2024 General Tire 200 (Talladega)

2024 General Tire 200

Race details[1][2][3][4]
Race 3 of 20 of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series
Date	April 20, 2024
Official name	62nd Annual General Tire 200
Location	Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.66 mi (4.28 km)
Distance	76 laps, 202 mi (325 km)
Scheduled Distance	76 laps, 202 mi (325 km)
Average speed	181.219 mph (291.644 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Jake Finch	Venturini Motorsports
Grid positions set by competition-based formula
Most laps led
Driver	Jake Finch	Venturini Motorsports
Laps	76
Winner
No. 20	Jake Finch	Venturini Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Jamie Little, Phil Parsons, and Trevor Bayne
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN

The 2024 General Tire 200 was the 3rd stock car race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series season, and the 62nd running of the event. The race was held on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama, a 2.66 mile (4.28 km) permanent quad-oval shaped asphalt superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 76 laps to complete. Jake Finch, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would find redemption from Daytona, and put on a blistering performance, leading every lap of the race to earn his first career ARCA Menards Series win. It was the first Talladega race in series history where a driver led every lap to win the race.^[5][6] To fill out the podium, Kris Wright, driving for Venturini Motorsports, and Tanner Gray, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Talladega Superspeedway, formerly known as Alabama International Motor Speedway, is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. A tri-oval, the track was constructed in 1969 by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking. The track currently hosts NASCAR's Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which is 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km).

• (R) denotes rookie driver.

Practice was held on Friday, April 19, at 3:00 PM CST, and would last for 1 hour. For practice, drivers were separated into different groups and had a specified number of laps to set a fastest time.^[7] Bryce Haugeberg, driving for Fast Track Racing, would set the fastest time between all the groups, with a lap of 53.331, and a speed of 179.558 mph (288.971 km/h).^[8]

No qualifying session was held. Instead, the starting lineup was determined by owners points from the previous season.^[7][9] As a result, Jake Finch, driving for Venturini Motorsports, started on the pole.^[10]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Christian Rose 107 1 2 Greg Van Alst 106 (-1) 3 Andrés Pérez de Lara 104 (–3) 4 Amber Balcaen 101 (–6) 4 5 Gus Dean 87 (–20) 20 6 Jake Finch 83 (–24) 14 7 Kris Wright 80 (–27) 5 8 Toni Breidinger 76 (–31) 4 9 Lavar Scott 76 (–31) 2 10 Thomas Annunziata 74 (–33) Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.