2020 ARCA Menards Series

Bret Holmes, the 2020 ARCA Menards Series champion
Michael Self finished second behind Holmes in the championship by 12 points.
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.

Bret Holmes won the drivers championship, his first 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

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief
Ford DGR-Crosley 4 Hailie Deegan (R) Seth Smith
17 Tanner Gray 6 Blake Bainbridge
Taylor Gray 12
Anthony Alfredo 1
Dylan Lupton 1 Marcus Richmond
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Riley Herbst 4 Mark McFarland
Ty Gibbs 16
Venturini Motorsports 15 Drew Dollar (R) Shannon Rursch
20 Ryan Repko 5 Billy Venturini
Chandler Smith 13
Jesse Love 1
Corey Heim 1
25 Michael Self Kevin Reed
Toyota 10
Ford 5
Chevrolet 5
10 Corey Heim 1 Kevin Reed Jr.
Fast Track Racing Ryan Huff 7 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 1 David Ifft
Dawson Cram 1 Clinton Cram
Willie Mullins 2 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 1 Mike 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 Donnie Richeson
Venturini Motorsports Corey Heim 1 Dave Leiner Jr.
Chevrolet 18
Toyota 1
Ford 1
Bret Holmes Racing 23 Bret Holmes Shane Huffman
Toyota 17
Chevrolet 3
Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Tim Richmond 13 Brad Frye 10
Wayne Peterson 2
Michael Peterson 5
Don Thompson 2
Con Nicolopoulos 4

Limited schedule

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Rounds
Chevrolet Allgaier Motorsports 16 Kelly Kovski Jon Hanson 1
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 Rahilly 1
Charles Buchanan Racing 87 Chuck Buchanan Jr. Craig Wood 1
Cook-Finley Racing 41 Kyle Sieg 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
82 1
John Ferrier Racing 01 John Ferrier Jeff McClure 1
GMS Racing 21 Sam Mayer Mardy Lindley 13
Kris Wright 1
Hendren Motorsports 24 Ryan Unzicker Bill Hendren 1
KBR Development 28 David Gravel Frank Kimmel 1
Max Force Racing 9 Thomas Praytor Tevin Bair 1
Our Motorsports 02 Andy Seuss John Merlo 1
09 Benny Chastain Bob Schacht 1
Reeves Racing 88 Scott Reeves Brian Finney 1
Robert Pawlowski Racing 11 Robert Pawlowski Aaron Brown 1
Spraker Racing Enterprises 63 Dave Mader III Jeff Spraker 2
Steve McGowan Motorsports 17 Zane Smith Bruce Cook 1
Will Rodgers 1
Visconti Motorsports 74 Giovanni Bromante Steven Keller 1
Austin Green 1
Ayrton Ori 1
Wayne Peterson Racing 0 Con Nicolopoulos Michael Peterson 3
Wayne Peterson 5
Win-Tron Racing 32 Gus Dean Jamie Jones 4
Howie DiSavino III 3
Chad Bryant Racing 22 Kris Wright Paul Andrews 3
Ford Connor Hall 1
Christian McGhee 1
Brandon Lynn 1
Derek Griffith 8
Kody Swanson 1
Parker Chase 1
77 Jacob Heafner Chad Bryant 1
Fast Track Racing Mike Basham Mike Sroufe 1
DGR-Crosley 46 Thad Moffitt Derek Smith 13
Ken Schrader Racing
with Fury Race Cars
52 Natalie Decker Tony Eury Jr. 1
Mullins Racing 3 Willie Mullins Tony Furr 1
Rette Jones Racing 30 Dominique Van Wieringen Logan Yiengst 1
Toyota Bill McAnally Racing 12 Lawless Alan Gary Collins 1
16 Gio Scelzi John Camilleri 3
19 Jesse Love Kyle Wolosek 2
Jason Dickerson 1
3
99 Gracie Trotter Roger Bracken 3
Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 Max McLaughlin Dave McCarty 5
J. J. Pack Racing 61 J. J. Pack Dan Givins 1
Performance P-1 Motorsports 77 Takuma Koga Ron Norman 1
Rev Racing 4 Chase Cabre Glenn Parker 4
6 Nick Sanchez Steve Plattenberger 4
TC Motorsports 91 Justin Carroll Jim Long 3
Troy Williams Racing 53 Max Gutiérrez Troy Williams 1
Venturini Motorsports 25 Mason Diaz Dave Leiner Jr. 2
Ford 3
Toyota 2
Chevrolet 1
CCM Racing 7 Eric Caudell Jeremy Petty 6
Chevrolet 1
Toyota 2
Cook-Finley Racing 42 Kyle Sieg Sean Samuels 1
Parker Retzlaff 2
Ford 2
Toyota 1
Chevrolet 2
Fast Track Racing 01 Armani Williams Dick Doheny 1
Tommy Vigh Jr. Trey Galgon 2
Mike Basham 1
Alex Clubb Brian Clubb 1
Ford 5
Toyota 3
Chevrolet 3
Kimmel Racing 69 Scott Melton Bill Kimmel 7
Brian Finney 1
Eric Caudell 1
Will Kimmel 2
Toyota 2
Ford 1
Russ Lane Racing 8 Russ Lane Derick Hartnagel 1
Mike Cheek 2
3

