2020 ARCA Menards Series

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Bret Holmes, the 2020 ARCA Menards Series champion Bret Holmes 2018 ARCA Madison.jpg
Bret Holmes, the 2020 ARCA Menards Series champion
Michael Self finished second behind Holmes in the championship by 12 points. MichaelSelf2019MadisonARCA.jpg
Michael Self finished second behind Holmes in the championship by 12 points.
Hailie Deegan finished third in the championship. Deegan Sonoma 2018.jpg
Hailie Deegan finished third in the championship.

The 2020 ARCA Menards Series season was the 68th season of the ARCA Menards Series. It began on February 8 with the Lucas Oil 200 at Daytona International Speedway and ended on October 16 with the Speediatrics 150 at Kansas Speedway. 2020 was the first season that the series was sanctioned by NASCAR. [1]

Contents

Bret Holmes won the drivers championship, his first ARCA title. [2]

When the season was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, drivers from all NASCAR series, including a few ARCA drivers, participated in the inaugural eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series during that time.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

ManufacturerTeamNo.DriverCrew chief
Ford DGR-Crosley [3] 4 Hailie Deegan (R) [4] Seth Smith
17 Tanner Gray 6 [5] Blake Bainbridge
Taylor Gray 12 [6]
Anthony Alfredo 1
Dylan Lupton 1 [7] Marcus Richmond
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Riley Herbst 4 Mark McFarland
Ty Gibbs 16 [8]
Venturini Motorsports 15 Drew Dollar (R) [9] Shannon Rursch
20 Ryan Repko 5 [10] Billy Venturini
Chandler Smith 13 [11]
Jesse Love 1
Corey Heim 1
25 Michael Self Kevin Reed
Toyota 10
Ford 5
Chevrolet 5
10 Corey Heim 1Kevin Reed Jr.
Fast Track Racing Ryan Huff 7 [12] Dick Doheny 1
Mike Sroufe 3
Kevin Cram 7
Trey Galgon 3
Tim Monroe 5
Mike Basham 6
Morgen Baird 1
Owen Smith 2
Tim Monroe 1
Rick Clifton 1
Toyota 8
Ford 6
Chevrolet 6
11 Chuck Hiers 1David Ifft
Dawson Cram 1Clinton Cram
Willie Mullins 2 [N 1] [13] Dick Doheny 3
Trey Galgon 6
Tony Furr 1
Mike Sroufe 3
Tim Monroe 4
Clay Greenfield 1
Mike Basham 4
Dick Doheny 1
Tyler Hill 1
Owen Smith 5
Tim Monroe 2
Rick Clifton 1
Richard Garvie 1
Chevrolet 10
Toyota 10
12 Jason White 1Mike Sroufe 12
Ryan London 1
Trey Galgon 2
Ryan Forsythe 1
Tom Berte 1
Ed Pompa 2
Dick Doheny 2
Rick Clifton 3
Armani Williams 1
Nick Igdalsky 1
Max Calles 1
Mike Basham 2
Owen Smith 2
D. L. Wilson 1
Chad Bryant Racing Kris Wright 2 [N 2] Donnie Richeson
Venturini Motorsports Corey Heim 1Dave Leiner Jr.
Chevrolet 18
Toyota 1
Ford 1
Bret Holmes Racing [14] 23 Bret Holmes Shane Huffman
Toyota 17
Chevrolet 3
Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Tim Richmond 13 [15] Brad Frye 10
Wayne Peterson 2
Michael Peterson 5
Don Thompson 2 [16]
Con Nicolopoulos 4

