The 2020 Menards.com 200 Presented by SPxE was the ninth stock car race of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series, the fourth race of the 2020 Sioux Chief Showdown, and the first of two back-to-back races of the weekend. The race was held on Friday, July 31, 2020, in Toledo, Ohio, at Toledo Speedway, a 0.5 miles (0.80 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, Sam Mayer of GMS Racing would dominate the late stages of the race to win his first career ARCA Menards Series win and his first win of the season. To fill out the podium, Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing and Taylor Gray of DGR-Crosley 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 #DriverTeamMakeSponsor4Hailie DeeganDGR-CrosleyFordMonster Energy06Tim RichmondWayne Peterson RacingToyotaWayne Peterson Racing10Mike BashamFast Track RacingToyotaFast Track Racing11Owen SmithFast Track RacingChevroletFast Track Racing12Rick CliftonFast Track RacingToyotaAshville Propane15Drew DollarVenturini MotorsportsToyotaSunbelt Rentals17Taylor GrayDGR-CrosleyFordFord Performance18Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaMonster Energy20Chandler SmithVenturini MotorsportsToyotaJBL21Sam MayerGMS RacingChevroletWhy Not You Foundation22Derek GriffithChad Bryant RacingFordOriginal Gourmet Lollipops23Bret HolmesBret Holmes RacingChevroletHolmes II Excavating25Michael SelfVenturini MotorsportsToyotaSinclair46Thad MoffittDGR-CrosleyFordPerformance Plus Motor Oil Richard Petty Signature Series48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevroletHome Building Solutions, NASCAR Low Teams74Giovanni BromanteVisconti MotorsportsChevroletBromante Landscape and Design, Sandler Capital ManagementOfficial entry list
Practice The only 45-minute practice session was held on Friday, July 31. Sam Mayer of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 16.181 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed121Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet16.181111.242217Taylor GrayDGR-CrosleyFord16.203111.09134Hailie DeeganDGR-CrosleyFord16.253110.749Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, July 31, at 6:30 PM EST. Qualifying was a single car, two lap system where the first lap would determine the starting position for Friday's race, and the second lap would determine the starting position for Saturday's race.
Chandler Smith of Venturini Motorsports would win the pole, setting a time of 15.999 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed120Chandler SmithVenturini MotorsportsToyota15.999112.507218Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota16.037112.240317Taylor GrayDGR-CrosleyFord16.118111.676425Michael SelfVenturini MotorsportsToyota16.127111.614521Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet16.144111.497615Drew DollarVenturini MotorsportsToyota16.217110.995722Derek GriffithChad Bryant RacingFord16.220110.97484Hailie DeeganDGR-CrosleyFord16.246110.797923Bret HolmesBret Holmes RacingChevrolet16.248110.7831074Giovanni BromanteVisconti MotorsportsChevrolet16.297110.4501146Thad MoffittDGR-CrosleyFord16.402109.7431206Tim RichmondWayne Peterson RacingToyota17.482102.9631310Mike BashamFast Track RacingToyota18.03399.8171448Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet18.36997.9911512Rick CliftonFast Track RacingToyota18.38097.9331611Owen SmithFast Track RacingChevrolet19.06294.429Official qualifying results
Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1521Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet20097running482218Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2000running423317Taylor GrayDGR-CrosleyFord2000running414923Bret HolmesBret Holmes RacingChevrolet2000running405425Michael SelfVenturini MotorsportsToyota2000running396615Drew DollarVenturini MotorsportsToyota2000running387722Derek GriffithChad Bryant RacingFord2000running37884Hailie DeeganDGR-CrosleyFord2000running3691206Tim RichmondWayne Peterson RacingToyota1890running35101512Rick CliftonFast Track RacingToyota1740running3411120Chandler SmithVenturini MotorsportsToyota162103suspension36121146Thad MoffittDGR-CrosleyFord550electrical32131448Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet520brakes31141310Mike BashamFast Track RacingToyota150vibration30151074Giovanni BromanteVisconti MotorsportsChevrolet70oil leak29161611Owen SmithFast Track RacingChevrolet50electrical28Official race results
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