PIT BOX: A monster awaits ARCA Menards Series East competitors at Dover Motor Speedway

After a month break, the 2023 ARCA Menards Series East season resumes Friday afternoon with a trip to Dover Motor Speedway for the running of the General Tire 125.

Friday’s 125-lap event at the one-mile concrete oval marks the 33rd time the ARCA Menards Series East has visited Dover Motor Speedway. The inaugural East Series event at the track was held in 1987 and was won by NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin.

Additional East Series events at Dover have been won by a number of notable names, including Michael Waltrip, Ken Schrader, Harry Gant, Jimmy Spencer, Andy Santerre, Aric Almirola, Brett Moffitt, Bubba Wallace, Corey LaJoie, Austin Hill, Harrison Burton and Ty Gibbs.

Taylor Gray is the most recent winner in ARCA Menards Series East competition at Dover Motor Speedway during the 2022 season.

Tickets to the General Tire 125 are available by clicking here. Below is everything to know about Friday’s event.

General Tire 125 at Dover Motor Speedway

WHAT TO WATCH FOR:

Momentum is on the side of two drivers scheduled to compete in Friday’s ARCA Menards Series East General Tire 125 at Dover Motor Speedway.

The first is William Sawalich, who dominated the opening race of the East Series season last month at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida. Sawalich led all 200 laps of the Pensacola 200 to earn his first victory on the ARCA platform for Joe Gibbs Racing.

The other is Sean Hingorani, who is riding a two-race winning streak in ARCA Menards Series West competition. Hingorani won the second race of the season at Irwindale Speedway and followed that up with a triumph last Saturday night at Kern County Raceway Park.

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Several other drivers will look to build their own momentum this weekend at the Monster Mile. Chief among them will be Luke Fenhaus, who finished a close second to Sawalich in the East Series opener at Five Flags Speedway. Landen Lewis, who finished second behind Hingorani at Kern County, will make his first East Series start of the year in the No. 17 for car owner Steve McGowan.

In addition to Hingorani, Venturini Motorsports will also field cars for Conner Jones, Jake Finch and Toni Breidinger. Lavar Scott will also be back in action aboard Rev Racing’s No. 6 Chevrolet.

The complete entry list for Friday’s General Tire 125 is available here.

RACING REFERENCE:

• Previous ARCA East races at Dover
• ARCA Menards Series East drivers at Dover

RACE FACTS

CREW CHIEF HANDOUT: The starting field for the General Tire 125 is limited to 26 plus provisional positions. This event will run under the 2023 ARCA Menards Series East rules, procedures, regulations and specifications.

QUALIFYING: Starting lineup set by fastest lap set in timed session qualifying.

RACE PIT STOP: Oval break pit stop procedure. Break at or near the conclusion of Lap 63. No adding or moving tires to or from pit box once race has started. All cars will be required to make at least one pit stop prior to last 10 laps of race. (Learn about all of ARCA’s pit stop procedures here.)

The maximum tire allotment available for this event is as follows: Per ARCA Rulebook, maximum tire usage for this event (purchased plus from-home tires) is 16. Maximum number of tires allowed in pit box for use in race is four (4).