Notes

  1. ^ Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Mullins Racing.
  2. ^ a b Entries were fielded in a collaboration with GMS Racing.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  • On December 17, 2019, DGR-Crosley announced an expansion to a full-time ARCA effort, a step up from previous part-time schedules. 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.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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. Richmond later scaled back to a part-time schedule for the team.
  • On January 2, 2020, Bobby Gerhart announced his exit as a driver from the series following a heart attack.
  • 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.
  • Thad Moffitt switched teams for his part-time schedule, moving from Empire Racing in 2019 to DGR-Crosley in 2020.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • On January 18, 2020, Scott Melton announced he was scaling back his schedule for 2020 compared to 2019.

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. 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.

Manufacturers

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

Rule changes

ARCA adopted the current NASCAR points system after using the 1975-2010 NASCAR points system up until 2019. Additionally, steel-bodied cars were phased out entirely in favor of composite-bodied cars.

Schedule

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

No. Race title Track Date
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 Kentucky Speedway, Sparta July 11
7 Shore Lunch 150 Iowa Speedway, Newton July 18
8 Dawn Ultra 150 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City July 24
9 Menards.com 200 presented by XPxE Toledo Speedway, Toledo July 31
10 Menards 200 presented by Crosley Brands August 1–2
11 VizCom 200 Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn August 9
12 General Tire 100 Daytona International Speedway (Road Course), Daytona Beach August 14
13 Dutch Boy 150 World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison August 29
14 Zinsser SmartCoat 200 Lebanon I-44 Speedway, Lebanon September 5
15 Royal Truck & Trailer 200 Toledo Speedway, Toledo September 12
16 Bush's Beans 200 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol September 17
17 Toyota 200 presented by Crosley Brands 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.
  2. ^ The additional Kansas race replaced the Chicagoland race, the Dawn 150.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  6. ^ The Lebanon I-44 race replaced the Madison event.
  7. ^ The Winchester race replaced the DuQuoin race, the Southern Illinois 100.

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

Broadcasting

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

Results and standings

Races

No. Race Pole Position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer No. 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
14 Zinsser 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 24 Hendren 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.

