The 2020 Herr's Potato Chips 200 was the second stock car race of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series East season. The race was held on Saturday, June 13, 2020, in Toledo, Ohio, at Toledo Speedway, a 0.5-mile (0.80-km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race was extended from its scheduled 200 laps to 204 due to a NASCAR overtime finish. At race's end, Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would maintain his dominance of the race on the final restart to win his second career ARCA Menards Series East win and his first of the season. To fill out the podium, Sam Mayer of GMS Racing and Bret Holmes of Bret Holmes 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 #DriverTeamMakeSponsor1Max McLaughlinHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaMohawk Northeast, Inc.4Chase CabreRev RacingToyotaEibach, Max Siegel Incorporated6Nick SanchezRev RacingToyotaUniversal Technical Institute, NASCAR Technical Institute11Mike BashamFast Track RacingToyotaFast Track Racing11ERobert PawlowskiRobert Pawlowski RacingChevroletChannel17Taylor GrayDGR-CrosleyFordFord Performance18Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaMonster Energy20Ryan RepkoVenturini MotorsportsToyotaCraftsman, McLain Group21Sam MayerGMS RacingChevroletAll Weather Armour23Bret HolmesBret Holmes RacingChevroletHolmes II Excavating25Mason DiazVenturini MotorsportsToyotaSolid Rock Carriers42Parker RetzlaffCook-Finley RacingToyotaPonsse, Ironhorse Loggers48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevroletHome Building Solutions, NASCAR Low Teams74Giovanni BromanteVisconti MotorsportsChevroletBromante Landscape and Design, Sandler Capital Management91Justin CarrollTC MotorsportsToyotaCarroll's AutomotiveOfficial entry list
Practice The only 45-minute practice session was held on Saturday, June 13. Mason Diaz of Venturini Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 16.196 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed125Mason DiazVenturini MotorsportsToyota16.196111.139218Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota16.255110.735321Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet16.317110.314Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, June 13, at 4:45 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 16.014 and an average speed of .
Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed121Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet16.014112.40224Chase CabreRev RacingToyota16.112111.718318Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota16.118111.676417Taylor GrayDGR-CrosleyFord16.127111.614574Giovanni BromanteVisconti MotorsportsChevrolet16.170111.31761Max McLaughlinHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota16.244110.810723Bret HolmesBret Holmes RacingChevrolet16.254110.74286Nick SanchezRev RacingToyota16.265110.667925Mason DiazVenturini MotorsportsToyota16.286110.5241042Parker RetzlaffCook-Finley RacingToyota16.499109.0981120Ryan RepkoVenturini MotorsportsToyota16.629108.2451291Justin CarrollTC MotorsportsToyota16.786107.2321311Mike BashamFast Track RacingToyota18.43697.6351411ERobert PawlowskiRobert Pawlowski RacingChevrolet18.50397.2821548Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet19.97690.108Official qualifying results
Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1318Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota204183running482121Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet20421running443723Bret HolmesBret Holmes RacingChevrolet2040running41424Chase CabreRev RacingToyota2040running40586Nick SanchezRev RacingToyota2040running3961291Justin CarrollTC MotorsportsToyota2040running3871042Parker RetzlaffCook-Finley RacingToyota2040running378417Taylor GrayDGR-CrosleyFord1970running3691120Ryan RepkoVenturini MotorsportsToyota1870crash35101411ERobert PawlowskiRobert Pawlowski RacingChevrolet1860crash3411574Giovanni BromanteVisconti MotorsportsChevrolet1750crash331261Max McLaughlinHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1260suspension32131311Mike BashamFast Track RacingToyota440vibration3114925Mason DiazVenturini MotorsportsToyota290transmission30151548Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet30oil pressure29Official race results
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