General Tire 100 at The Glen

The General Tire 100 at The Glen[1][2] is an ARCA Menards Series race held annually at Watkins Glen International, on the 2.45-mile (3.94 km) road course. It was previously a part of the NASCAR East Series schedule until 2020 when the series was merged with ARCA and was moved to the ARCA Menards Series schedule.

General Tire 100 at The Glen
ARCA Menards Series
VenueWatkins Glen International
LocationWatkins Glen, New York
United States
Corporate sponsorGeneral Tire
First race1993
Distance100.4 miles (161.578 km)
Laps41
Previous namesFisher Snow Plows 125 (1993)
Watkins Glen 125 (1994)
Burnham Boilers 150 (1995-1997)
Pepsi 150 (1998–1999)
TheGlen.com sponsored by Pepsi (2000)
Little Trees 150 presented by Pepsi (2001)
Little Trees 150 (2002)
Mohegan Sun 150 presented by Pepsi (2003–2004)
East 125 at The Glen (2008)
Tioga Downs Casino 125 at The Glen (2009)
Bully Hill Vineyards 125 (2014–2015)
Bully Hill Vineyards 100 (2016)
Finger Lakes Wine Country 100 (2017)
Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100 (2018–2020)
Clean Harbors 100 at The Glen (2021)
General Tire Delivers 100 (2022)
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Former ARCA race:
BetOnUSA.com 150 (2001)
Most wins (manufacturer)Chevrolet (11)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length2.454 mi (3.949 km)
Turns8

History

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The NASCAR Busch North Series had run at Watkins Glen from 1993 until 2004. The series, now known as the NASCAR Camping World East Series, returned to track four years later in 2008 and 2009, but the race was removed from the schedule again after that. However, after a five-year absence, the East Series returned to the Glen once again in 2014. After the unification of NASCAR's East (and West) Series and the ARCA Menards Series, the race moved to the ARCA Menards Series schedule starting in 2020.[3] The race also became a part of the ARCA Menards Series Sioux Chief Showdown, a series of ten races within the season which features teams and drivers from the ARCA Menards Series East (the renamed NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) and ARCA Menards Series West (the renamed NASCAR K&N Pro Series West) as well competing for an additional championship.

In 2001, the ARCA Racing Series had their own race at Watkins Glen, which was won by John Finger. It was the only race they ran there before their merger with NASCAR.

The 2020 race ended up being cancelled and moved to the Daytona Road Course due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race there was held on the same day (Saturday, August 14), that the Watkins Glen race would have been on.

Past winners

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Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race distance Race time Average speed
(mph)
Laps Miles (km)
NASCAR Busch North Series/K&N Pro Series East
1993 June 6 71 Bobby Dragon Andover Racing Chevrolet 51 125 (201.168) 1:21:56 91.501
1994 June 5 91 Butch Leitzinger Butch Leitzinger Racing Ford 51 125 (201.168) 1:23:25 89.874
1995 August 12 1 Joe Bessey Bessey Motorsports Pontiac 62 151.9 (244.459) 2:00:34 79.593
1996 August 10 44 Andy Santerre Andy Santerre Racing Chevrolet (2) 62 151.9 (244.459) 2:02:56 74.138
1997 August 9 13 Ted Christopher Lestorti Racing Chevrolet (3) 64* 157 (252.667) 2:22:09 66.184
1998 August 8 10 Kim Baker Kim Baker Racing Chevrolet (4) 62 151.9 (244.459) 2:16:01 67.006
1999 August 14 77 Bryan Wall John Wall Racing Ford (2) 54* 132 (212.433) 1:42:58 77.393
2000 August 12 44 Andy Santerre (2) Andy Santerre Racing (2) Chevrolet (5) 56* 137 (220.48) 1:48:52 75.615
2001 August 11 44 Tom Carey, Jr. Andy Santerre Racing (3) Chevrolet (6) 62 151.9 (244.459) 1:42:42 88.744
2002 August 10 77 Bryan Wall (2) John Wall Racing (2) Ford (3) 70* 172 (276.807) 2:17:12 75
2003 August 9 13 Ted Christopher (2) Lestorti Racing (2) Chevrolet (7) 41* 100.6 (161.900) 1:46:44 56.468
2004 August 14 35 Brad Leighton NDS Motorsports Ford (4) 62 151.9 (244.459) 2:04:56 72.951
2005
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2007
Not held
2008 June 8 40 Matt Kobyluck Kobyluck Enterprises Chevrolet (8) 55 134.8 (216.935) 1:55:10 70.203
2009 June 6 00 Ryan Truex Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 54 132.3 (212.916) 2:07:55 62.056
2010
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2013
Not held
2014 August 8 34 Scott Heckert Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet (9) 53* 130 (209.215) 1:33:56 82.942
2015 August 7 34 Scott Heckert (2) HScott Motorsports Chevrolet (10) 51 125 (201.168) 1:48:19 69.214
2016 August 5 39 Austin Cindric Martin-McClure Racing Toyota (2) 41 100.4 (161.578) 1:06:32 90.586
2017 August 4 7 Will Rodgers Jefferson Pitts Racing Ford (5) 42* 103 (165.762) 1:14:07 83.301
2018 August 3 1 Brett Moffitt Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota (3) 41 100.4 (161.578) 1:16:48 78.477
2019 August 2 1 Max McLaughlin Hattori Racing Enterprises (2) Toyota (4) 34* 83.436 (134.266) 1:09:56 71.468
ARCA Menards Series
2020 August 14 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 August 6 20 Corey Heim Venturini Motorsports Toyota (5) 41 100.4 (161.578) 1:05:32 91.968
2022 August 19 81 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (6) 41 100.4 (161.578) 1:17.10 78.104
2023 August 18 20 Jesse Love Venturini Motorsports (2) Toyota (7) 41 100.4 (161.578) 1:13.39 83.829
2024 September 13 28 Connor Zilisch Pinnacle Racing Group Chevrolet (11) 41 100.4 (161.578) 0:56:30 106.673
  • 1999: Race shortened due to time constraints.
  • 2000, 2003 and 2019: Race shortened due to rain.
  • 1997, 2002, 2014 and 2017: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish.

ARCA Racing Series standalone race winner

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Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race distance Race time Average speed
(mph)
Laps Miles (km)
2001 July 7 03 John Finger Racer Carol Enterprises Ford 62 151.9 (244.459) 1:42:07 89.251

References

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  1. ^ "ARCA Menards Series 2023 Schedule & Results". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "General Tire 100 At The Glen". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  3. ^ Coburn, Wesley (6 November 2019). "2020 ARCA Menards Series". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
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