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]
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
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[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 | |
82 | 1 | ||||
John Ferrier Racing[N 4] | 01 | John Ferrier | Jeff McClure | 1 | |
GMS Racing | 21 | Sam Mayer[17] | Mardy Lindley | 13 | |
Kris Wright[18] | 1 | ||||
Hendren Motorsports | 24 | Ryan Unzicker | Bill Hendren | 1 | |
KBR Development[19] | 28 | David Gravel[20] | Frank Kimmel | 1 | |
Max Force Racing | 9 | Thomas Praytor[21] | Tevin Bair | 1 | |
Our Motorsports[22] | 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[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 Bryant | 1[24] | ||
Fast Track Racing[N 5] | Mike Basham | Mike Sroufe | 1 | ||
DGR-Crosley | 46 | Thad Moffitt | Derek Smith | 13 | |
Ken Schrader Racing with Fury Race Cars[26] |
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[27] | Glenn Parker | 4 | |
6 | Nick Sanchez[27] | 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[28] |
Chevrolet 1 Toyota 2 |
Cook-Finley Racing | 42 | Kyle Sieg[N 3] | 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[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
- Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Mullins Racing.
- Entries were fielded in a collaboration with GMS Racing.
- Entries was fielded in a collaboration with RSS Racing.
- It was a John Ferrier Racing entry using Fast Track Racing's owner points.
- It was a Fast Track Racing entry using Chad Bryant Racing's owner points.
- Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Finney Racing Enterprises.
- Entry was fielded in a collaboration with CCM Racing.
- 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
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]
- The Kentucky race replaced the Charlotte race, the General Tire 150.[45]
- The additional Kansas race replaced the Chicagoland race, the Dawn 150.[46]
- The two races at Toledo replaced the races at Mid-Ohio and Elko, the Mid-Ohio 50 and the Elko 250, respectively.
- 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.
- The Daytona road course race replaced the Watkins Glen race, the Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100.[48]
- The Winchester race replaced the DuQuoin race, the Southern Illinois 100.[50]
- Races highlighted in gold are combination events with the ARCA Menards Series East.
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
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 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Garvie | DNS | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
† – 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
- 2020 NASCAR Cup Series
- 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series
- 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
- 2020 ARCA Menards Series East
- 2020 ARCA Menards Series West
- 2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
- 2020 NASCAR Pinty's Series
- 2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
- 2020 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series
- 2020 EuroNASCAR Esports Series
References
External links
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