2020 ARCA Menards Series explained

The 2020 ARCA Menards Series season was the 68th season of the ARCA Menards Series. It began on February 8 with the Lucas Oil 200 at Daytona International Speedway and ended on October 16 with the Speediatrics 150 at Kansas Speedway. 2020 was the first season that the series was sanctioned by NASCAR.^[1]

Bret Holmes won the drivers championship, his first ARCA title.^[2]

When the season was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, drivers from all NASCAR series, including a few ARCA drivers, participated in the inaugural eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series during that time.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Manufacturer	Team		Driver	Crew chief
Ford	DGR-Crosley^[3]	4	Hailie Deegan (R)^[4]	Seth Smith
	17	Tanner Gray ^[5]	Blake Bainbridge
		Taylor Gray ^[6]
		Anthony Alfredo
		Dylan Lupton ^[7]	Marcus Richmond
Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Riley Herbst	Mark McFarland
	Ty Gibbs ^[8]	18		Mark McFarland
	Venturini Motorsports	15	Drew Dollar (R)^[9]	Shannon Rursch
	20	Ryan Repko ^[10]	Billy Venturini
		Chandler Smith ^[11]
		Jesse Love
		Corey Heim
	25	Michael Self	Kevin Reed
Toyota Ford Chevrolet	10	Corey Heim	Kevin Reed Jr.
		Fast Track Racing	Ryan Huff ^[12]	Dick Doheny Mike Sroufe Kevin Cram Trey Galgon Tim Monroe
		Mike Basham
		Morgen Baird
		Owen Smith
		Tim Monroe
		Rick Clifton
Toyota Ford Chevrolet	11	Chuck Hiers	David Ifft
		Dawson Cram	Clinton Cram
		Willie Mullins ^[13]	Dick Doheny Trey Galgon Tony Furr Mike Sroufe Tim Monroe
		Clay Greenfield
		Mike Basham
		Dick Doheny
		Tyler Hill
		Owen Smith
		Tim Monroe
		Rick Clifton
		Richard Garvie
Chevrolet Toyota	12	Jason White	Mike Sroufe Ryan London Trey Galgon Ryan Forsythe
		Tom Berte
		Ed Pompa
		Dick Doheny
		Rick Clifton
		Armani Williams
		Nick Igdalsky
		Max Calles
		Mike Basham
		Owen Smith
		D. L. Wilson
		Chad Bryant Racing	Kris Wright ^[14]	Donnie Richeson
		Venturini Motorsports	Corey Heim	Dave Leiner Jr.
Chevrolet Toyota Ford	Bret Holmes Racing^[15]	23	Bret Holmes	Shane Huffman
Toyota Chevrolet	Wayne Peterson Racing	06	Tim Richmond ^[16]	Brad Frye Wayne Peterson Michael Peterson
	Don Thompson ^[17]
	Con Nicolopoulos

