ARCA Menards Series/ARCA Menards Series West at Phoenix Raceway: Pre-race Notes

Tim Disspain March 6, 2024
  • The General Tire 150 at Phoenix Raceway will be the second race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series season; it will also serve as the season opener for the ARCA Menards Series West. The race will count towards both series championships and the driver who wins will be credited with a win in both series.
  • The race will be the 1555th in ARCA Menards Series history and the 1017th in ARCA Menards Series West history.
  • The General Tire 150 will be the fifth ARCA Menards Series race at Phoenix Raceway. Previous winners include Chandler Smith (2020), Ty Gibbs (2021), Taylor Gray (2022), and Tyler Reif (2023).
  • The race will also be the 52nd ARCA Menards Series West race at Phoenix Raceway dating back to the first in November 1977, won by Cale Yarborough. Other non-Cup Series combination race West winners at Phoenix include Richard Petty, Neil Bonnett, Neil Bonnett, Ron Eaton, Bill Schmitt, Rich Woodland, Jr., Mike Wallace, Kevin Richards, Ken Schrader, Scott Lynch, David Gilliland, Burney Lamar, Andrew Myers, Joey Logano, Mike David, Jason Bowles, Eric Holmes, Greg Pursley, Ryan Blaney, David Mayhew, Michael Self, Gray Gaulding, Cole Custer, Nick Drake, Todd Gilliland, Ty Gibbs, Taylor Gray, Sammy Smith, Tyler Reif, and William Sawalich.
  • The 43 drivers entered represent a record high for the ARCA Menards Series at Phoenix Raceway and the first time since 2011 40 entries for an ARCA Menards Series West race at Phoenix Raceway have been filed.
  • Tyler Reif’s victory last year marked the first time an ARCA Menards Series West driver scored a win in an ARCA Menards Series/ARCA Menards Series West combination event.
  • The ARCA Menards Series qualifying record at Phoenix Raceway was set by Sammy Smith in 2022 at 26.912 seconds/133.769 miles per hour. The ARCA Menards Series West qualifying record, also set by Sammy Smith in 2022, is 26.570 seconds/135.491 miles per hour.
  • Four female drivers are entered – Amber Balcaen, Toni Breidinger, Isabella Robusto, and Danica Dart – and drivers from four countries and 20 states are entered. Last year’s ARCA Menards Series runner-up Andres Perez is from Mexico, ARCA Menards Series West veteran Takuma Koga is from Japan, and Balcaen and David Smith are from Canada. California leads the way with 12 drivers entered.
  • The ARCA Menards Series race record at Phoenix Raceway is 1 hour, 46 minutes, 46 seconds/86.409 miles per hour, set by Taylor Gray in March 2022.
  • The record for lead changes in an ARCA Menards Series race at Phoenix Raceway is 8, set in 2021 and tied in 2022 and 2023. The fewest lead changes in an ARCA Menards Series race at Phoenix is 4 in 2020. The record for most lead changes in a non-Cup combination West race at Phoenix is 16 set in 1978. The fewest is 0, in 2012 and 2014.
  • The record for the most cautions in an ARCA Menards Series race at Phoenix Raceway is 13 in 2023. The fewest cautions is seven, set in 2021. The record for the most laps under caution is 78, also set in 2023. The fewest laps under caution is 56 set in 2020.
  • Should the race need to be extended into overtime, there will be unlimited attempts at a two-lap “green-white-checkered” finish. Should the caution flag be displayed after the white flag is displayed, there will be unlimited attempts at a one-lap “green and white together” finish.

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