The 2021 Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 presented by Scott County Tourism was the 19th stock car race of the

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, the tenth and final race of the

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, and the 25th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, October 2, 2021 in Salem, Indiana at Salem Speedway, a permanent paved oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. On the final restart on lap 156,

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of Venturini Motorsports would take the lead and lead every lap afterwards to win his first career ARCA Menards Series win and his only win of the season. Meanwhile, Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing, who would finish second, would win the

championship, winning the championship by 22 points. To fill out the podium, Rajah Caruth of

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would finish third.

Background

Salem Speedway is a .555 miles (0.893 km) long paved oval motor racetrack in Washington Township, Washington County, near Salem, Indiana, approximately 100 miles (160 km) south of

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. The track has 33° degrees of banking in the corners. Major auto racing series that run at Salem are ARCA and USAC.

Entry list

Practice

The only 45-minute practice session was held on Saturday, October 2, at 3:15 PM EST. Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 17.202 and an average speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, October 2, at 5:30 PM EST. Each driver would have two laps to set their fastest lap; whichever lap was fastest would be considered their official lap time. Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole, setting a lap of 17.176 and an average speed of .

Full qualifying results

Race results

References

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