General_Tire_200

General Tire 200

General Tire 200

ARCA Menards Series race at Talladega

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.

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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

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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 (needing to get the Xfinity Series race on the same day completed before darkness)

References

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    "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.
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