The 2024 Henry Ford Health 200 was the 13th stock car race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series season, and the 36th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, August 16, 2024, at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, a 2.0 mile (3.2 km) permanent quad-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. Connor Zilisch, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, would continue his winning streak, passing the leader Tanner Gray on a late restart and holding off Andrés Pérez de Lara in the final laps to earn his fourth career ARCA Menards Series win, and his fourth of the season.[5] Gray dominated the majority of the event, leading a race-high 55 laps before falling back on a late restart and finishing 3rd. Perez won the pole and led six laps, he was unable to get past Zilisch and finished 2nd.
Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).
The first and only practice session was originally scheduled to be held on Friday, August 16, at 1:30 PM EST, but due to inclement weather, the session was postponed until 2:15 PM EST, and would last for 30 minutes.[6]Andrés Pérez de Lara, driving for Rev Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 39.310, and a speed of 183.160 mph (294.767 km/h).[7]
Qualifying was originally scheduled to be held on Friday, August 16, at 2:30 PM EST.[6] The qualifying system used is a multi-car, multi-lap based system. All drivers will be on track for a 20-minute timed session, and whoever sets the fastest time in that session will win the pole.[9]
Qualifying was cancelled due to inclement weather. The starting lineup would be determined by practice speeds. As a result, Andrés Pérez de Lara, driving for Rev Racing, will start on the pole.[10]
