The 2020 General Tire 125 was the third stock car race of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series East season and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, August 21, 2020, in Dover, Delaware at Dover International Speedway, a oval-shaped permanent racetrack. The race took the scheduled 125 laps to complete. At race's end, Sam Mayer of GMS Racing would hold off the field after he performed a bump and run on race dominator Ty Gibbs, earning his sixth career ARCA Menards Series East win and his second of the season. To fill out the podium, David Gilliland of DGR-Crosley and Mason Diaz of Venturini Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.
Background
Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.
Entry list #DriverTeamMakeSponsor1Max McLaughlinHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaToyota Racing Development4Chase CabreRev RacingToyotaEibach, Max Siegel Incorporated6Nick SanchezRev RacingToyotaUniversal Technical Institute, NASCAR Technical Institute10Tommy Vigh Jr.Fast Track RacingFordFast Track Racing11Ed PompaFast Track RacingToyotaGreen Renewable Inc., Double "H" Ranch15Drew DollarVenturini MotorsportsToyotaSunbelt Rentals17Taylor GrayDGR-CrosleyFordFord Performance18Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaMonster Energy20Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyotaCraftsman21Sam MayerGMS RacingChevroletVince Lombardi Cancer Foundation25Mason DiazVenturini MotorsportsToyotaDrydene41Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevroletIndependent Strapping42Parker RetzlaffCook-Finley RacingToyotaPonsse, Ironhorse Loggers54David GillilandDGR-CrosleyFordFrontline Enterprises74Joe Graf Jr.Visconti MotorsportsChevroletBucked Up Energy87Chuck Buchanan Jr.Charles Buchanan RacingFordSpring Drug91Justin CarrollTC MotorsportsToyotaCarroll's Automotive97Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevroletA. L. L. ConstructionOfficial entry list
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, August 21, at 11:30 AM EST. Each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap.
Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole, setting a time of 23.709 and an average speed of .
Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed118Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota23.709151.841221Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet23.788151.337354David GillilandDGR-CrosleyFord23.863150.861420Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyota24.045149.719517Taylor GrayDGR-CrosleyFord24.063149.60761Max McLaughlinHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota24.091149.433715Drew DollarVenturini MotorsportsToyota24.115149.285825Mason DiazVenturini MotorsportsToyota24.279148.27694Chase CabreRev RacingToyota24.393147.583106Nick SanchezRev RacingToyota24.538146.7111142Parker RetzlaffCook-Finley RacingToyota24.817145.0621291Justin CarrollTC MotorsportsToyota25.009143.9481341Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet25.205142.8291474Joe Graf Jr.Visconti MotorsportsChevrolet25.881139.0981597Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet26.809134.2831687Chuck Buchanan Jr.Charles Buchanan RacingFord26.976133.4521710Tommy Vigh Jr.Fast Track RacingFord27.580130.5291811Ed PompaFast Track RacingToyota28.123128.009Official qualifying results
Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1221Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet12521running472354David GillilandDGR-CrosleyFord1250running423825Mason DiazVenturini MotorsportsToyota1250running41461Max McLaughlinHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1250running405715Drew DollarVenturini MotorsportsToyota1250running396420Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyota1250running3871142Parker RetzlaffCook-Finley RacingToyota1250running37894Chase CabreRev RacingToyota1250running369517Taylor GrayDGR-CrosleyFord1250running35101687Chuck Buchanan Jr.Charles Buchanan RacingFord1160running34111341Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1160running3312118Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota110104crash35131811Ed PompaFast Track RacingToyota660running31141291Justin CarrollTC MotorsportsToyota260mechanical30151710Tommy Vigh Jr.Fast Track RacingFord190electrical2916106Nick SanchezRev RacingToyota130mechanical28171474Joe Graf Jr.Visconti MotorsportsChevrolet120mechanical27181597Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet00did not start3Official race results
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