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.
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.
Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Crew chief |
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Chevrolet | GMS Racing | 21 | Sam Mayer [1] | Mardy Lindley |
Ford | DGR-Crosley | 17 | Tanner Gray [2] 1 | Blake 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 Motorsports | 91 | 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 1 | Mike Sroufe 2 Andy Hillenburg 1 |
Mike Basham 1 | ||||
Ed Pompa 1 | ||||
Rick Clifton 1 | Trey Galgon | |||
Owen Smith 1 | ||||
D. L. Wilson 1 |
Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Crew chief | Rounds |
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Chevrolet | Ben Kennedy Racing | 43 | Daniel Dye [8] | Glenn Garrison | 2 |
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 Richeson | 1 | |
Connor Okrzesik Racing | 14 | 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 Myers | 2 | |
Finney Racing Enterprises | 80 | Brian Finney | Wally Finney | 1 | |
Robert Pawlowski Racing | 11 | 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 Peterson | 1 | |
Win-Tron Racing | 32 | Gus Dean | Jamie Jones | 1 | |
Visconti Motorsports | 74 | Giovanni Bromante (R) [10] | Steven Keller | 2 | |
Ford | Joe Graf Jr. | 1 | |||
Chad Bryant Racing | 22 | Derek Griffith (R) [11] | Chad Bryant 1 Paul Andrews 2 | 3 | |
77 | Grant Enfinger | Chad Bryant | 1 | ||
Charles Buchanan Racing | 87 | Chuck Buchanan Jr. | Craig Wood | 1 | |
DGR-Crosley | 4 | Hailie Deegan | Seth Smith | 2 | |
54 | David Gilliland | Derek Smith | 1 | ||
Jett Motorsports | 09 | Stephen Nasse | Chris Tater | 1 | |
Mullins Racing | 3 | Willie Mullins | Tony Furr | 1 | |
Rette Jones Racing | 30 | Tristan Van Wieringen (R) [12] | Mark Rette | 1 | |
Toyota | Bill McAnally Racing | 16 | Gio Scelzi | John Camilleri | 1 |
19 | Jesse Love | Kyle Wolosek | 1 | ||
50 | Holley Hollan | Henry Nascimento | 1 | ||
99 | Gracie Trotter | Roger Bracken | 1 | ||
Fast Track Racing | 12 | Mike Basham | Mike Sroufe | 1 | |
Hattori Racing Enterprises | 1 | Max McLaughlin | Dan Stillman 1 Dave McCarty 3 | 4 | |
Venturini Motorsports | 15 | Drew Dollar | Shannon Rursch | 3 | |
Jesse Love [13] | 1 | ||||
25 | Michael Self | Kevin Reed | 2 | ||
Troy Williams Racing | 53 | Max Gutiérrez | Troy Williams | 2 | |
Wayne Peterson Racing | 06 | Tim Richmond | Brad Frye | 1 | |
Con Nicolopoulos | 1 | ||||
Chevrolet 3 Ford 1 | Fast Track Racing | 10 | Tommy Vigh Jr. | Dick Doheny | 1 |
Owen Smith | Tim Monroe | 1 | |||
Mike Basham | Mike Sroufe | 1 | |||
Richard Garvie | 1 |
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 title | Track | Date |
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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] |
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.
No. | Race | Pole Position | Most laps led | Winning driver | Manufacturer | No. | Winning team |
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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 |
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.
Pos | Driver | NSM | TOL | DOV | TOL | BRI | FIF | Points |
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1 | Sam Mayer | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1* | 1* | 1 | 332 |
2 | Ty Gibbs (R) | 3 | 1* | 12* | 3 | 2 | 3 | 300 |
3 | Nick Sanchez (R) | 4 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 259 |
4 | Parker Retzlaff | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 255 |
5 | Mason Diaz | 17 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 251 |
6 | Justin Carroll | 21 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 244 |
7 | Chase Cabre | 9 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 242 |
8 | Taylor Gray (R) | 8 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 187 | |
9 | Max McLaughlin | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 148 | ||
10 | Bret Holmes | 3 | 4 | 8 | 118 | |||
11 | Corey Heim | 7 | 6 | 2 | 117 | |||
12 | Derek Griffith (R) | 2* | 9 | 13 | 111 | |||
13 | Brad Smith | 15 | 17 | 25 | 18 | 101 | ||
14 | Drew Dollar | 5 | 15 | 18 | 94 | |||
15 | Robert Pawlowski | 23 | 10 | 85 | ||||
16 | Mike Basham | 13 | 12 | 24 | 83 | |||
17 | Michael Self | 7 | 5 | 77 | ||||
18 | Hailie Deegan | 6 | 6 | 76 | ||||
19 | Giovanni Bromante (R) | 5 | 11 | 72 | ||||
20 | Jesse Love | 12 | 70 | |||||
21 | Chandler Smith | 2 | 23 | 64 | ||||
22 | Daniel Dye | 19 | 7 | 62 | ||||
23 | Max Gutiérrez | 14 | 12 | 62 | ||||
24 | Kyle Sieg | 11 | 17 | 60 | ||||
25 | Dave Mader III | 20 | 11 | 57 | ||||
26 | Owen Smith | 18 | 22 | 48 | ||||
27 | David Gilliland | 2 | 42 | |||||
28 | Grant Enfinger | 5* | 42 | |||||
29 | Stephen Nasse | 6 | 38 | |||||
30 | Ryan Repko | 9 | 35 | |||||
31 | Chuck Buchanan Jr. | 10 | 34 | |||||
32 | Jason Kitzmiller | DNS | 13 | 34 | ||||
33 | Tristan Van Wieringen (R) | 11 | 33 | |||||
34 | Gus Dean | 12 | 32 | |||||
35 | Gio Scelzi | 13 | 31 | |||||
36 | Ed Pompa | 13 | 31 | |||||
37 | Tim Richmond | 13 | 31 | |||||
38 | Brian Finney | 14 | 30 | |||||
39 | Holley Hollan | 15 | 29 | |||||
40 | Tommy Vigh Jr. | 15 | 29 | |||||
41 | Kris Wright | 15 | 29 | |||||
42 | Richard Garvie | 15 | 29 | |||||
43 | Gracie Trotter | 16 | 28 | |||||
44 | Con Nicolopoulos | 16 | 28 | |||||
45 | Joe Graf Jr. | 17 | 27 | |||||
46 | Connor Okrzesik | 17 | 27 | |||||
47 | Tanner Gray | 18 | 26 | |||||
48 | Rick Clifton | 19 | 25 | |||||
49 | D. L. Wilson | 19 | 25 | |||||
50 | Willie Mullins | 20 | 24 | |||||
51 | Chuck Hiers | 22 | 22 | |||||
52 | Wayne Peterson | 26 | 18 |
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