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2020 Menards.com 200

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{{Infobox NASCAR race report|Type=CUST|Announcers=Bob Dillner, Jim Tretow|Avg={{convert|80.178|mph|km/h}}|Scheduled_km=160.934|Distance_km=160.934|Distance_laps=200|Scheduled_laps=200|Course_km=0.80|Course_mi=.5|Scheduled_mi=100|First_Driver=Sam Mayer|Pole_Team=Venturini Motorsports|Most_Team=Venturini Motorsports|Network=MAVTV|Location=Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Speedway|Radio=ARCA Racing Network|First_Team=GMS Racing|Pole_Driver=Chandler Smith|Date=July 31|Official_name=Menards.com 200 Presented by SPxE|Description=Race 9 of 20 of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series
Race 4 of 10 of the 2020 Sioux Chief Showdown|Race_Name=Menards.com 200 Presented by SPxE|Most_Driver=Chandler Smith|Most_laps=103|Car=21|Year=2020|Distance_mi=100|Pole_Time=15.999}}

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.{{Cite web|last=Christley|first=Jason|date=2020-08-01|title=Sam Mayer "Finally" Gets ARCA Menards Win At Toledo Speedway|url=https://www.arcaracing.com/2020/08/01/sam-mayer-finally-gets-arca-menards-win-at-toledo-speedway/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-18|website=ARCA|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801034344/https://www.arcaracing.com/2020/08/01/sam-mayer-finally-gets-arca-menards-win-at-toledo-speedway/ |archive-date=2020-08-01 }} 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.{{Cite web|title=Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gioVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PgQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6927,84915|access-date=2021-11-09|website=news.google.com}} 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.{{Cite web|last=Beard|first=Brock|title=ARCA: Hailie Deegan's headlining debut done after 30 laps|url=http://brock.lastcar.info/2019/05/arca-hailie-deegans-headlining-debut.html|access-date=2021-11-09|language=en}}

= Entry list =

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!#

!Driver

!Team

!Make

!Sponsor

4

|Hailie Deegan

|DGR-Crosley

|Ford

|Monster Energy

06

|Tim Richmond

|Wayne Peterson Racing

|Toyota

|Wayne Peterson Racing

10

|Mike Basham

|Fast Track Racing

|Toyota

|Fast Track Racing

11

|Owen Smith

|Fast Track Racing

|Chevrolet

|Fast Track Racing

12

|Rick Clifton

|Fast Track Racing

|Toyota

|Ashville Propane

15

|Drew Dollar

|Venturini Motorsports

|Toyota

|Sunbelt Rentals

17

|Taylor Gray

|DGR-Crosley

|Ford

|Ford Performance

18

|Ty Gibbs

|Joe Gibbs Racing

|Toyota

|Monster Energy

20

|Chandler Smith

|Venturini Motorsports

|Toyota

|JBL

21

|Sam Mayer

|GMS Racing

|Chevrolet

|Why Not You Foundation

22

|Derek Griffith

|Chad Bryant Racing

|Ford

|Original Gourmet Lollipops

23

|Bret Holmes

|Bret Holmes Racing

|Chevrolet

|Holmes II Excavating

25

|Michael Self

|Venturini Motorsports

|Toyota

|Sinclair

46

|Thad Moffitt

|DGR-Crosley

|Ford

|Performance Plus Motor Oil Richard Petty Signature Series

48

|Brad Smith

|Brad Smith Motorsports

|Chevrolet

|Home Building Solutions, NASCAR Low Teams

74

|Giovanni Bromante

|Visconti Motorsports

|Chevrolet

|Bromante Landscape and Design, Sandler Capital Management

colspan="5" |[https://www.racing-reference.info/entrylist/2020-09/A Official 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 {{Convert|111.242|mph|km/h}}.{{Cite web|last=Christley|first=Jason|date=2020-07-31|title=PRACTICE: Sam Mayer Sets Pace At Toledo Speedway|url=https://www.arcaracing.com/2020/07/31/practice-sam-mayer-sets-pace-at-toledo-speedway/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-18|website=ARCA|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801034411/https://www.arcaracing.com/2020/07/31/practice-sam-mayer-sets-pace-at-toledo-speedway/ |archive-date=2020-08-01 }}

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!Pos.

