NASCAR General Tire Pole Award

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Dominant Chandler Smith takes Fourth Consecutive ARCA Menards Series Short Track Win in Fans with Benefits 150 at Iowa Speedway

Chandler Smith Wins the Fans with Benefits 150 ARCA Menards Series race at Iowa Speedway on Friday, July 19, 2019
Photo – Courtesy of AMS

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After leading the afternoon’s practice session and winning the General Tire Pole Award, Chandler Smith (No. 20 Craftsman/828 Logistics Toyota) put a period on a clean sweep of the ARCA Menards Series Fans with Benefits 150 with a dominant victory Friday night at Iowa Speedway. Smith led the first 106 laps before losing the lead on pit road during the penultimate caution flag of the night. Once back under green, it took him just ten laps to knife his way through the field to retake the lead from Ty Gibbs (No. 18 Monster Energy/ORCA Coolers/Terrible Herbst/Advance Auto Parts Toyota) to lead the final 35 laps.

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Dean Takes Pocono Pole; Looks for Two-in-a-Row in ModSpace 150

Gus Dean takes the Pole Award for Win Tron Racing at Pocono Raceway. Photo – ARS

Gus Dean took to the track last in General Tire Pole Qualifying, but he will start the ModSpace 150 from the pole as he turned the fastest lap of the afternoon around the 2.5-mile Pocono Raceway. Dean’s lap of 52.850 seconds/179.293 miles per hour was good enough to lock down his first General Tire Pole Award of 2018 and the first of his ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards career.

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