2020 ARCA Menards Series

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]

2020 ARCA Menards Series

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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.

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

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Crew 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 1	Kevin 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 1	David Ifft
			Dawson Cram 1	Clinton 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 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[N 2]	Donnie Richeson
	Venturini Motorsports		Corey Heim 1	Dave 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 14[15]	Brad Frye 10 Wayne Peterson 2 Michael Peterson 5
			Don Thompson 2[16]
			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[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

1. Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Mullins Racing.
2. Entries were fielded in a collaboration with GMS Racing.
3. 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 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[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. 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]

• 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

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

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

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