The 2021 Menards 250 was the ninth race of the 2021 ARCA Menards Series season, the third race of the 2021 Sioux Chief Showdown, and the seventh iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 10, 2021, in Elko New Market, Minnesota at Elko Speedway, a permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 250 laps to complete. In a fierce battle in the closing laps, Corey Heim of Venturini Motorsports and Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would battle with three to go, with Heim besting Gibbs for his fifth career ARCA Menards Series win, the fourth of the season, and the second straight win for Heim.
Background Elko Speedway, is a 3/8 mile asphalt oval NASCAR-sanctioned race track located in Elko New Market, Minnesota. Elko Speedway is a track in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series. The track is located in the former Elko portion of the merged city.
Entry list #DriverTeamMakeSponsor01Owen SmithFast Track RacingFordAcademy Mortgage2Nick SanchezRev RacingChevroletUniversal Technical Institute, NASCAR Technical Institute06Wayne PetersonWayne Peterson RacingFordGreat Railing7Eric CaudellCCM RacingFordCaudell Consulting & Marketing10Willie MullinsFast Track RacingFordCW Metals, Crow Wing Recycling11Bryce HaugebergFast Track RacingChevroletHaugeburg Farms, Magnum Contracting, Inc.12Dick DohenyFast Track RacingToyotaEvergreen Raceway15Jesse LoveVenturini MotorsportsToyotaMobil 117Taylor GrayDavid Gilliland RacingFordFord Performance18Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaJoe Gibbs Racing20Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyotaCraftsman21Daniel DyeGMS RacingChevroletSolar Fit, Race to Stop Suicide25Gracie TrotterVenturini MotorsportsToyotaCalico Coatings27Alex ClubbRichmond Clubb MotorsportsFordRichmond Clubb Motorsports30Adam LemkeRette Jones RacingFordSlick Products, JRi Shocks46Thad MoffittDavid Gilliland RacingFordClean Harbors48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevroletHenshaw Automation66Ron Vandermeir Jr.Vandermeir RacingToyotaMac Rak Inc.Official entry list
Practice
First and final practice The only one-hour practice session would take place on Saturday, July 10, at 3:30 PM CST. Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest lap in the session, with a lap of 14.561 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed118Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota14.56192.713220Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyota14.59192.523317Taylor GrayDavid Gilliland RacingFord14.65192.144Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying would take place on Saturday, July 10, at 5:30 PM CST. Drivers would each run two laps to set a best time. Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole, setting a lap of 14.469 and an average speed of .
Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed118Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota14.46993.303225Gracie TrotterVenturini MotorsportsToyota14.52492.950317Taylor GrayDavid Gilliland RacingFord14.56992.663420Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyota14.57892.605521Daniel DyeGMS RacingChevrolet14.59092.529646Thad MoffittDavid Gilliland RacingFord14.59292.516715Jesse LoveVenturini MotorsportsToyota14.63892.226866Ron Vandermeier Jr.Vandermeir RacingToyota14.82291.081930Adam LemkeRette Jones RacingFord14.82891.044102Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet14.84990.9151110Willie MullinsFast Track RacingFord14.88790.6831211Bryce HaugebergFast Track RacingChevrolet15.21888.7111327Alex ClubbRichmond Clubb MotorsportsFord15.29588.2641401Owen SmithFast Track RacingFord15.47487.2431512Dick DohenyFast Track RacingToyota15.74585.7421648Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet16.68280.9261706Wayne PetersonWayne Peterson RacingFord——WithdrewWD7Eric CaudellCCM RacingFord——Official qualifying results
Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1420Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyota25014running472715Jesse LoveVenturini MotorsportsToyota2500running423225Gracie TrotterVenturini MotorsportsToyota2500running414118Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota250236running435317Taylor GrayDavid Gilliland RacingFord2500running396102Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet2500running387521Daniel DyeGMS RacingChevrolet2500running3781110Willie MullinsFast Track RacingFord2500running369646Thad MoffittDavid Gilliland RacingFord2490running3510930Adam LemkeRette Jones RacingFord2490running3411866Ron Vandermeier Jr.Vandermeir RacingToyota2470running33121327Alex ClubbRichmond Clubb MotorsportsFord2420running32131211Bryce HaugebergFast Track RacingChevrolet2290transmission31141648Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet540transmission30151512Dick DohenyFast Track RacingToyota80vibration29161401Owen SmithFast Track RacingFord60clutch28171706Wayne PetersonWayne Peterson RacingFord10brakes27WithdrewWD7Eric CaudellCCM RacingFordOfficial race results
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