General Tire 150 (Charlotte)

The General Tire 150 is a 150-mile (240 km) annual ARCA Menards Series race held at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The inaugural event was held on May 18, 1996 and was won by Tim Steele. The race was originally held during the month of May between 1996 and 2004, after which it was removed from the calendar. The race returned to the series in 2018 and has remained since.

General Tire 150
ARCA Menards Series
VenueCharlotte Motor Speedway
LocationConcord, North Carolina
Corporate sponsorGeneral Tire
First race1996
Distance150.0 mi (241.4 km)
Laps100
Previous namesADG EasyCare 100 (1996)
ADG Easy Care Certified 100 (1997)
EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 100 (1998-2002)
ADG 100 presented by EasyCare (2003)
Quaker Steak & Lube 100 (2004)
Most wins (driver)Frank Kimmel (3)
Most wins (team)Clement Racing (3)
Most wins (manufacturer)Ford (6)
Circuit information
Length1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Turns4

History

ARCA previously ran at Charlotte Motor Speedway from 1996 to 2004. In 1996 and 1997, the series ran three times at the speedway: twice in May and once in either late September or early October. In 1998, the middle race was dropped, leaving just one spring race and one fall race. For 2004, the fall race was dropped, before the track was dropped altogether for the 2005 season.[1]

Past winners
Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)		 Report
Laps Miles (km)
1996 May 18 16 Tim Steele Steele Racing Ford 67 100.5 (161.739) 0:54:19 111.016 Report
1997 May 17 66 Mark Thompson Mike Brandt Ford 67 100.5 (161.739) 0:48:50 123.481 Report
1998 May 16 46 Frank Kimmel Clement Racing Chevrolet 67 100.5 (161.739) 0:53:36 112.500 Report
1999 May 22 58 Mario Gosselin Wings Racing Chevrolet 63* 94.5 (152.083) 0:56:21 100.621 Report
2000 May 20 99 Lyndon Amick Ken Schrader Racing Pontiac 67 100.5 (161.739) 0:54:01 111.632 Report
2001 May 19 46 Frank Kimmel Clement Racing Ford 67 100.5 (161.739) 0:55:56 107.807 Report
2002 May 18 55 Jeff Fultz Craig Motorsports Ford 67 100.5 (161.739) 1:04:48 93.056 Report
2003 May 23 46 Frank Kimmel Clement Racing Ford 67 100.5 (161.739) 1:00:16 100.055 Report
2004 May 27 64 Ryan Hemphill Braun Racing Dodge 73* 109.5 (176.223) 1:12:45 90.309 Report
2004
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2017		 Not held
2018 May 24 12 Brandon Jones MDM Motorsports Toyota 100 150 (241.402) 1:22:51 108.630 Report
2019 May 23 22 Ty Majeski Chad Bryant Racing Ford 109 163.5 (263.128) 1:29:39 109.426 Report
2020* Not held

Notes
  • 1999: Race shortened due to time constraints.
  • 2004 & 2019: Race lengthened for green-white-checkered finish.
  • 2020: Race cancelled and moved to Kentucky due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Multiple winners (drivers)
# Wins Team Years Won
3 Frank Kimmel 1998, 2001, 2003

Multiple winners (teams)
# Wins Team Years Won
3 Clement Racing 1998, 2001, 2003

Manufacturer wins
# Wins Manufacturer Years Won
5 Ford 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2019
2 Chevrolet 1998, 1999
1 Pontiac 2000
Toyota 2018


References
  1. "Charlotte Motor Speedway". Racing-reference.info. NASCAR. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
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