2020 ARCA Menards Series East

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Sam Mayer won his second consecutive championship in 2020. SamMayerMadisonARCA2019.jpg
Sam Mayer won his second consecutive championship in 2020.
Ty Gibbs finished second behind Mayer in the championship by 32 points. TyGibbs2019ARCAMadison.jpg
Ty Gibbs finished second behind Mayer in the championship by 32 points.
Nick Sanchez finished third in the championship. Nick sanchez (51277869259) (cropped).jpg
Nick Sanchez finished third in the championship.

The 2020 ARCA Menards Series East was the 34th season of the ARCA Menards Series East, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began on February 10 at New Smyrna Speedway with the Skip's Western Outfitters 175, and concluded on October 11 at Five Flags Speedway with the Pensacola 200. 2020 marked the first season the series was known as the ARCA Menards Series East, after it was known as the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East for the previous ten years.

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Sam Mayer entered the season as the defending champion, and won all but one race to score his second consecutive championship in the series.

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
Chevrolet GMS Racing 21 Sam Mayer [1] Mardy Lindley
Ford DGR-Crosley 17 Tanner Gray [2] 1Blake Bainbridge
Taylor Gray (R) [2] 5
Toyota Cook-Finley Racing 42 Parker Retzlaff [3] Charles Hoffmeyer 2
Sean Samuels 4
Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Ty Gibbs (R) Mark McFarland
Rev Racing 4 Chase Cabre [4] Glenn Parker
6 Nick Sanchez (R) [4] Steve Plattenberger
TC Motorsports91 Justin Carroll Terry Carroll 1
Jim Long 5
Venturini Motorsports [5] 20 Corey Heim 3 [6] Shannon Rursch 2
Billy Venturini 4
Ryan Repko 1
Chandler Smith 2
25 Mason Diaz [7] Kevin Reed 4
Dave Leiner Jr. 2
Toyota 3
Ford 2
Chevrolet 1
Fast Track Racing 11 Chuck Hiers 1Mike Sroufe 2
Andy Hillenburg 1
Mike Basham 1
Ed Pompa 1
Rick Clifton 1Trey Galgon
Owen Smith 1
D. L. Wilson 1

Limited schedule

ManufacturerTeamNo.DriverCrew chiefRounds
Chevrolet Ben Kennedy Racing 43 Daniel Dye [8] Glenn Garrison2
Brad Smith Motorsports 48 Brad Smith John Ward 1
Jeff Smith 1
Leo Kryger 1
Carlos Leon 1
4
Bret Holmes Racing [9] 23 Bret Holmes Shane Huffman 3
Chad Bryant Racing 12 Kris Wright Donnie Richeson1
Connor Okrzesik Racing14 Connor Okrzesik Jeff McClure 1
Cook-Finley Racing [N 1] 41 Kyle Sieg Charles Hoffmeyer 1
Amber Slagle 1
2
CR7 Motorsports 97 Jason Kitzmiller Todd Myers2
Finney Racing Enterprises80 Brian Finney Wally Finney1
Robert Pawlowski Racing11 Robert Pawlowski Aaron Brown 2
Ron Otto 1
3
Spraker Racing Enterprises 63 Dave Mader III Jeff Spraker 2
Wayne Peterson Racing 0 Wayne Peterson Michael Peterson1
Win-Tron Racing 32 Gus Dean Jamie Jones1
Visconti Motorsports74 Giovanni Bromante (R) [10] Steven Keller2
Ford Joe Graf Jr. 1
Chad Bryant Racing 22 Derek Griffith (R) [11] Chad Bryant 1
Paul Andrews 2
3
77 Grant Enfinger Chad Bryant1
Charles Buchanan Racing87Chuck Buchanan Jr.Craig Wood1
DGR-Crosley 4 Hailie Deegan Seth Smith2
54 David Gilliland Derek Smith1
Jett Motorsports09 Stephen Nasse Chris Tater1
Mullins Racing3 Willie Mullins Tony Furr1
Rette Jones Racing 30 Tristan Van Wieringen (R) [12] Mark Rette1
Toyota Bill McAnally Racing 16 Gio Scelzi John Camilleri1
19 Jesse Love Kyle Wolosek1
50 Holley Hollan Henry Nascimento1
99 Gracie Trotter Roger Bracken1
Fast Track Racing 12Mike BashamMike Sroufe1
Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 Max McLaughlin Dan Stillman 1
Dave McCarty 3
4
Venturini Motorsports 15 Drew Dollar Shannon Rursch3
Jesse Love [13] 1
25 Michael Self Kevin Reed2
Troy Williams Racing53 Max Gutiérrez Troy Williams2
Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Tim Richmond Brad Frye1
Con Nicolopoulos 1
Chevrolet 3
Ford 1
Fast Track Racing 10 Tommy Vigh Jr. Dick Doheny1
Owen Smith Tim Monroe1
Mike BashamMike Sroufe1
Richard Garvie 1