!#

!Driver

!Team

!Make

!Time

!Speed

1

|21

|Sam Mayer

|GMS Racing

|Chevrolet

|16.181

|111.242

2

|17

|Taylor Gray

|DGR-Crosley

|Ford

|16.203

|111.091

3

|4

|Hailie Deegan

|DGR-Crosley

|Ford

|16.253

|110.749

colspan="7" |[https://www.racing-reference.info/practice-results/2020-09/A/1/ Full 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.{{Cite web|last=Christley|first=Jason|date=2020-07-31|title=QUALIFYING: Chandler Smith & Ty Gibbs Share General Tire Honors|url=https://www.arcaracing.com/2020/07/31/qualifying-chandler-smith-ty-gibbs-share-general-tire-honors/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-18|website=ARCA|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801034357/https://www.arcaracing.com/2020/07/31/qualifying-chandler-smith-ty-gibbs-share-general-tire-honors/ |archive-date=2020-08-01 }}

Chandler Smith of Venturini Motorsports would win the pole, setting a time of 15.999 and an average speed of {{Convert|112.507|mph|km/h}}.

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!Pos.

!#

!Driver

!Team

!Make

!Time

!Speed

1

|20

|Chandler Smith

|Venturini Motorsports

|Toyota

|15.999

|112.507

2

|18

|Ty Gibbs

|Joe Gibbs Racing

|Toyota

|16.037

|112.240

3

|17

|Taylor Gray

|DGR-Crosley

|Ford

|16.118

|111.676

4

|25

|Michael Self

|Venturini Motorsports

|Toyota

|16.127

|111.614

5

|21

|Sam Mayer

|GMS Racing

|Chevrolet

|16.144

|111.497

6

|15

|Drew Dollar

|Venturini Motorsports

|Toyota

|16.217

|110.995

7

|22

|Derek Griffith

|Chad Bryant Racing

|Ford

|16.220

|110.974

8

|4

|Hailie Deegan

|DGR-Crosley

|Ford

|16.246

|110.797

9

|23

|Bret Holmes

|Bret Holmes Racing

|Chevrolet

|16.248

|110.783

10

|74

|Giovanni Bromante

|Visconti Motorsports

|Chevrolet

|16.297

|110.450

11

|46

|Thad Moffitt

|DGR-Crosley

|Ford

|16.402

|109.743

12

|06

|Tim Richmond

|Wayne Peterson Racing

|Toyota

|17.482

|102.963

13

|10

|Mike Basham

|Fast Track Racing

|Toyota

|18.033

|99.817

14

|48

|Brad Smith

|Brad Smith Motorsports

|Chevrolet

|18.369

|97.991

15

|12

|Rick Clifton

|Fast Track Racing

|Toyota

|18.380

|97.933

16

|11

|Owen Smith

|Fast Track Racing

|Chevrolet

|19.062

|94.429

colspan="7" |[https://www.racing-reference.info/qual-results/2020-09/A Official qualifying results]

Race results

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!Fin{{Cite web|title=2020 Menards.com 200 Presented by SPxE - The Third Turn|url=https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/2020_Menards.com_200_Presented_by_SPxE|access-date=2021-12-18|website=www.thethirdturn.com|language=en}}

!St

!#

!Driver

!Team

!Make

!Laps

!Led

!Status

!Pts

1

|5

|21

|Sam Mayer

|GMS Racing

|Chevrolet

|200

|97

|running

|48

2

|2

|18

|Ty Gibbs

|Joe Gibbs Racing

|Toyota

|200

|0

|running

|42

3

|3

|17

|Taylor Gray

|DGR-Crosley

|Ford

|200

|0

|running

|41

4

|9

|23

|Bret Holmes

|Bret Holmes Racing

|Chevrolet

|200

|0

|running

|40

5

|4

|25

|Michael Self

|Venturini Motorsports

|Toyota

|200

|0

|running

|39

6

|6

|15

|Drew Dollar

|Venturini Motorsports

|Toyota

|200

|0

|running

|38

7

|7

|22

|Derek Griffith

|Chad Bryant Racing

|Ford

|200

|0

|running

|37

8

|8

|4

|Hailie Deegan

|DGR-Crosley

|Ford

|200

|0

|running

|36

9

|12

|06

|Tim Richmond

|Wayne Peterson Racing

|Toyota

|189

|0

|running

|35

10

|15

|12

|Rick Clifton

|Fast Track Racing

|Toyota

|174

|0

|running

|34

11

|1

|20

|Chandler Smith

|Venturini Motorsports

|Toyota

|162

|103

|suspension

|36

12

|11

|46

|Thad Moffitt

|DGR-Crosley

|Ford

|55

|0

|electrical

|32

13

|14

|48

|Brad Smith

|Brad Smith Motorsports

|Chevrolet

|52

|0

|brakes

|31

14

|13

|10

|Mike Basham

|Fast Track Racing

|Toyota

|15

|0

|vibration

|30

15

|10

|74

|Giovanni Bromante

|Visconti Motorsports

|Chevrolet

|7

|0

|oil leak

|29

16

|16

|11

|Owen Smith

|Fast Track Racing

|Chevrolet

|5

|0

|electrical

|28

colspan="10" |[https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2020_Menards.com_200_Presented_by_SPxE/A/ Official race results]

References

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