General Tire 200 (Sonoma)

The General Tire 200 is a 126-mile (200 km) ARCA Menards Series West race held annually at Sonoma Raceway.

History

Only a year after the track first opened, the ARCA Menards Series West (then known as NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Division) held their first races at the track in 1969, which were a pair of 60-lap races won by Ray Elder and Jack McCoy. The series did not return until 1978, and from there, the track became a mainstay on the West Series schedule (excluding a brief hiatus from the track from 1999 to 2005).

From 1989 to 1997, the NASCAR Cup Series' annual race at Sonoma was also held as a combination event with the West Series. The highest-finishing West Series regular in the race would earn 1st-place points that counted towards the West Series, no matter how low they finished. After 1997, the race was solely held as a Cup Series event because West Series teams felt they were at a disadvantage against the more financed Cup teams. After the 1998 event, the race took a seven-year hiatus before returning in 2006.

In 2021, General Tire, the official tire of the ARCA Menards Series, became the title sponsor for the race.

Past winners

• 2008, 2013–2015, 2019, 2021 and 2024–2025: Race extended due to an overtime finish.
• 2022: Race shortened to 56 laps due to time constraints.

See also

• Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Cup Series Race)
• Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 (Xfinity Series Race)
• DoorDash 250 (Former Truck Series Race)

External links

• race results at Racing-Reference