Limited schedule

ManufacturerTeamNo.DriverCrew chiefRounds
Chevrolet Allgaier Motorsports 16 Kelly Kovski Jon Hanson1
Brad Smith Motorsports 48 Brad Smith Leo Kryger 4
Terry Strange 1
Jeff Smith 7
Arlis Basham 1
Carlos Leon 2
Carl Brown 2
19
Brother-In-Law Racing 57 Bryan Dauzat Bob Rahilly1
Charles Buchanan Racing 87Chuck Buchanan Jr.Craig Wood1
Cook-Finley Racing 41 Kyle Sieg [N 3] Sean Samuels 1
Amber Slagle 1
2
CR7 Motorsports 97 Jason Kitzmiller Doug George 6
Todd Myers 1
7
Empire Racing 8 Sean Corr Derick Hartnagel 1
Mike Cheek 2
2
821
John Ferrier Racing [N 4] 01 John Ferrier Jeff McClure 1
GMS Racing 21 Sam Mayer [17] Mardy Lindley13
Kris Wright [18] 1
Hendren Motorsports24 Ryan Unzicker Bill Hendren1
KBR Development [19] 28 David Gravel [20] Frank Kimmel 1
Max Force Racing 9 Thomas Praytor [21] Tevin Bair1
Our Motorsports [22] 02 Andy Seuss John Merlo1
09 Benny Chastain Bob Schacht 1
Reeves Racing 88 Scott Reeves Brian Finney1
Robert Pawlowski Racing 11 Robert Pawlowski Aaron Brown1
Spraker Racing Enterprises 63 Dave Mader III Jeff Spraker 2
Steve McGowan Motorsports17 Zane Smith Bruce Cook1
Will Rodgers 1
Visconti Motorsports 74 Giovanni Bromante Steven Keller1
Austin Green 1
Ayrton Ori1
Wayne Peterson Racing 0 Con Nicolopoulos Michael Peterson3
Wayne Peterson 5
Win-Tron Racing 32 Gus Dean Jamie Jones4
Howie DiSavino III 3 [23]
Chad Bryant Racing 22 Kris Wright [N 2] Paul Andrews 3
Ford Connor Hall [24] 1
Christian McGhee 1
Brandon Lynn [25] 1
Derek Griffith 8
Kody Swanson 1
Parker Chase 1
77 Jacob Heafner Chad Bryant1 [24]
Fast Track Racing [N 5] Mike BashamMike Sroufe1
DGR-Crosley 46 Thad Moffitt Derek Smith13
Ken Schrader Racing
with Fury Race Cars
[26]
52 Natalie Decker Tony Eury Jr. 1
Mullins Racing 3 Willie Mullins Tony Furr1
Rette Jones Racing 30 Dominique Van Wieringen Logan Yiengst1
Toyota Bill McAnally Racing 12 Lawless Alan Gary Collins1
16 Gio Scelzi John Camilleri3
19 Jesse Love Kyle Wolosek 2
Jason Dickerson 1
3
99 Gracie Trotter Roger Bracken3
Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 Max McLaughlin Dave McCarty5
J. J. Pack Racing 61 J. J. Pack Dan Givins1
Performance P-1 Motorsports 77 Takuma Koga Ron Norman1
Rev Racing 4 Chase Cabre [27] Glenn Parker4
6 Nick Sanchez [27] Steve Plattenberger4
TC Motorsports 91 Justin Carroll Jim Long3
Troy Williams Racing 53 Max Gutiérrez Troy Williams1
Venturini Motorsports 25 Mason Diaz Dave Leiner Jr.2
Ford 3
Toyota 2
Chevrolet 1
CCM Racing 7 Eric Caudell Jeremy Petty 6 [28]
Chevrolet 1
Toyota 2
Cook-Finley Racing 42 Kyle Sieg [N 3] Sean Samuels1
Parker Retzlaff 2
Ford 2
Toyota 1
Chevrolet 2
Fast Track Racing 01 Armani Williams Dick Doheny1
Tommy Vigh Jr. Trey Galgon2
Mike Basham1
Alex Clubb Brian Clubb1
Ford 5
Toyota 3
Chevrolet 3
Kimmel Racing 69 Scott Melton Bill Kimmel7 [29]
Brian Finney [N 6] 1
Eric Caudell [N 7] 1
Will Kimmel 2
Toyota 2
Ford 1
Russ Lane Racing [N 8] 8 Russ Lane Derick Hartnagel 1
Mike Cheek 2
3

Notes

  1. Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Mullins Racing.
  2. 1 2 Entries were fielded in a collaboration with GMS Racing.
  3. 1 2 Entries was fielded in a collaboration with RSS Racing.
  4. It was a John Ferrier Racing entry using Fast Track Racing's owner points.
  5. It was a Fast Track Racing entry using Chad Bryant Racing's owner points.
  6. Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Finney Racing Enterprises.
  7. Entry was fielded in a collaboration with CCM Racing.
  8. Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Empire Racing and using Empire Racing's owner points.

