# 2024 Music City 150

The 2024 Music City 150 was the 3rd stock car race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series East season, and the 4th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee, a 0.596 mile (0.959 km) permanent asphalt oval shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would put on a blistering performance, leading all but five laps in the race to earn his fifth career ARCA Menards Series East win, and his first of the season. Pole-sitter Gio Ruggiero led the first four laps of the race, before he spun and hit the wall on lap 6. He continued to race until lap 49, where he pulled into the pits and retired from the race, officially credited with a 14th-place finish. To fill out the podium, Isabella Robusto, driving for Venturini Motorsports, and Connor Zilisch, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

## Report
### Background

Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway is a motorsport racetrack located at the Nashville Fairgrounds near downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The track is the second-oldest continually operating track in the United States. The track held NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup (now NASCAR Cup Series) races from 1958 to 1984.
The speedway is currently an 18 degree banked paved oval. The track is 0.596 mi (0.959 km) long. Inside the larger oval is a 1⁄4 mi (0.40 km) paved oval.
The track was converted to a 1⁄2 mi (0.80 km) paved oval in 1957, when it began to be a NASCAR series track. The speedway was lengthened between the 1969 and 1970 seasons. The corners were cut down from 35 degrees to their present 18 degrees in 1972. The track was repaved between the 1995 and 1996 seasons.

#### Entry list

* (R) denotes rookie driver.
| # | Driver | Team | Make | Sponsor |
| 0 | Nate Moeller | Wayne Peterson Racing | Ford | Peterson Motorsports |
| 06 | Cody Dennison (R) | Wayne Peterson Racing | Toyota | Timcast |
| 07 | Tyler Scofield | Scofield Motorsports | Chevrolet | JXT Transportation |
| 10 | Jayson Alexander | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | Selwyn Pub / Constant Contact |
| 11 | Zachary Tinkle | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | Racing for Rescues |
| 12 | Presley Sorah | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | Tatanka Sauce / Layin Coin Podcast |
| 18 | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | Starkey / SoundGear |
| 20 | Gio Ruggiero (R) | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | JBL |
| 28 | Connor Zilisch (R) | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | Chevrolet / Silver Hare Development |
| 31 | Rita Goulet | Rise Motorsports | Chevrolet | NationalPolice.org |
| 39 | D. L. Wilson | CW Motorsports | Toyota | Heart O' Texas Speedway / ETR |
| 42 | Tanner Reif | Cook Racing Technologies | Chevrolet | Vegas Fastener Manufacturing |
| 48 | Brad Smith | Brad Smith Motorsports | Ford | Copraya.com |
| 55 | Isabella Robusto | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | Yahoo! |
| 93 | Caleb Costner | CW Motorsports | Chevrolet | Thin Blue Wine Cellars |
| 95 | Hunter Wright | MAN Motorsports | Toyota | Cedar City RV |
| 96 | Andrew Patterson | MAN Motorsports | Toyota | Winsupply / SCS Gearbox |
| 99 | Michael Maples (R) | Fast Track Racing | Chevrolet | Don Ray Petroleum LLC |
| Official entry list |||||

## Practice

The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, May 11, at 2:00 PM CST, and lasted for 60 minutes. William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 19.760, and a speed of 108.583 mph (174.747 km/h).
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 18 | William Sawalich | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 19.760 | 108.583 |
| 2 | 28 | Connor Zilisch (R) | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | 19.768 | 108.539 |
| 3 | 20 | Gio Ruggiero (R) | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 19.955 | 107.522 |
| Full practice results |||||||

## Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, May 11, at 4:00 PM CST. The qualifying system used is a single-car, two-lap based system. All drivers will be on track by themselves and will have two laps to post a qualifying time. The driver who sets the fastest time in qualifying will win the pole.
Gio Ruggiero, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 19.420, and a speed of 110.484 mph (177.807 km/h).