Notes

  1. Entry was fielded in a collaboration with RSS Racing.

Changes

Teams

Drivers

  • On November 20, 2019, it was announced that Nick Sanchez would be driving full-time and for rookie of the year in the East Series for Rev Racing in 2020. [4]
  • On December 11, 2019, it was announced that Giovanni Bromante would drive full-time for Visconti Motorsports, running for rookie of the year in the No. 74 car. [10]
  • On December 14, 2019, it was announced that Mason Diaz would drive the Venturini Motorsports car for the full season as part of the team's expansion into the East Series. [7]
  • On December 16, 2019, it was announced that Tanner Gray would be moving up to the Truck Series full-time with DGR-Crosley, who he had driven for full-time in 2019 in the East Series in their No. 15 car. However, he ran a part-time schedule of races in ARCA East in 2020. [14]
  • On December 18, 2019, it was announced that Taylor Gray would run full-time and for rookie of the year in the No. 17 for DGR-Crosley in all races after he turned 15 on March 25, 2020. [2]
  • On January 16, 2020, it was announced that Corey Heim would be driving in three races for Venturini Motorsports. [6]
  • On January 30, 2020, it was announced that Parker Retzlaff would be driving the No. 42 for Cook-Finley Racing part-time with the possibility of a full season. He drove the No. 74 Visconti Motorsports entry part-time in 2019. [3]
  • On February 6, 2020, Rette Jones Racing announced that Tristan Van Wieringen would drive the No. 30 full-time and for rookie of the year with the team. [12] However, due to the financial impact after COVID-19, the team ran select races instead of full-time. [15]
  • On February 7, 2020, it was announced that Daniel Dye would be making his series debut in the East Series at New Smyrna Speedway, driving for Ben Kennedy in his No. 43. Dye was also scheduled to run select races in 2020. [8]
  • On March 10, 2020, it was announced that Derek Griffith would be running the full season and for rookie of the year with Chad Bryant Racing in the team's No. 2 car. [16] However, due to the financial impact after COVID-19, the team ran select races instead of full-time, even though Griffith would run a second car, the 22. [17]

Manufacturers

  • On December 11, 2019, DGR-Crosley announced a switch from Toyota to Ford beginning in 2020. [18]

Schedule

On November 6, 2019, NASCAR released the schedule for the 2020 season. [19] As part of the unification of the former K&N East and West series with the ARCA Menards Series, the schedule decreased from fourteen races in 2019 to eight races in 2020. The number of races was originally seven, however, an additional race at Fairgrounds Speedway was announced on December 14, 2019. [20]

The races at Memphis International Raceway, Iowa Speedway, Watkins Glen International as well as Bristol Motor Speedway's second race were taken and moved from the East Series schedule to the ARCA Menards Series schedule. New Hampshire Motor Speedway, which had two East Series races in 2019, retained only one race in 2020. Five Flags Speedway, Fairgrounds Speedway and Toledo Speedway were added to the East Series schedule, moving over from the ARCA schedule. Berlin Raceway, which hosted an East Series race in 2017, was added back. The races at South Boston Speedway and World Wide Technology Raceway were completely dropped from the schedule.