Limited schedule

Manufacturer	Team		Driver	Crew chief	Rounds
Chevrolet	Allgaier Motorsports	16	Kelly Kovski	Jon Hanson
	Brad Smith Motorsports	48		Leo Kryger Terry Strange Jeff Smith Arlis Basham Carlos Leon Carl Brown
	Brother-In-Law Racing	57	Bryan Dauzat	Bob Rahilly
	Charles Buchanan Racing	87	Chuck Buchanan Jr.	Craig Wood
	Cook-Finley Racing	41	Kyle Sieg^[18]	Sean Samuels Amber Slagle
	CR7 Motorsports	97	Jason Kitzmiller	Doug George Todd Myers
	Empire Racing	8	Sean Corr	Derick Hartnagel Mike Cheek
	82		Sean Corr	Derick Hartnagel Mike Cheek
	John Ferrier Racing	01	John Ferrier	Jeff McClure
	GMS Racing	21	Sam Mayer^[19]	Mardy Lindley
	Kris Wright^[20]	21		Mardy Lindley
	Hendren Motorsports	24	Ryan Unzicker	Bill Hendren
	KBR Development^[21]	28	David Gravel^[22]	Frank Kimmel
	Max Force Racing	9	Thomas Praytor^[23]	Tevin Bair
	Our Motorsports^[24]	02	Andy Seuss	John Merlo
	09	Benny Chastain	Bob Schacht
	Reeves Racing	88	Scott Reeves	Brian Finney
	Robert Pawlowski Racing		Robert Pawlowski	Aaron Brown
	Spraker Racing Enterprises	63	Dave Mader III	Jeff Spraker
	Steve McGowan Motorsports		Zane Smith	Bruce Cook
	Will Rodgers			Bruce Cook
	Visconti Motorsports	74	Giovanni Bromante	Steven Keller
	Austin Green
	Ayrton Ori
	Wayne Peterson Racing	0	Con Nicolopoulos	Michael Peterson
	Wayne Peterson	0		Michael Peterson
	Win-Tron Racing	32	Gus Dean	Jamie Jones
	Howie DiSavino III	32	^[25]	Jamie Jones
	Chad Bryant Racing	22	Kris Wright	Paul Andrews
Ford	Connor Hall^[26]
	Christian McGhee
	Brandon Lynn^[27]
	Derek Griffith
	Kody Swanson
	Parker Chase
	77	Jacob Heafner	Chad Bryant
	77	Fast Track Racing	Mike Basham	Mike Sroufe
	DGR-Crosley	46	Thad Moffitt	Derek Smith
	Ken Schrader Racing with Fury Race Cars^[28]	52	Natalie Decker	Tony Eury Jr.
	Mullins Racing	3	Willie Mullins	Tony Furr
	Rette Jones Racing	30	Dominique Van Wieringen	Logan Yiengst
Toyota	Bill McAnally Racing		Lawless Alan	Gary Collins
	16	Gio Scelzi	John Camilleri
	19	Jesse Love	Kyle Wolosek Jason Dickerson
	99	Gracie Trotter	Roger Bracken
	Hattori Racing Enterprises	1	Max McLaughlin	Dave McCarty
	J. J. Pack Racing	61	J. J. Pack	Dan Givins
	Performance P-1 Motorsports	77	Takuma Koga	Ron Norman
	Rev Racing		Chase Cabre^[29]	Glenn Parker
	6	Nick Sanchez	Steve Plattenberger
	TC Motorsports	91	Justin Carroll	Jim Long
	Troy Williams Racing		Max Gutiérrez	Troy Williams
	Venturini Motorsports		Mason Diaz	Dave Leiner Jr.
Ford Toyota Chevrolet	CCM Racing	7	Eric Caudell	Jeremy Petty	^[30]
Chevrolet Toyota	Cook-Finley Racing	42	Kyle Sieg	Sean Samuels
Chevrolet Toyota	Parker Retzlaff	42		Sean Samuels
Ford Toyota Chevrolet	Fast Track Racing	01		Dick Doheny
			Trey Galgon
	Mike Basham		Trey Galgon
	Alex Clubb		Brian Clubb
Ford Toyota Chevrolet	Kimmel Racing	69	Scott Melton	Bill Kimmel	^[31]
	Brian Finney^[32]
	Eric Caudell^[33]
	Will Kimmel
Toyota Ford	Russ Lane Racing^[34]	8	Russ Lane	Derick Hartnagel Mike Cheek

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.^[29]
On December 17, 2019, DGR-Crosley announced an expansion to a full-time ARCA effort, a step up from previous part-time schedules.^[4] 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 David Gravel in one of two 2020 races that occurred before the team's closure.^[35]

