 (500.86)	2:06:37	147.478
1997	October 11	Tim Steele	Ford	117	311.22 (500.86)	2:21:57	131.547
1998	October 10	Tim Steele	Ford	113	300.58 (483.736)	2:30:23	119.925
1999	October 16	Bob Strait	Ford	113	300.58 (483.736)	2:36:52	114.968
2000	October 14	David Keith	Ford	113	300.58 (483.736)	2:31:38	118.923
2001	October 20	Bobby Gerhart	Pontiac	113	300.58 (483.736)	2:04:25	144.955
2002	October 5	Keith Segars	Chevrolet	113	300.58 (483.736)	1:58:43	151.914
2003	September 27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	113	300.58 (483.736)	2:23:04	126.059
2004	October 2	Blake Feese	Chevrolet	113	300.58 (483.736)	2:38:05	114.084
2005	October 1	Kraig Kinser	Chevrolet	113	300.58 (483.736)	2:09:18	139.48
2006	October 6	Frank Kimmel	Ford	81*	215.46 (346.749)	1:40:04	129.19
2007	October 5	Michael Annett	Toyota	94	250.04 (402.4)	1:57:37	127.553
2008	October 3	Justin Allgaier	Dodge	94	250.04 (402.4)	1:19:16	107.724
2009	April 24	Justin Lofton	Toyota	97*	258.02 (415.242)	1:54:47	134.873
2010	April 23	Dakoda Armstrong	Dodge	94	250.04 (402.4)	1:53:48	131.831
2011	April 16*	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	94	250.04 (402.4)	1:58:13	126.906
2012	May 4	Brandon McReynolds	Chevrolet	94	250.04 (402.4)	2:11:19	114.246
2013	May 3	Frank Kimmel	Toyota	73*	194.18 (312.502)	1:38:55	117.784
2014	May 3	Tom Hessert III	Dodge	76	202.16 (325.344)	1:15:34	160.515
2015	May 1	Blake Jones	Dodge	79*	210.14 (338.187)	1:40:29	125.478
2016	April 30	Gus Dean	Chevrolet	77*	197.14 (338.187)	1:30:21	135.478
2017	May 6*	Justin Haley	Toyota	82*	218.12 (351.03)	1:37:37	134.067
2018	April 27	Zane Smith	Toyota	87*	231.42 (372.434)	2:00:44	115.007
2019	April 26	Todd Gilliland	Toyota	76	202.16 (325.344)	1:25:46	141.426
2020	June 20	Drew Dollar	Toyota	76	202.16 (325.344)	1:11:22	169.962
2021	April 24	Corey Heim	Toyota	76	202.16 (325.344)	1:37:41	124.173
2022	April 23	Nick Sanchez	Holden	68*	180.88 (291.098)	1:31:23	118.761
2023	April 22	Jesse Love	Toyota	76	202.160 (325.344)	1:29:18	103.807
2024	April 20	Jake Finch	Toyota	76	202.160 (325.344)	1:16.28	158.626

Notes

• 1991 and 2006: The race was shortened due to darkness
• 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018: The race was extended due to a green–white–checker finish
  • 2016: Race ended earlier due to darkness
  • 2018: The race was extended to two attempts of GWC finish
• 2011 and 2017: The race was postponed from Friday to Saturday due to rain
• 2013: The race was shortened due to rain
• 2022: The race was shortened due to time constraints (national broadcast network television contract requirements for support race).

References

1. "General Tire Partners with Talladega Superspeedway for the General Tire 200 ARCA Race Set For Friday, April 29". Talladega Superspeedway. February 12, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.

External links

• Talladega Superspeedway race results at Racing-Reference

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