- The Sprecher 150 at The Milwaukee Mile will be the 15th race of 20 for the ARCA Menards Series in 2024. It will be the 13th ARCA Menards Series race at The Milwaukee Mile and the 1568th race in series history.
- The Sprecher 150 is also a part of the ARCA Menards Series East schedule and will be the sixth of eight East races in 2024. It is the 601st race in East series history and the fourth East race at The Milwaukee Mile.
- Andres Perez (No. 2 Max Siegel Inc. Chevrolet) enters the Sprecher 150 with a 49-point lead over his Rev Racing teammate Lavar Scott (No. 6 Max Siegel Inc. Chevrolet) in the race for the ARCA Menards Series championship. Perez finished outside the top ten for just the second time in 2024 last Sunday at the Illinois State Fairgrounds and for the first time since he finished 12th in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway. Scott, who finished fifth compared to Perez’s 15th-place finish at Springfield, cut 10 points off the points lead.
- Perez now has 12 top-ten finishes in 14 starts, while Scott has nine. Kris Wright (No. 15 FNB Corporation Toyota) also has nine finishes among the top ten.
- Scott now leads in the laps completed category in 2024, completing 1854 of a possible 1877 laps (98.77%). Perez, who lost more than 40 laps in the pits for radiator repairs at Springfield, has slipped to second at 1831 of 1877 (97.55%).
- Connor Zilisch (No. 28 Silver Hare Development/Chevrolet Performance Chevrolet) enters the Sprecher 150 with a 22-point lead over reigning series champion William Sawalich (No. 18 Starkey/SoundGear Toyota) in the battle for the ARCA Menards Series East championship. Zilisch has won four of six starts in the ARCA Menards Series East in 2024, including his last three straight, all of which were combination races with the ARCA Menards Series. Zilisch also won his last ARCA Menards Series start at Michigan International Speedway and is an undefeated four-for-four in 2024. It’s the most races a driver has started and won consecutively in a single season in ARCA Menards Series modern era (post-1979) history.
- Sawalich won last Sunday at the Illinois State Fairgrounds to claim his sixth ARCA Menards Series victory of 2024 and his first ever on dirt. Sawalich, who did not race at Michigan International Speedway, has won his last three ARCA Menards Series starts at Salem Speedway, Elko Speedway, and Springfield. He led every lap in his win at Salem and every lap but one in his win at Springfield.
- Combined, Joe Gibbs Racing drivers William Sawalich and Tanner Gray and Pinnacle Racing Group drivers Connor Zilisch and Connor Mosack have won every ARCA Menards Series race since April at Dover Motor Speedway and 12 of the 14 races run so far in 2024. The only other organization to visit victory lane is Venturini Motorsports with drivers Gus Dean and Jake Finch at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.
- How dominant have Joe Gibbs Racing and Pinnacle Racing Group been in the ARCA Menards Series 2024? The two teams have combined to lead 1,377 of the possible 1,877 laps, an astounding 73.36% of all laps run so far in 2024. They’ve been equally dominant in the ARCA Menards Series East, with Sawalich – the sole Joe Gibbs Racing pilot in the East series – leading 411 laps while Zilisch – the sole Pinnacle Racing Group driver – has led 383 laps.
- Four drivers will do double duty, competing in the Sprecher 150 and the Liuna 175 for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Marco Andretti (No. 17 Group 1001 Chevrolet), Sawalich, Lawless Alan (No. 33 AutoParkIt Ford), and Dean Thompson (No. 55 Thompson Pipe Group Toyota).
- The ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East track qualifying record at The Milwaukee Mile was set in 2023 by William Sawalich at 29.069 seconds/125.701 miles per hour.
- The ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East track race record at The Milwaukee Mile was set in 2021 by Ty Gibbs at 100.615 miles per hour.
- The race will be run under the Break Pit Stop format; there will be a five-minute break at or near lap 75 for teams to change tires, add fuel, make adjustments, and if needed, make repairs. Teams may have eight tires in the pit box, four for use at the break and four for emergency use. Tire changes outside of the break must be approved by ARCA officials; any unapproved tire changes will result in a two-lap penalty.
- Should the race need to be extended into overtime, there will be unlimited attempts at a two-lap “green-white-checkered” finish. If the caution is 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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