General Tire 200

The General Tire 200 is an ARCA Menards Series race held at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. Since 2009, it has been held in the spring on the same weekend as the NASCAR Cup Series' GEICO 500 and NASCAR Xfinity Series' Ag-Pro 300. It was previously held during the track's fall Cup Series weekend.

This article is about the ARCA Menards Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. For the ARCA Menards Series West race at Sonoma Raceway which has the same name, see General Tire 200 (Sonoma).
General Tire 200
ARCA Menards Series
VenueTalladega Superspeedway
Corporate sponsorGeneral Tire
First race1969
Distance202.16 miles (325.3 km)
Laps76
Previous namesSpring:


TALLADEGA ARCA 200 (1982)
TALLADEGA ARCA 500 (1983)
PERMATEX 500 (1984-1985)
TALLADEGA ARCA 500K (1986,1988)
ARCA PERMATEX 500K (1987)
BUMPER-TO-BUMPER 500K (1989)
POULAN PRO 500K (1990-1993)
FOOD WORLD 500K (1994-1995)
MOUNTAIN DEW 500K(1996)
ARCA RE/MAX 250 (2009)
TALLADEGA ARCA 250 (2010)
3 AMIGOS 250 (2011)
INTERNATIONAL MOTORSPORTS HALL OF FAME 250 (2012-2013)
INTERNATIONAL MOTORSPORTS HALL OF FAME 200 (2014-2015)
GENERAL TIRE 200 (2016-2019, 2021-)
Summer:
TALLADEGA ARCA 200 (1982-1984)
PERMATEX 500K (1986, 1988)
TALLADEGA ARCA 500K (1987-1991)
GENERAL TIRE 200 AT TALLADEGA (2020)
Fall:
TALLADEGA ARCA 200 (1979-1981)
WINN DIXIE 500K (1997)
WINN DIXIE 300 (1998-2000)


FOOD WORLD 300 (2001-2006)
ARCA RE/MAX 250 (2007-2008)

Footage from the 2006 race was shown in the 2008 U. S. remake of Funny Games. The race was also Juan Pablo Montoya's first race in a stock car (he finished 3rd in the race.)

The 2018 race currently has the closest margin of victory in ARCA Series history. The official margin of victory was 0.0029 seconds.

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