NBCSN carried television coverage of all races on a tape-delay basis. [21]

No.Race titleTrackDate
1 Skip's Western Outfitters 175 New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach February 10
2 Herr's Potato Chips 200 presented by Federated Car Care Toledo Speedway, Toledo June 13 [22]
3 General Tire 125 Dover International Speedway, Dover August 21
4 Royal Truck & Trailer 200 [23] Toledo Speedway, Toledo September 12
5 Bush's Beans 200 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol September 17
6 Pensacola 200 presented by Inspectra Thermal Solutions Five Flags Speedway, Pensacola October 11 [22] [N 1]
  1. The Five Flags race was postponed from Saturday, October 10 to Sunday, October 11, due to Hurricane Delta.

Schedule changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic

The event at Five Flags Speedway, originally scheduled for March 14, was postponed to October 10 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [22] On August 25, 2020, series officials announced the cancellation of races at Berlin Raceway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway and replaced them with a date at Toledo Speedway, which served as a combination race with the ARCA Menards Series. [24] The race at Fairgrounds Speedway was also cancelled.

Results and standings

Races

No.Race Pole Position Most laps ledWinning driverManufacturerNo.Winning team
1 Skip's Western Outfitters 175 Derek Griffith Derek Griffith Sam Mayer Chevrolet 21 GMS Racing
2 Herr's Potato Chips 200 presented by Federated Car Care Sam Mayer Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
3 General Tire 125 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Sam Mayer Chevrolet 21 GMS Racing
4 Royal Truck & Trailer 200 Sam Mayer Sam Mayer Sam Mayer Chevrolet 21 GMS Racing
5 Bush's Beans 200 Ty Gibbs Sam Mayer Sam Mayer Chevrolet 21 GMS Racing
6 Pensacola 200 presented by Inspectra Thermal Solutions Grant Enfinger Grant Enfinger Sam Mayer Chevrolet 21 GMS Racing

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 NSM TOL DOV TOL BRI FIF Points
1 Sam Mayer 1211*1*1332
2 Ty Gibbs (R)31*12*323300
3 Nick Sanchez (R)451610119259
4 Parker Retzlaff 87781910255
5 Mason Diaz 171439416251
6 Justin Carroll 2161411108244
7 Chase Cabre 948162114242
8 Taylor Gray (R)89574187
9 Max McLaughlin 101243148
10 Bret Holmes 348118
11 Corey Heim 762117
12 Derek Griffith (R)2*913111
13 Brad Smith 15172518101
14 Drew Dollar 5151894
15Robert Pawlowski231085
16Mike Basham13122483
17 Michael Self 7577
18 Hailie Deegan 6676
19Giovanni Bromante (R)51172
20 Jesse Love 1270
21 Chandler Smith 22364
22 Daniel Dye 19762
23 Max Gutiérrez 141262
24 Kyle Sieg 111760
25 Dave Mader III 201157
26 Owen Smith 182248
27 David Gilliland 242
28 Grant Enfinger 5*42
29 Stephen Nasse 638
30 Ryan Repko 935
31Chuck Buchanan Jr.1034
32 Jason Kitzmiller DNS1334
33Tristan Van Wieringen (R)1133
34 Gus Dean 1232
35 Gio Scelzi 1331
36 Ed Pompa 1331
37 Tim Richmond 1331
38Brian Finney1430
39Holley Hollan1529
40 Tommy Vigh Jr. 1529
41 Kris Wright 1529
42 Richard Garvie 1529
43 Gracie Trotter 1628
44 Con Nicolopoulos 1628
45 Joe Graf Jr. 1727
46Connor Okrzesik1727
47 Tanner Gray 1826
48Rick Clifton1925
49 D. L. Wilson 1925
50 Willie Mullins 2024
51 Chuck Hiers 2222
52 Wayne Peterson 2618

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