The 2020 Royal Truck & Trailer 200 was the 15th stock car race of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series and the fourth race of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series East. The race was held on Saturday, September 12, 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 to win his fourth career ARCA Menards Series win, his seventh career ARCA Menards Series East win, his fourth win of the season in the ARCA Menards Series, and his third win of the season in the ARCA Menards Series East. To fill out the podium, Chandler Smith of Venturini Motorsports and Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs 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 #DriverTeamMakeSponsor4Hailie DeeganDGR-CrosleyFordMonster Energy4EChase CabreRev RacingToyotaEibach, Max Siegel Incorporated6Nick SanchezRev RacingToyotaUniversal Technical Institute, NASCAR Technical Institute06Tim RichmondWayne Peterson RacingToyotaWayne Peterson Racing10Owen SmithFast Track RacingChevroletFast Track Racing11Rick CliftonFast Track RacingFordFast Track Racing11ERobert PawlowskiRobert Pawlowski RacingChevroletChannel Daily Clips Central12Mike BashamFast Track RacingToyotaFast Track Racing15Drew DollarVenturini MotorsportsToyotaSunbelt Rentals17Taylor GrayDGR-CrosleyFordFord Performance18Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaMonster Energy20Chandler SmithVenturini MotorsportsToyotaJBL21Sam MayerGMS RacingChevroletLynn Family Foundation23Bret HolmesBret Holmes RacingChevroletHolmes II Excavating25Michael SelfVenturini MotorsportsToyotaSinclair25EMason DiazVenturini MotorsportsToyotaCraftsman42Parker RetzlaffCook-Finley RacingToyotaPonsse, Trump 202048Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevroletHenshaw Automation91Justin CarrollTC MotorsportsToyotaCarroll's AutomotiveOfficial entry list
Practice The only 45-minute practice session was held on Saturday, September 12. Sam Mayer of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 16.085 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed121Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet16.085111.90624Hailie DeeganDGR-CrosleyFord16.142111.510317Taylor GrayDGR-CrosleyFord16.205111.077Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, September 12, at 3:30 PM EST. Each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap.
Sam Mayer of GMS Racing would win the pole, setting a time of 15.999 and an average speed of .
Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed121Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet15.914113.108220Chandler SmithVenturini MotorsportsToyota15.940112.92334Hailie DeeganDGR-CrosleyFord16.039112.226418Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota16.054112.122523Bret HolmesBret Holmes RacingChevrolet16.059112.087617Taylor GrayDGR-CrosleyFord16.101111.79474EChase CabreRev RacingToyota16.142111.510825Michael SelfVenturini MotorsportsToyota16.144111.497942Parker RetzlaffCook-Finley RacingToyota16.146111.4831015Drew DollarVenturini MotorsportsToyota16.207111.063116Nick SanchezRev RacingToyota16.217110.9951225EMason DiazVenturini MotorsportsToyota16.235110.8721391Justin CarrollTC MotorsportsToyota16.400109.7561412Mike BashamFast Track RacingToyota17.224104.5051511ERobert PawlowskiRobert Pawlowski RacingChevrolet17.650101.9831606Tim RichmondWayne Peterson RacingToyota17.862100.7731748Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet17.956100.2451810Owen SmithFast Track RacingChevrolet18.58096.8781911Rick CliftonFast Track RacingFord18.95594.962Official qualifying results
Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1121Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet200165running492220Chandler SmithVenturini MotorsportsToyota20035running433418Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2000running414523Bret HolmesBret Holmes RacingChevrolet2000running405617Taylor GrayDGR-CrosleyFord2000running39634Hailie DeeganDGR-CrosleyFord2000running387825Michael SelfVenturini MotorsportsToyota2000running378942Parker RetzlaffCook-Finley RacingToyota2000running3691225EMason DiazVenturini MotorsportsToyota2000running3510116Nick SanchezRev RacingToyota2000running34111391Justin CarrollTC MotorsportsToyota1990running33121412Mike BashamFast Track RacingToyota1940running32131606Tim RichmondWayne Peterson RacingToyota1890running31141511ERobert PawlowskiRobert Pawlowski RacingChevrolet1860running30151015Drew DollarVenturini MotorsportsToyota860crash291674EChase CabreRev RacingToyota550crash28171748Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet410overheating27181810Owen SmithFast Track RacingChevrolet50electrical26191911Rick CliftonFast Track RacingFord30brakes25Official race results
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