Pos Driver DAY PHO TAL POC IRP KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL MCH DAY GTW I44 TOL BRI WIN MEM ISF KAN Points
1 Bret Holmes 9 15 3 4 7 2 3 1* 4 3 2* 8 6 2 4 8 3 3* 3 2 1003
2 Michael Self 1* 2 5 5 8 3 6 6 5 4 3 1 15 6 7 5 2 6 9 5 991
3 Hailie Deegan (R) 2 7 7 7 3 14 18 9 8 6 6 6 9 5* 6 6 12 7 2 6 937
4 Drew Dollar (R) 3 14 1* 6 14 5 17 7 6 9 4 12 7 9 15 18 6 8 7 8 910
5 Ty Gibbs 3* 1* 15 1* 1* 2 10* 2* 1* 4 3 2 1* 1 10 14 724
6 Brad Smith 31 Wth 20 13 17 12 19 16 13 14 12 19 19 13 17 25 9 15 13 15 674
7 Sam Mayer 20 3 2 4 2 1 1 3 3 1 1* 1* 2 553
8 Mike Basham 19 20 17 14 15 17 15 20 10 12 24 7 12 6 12 540
9 Thad Moffitt 5 18 6 20 5 15 10 10 12 8 9 11 4 539
10 Chandler Smith 1 2 1* 4 11* 2 9 2 8 2 23 5 13 506
11 Taylor Gray 4 5 3 11 4 8 3 5 7 5 9 4 460
12 Tim Richmond 18 23 17 20 13 9 12 11 16 11 13 13 11 11 397
13 Derek Griffith 8 12 7 8 7 5 9 3 293
14 Ryan Huff 21 24 12 9 16 8 13 255
15 Owen Smith 16 16 21 12 18 22 13 15 16 247
16 Scott Melton 10 11 10 17 15 13 9 223
17 Eric Caudell 17 14 12 8 14 16 10 217
18 Jason Kitzmiller 32 8 14 10 11 8 13 212
19 Tanner Gray 16 4 13 15 9 5 203
20 Con Nicolopoulos 14 21 15 16 18 16 10 198
21 Max McLaughlin 6 7 7 4 3 194
22 Kris Wright 14 18 7 15 10 7 193
23 Ryan Repko 22 2 6 2 7 181
24 Riley Herbst 7 4 3 1 167
25 Rick Clifton 14 10 13 19 11 153
26 Jesse Love 16 12 5 4 139
27 Nick Sanchez 6 14 10 11 135
28 Wayne Peterson 26 14 17 DNS 17 129
29 Corey Heim 4 8 1* 123
30 Chase Cabre 8 10 16 21 121
31 Gus Dean 23 16 12 11 114
32 Sean Corr 4 9 12 108
33 Gio Scelzi 10 11 13 98
34 Justin Carroll 13 11 10 98
35 Willie Mullins 8 18 11 95
36 Kyle Sieg 10 11 17 94
37 Gracie Trotter 22 9 12 89
38 Howie DiSavino III 21 9 16 86
39 Tim Monroe 20 14 12 86
40 Russ Lane 17 18 16 81
41 Dick Doheny 18 13 21 80
42 Mason Diaz 9 4 75
43 Ed Pompa 10 11 67
44 Parker Retzlaff 8 19 61
45 Armani Williams 17 10 61
46 Will Kimmel 13 14 61
47 Don Thompson 18 16 54
48 Tommy Vigh Jr. 19 19 50
49 Ryan Unzicker 1* 49
50 Dylan Lupton 4 40
51 Zane Smith 5 39
52 Anthony Alfredo 5 39
53 Will Rodgers 5 39
54 Kelly Kovski 5 39
55 Jason White 6 38
56 Dave Mader III 30 20 38
57 Austin Green 7 37
58 Kody Swanson 8 36
59 Lawless Alan 9 35
60 Parker Chase 10 34
61 Thomas Praytor 11 33
62 Dawson Cram 11 33
63 Brian Finney 11 33
64 David Gravel 12 32
65 Christian McGhee 12 32
66 Chuck Buchanan Jr. 13 31
67 Takuma Koga 13 31
68 Tyler Hill 14 30
69 Nick Igdalsky 14 30
70 Robert Pawlowski 14 30
71 Max Gutiérrez 14 30
72 Benny Chastain 15 29
73 Brandon Lynn 15 29
74 Giovanni Bromante 15 29
75 Morgen Baird 15 29
76 Clay Greenfield 16 28
77 D. L. Wilson 16 28
78 Ayrton Ori 17 27
79 Max Calles 17 27
80 Alex Clubb 18 26
81 Chuck Hiers 19 25
82 Tom Berte 19 25
83 Connor Hall 20 24
84 J. J. Pack 24 20
85 Dominique Van Wieringen 25 19
86 Natalie Decker 26 18
87 Jacob Heafner 27 17
88 Andy Seuss 28 16
89 John Ferrier 29 15
90 Scott Reeves 33 11
Bryan Dauzat DNS
Richard Garvie DNS
Sam Mayer was relieved by Colin Braun part of the way through the General Tire 100, but still received points for starting the race.

See also


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