The 2020 ARCA Menards Series season was the 68th season of the

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. It began on February 8 with the Lucas Oil 200 at

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and ended on October 16 with the

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. 2020 was the first season that the series was sanctioned by

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won the drivers championship, his first in the series. When the season was put on hold due to the

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, drivers from all NASCAR series, including a few ARCA drivers, participated in the

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during that time.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Limited schedule

Notes

Changes

Teams

* On November 20, 2019, it was announced that longtime East Series team Rev Racing would run in the ARCA Series for the first time, fielding two cars during Sioux Chief Showdown races. * On December 17, 2019,

DGR-Crosley TRICON Garage, formally known as David Gilliland Racing and Team DGR, is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the ARCA Menards Series, the ARCA Menards Series East, the ARCA Menards S ...

announced an expansion to a full-time ARCA effort, a step up from previous part-time schedules. They had previously only run part-time in the series with their No. 54 in both 2018 and 2019 as well as the No. 4 in 2019. * On May 9, 2020, KBR Development announced that the team closed. The team fielded an entry for

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in one of two 2020 races that occurred before the team's closure.

Drivers

* On November 14, 2019, it was announced that 2019 series champion

Christian Eckes Christian D. Eckes (pronounced "eck-iss"; born November 10, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 19 Chevrolet Silverado for McAnally-Hilgemann Raci ...

would move up to the Truck Series full-time for

Kyle Busch Motorsports Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. They formerly competed in the CARS Tour, ARCA/CRA Super Series, Southern Super Series, and the ARCA Mena ...

starting in

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. * On November 20, 2019, it was announced that

Chase Cabre Chase Cabre (born February 7, 1997) is an American stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, driving the No. 4 Toyota Camry for Rev Racing. Cabre started his racing career in motocross and later moved t ...

and

Nick Sanchez Nicholas A. Sanchez (born June 10, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 2 Chevrolet Silverado for Rev Racing. He is the 2022 ARCA Menards Series cham ...

would drive two cars for Rev Racing in the Sioux Chief Showdown races. * On December 10, 2019, it was announced that 2019 part-time driver

Ty Majeski Tyler B. Majeski (born August 18, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver who mainly competes in late model racing. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 66 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Rac ...

would compete full-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series in 2020. * On December 17, 2019,

Hailie Deegan Hailie Rochelle Deegan (born July 18, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 13 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Racing. Deegan is currently a Ford Performan ...

announced a full-season Rookie of the Year campaign with DGR-Crosley in 2020, moving over from a part-time schedule with Venturini Motorsports in 2019. * On December 18, 2019, it was announced that

Drew Dollar Andrew J. Dollar (born December 2, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 18 Toyota Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, drivin ...

would run a full schedule for Venturini, moving over from a part-time schedule with DGR-Crosley in 2019. * On December 18, 2019, it was announced that Taylor Gray would make his debut and run all races he was eligible for after his 15th birthday, running with DGR-Crosley. * On December 20, 2019, it was announced that

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would drive the No. 20 for Venturini Motorsports in five races, sharing the car with

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. * On December 23, 2019, it was announced that

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, who drove most of the season for Wayne Peterson Racing in 2019, would run full-time for the team in 2020. Richmond later scaled back to a part-time schedule for the team. * On January 2, 2020,

Bobby Gerhart Robert Gerhart Jr. (born July 21, 1958) is an American retired professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the ARCA Menards Series, driving Chevrolet SS for Gerhart Racing and the No. 63 Chevy Silverado for his own team in a joint e ...

announced his exit as a driver from the series following a heart attack. * On January 5, 2020,

Travis Braden Travis Donald Braden (born March 25, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He most recently competed full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 27 Ford for RFMS Racing. He has also raced super late models, winning ...

revealed that he would not run full-time in the series in 2020 after driving the No. 27 for RFMS Racing for the last two years, instead focusing on

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. *

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switched teams for his part-time schedule, moving from Empire Racing in 2019 to DGR-Crosley in 2020. * On January 10, 2020, it was announced that

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driver David Gravel would run some ARCA races, including Daytona, in the No. 28 for KBR Development in addition to competing in the Truck Series part-time for GMS Racing this season. * On January 16, 2020, it was announced that

Corey Heim Corey D. Heim (born July 5, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 11 Toyota Tundra for TRICON Garage. He has previously competed ARCA Menards Serie ...

signed with Venturini Motorsports for a limited schedule in 2020; Heim raced with Chad Bryant Racing in 2019. * On January 18, 2020, Scott Melton announced he was scaling back his schedule for 2020 compared to 2019.

Crew chiefs

* On December 18, 2019, it was announced that Shannon Rursch would be the crew chief of the No. 15 Venturini team, replacing Kevin Reed. In 2019, Rursch crew chiefed Venturini's No. 25 car. On January 23, 2020, it was announced that Reed would be the crew chief of the Venturini Motorsports No. 25 car, making it a crew chief swap with Rursch.

Manufacturers

* On December 11, 2019, DGR-Crosley announced that they would be switching from

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beginning in 2020.

Rule changes

ARCA adopted the current NASCAR points system after using the 1975-2010 NASCAR points system up until 2019. Additionally, steel-bodied cars were phased out entirely in favor of composite-bodied cars.

Schedule

The complete schedule was released on October 10, 2019. That came after a soft reveal of some Sioux Chief Showdown tracks on October 2. * Races highlighted in gold are combination events with the

ARCA Menards Series East The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly Busch East Series, Busch North Series, Camping World East Series, and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) and ...

. The season was paused from March to June due to the

. A number of races were cancelled, rescheduled, or shifted to other tracks as a result of the pandemic.

Broadcasting

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and MAVTV continued to share broadcasting rights to the schedule, consistent with previous years.

Results and standings

Races

Drivers' championship

Note: The pole winner also receives 1 bonus point, similar to the previous ARCA points system used until 2019 and unlike NASCAR. (

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) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. ''Italics'' – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

References

External links

Official website
{{2020 ARCA Menards ARCA Menards Series seasons

Arca Menards Series The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three national ...