ARCA Menards Series set to race for the 1500th time in the Dawn 150 this evening

LEXINGTON, Ohio (June 4, 2021) - Stock car racing returns for a doubleheader feature at the 2.258-mile, 13-turn Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course later today for the B&L Transport 170 race weekend. The ARCA Menards Series races at 6 p.m. ET tonight (June 4) in the Dawn 150, then the NASCAR Xfinity Series takes the green flag for the B&L Transport 170 just past 1 p.m. ET on Saturday (June 5).

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The fact that Friday’s Dawn 150 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is the 1,500th race in ARCA Menards Series history is a testament to the series’ deep, rich history dating back to the early 1950s.

Yet the 42-lap event will mark just the second time the series has visited the 2.258-mile road course in Lexington, Ohio.

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For the first time of 2021, the ARCA Menards Series turns right this weekend. The series heads to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the first time since 1965.

Ty Gibbs continued chopping down the points lead that Corey Heim currently holds down to just 10 points after sweeping the day at Charlotte Motor Speedway last weekend. Gibbs won both the NASCAR Xfinity Series and ARCA Menards Series event on Saturday. Heim managed to bring home a second-place finish.

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LEXINGTON, Ohio – Pipo Derani has been down this road before at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course: a quick lap in practice only to be outdone by the competition when it really counts. So, while the co-driver of the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi V.R was happy setting the fastest lap Friday in opening practice for the Acura Sports Car Challenge Presented by the TLX Type S, he’s holding off on celebrating.

Cooper Tires Championship Weekend to be Held at Mid-Ohio

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Following today’s announcement by organizers of the Honda Indy Toronto and INDYCAR that the July 9-11 event on the streets of Toronto has been cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions in Ontario, Andersen Promotions has revised its 2021 calendar. The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course will now host the season finale for the Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires on October 1-3.

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ARCA Menards Series Returning to Mid-Ohio after 55-year absence.

Toledo, Oh. (May 14th, 2021) – Stock car and road racing fans in the Midwest will have a convergence of sorts when the ARCA Menards Series returns to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the first time since 1965.

Cincinnati-based brand Dawn Dish, America’s #1 dish liquid, will be the entitlement sponsor of the Dawn 150, scheduled for Friday evening, June 4, on the 2.258-mile, 13-turn road course in Lexington, Ohio.

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Helio Castroneves Named Grand Marshal for the Race Weekend

LEXINGTON, Ohio (May 13, 2021) – The 60th season of racing begins at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course tomorrow (May 14) with premier sports car racing, the type of action the legendary road course was built to showcase when it opened in 1962. The Acura Sports Car Challenge Presented by TLX Type S brings the world-class IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship to compete on the 2.258-mile, 13-turn permanent road course in Lexington, Ohio.

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