The 2024 Bush's Beans 200 was the 18th stock car race of the

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season, the 8th and final race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series East season, and the 5th iteration of the

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. The race was held on Thursday, September 19, 2024, at

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, a 0.553 mile (0.858 km) permanent oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. In a caution-filled race,

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, driving for

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, would hold off a hard charging battle between

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throughout the entire race, and took over the lead on the final restart with two to go, earning his 12th career

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win, his 7th career

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win, and his 9th win of the season. To fill out the podium, Lewis, driving for

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, and

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, driving for

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, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively. In addition to winning, Sawalich would claim the 2024 ARCA Menards Series East championship, 12 points ahead of Connor Zilisch, who was involved in an early race incident, ending his contention of winning. This was Sawalich's second championship after winning it the year before, and the fourth consecutive championship for the 18 car.

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Background

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short track venue located in

. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and

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-like seating. It has also been named one of the loudest NASCAR tracks.

Entry list

* (R) denotes rookie driver.

Practice

The first and only practice session was held on Thursday, September 19, at 1:00 PM EST, and would last for 45 minutes.

, driving for

, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 15.384, and a speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Thursday, September 19, at 2:00 PM EST. The qualifying system used is a multi-car, multi-lap based system. All drivers will be on track for a 20-minute timed session, and whoever sets the fastest time in that session will win the pole. Connor Zilisch, driving for

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, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 15.503, and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Race results

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings (ARCA Main) ;Drivers' Championship standings (ARCA East) *Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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