Drivers

On November 14, 2019, it was announced that 2019 series champion Christian Eckes would move up to the Truck Series full-time for Kyle Busch Motorsports starting in 2020.^[36]
On November 20, 2019, it was announced that Chase Cabre and Nick Sanchez would drive two cars for Rev Racing in the Sioux Chief Showdown races.^[29]
On December 10, 2019, it was announced that 2019 part-time driver Ty Majeski would compete full-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series in 2020.^[37]
On December 17, 2019, Hailie Deegan 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.^[38] ^[4]
On December 18, 2019, it was announced that Drew Dollar would run a full schedule for Venturini, moving over from a part-time schedule with DGR-Crosley in 2019.^[9]
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.^[6]
On December 20, 2019, it was announced that Ryan Repko would drive the No. 20 for Venturini Motorsports in five races, sharing the car with Chandler Smith.^[10]
On December 23, 2019, it was announced that Tim Richmond, who drove most of the season for Wayne Peterson Racing in 2019, would run full-time for the team in 2020.^[16] Richmond later scaled back to a part-time schedule for the team.^[17]
On January 2, 2020, Bobby Gerhart announced his exit as a driver from the series following a heart attack.^[39]
On January 5, 2020, Travis Braden 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 late model racing.^[40]
Thad Moffitt switched teams for his part-time schedule, moving from Empire Racing in 2019 to DGR-Crosley in 2020.^[41]
On January 10, 2020, it was announced that World of Outlaws 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.^[22]
On January 16, 2020, it was announced that Corey Heim signed with Venturini Motorsports for a limited schedule in 2020; Heim raced with Chad Bryant Racing in 2019.^[42]
On January 18, 2020, Scott Melton announced he was scaling back his schedule for 2020 compared to 2019.^[31]

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.^[9] 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.^[43]

Manufacturers

On December 11, 2019, DGR-Crosley announced that they would be switching from Toyota to Ford beginning in 2020.^[44]

Rule changes

ARCA adopted the current NASCAR points system after using the 1975-2010 NASCAR points system up until 2019.^[45] Additionally, steel-bodied cars were phased out entirely in favor of composite-bodied cars, which also saw the end of Dodge's presence in the series due to a lack of a composite body.^[46] ^[47]

Schedule

The complete schedule was released on October 10, 2019.^[48] That came after a soft reveal of some Sioux Chief Showdown tracks on October 2.^[49]

No.	Race title	Track	Date
1	Lucas Oil 200	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach	February 8
2	General Tire 150	Phoenix Raceway, Avondale	March 6
3	General Tire 200	Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega	June 20
4	General Tire #AnywhereIsPossible 200	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond	June 26
5	Calypso Lemonade 200	Lucas Oil Raceway, Brownsburg	July 3
6	General Tire 150	Kentucky Speedway, Sparta	July 11
7	Shore Lunch 150	Iowa Speedway, Newton	July 18
8	Dawn Ultra 150	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City	July 24
9	Menards.com 200 presented by XPxE^[50]	Toledo Speedway, Toledo^[51]	July 31
10	Menards 200 presented by Crosley Brands	Toledo Speedway, Toledo^[51]	August 1–2
11	VizCom 200	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn	August 9
12	General Tire 100	Daytona International Speedway (Road Course), Daytona Beach	August 14
13	Dutch Boy 150	World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison	August 29
14	Zinsser SmartCoat 200	Lebanon I-44 Speedway, Lebanon	September 5
15	bgcolor=gold	Royal Truck & Trailer 200^[52]	bgcolor=gold	Toledo Speedway, Toledo	bgcolor=gold	September 12
16	bgcolor=gold	Bush's Beans 200	bgcolor=gold	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol	bgcolor=gold	September 17
17	Toyota 200 presented by Crosley Brands	Winchester Speedway, Winchester	September 19
18	Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200	Memphis International Raceway, Millington	September 26
19	Illinois Truck & Equipment Allen Crowe 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Springfield	October 4
20	Speediatrics 150	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City	October 16

Races highlighted in gold are combination events with the ARCA Menards Series East.

The season was paused from March to June due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[53] A number of races were cancelled, rescheduled, or shifted to other tracks as a result of the pandemic.

