The Pensacola 150 is a 100-mile (160 km) annual ARCA Menards Series East race held at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida.

Pensacola 150
ARCA Menards Series East
VenueFive Flags Speedway
LocationPensacola, Florida
Corporate sponsor(None)
First race1992
Distance100 mi (160 km)
Laps150
Previous namesSouthern 300 (1992–1993)
Southern 200 (1994)
Seville Quarter Southern 200 (1995)
AC Delco 200 (1996)
NAPA Auto Parts 150 (2013)
Pensacola 150 (2014)
Pensacola 200 presented by Inspectra Thermal Solutions (2020–2023)
Most wins (driver)Sammy Smith (2)
Most wins (team)Joe Gibbs Racing (2)
Most wins (manufacturer)Chevrolet (4)
Circuit information
Length0.5 mi (0.80 km)
Turns4

History

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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

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ARCA Menards Series

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Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average speed
(mph)
Laps Miles
1992[1] March 8 16 Roy Payne Curtis Payne Chevrolet 300 150 (241.402) 2:07:13 70.792
1993[2] March 6 71 Harold Fair Rich Hahn Pontiac 300 150 (241.402) 2:03:59 72.629
1994[3] May 6 78 Gary Bradberry Bradberry Racing Buick 200 100 (160.934) 1:19:47 75.503
1995[4] May 5 75 Bob Schacht Bob Schacht Motorsports Buick (2) 200 100 (160.934) 1:35:21 62.926
1996[5] May 4 46 Frank Kimmel Steve Rauch Racing Pontiac (2) 200 100 (160.934) 1:39:33 56.686
1997

2018
Not held
2019[6] March 9 25 Michael Self Venturini Motorsports Toyota 200 100 (160.934) 1:12:23 82.892

ARCA Menards Series East

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Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race distance Race time Average speed
(mph)
Laps Miles (km)
2013[7] April 13 96 Ben Kennedy Ben Kennedy Racing Chevrolet 150 75 (120.701) 0:59:23 75.779
2014[8] June 13 41 Ben Rhodes Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet (2) 150 75 (120.701) 1:14:30 60.403
2015

2019
Not held
2020[9] October 11 21 Sam Mayer GMS Racing Chevrolet (3) 206* 103 (165.762) 1:27:17 70.804
2021[10] February 27 18 Sammy Smith Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 100 (160.934) 1:18:14 76.694
2022 March 19 18 Sammy Smith (2) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota (2) 200 100 (160.934) 1:41:06 59.347
2023 March 25 18 William Sawalich Joe Gibbs Racing (2) Toyota (3) 200 100 (160.934) 1:12:55 82.286
2024 March 23 20 Gio Ruggiero Venturini Motorsports Toyota (4) 150 75 (120.701) 1:00.34 74.298

2020: Race extended due to a green-white-checker finish.

References

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  1. ^ "1992 Southern 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "1993 Southern 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "1994 Southern 200". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "1995 Seville Quarter Southern 200". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "1996 AC Delco 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  6. ^ "2019 ARCA Pensacola 200". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  7. ^ "2013 NAPA Auto Parts 150". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  8. ^ "2014 Pensacola 150". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  9. ^ "2020 Pensacola 200 Pres. by Inspectra Thermal Solutions". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  10. ^ "2021 Pensacola 200". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
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Bush's Beans 200 (the previous season)
ARCA Menards Series East
Pensacola 150
Next race:
General Tire 125