Changes

Teams

  • On November 20, 2019, it was announced that longtime East Series team Rev Racing would run in the ARCA Series for the first time, fielding two cars during Sioux Chief Showdown races. [27]
  • On December 17, 2019, DGR-Crosley announced an expansion to a full-time ARCA effort, a step up from previous part-time schedules. [4] They had previously only run part-time in the series with their No. 54 in both 2018 and 2019 as well as the No. 4 in 2019.
  • On May 9, 2020, KBR Development announced that the team closed. The team fielded an entry for David Gravel in one of two 2020 races that occurred before the team's closure. [30]

Drivers

  • On November 14, 2019, it was announced that 2019 series champion Christian Eckes would move up to the Truck Series full-time for Kyle Busch Motorsports starting in 2020. [31]
  • On November 20, 2019, it was announced that Chase Cabre and Nick Sanchez would drive two cars for Rev Racing in the Sioux Chief Showdown races. [27]
  • On December 10, 2019, it was announced that 2019 part-time driver Ty Majeski would compete full-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series in 2020. [32]
  • On December 17, 2019, Hailie Deegan announced a full-season Rookie of the Year campaign with DGR-Crosley in 2020, moving over from a part-time schedule with Venturini Motorsports in 2019. [33] [4]
  • On December 18, 2019, it was announced that Drew Dollar would run a full schedule for Venturini, moving over from a part-time schedule with DGR-Crosley in 2019. [9]
  • On December 18, 2019, it was announced that Taylor Gray would make his debut and run all races he was eligible for after his 15th birthday, running with DGR-Crosley. [6]
  • On December 20, 2019, it was announced that Ryan Repko would drive the No. 20 for Venturini Motorsports in five races, sharing the car with Chandler Smith. [10]
  • On December 23, 2019, it was announced that Tim Richmond, who drove most of the season for Wayne Peterson Racing in 2019, would run full-time for the team in 2020. [15] Richmond later scaled back to a part-time schedule for the team. [16]
  • On January 2, 2020, Bobby Gerhart announced his exit as a driver from the series following a heart attack. [34]
  • On January 5, 2020, Travis Braden revealed that he would not run full-time in the series in 2020 after driving the No. 27 for RFMS Racing for the last two years, instead focusing on late model racing. [35]
  • Thad Moffitt switched teams for his part-time schedule, moving from Empire Racing in 2019 to DGR-Crosley in 2020. [36]
  • On January 10, 2020, it was announced that World of Outlaws driver David Gravel would run some ARCA races, including Daytona, in the No. 28 for KBR Development in addition to competing in the Truck Series part-time for GMS Racing this season. [20]
  • On January 16, 2020, it was announced that Corey Heim signed with Venturini Motorsports for a limited schedule in 2020; Heim raced with Chad Bryant Racing in 2019. [37]
  • On January 18, 2020, Scott Melton announced he was scaling back his schedule for 2020 compared to 2019. [29]

Crew chiefs

  • On December 18, 2019, it was announced that Shannon Rursch would be the crew chief of the No. 15 Venturini team, replacing Kevin Reed. In 2019, Rursch crew chiefed Venturini's No. 25 car. [9] On January 23, 2020, it was announced that Reed would be the crew chief of the Venturini Motorsports No. 25 car, making it a crew chief swap with Rursch. [38]

Manufacturers

  • On December 11, 2019, DGR-Crosley announced that they would be switching from Toyota to Ford beginning in 2020. [39]

Rule changes

ARCA adopted the current NASCAR points system after using the 1975-2010 NASCAR points system up until 2019. [40] Additionally, steel-bodied cars were phased out entirely in favor of composite-bodied cars, which also saw the end of Dodge's presence in the series due to a lack of a composite body. [41] [42]

Schedule

The complete schedule was released on October 10, 2019. [43] That came after a soft reveal of some Sioux Chief Showdown tracks on October 2. [44]

