2024 General Tire 200 (Talladega)

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. 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.

Background
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).

Entry list

 * (R) denotes rookie driver.

Practice
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. 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.

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

Standings after the race

 * Drivers' Championship standings


 * Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.