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2024 Pensacola 150
The 2024 Pensacola 150 was the first stock car race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series East season, and the 5th running of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida, a 0.5 mile (0.80 km) permanent asphalt oval shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. In a thrilling race that featured an intense battle between Gio Ruggiero and William Sawalich, Ruggiero, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would take the lead from Sawalich on the final restart following the race break, and held him off for the final 70 laps to earn his first career ARCA Menards Series East win. Sawalich, who started on the pole, dominated the first half of the race, leading a race-high 80 laps before losing the lead on the final restart and ultimately finished 2nd. To fill out the podium, Bubba Pollard, driving for Phoenix Racing, would finish 3rd, respectively. Report Background Five Flags Speedway is a half-mile (0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pensacola 150
The Pensacola 150 is a annual ARCA Menards Series East race held at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida. History The event has been part of the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East (previously the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) schedules and has come and gone from both throughout its history. It was originally held from 1992 to 1996 in what was then known as the ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series, brought back in 2013 and 2014 as an East Series race, brought back in 2019 as an ARCA Menards Series race, and then moved back to the East Series after NASCAR's acquisition of ARCA. The race has been the season-opener for the East Series since 2023 when the race at New Smyrna Speedway was removed from the schedule. Past winners ARCA Menards Series ARCA Menards Series East 2020: Race extended due to a green-white-checker finish. References External links * {{ARCA Menards Series East races 1992 establishments in Florida 2013 establishments in Florida 2019 establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gio Ruggiero
Giovanni Ruggiero (born August 29, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 17 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro for Tricon Garage and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 18 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing. He is a member of Toyota Racing Development. Racing career Early career Ruggiero began racing Legend cars at a young age, convincing his father to be involved in racing after watching races at Seekonk Speedway in Massachusetts, his home track. In 2021, he began racing at local short tracks in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, winning a race at Hudson Speedway in the process. Late models In 2022, Ruggiero increased his racing schedule and began driving late models across the United States. He ran a full season in the Show Me The Money Pro Late Model Series at Montgomery Motor Speedway, winning two races and eventually the championship. He also r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cody Dennison
Cody Blake Dennison (born March 4, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver and YouTube personality who competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the Nos. 2/22 Ford F-150 for Reaume Brothers Racing, part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the Nos. 9/11 Chevrolet/Toyota for Fast Track Racing, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 72 Chevrolet SS for Strike Mamba Racing. YouTube career Dennison created the CAMELOT331 channel on YouTube and in 2013 began posting videos himself playing various guitar covers up until 2018. In December 2018 he started to post a series of videos that detailed his experiences working as an employee for GameStop, including his eventual firing, which went viral online. Racing career Dennison began racing professionally in 2022, where he ran four races in the Grand National Super Series driving an old Ryan Newman Dodge from 2007. In his four starts that year, he finished in the top ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Fenhaus
Lucas Fenhaus (born April 8, 2004) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 66 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Racing. He also has previously competed in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and the Superstar Racing Experience and from 2019 to 2021 was a part of the Kulwicki Driver Development program. Racing career Early career Fenhaus was inspired to race after watching his cousin, father, and grandfather race snowmobiles on ice oval tracks. He would start racing snowmobiles and then began racing on pavement in go-kart and bandolero racing. At age 14, he began competing in late model racing events at State Park Speedway in his hometown of Wausau, Wisconsin. Growing up, he watched races at the track and was inspired by Tim Sauter and his success in races there. He was part of the Alan Kulwicki driver development program and would win the Lodi Memorial and the 2018 track championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 XPEL 225
The 2024 XPEL 225 was the 4th stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the 4th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, a permanent asphalt road course. The race was originally scheduled to be contested over 42 laps, but was increased to 46 laps due to a NASCAR overtime finish. In an action-packed race that featured numerous spins and penalties, Corey Heim, driving for Tricon Garage, was able to stretch out his fuel mileage with two laps to go, and held off the field to earn his sixth career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and his first of the season. Heim was the most dominant driver of the race, leading a race-high 31 laps and winning the second stage. To fill out the podium, Taylor Gray, driving for Tricon Garage, and Ty Majeski, driving for ThorSport Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Connor Zilisch, who started on the pole, came back from an early race incident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circuit Of The Americas
Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a Grade 1 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA-specification motor racing track and facilities located in Austin, Texas, United States. The facility is home to the Formula One United States Grand Prix, NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, and the Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas, a round in MotoGP World Championship, MotoGP and the FIA World Endurance Championship with the Lone Star Le Mans. It previously hosted the Australian V8 Supercars, the Americas Rallycross Championship, the American Le Mans Series, the Rolex Sports Car Series, the IMSA SportsCar Championship and the IndyCar Classic. The circuit and Grand Prix were first proposed in the middle of 2010. The circuit was the first in the United States to be purpose-built for Formula One. The layout was conceived by promoter Tavo Hellmund and 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1993 Motorcycle World Champion Kevin Schwantz with the assistance of Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connor Zilisch
Connor Jackson Zilisch (born July 22, 2006) is an American professional racing driver. He is signed as a development driver for Trackhouse Racing as of 2025. Under that agreement, Zilisch competes in select races across multiple racing series, including the NASCAR Cup Series (for Trackhouse), the NASCAR Xfinity Series (for JR Motorsports), the CARS Tour, the Trans-Am Series (for Silver Hare Racing), the IMSA SportsCar Championship (for Trackhouse and TF Sport) and the Global MX-5 Cup. He is also a Red Bull athlete. After an early career in karts, culminating in winning the Karting Academy Trophy in 2020, Zilisch began racing sports cars in 2021, adding stock cars to his program the next year. Zilisch broke onto the racing scene in 2024, winning the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring in the LMP2 class in his first attempts and winning in his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series start in September at Watkins Glen, less than two months after his 18th birthday. Racing care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starkey Hearing Technologies
Starkey Hearing Technologies is an American privately owned company based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota that makes hearing aids, and is one of the largest hearing aid manufacturers in the world. As of 2019, the company had more than 5,000 employees in 24 facilities, serving more than 100 markets worldwide, and is the only American-owned global hearing aid manufacturer. History Early years In 1967, William F. "Bill" Austin started a small hearing aid repair store after dropping out of medical school. In 1970, he purchased an ear mold company called Starkey Labs for $13,000. Starkey started manufacturing hearing aids, offering the industry's first 90-day trial period. 1980–present In 1983, the company's sales doubled when Ronald Reagan started wearing its hearing aids while he was president, which caused a manufacturing crisis at the company to meet demand. Austin has personally assisted five U.S. presidents, two popes, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela and other notable leaders with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