Broadcasting

Fox and MAVTV continued to share broadcasting rights to the schedule, consistent with previous years.^[54]

Results and standings

Races

No.	Race	Pole Position	Most laps led	Winning driver		No.	Winning team
1	Lucas Oil 200	Michael Self	Michael Self	Michael Self	Toyota	25	Venturini Motorsports
2	General Tire 150	Ty Gibbs	Ty Gibbs	Chandler Smith	Toyota	20	Venturini Motorsports
3	General Tire 200	Ryan Repko	Drew Dollar	Drew Dollar	Toyota	15	Venturini Motorsports
4	General Tire #AnywhereIsPossible 200	Michael Self	Ty Gibbs	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	18	Joe Gibbs Racing
5	Calypso Lemonade 200	Chandler Smith	Chandler Smith	Chandler Smith	Toyota	20	Venturini Motorsports
6	General Tire 150	Michael Self	Ty Gibbs	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	18	Joe Gibbs Racing
7	Shore Lunch 150	Chandler Smith	Ty Gibbs	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	18	Joe Gibbs Racing
8	Dawn 150	Riley Herbst	Bret Holmes	Bret Holmes	Chevrolet	23	Bret Holmes Racing
9	Menards.com 200 presented by XPxE	Chandler Smith	Chandler Smith	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	21	GMS Racing
10	Menards 200 presented by Crosley Brands	Ty Gibbs	Ty Gibbs	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	21	GMS Racing
11	VizCom 200	Riley Herbst	Bret Holmes	Riley Herbst	Toyota	18	Joe Gibbs Racing
12	General Tire 100	Chandler Smith	Ty Gibbs	Michael Self	Toyota	25	Venturini Motorsports
13	Dutch Boy 150	Michael Self	Ty Gibbs	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	18	Joe Gibbs Racing
14	Zinsser SmartCoat 200	Bret Holmes	Hailie Deegan	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	21	GMS Racing
15	Royal Truck & Trailer 200	Sam Mayer	Sam Mayer	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	21	GMS Racing
16	Bush's Beans 200	Ty Gibbs	Sam Mayer	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	21	GMS Racing
17	Toyota 200 presented by Crosley Brands	Ty Gibbs	Ty Gibbs	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	18	Joe Gibbs Racing
18	Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200	Ty Gibbs	Bret Holmes	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	18	Joe Gibbs Racing
19	Illinois Truck & Equipment Allen Crowe 100	Ryan Unzicker	Ryan Unzicker	Ryan Unzicker	Chevrolet	24	Hendren Motorsports
20	Speediatrics 150	Ty Gibbs	Corey Heim	Corey Heim	Toyota	10	Venturini Motorsports

Drivers' championship

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

(key)

