The 2020 Skip's Western Outfitters 175 was the first stock car race of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series East season and the seventh iteration of the event. The race was held on Monday, February 10, 2020, in New Smyrna Beach, Florida at New Smyrna Speedway, a oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 175 laps to complete. At race's end, Sam Mayer of GMS Racing would make a late race charge to the front to win his fifth career ARCA Menards Series East win and his first of the season. To fill out the podium, Derek Griffith of Chad Bryant Racing and Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would finish second and third, respectively.
Background New Smyrna Speedway is a 1/2-mile asphalt oval racetrack located near New Smyrna Beach, Florida, that races the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series every Saturday night. It also has a smaller track, known as "Little New Smyrna Speedway" in the infield. This track races quarter midgets on Friday nights.
Entry list #DriverTeamMakeSponsor1Max McLaughlinHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaToyota Racing Development2Derek GriffithChad Bryant RacingFordChad Bryant Racing3Willie MullinsMullins RacingFordCW Metals, Crow Wing Recycling4Chase CabreRev RacingToyotaEibach, Max Siegel Incorporated6Nick SanchezRev RacingToyotaUniversal Technical Institute, NASCAR Technical Institute09Stephen NasseJett MotorsportsFordNoland's Roofing, Inc.11Chuck HiersFast Track RacingToyotaGleckler & Sons, Ashley Home11ERobert PawlowskiRobert Pawlowski RacingChevroletChannel Daily Clips Central16Gio ScelziBill McAnally RacingToyotaNAPA Auto Parts17Tanner GrayDGR-CrosleyFordFord Performance18Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaMonster Energy19Jesse LoveBill McAnally RacingToyotaNAPA Power Premium Plus20Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyotaCraftsman21Sam MayerGMS RacingChevroletChevrolet Accessories25Mason DiazVenturini MotorsportsToyotaSolid Rock Carriers30Tristan Van WieringenRette Jones RacingToyotaDurobyte42Parker RetzlaffCook-Finley RacingToyotaPonsse, Ironhorse Loggers43Daniel DyeBen Kennedy RacingChevroletHeise LED Lighting Systems, Jeep Beach50Holley HollanBill McAnally RacingToyotaJBL74Giovanni BromanteVisconti MotorsportsChevroletBromante Landscape and Design, Sandler Capital Management80Brian FinneyFinney Racing EnterprisesChevroletFinney Racing Enterprises91Justin CarrollTC MotorsportsToyotaCarroll's Automotive99Gracie TrotterBill McAnally RacingToyotaEneosOfficial entry list
Practice The only 100-minute practice session was held on Monday, February 10. Sam Mayer of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a time of 18.378 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed121Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet18.37894.02522Derek GriffithChad Bryant RacingFord18.44493.689320Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyota18.52493.284Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Monday, February 10, at 5:30 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.
Derek Griffith of Chad Bryant Racing would win the pole, setting a time of 18.673 and an average speed of .
Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed12Derek GriffithChad Bryant RacingFord18.67392.54021Max McLaughlinHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota18.73692.22936Nick SanchezRev RacingToyota18.75292.150418Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota18.76692.081520Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyota18.80291.905621Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet18.82891.778743Daniel DyeBen Kennedy RacingChevrolet18.89491.458809Stephen NasseJett MotorsportsFord18.89491.458974Giovanni BromanteVisconti MotorsportsChevrolet18.92691.3031025Mason DiazVenturini MotorsportsToyota18.94491.2161117Tanner GrayDGR-CrosleyFord18.94891.197124Chase CabreRev RacingToyota19.00190.9431330Tristan Van WieringenRette Jones RacingToyota19.00490.9281419Jesse LoveBill McAnally RacingToyota19.00490.9281542Parker RetzlaffCook-Finley RacingToyota19.05690.6801616Gio ScelziBill McAnally RacingToyota19.15790.2021791Justin CarrollTC MotorsportsToyota19.19590.0231850Holley HollanBill McAnally RacingToyota19.22289.8971980Brian FinneyFinney Racing EnterprisesChevrolet19.36989.2152099Gracie TrotterBill McAnally RacingToyota19.45188.8392111Chuck HiersFast Track RacingToyota19.66987.8542211ERobert PawlowskiRobert Pawlowski RacingChevrolet21.13981.745233Willie MullinsMullins RacingFord——Official qualifying results
Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1621Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet17527running48212Derek GriffithChad Bryant RacingFord175144running453418Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1754running42436Nick SanchezRev RacingToyota1750running405974Giovanni BromanteVisconti MotorsportsChevrolet1750running396809Stephen NasseJett MotorsportsFord1750running387520Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyota1750running3781542Parker RetzlaffCook-Finley RacingToyota1750running369124Chase CabreRev RacingToyota1750running351021Max McLaughlinHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1750running34111330Tristan Van WieringenRette Jones RacingToyota1750running33121419Jesse LoveBill McAnally RacingToyota1750running32131616Gio ScelziBill McAnally RacingToyota1750running31141980Brian FinneyFinney Racing EnterprisesChevrolet1720running30151850Holley HollanBill McAnally RacingToyota1720running29162099Gracie TrotterBill McAnally RacingToyota1690running28171025Mason DiazVenturini MotorsportsToyota1580steering27181117Tanner GrayDGR-CrosleyFord1530crash2619743Daniel DyeBen Kennedy RacingChevrolet1390crash2520233Willie MullinsMullins RacingFord1240running24211791Justin CarrollTC MotorsportsToyota1050oil pan23222111Chuck HiersFast Track RacingToyota380handling22232211ERobert PawlowskiRobert Pawlowski RacingChevrolet300fuel pump21Official race results
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