No.Race titleTrackDate
1 Lucas Oil 200 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach February 8
2 General Tire 150 Phoenix Raceway, Avondale March 6
3 General Tire 200 Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega June 20
4 General Tire #AnywhereIsPossible 200 Pocono Raceway, Long Pond June 26
5 Calypso Lemonade 200 Lucas Oil Raceway, Brownsburg July 3
6 General Tire 150 [N 1] Kentucky Speedway, Sparta July 11
7 Shore Lunch 150 Iowa Speedway, Newton July 18
8 Dawn Ultra 150 [N 2] Kansas Speedway, Kansas City July 24
9 Menards.com 200 presented by XPxE [N 3] Toledo Speedway, Toledo [47] July 31
10 Menards 200 presented by Crosley Brands [N 3] August 1–2 [N 4]
11 VizCom 200 Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn August 9
12 General Tire 100 [N 5] Daytona International Speedway (Road Course), Daytona Beach August 14
13 Dutch Boy 150 World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison August 29
14 Zinsser SmartCoat 200 [N 6] Lebanon I-44 Speedway, Lebanon September 5
15 Royal Truck & Trailer 200 [49] Toledo Speedway, Toledo September 12
16 Bush's Beans 200 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol September 17
17 Toyota 200 presented by Crosley Brands [49] [N 7] Winchester Speedway, Winchester September 19
18 Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 Memphis International Raceway, Millington September 26
19 Illinois Truck & Equipment Allen Crowe 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Springfield October 4
20 Speediatrics 150 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City October 16
  1. The Kentucky race replaced the Charlotte race, the General Tire 150. [45]
  2. The additional Kansas race replaced the Chicagoland race, the Dawn 150. [46]
  3. 1 2 The two races at Toledo replaced the races at Mid-Ohio and Elko, the Mid-Ohio 50 and the Elko 250, respectively.
  4. The Menards 200 presented by Crosley Brands was stopped at Lap 6 on Saturday due to rain. The race was completed the following day, although it was then rain-shortened by 73 laps because more rain came.
  5. The Daytona road course race replaced the Watkins Glen race, the Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100. [48]
  6. The Lebanon I-44 race replaced the Madison event.
  7. The Winchester race replaced the DuQuoin race, the Southern Illinois 100. [50]

The season was paused from March to June due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [51] A number of races were cancelled, rescheduled, or shifted to other tracks as a result of the pandemic. [45]

Broadcasting

Fox and MAVTV continued to share broadcasting rights to the schedule, consistent with previous years. [52]

Results and standings

Races

No.Race Pole Position Most laps ledWinning driverManufacturerNo.Winning team
1 Lucas Oil 200 Michael Self Michael Self Michael Self Toyota 25 Venturini Motorsports
2 General Tire 150 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Chandler Smith Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports
3 General Tire 200 Ryan Repko Drew Dollar Drew Dollar Toyota 15 Venturini Motorsports
4 General Tire #AnywhereIsPossible 200 Michael Self Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
5 Calypso Lemonade 200 Chandler Smith Chandler Smith Chandler Smith Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports
6 General Tire 150 Michael Self Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
7 Shore Lunch 150 Chandler Smith Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
8 Dawn 150 Riley Herbst Bret Holmes Bret Holmes Chevrolet 23 Bret Holmes Racing
9 Menards.com 200 presented by XPxE Chandler Smith Chandler Smith Sam Mayer Chevrolet 21 GMS Racing
10 Menards 200 presented by Crosley Brands Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Sam Mayer Chevrolet 21 GMS Racing
11 VizCom 200 Riley Herbst Bret Holmes Riley Herbst Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
12 General Tire 100 Chandler Smith Ty Gibbs Michael Self Toyota 25 Venturini Motorsports
13 Dutch Boy 150 Michael Self Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
14Zinsser SmartCoat 200 Bret Holmes Hailie Deegan Sam Mayer Chevrolet 21 GMS Racing
15 Royal Truck & Trailer 200 Sam Mayer Sam Mayer Sam Mayer Chevrolet 21 GMS Racing
16 Bush's Beans 200 Ty Gibbs Sam Mayer Sam Mayer Chevrolet 21 GMS Racing
17 Toyota 200 presented by Crosley Brands Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
18 Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 Ty Gibbs Bret Holmes Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
19 Illinois Truck & Equipment Allen Crowe 100 Ryan Unzicker Ryan Unzicker Ryan Unzicker Chevrolet 24Hendren Motorsports
20 Speediatrics 150 Ty Gibbs Corey Heim Corey Heim Toyota 10 Venturini Motorsports

Drivers' championship

Note: The pole winner also receives 1 bonus point, similar to the previous ARCA points system used until 2019 and unlike NASCAR.

