The Zinsser SmartCoat 150 is a annual
ARCA Menards Series
The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car racing, stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into ...
race held at
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside the village of Lexington. It hosts a number of racing series such as IndyCar, IMSA WeatherTech Sportsc ...
in
Lexington, Ohio
Lexington is a village (United States)#Ohio, village along the Clear Fork River in Troy Township, Richland County, Ohio, Troy Township and Washington Township, Richland County, Ohio, Washington Township in Richland County, Ohio, Richland County ...
.
History
ARCA first ran a race at Mid-Ohio in 1965. The , 150-lap race was run on May 18 on the original 15-turn circuit and was won by
Jack Bowsher
Jack Edward Bowsher (October 2, 1930 – April 8, 2006) was an American race car driver and car owner. He obtained more than ten national championships in his 58-year racing career including, three ARCA Championships. He is also the father of 2-t ...
.
On October 8, 2019, ARCA announced that it would return to the track for the 2020 season with a race on Friday, May 29, on the same weekend as
the Xfinity Series race there, which was previously in August. However, that year, those races would be cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
.
They were added back on the schedule for 2021, but now on the first weekend in June due to Memorial Day (and therefore, the races at
Charlotte) being late in 2021. The dishwashing soap company
Dawn
Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the diffuse sky radiation, appearance of indirect sunlight being Rayleigh scattering, scattered in Earth's atmosphere, when the centre of the Sun's disc ha ...
was announced as the title sponsor of the ARCA race at Mid-Ohio on May 14, 2021. The 2022 race was moved from June to July. In 2023, Dawn moved their title sponsorship to the
spring ARCA race at Kansas while the paint and primer brand Zinsser SmartCoat became the title sponsor of the race at Mid-Ohio.
Past winners
Multiple winners (teams)
Manufacturer wins
References
External links
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