### Qualifying results

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 20 | Gio Ruggiero (R) | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 19.420 | 110.484 |
| 2 | 18 | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 19.470 | 110.200 |
| 3 | 55 | Isabella Robusto | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 19.556 | 109.716 |
| 4 | 28 | Connor Zilisch (R) | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | 19.764 | 108.561 |
| 5 | 11 | Zachary Tinkle | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 19.913 | 107.749 |
| 6 | 96 | Andrew Patterson | MAN Motorsports | Toyota | 19.925 | 107.684 |
| 7 | 07 | Tyler Scofield | Scofield Motorsports | Chevrolet | 19.952 | 107.538 |
| 8 | 95 | Hunter Wright | MAN Motorsports | Toyota | 20.078 | 106.863 |
| 9 | 93 | Caleb Costner | CW Motorsports | Chevrolet | 20.850 | 102.906 |
| 10 | 39 | D. L. Wilson | CW Motorsports | Toyota | 20.859 | 102.862 |
| 11 | 99 | Michael Maples (R) | Fast Track Racing | Chevrolet | 20.972 | 102.308 |
| 12 | 10 | Jayson Alexander | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 21.527 | 99.670 |
| 13 | 06 | Cody Dennison (R) | Wayne Peterson Racing | Toyota | 21.625 | 99.218 |
| 14 | 12 | Presley Sorah | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 21.942 | 97.785 |
| 15 | 31 | Rita Goulet | Rise Motorsports | Chevrolet | 22.355 | 95.979 |
| 16 | 48 | Brad Smith | Brad Smith Motorsports | Ford | 22.966 | 93.425 |
| 17 | 0 | Nate Moeller | Wayne Peterson Racing | Ford | 23.200 | 92.483 |
| 18 | 42 | Tanner Reif | Cook Racing Technologies | Chevrolet | – | – |
| Official qualifying results |||||||

## Race results

| Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
| 1 | 2 | 18 | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 150 | 145 | Running | 48 |
| 2 | 3 | 55 | Isabella Robusto | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 150 | 1 | Running | 43 |
| 3 | 4 | 28 | Connor Zilisch (R) | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Running | 41 |
| 4 | 5 | 11 | Zachary Tinkle | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 149 | 0 | Running | 40 |
| 5 | 6 | 96 | Andrew Patterson | MAN Motorsports | Toyota | 149 | 0 | Running | 39 |
| 6 | 7 | 07 | Tyler Scofield | Scofield Motorsports | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | Running | 38 |
| 7 | 9 | 93 | Caleb Costner | CW Motorsports | Chevrolet | 148 | 0 | Running | 37 |
| 8 | 12 | 10 | Jayson Alexander | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 147 | 0 | Running | 36 |
| 9 | 8 | 95 | Hunter Wright | MAN Motorsports | Toyota | 147 | 0 | Running | 35 |
| 10 | 10 | 39 | D. L. Wilson | CW Motorsports | Toyota | 146 | 0 | Running | 34 |
| 11 | 13 | 06 | Cody Dennison (R) | Wayne Peterson Racing | Toyota | 146 | 0 | Running | 33 |
| 12 | 11 | 99 | Michael Maples (R) | Fast Track Racing | Chevrolet | 146 | 0 | Running | 32 |
| 13 | 15 | 31 | Rita Goulet | Rise Motorsports | Chevrolet | 135 | 0 | Running | 31 |
| 14 | 1 | 20 | Gio Ruggiero (R) | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 49 | 4 | Accident | 32 |
| 15 | 18 | 42 | Tanner Reif | Cook Racing Technologies | Chevrolet | 26 | 0 | Accident | 29 |
| 16 | 16 | 48 | Brad Smith | Brad Smith Motorsports | Ford | 23 | 0 | Handling | 28 |
| 17 | 17 | 0 | Nate Moeller | Wayne Peterson Racing | Ford | 23 | 0 | Steering | 27 |
| 18 | 14 | 12 | Presley Sorah | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 20 | 0 | Brakes | 26 |
| Official race results ||||||||||

## Standings after the race

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Connor Zilisch | 129 |
| 1 | 2 | William Sawalich | 125 (-4) |
| 2 | 3 | Gio Ruggiero | 122 (–7) |
| | 4 | Zachary Tinkle | 110 (–19) |
| | 5 | D. L. Wilson | 102 (–27) |
| | 6 | Cody Dennison | 99 (–30) |
| | 7 | Michael Maples | 94 (–35) |
| 1 | 8 | Rita Goulet | 83 (–46) |
| 4 | 9 | Hunter Wright | 74 (–55) |
| 9 | 10 | Caleb Costner | 72 (–57) |