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

PosDriver DAY PHO TAL POC IRP KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL MCH DAY GTW I44 TOL BRI WIN MEM ISF KAN Points
1 Bret Holmes 915347231*432*8624833*321003
2 Michael Self 1*25583665431156752695991
3 Hailie Deegan (R)2777314189866695*6612726937
4 Drew Dollar (R)3141*6145177694127915186878910
5 Ty Gibbs 3*1*151*1*210*2*1*4321*11014724
6 Brad Smith 31Wth20131712191613141219191317259151315674
7 Sam Mayer 203242113311*1*2553
8 Mike Basham 1920171415171520101224712612540
9 Thad Moffitt 51862051510101289114539
10 Chandler Smith 121*411*2928223513506
11 Taylor Gray 4531148357594460
12 Tim Richmond 182317201391211161113131111397
13 Derek Griffith 812787593293
14 Ryan Huff 212412916813255
15 Owen Smith 161621121822131516247
16 Scott Melton 1011101715139223
17 Eric Caudell 1714128141610217
18 Jason Kitzmiller 328141011813212
19 Tanner Gray 164131595203
20 Con Nicolopoulos 14211516181610198
21 Max McLaughlin 67743194
22 Kris Wright 1418715107193
23 Ryan Repko 222627181
24 Riley Herbst 7431167
25 Rick Clifton 1410131911153
26 Jesse Love 161254139
27 Nick Sanchez 6141011135
28 Wayne Peterson 261417DNS17129
29 Corey Heim 481*123
30 Chase Cabre 8101621121
31 Gus Dean 23161211114
32 Sean Corr 4912108
33 Gio Scelzi 10111398
34 Justin Carroll 13111098
35 Willie Mullins 8181195
36 Kyle Sieg 10111794
37 Gracie Trotter 2291289
38 Howie DiSavino III 2191686
39 Tim Monroe 20141286
40 Russ Lane 17181681
41 Dick Doheny 18132180
42 Mason Diaz 9475
43 Ed Pompa 101167
44 Parker Retzlaff 81961
45 Armani Williams 171061
46 Will Kimmel 131461
47 Don Thompson 181654
48 Tommy Vigh Jr. 191950
49 Ryan Unzicker 1*49
50 Dylan Lupton 440
51 Zane Smith 539
52 Anthony Alfredo 539
53 Will Rodgers 539
54 Kelly Kovski 539
55 Jason White 638
56 Dave Mader III 302038
57 Austin Green 737
58 Kody Swanson 836
59 Lawless Alan 935
60 Parker Chase 1034
61 Thomas Praytor 1133
62 Dawson Cram 1133
63 Brian Finney 1133
64 David Gravel 1232
65Christian McGhee1232
66Chuck Buchanan Jr.1331
67 Takuma Koga 1331
68 Tyler Hill 1430
69 Nick Igdalsky 1430
70Robert Pawlowski1430
71 Max Gutiérrez 1430
72 Benny Chastain 1529
73Brandon Lynn1529
74Giovanni Bromante1529
75 Morgen Baird 1529
76 Clay Greenfield 1628
77 D. L. Wilson 1628
78Ayrton Ori1727
79Max Calles1727
80 Alex Clubb 1826
81 Chuck Hiers 1925
82 Tom Berte 1925
83 Connor Hall 2024
84J. J. Pack2420
85 Dominique Van Wieringen 2519
86 Natalie Decker 2618
87Jacob Heafner2717
88 Andy Seuss 2816
89John Ferrier2915
90Scott Reeves3311
Bryan Dauzat DNS3
Richard Garvie DNS3
Sam Mayer was relieved by Colin Braun part of the way through the General Tire 100, but still received points for starting the race.

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