The 2021 Dawn Ultra 150 was the seventh
stock car race of the
2021 ARCA Menards Series
The 2021 ARCA Menards Series season was the 69th season of the ARCA Menards Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the Lucas Oil 200 on February 13 a ...
season, the second race of the
2021 Sioux Chief Showdown, and the second iteration of the
event
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. The race was held on Friday, June 4, in
Lexington, Ohio at the
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside the village of Lexington. Mid-Ohio has also colloquially become a term for the entire north-central regio ...
, a permanent road course. The race took the scheduled 42 laps to complete. At race's end,
Ty Gibbs would dominate for his 13th
ARCA Menards Series career win, his fifth of the season, and his fourth win in a row of the season. To fill out the podium,
Austin Hill of
Hattori Racing Enterprises and
Thad Moffitt of
David Gilliland Racing would finish second and third, respectively.
Background
The track is a road course
auto racing facility located in
Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio
Troy Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 1,129 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
* Troy Town ...
,
United States, just outside the village of
Lexington. Mid-Ohio has also colloquially become a term for the entire north-central region of the state, from south of
Sandusky to the north of
Columbus
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* Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), the Italian explorer
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.
The track opened as a 15-turn, 2.4 mile (3.86 km) road circuit run
clockwise. The back portion of the track allows speeds approaching 180 mph (290 km/h). A separate starting line is located on the backstretch to allow for safer rolling starts. The regular start / finish line is located on the pit straight. There is grandstand seating for 10,000 spectators and three observation mounds alongside the track raise the capacity to over 75,000.
Entry list
Qualifying
Qualifying would take place on Friday, June 4, at 2:45 PM
EST. The qualifying system was a 45 minute session where drivers could run as many laps as they wanted within the session to set a time.
Corey Heim
Corey D. Heim (born July 5, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 11 Toyota Tundra for TRICON Garage. He has previously competed ARCA Menards Serie ...
of
Venturini Motorsports would win the pole, setting a time of one minute, 27.877 seconds and an average speed of .
Full qualifying results
Race results
References
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2021 ARCA Menards Series
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