The 2021 Herr's Potato Chips 200 was the fifth stock car race of the 2021 ARCA Menards Series season and the first race of the 2021 Sioux Chief Showdown. The race was held on Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Toledo, Ohio, at Toledo Speedway, a permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would dominate the race and win his 11th career ARCA Menards Series win, his third of the season, and his second straight win. To fill out the podium, Corey Heim of Venturini Motorsports and Nick Sanchez of Rev Racing would finish second and third, respectively.
Background Toledo Speedway opened in 1960 and was paved in 1964. In 1978 it was sold to Thomas "Sonny" Adams Sr. The speedway was reacquired by ARCA in 1999. The track also features the weekly racing divisions of sportsman on the half-mile and Figure 8, factory stock, and four cylinders on a quarter-mile track inside the big track. They also have a series of races with outlaw-bodied late models that includes four 100-lap races and ends with Glass City 200. The track hosts the “Fastest short track show in the world” which features winged sprints and winged Super Modifieds on the half mile. Toledo also used to host a 200-lap late model race until its sale to ARCA in 1999.
Toledo is known for the foam blocks that line the race track, different than the concrete walls that line many short tracks throughout America. The crumbling walls can make track cleanup a tedious task for workers.
Entry list #DriverTeamMakeSponsor01Owen SmithFast Track RacingFordFast Track Racing2Nick SanchezRev RacingChevroletUniversal Technical Institute, NASCAR Technical Institute10Dick DohenyFast Track RacingToyotaBurt Crane & Rigging, Cen-Pe-Co Lubricants, Double "H" Ranch11Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingToyotaThe Brews Box12D. L. WilsonFast Track RacingToyotaEvergreen Raceway15Jesse LoveVenturini MotorsportsToyotaMobil 118Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaJoe Gibbs Racing20Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyotaCraftsman25Gracie TrotterVenturini MotorsportsToyotaCalico Coatings27Alex ClubbRichmond Clubb MotorsportsFordRichmond Clubb Motorsports30Cole WilliamsRette Jones RacingFordSlick Products, JRI Shocks40A. J. MoyerWayne Peterson RacingFordJ. R. C. Transportation46Thad MoffittDavid Gilliland RacingFordClean Harbors48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevroletHenshaw AutomationOfficial entry list
Practice
First and final practice The only practice session would take place on Saturday, May 22, at 4:15 PM EST. Corey Heim of Venturini Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 16.109 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed120Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyota16.109111.739218Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota16.200111.11132Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet16.296110.457Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying would take place on Saturday, May 22, at 6:00 PM EST. Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole with a lap of 15.979 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed118Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota15.979112.648220Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyota16.086111.899315Jesse LoveVenturini MotorsportsToyota16.173111.29742Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet16.179111.255546Thad MoffittDavid Gilliland RacingFord16.209111.049625Gracie TrotterVenturini MotorsportsToyota16.243110.817730Cole WilliamsRette Jones RacingFord16.514108.998810Dick DohenyFast Track RacingToyota17.915100.474927Alex ClubbRichmond Clubb MotorsportsFord18.01499.9221048Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet17.853100.8231111Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingToyota17.936100.3571212D. L. WilsonFast Track RacingToyota18.03799.7951301Owen SmithFast Track RacingFord18.39697.8471440A. J. MoyerWayne Peterson RacingFord18.71896.164Official qualifying results
Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1118Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota200153running492220Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyota20047running43342Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet2000running414315Jesse LoveVenturini MotorsportsToyota2000running405546Thad MoffittDavid Gilliland RacingFord2000running396730Cole WilliamsRette Jones RacingFord1990running387625Gracie TrotterVenturini MotorsportsToyota1990running378927Alex ClubbRichmond Clubb MotorsportsFord1860running3691440A. J. MoyerWayne Peterson RacingFord1850running3510810Dick DohenyFast Track RacingToyota1840running34111048Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet1350handling33121212D. L. WilsonFast Track RacingToyota240overheating32131111Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingToyota110handling31141301Owen SmithFast Track RacingFord100overheating30Official race results
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