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

	Driver	DAY	PHO	TAL	POC	IRP	KEN	IOW	KAN	TOL	TOL	MCH	DAY	GTW	I44	TOL	BRI	WIN	MEM	ISF	KAN	Points
1	Bret Holmes	9	15	3	4	7	2	3	1*	4	3	2*	8	6	2	4	8	3	3*	3	2	1003
2	Michael Self	1*	2	5	5	8	3	6	6	5	4	3	1	15	6	7	5	2	6	9	5	991
3	Hailie Deegan (R)	2	7	7	7	3	14	18	9	8	6	6	6	9	5*	6	6	12	7	2	6	937
4	Drew Dollar (R)	3	14	1*	6	14	5	17	7	6	9	4	12	7	9	15	18	6	8	7	8	910
5	Ty Gibbs		3*		1*	15	1*	1*		2	10*		2*	1*	4	3	2	1*	1	10	14	724
6	Brad Smith	31	Wth	20	13	17	12	19	16	13	14	12	19	19	13	17	25	9	15	13	15	674
7	Sam Mayer		20		3	2	4	2		1	1		3^†	3	1	1*	1*		2			553
8	Mike Basham					19		20	17	14	15	17	15	20	10	12	24	7	12	6	12	540
9	Thad Moffitt	5	18	6	20	5	15	10	10	12	8	9	11						4			539
10	Chandler Smith		1		2	1*		4		11*	2		9	2	8	2	23		5		13	506
11	Taylor Gray					4		5		3	11		4	8	3	5	7	5	9	4		460
12	Tim Richmond	18	23	17		20		13		9	12	11		16	11	13			13	11	11	397
13	Derek Griffith				8	12	7		8	7	5						9				3	293
14	Ryan Huff	21	24	12	9	16	8		13													255
15	Owen Smith									16	16			21	12	18	22	13		15	16	247
16	Scott Melton	10		11	10		17	15				13									9	223
17	Eric Caudell	17		14					12									8	14	16	10	217
18	Jason Kitzmiller	32		8	14		10		11			8					13					212
19	Tanner Gray	16	4	13	15		9		5													203
20	Con Nicolopoulos	14		21					15			16	18				16	10				198
21	Max McLaughlin					6		7					7	4			3					194
22	Kris Wright											14		18	7		15		10		7	193
23	Ryan Repko	22		2			6		2			7										181
24	Riley Herbst	7		4					3			1										167
25	Rick Clifton							14		10	13					19		11				153
26	Jesse Love		16					12						5				4				139
27	Nick Sanchez		6											14		10	11					135
28	Wayne Peterson																26	14	17	DNS	17	129
29	Corey Heim								4											8	1*	123
30	Chase Cabre		8											10		16	21					121
31	Gus Dean	23		16													12		11			114
32	Sean Corr	4		9	12																	108
33	Gio Scelzi		10					11						13								98
34	Justin Carroll					13										11	10					98
35	Willie Mullins	8		18			11															95
36	Kyle Sieg					10								11			17					94
37	Gracie Trotter		22					9						12								89
38	Howie DiSavino III		21			9		16														86
39	Tim Monroe												20		14					12		86
40	Russ Lane				17				18				16									81
41	Dick Doheny					18	13	21														80
42	Mason Diaz															9	4					75
43	Ed Pompa			10	11																	67
44	Parker Retzlaff															8	19					61
45	Armani Williams		17									10										61
46	Will Kimmel												13							14		61
47	Don Thompson				18		16															54
48	Tommy Vigh Jr.			19	19																	50
49	Ryan Unzicker																			1*		49
50	Dylan Lupton																				4	40
51	Zane Smith		5																			39
52	Anthony Alfredo											5										39
53	Will Rodgers												5									39
54	Kelly Kovski																			5		39
55	Jason White	6																				38
56	Dave Mader III	30															20					38
57	Austin Green										7											37
58	Kody Swanson							8														36
59	Lawless Alan		9																			35
60	Parker Chase												10									34
61	Thomas Praytor	11																				33
62	Dawson Cram		11																			33
63	Brian Finney					11																33
64	David Gravel	12																				32
65	Christian McGhee		12																			32
66	Chuck Buchanan Jr.	13																				31
67	Takuma Koga		13																			31
68	Tyler Hill								14													30
69	Nick Igdalsky												14									30
70	Robert Pawlowski															14						30
71	Max Gutiérrez																14					30
72	Benny Chastain	15																				29
73	Brandon Lynn			15																		29
74	Giovanni Bromante									15												29
75	Morgen Baird											15										29
76	Clay Greenfield				16																	28
77	D. L. Wilson																		16			28
78	Ayrton Ori												17									27
79	Max Calles													17								27
80	Alex Clubb																				18	26
81	Chuck Hiers	19																				25
82	Tom Berte		19																			25
83	Connor Hall	20																				24
84	J. J. Pack	24																				20
85	Dominique Van Wieringen	25																				19
86	Natalie Decker	26																				18
87	Jacob Heafner	27																				17
88	Andy Seuss	28																				16
89	John Ferrier	29																				15
90	Scott Reeves	33																				11
	Bryan Dauzat												DNS									3
	Richard Garvie																		DNS			3
^† – Sam Mayer was relieved by Colin Braun part of the way through the General Tire 100, but still received points for starting the race.

External links

Official website

Notes and References

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Web site: DGR-Crosley, Ford Performance announce partnership . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . December 11, 2019.
Web site: Hailie Deegan moves to Ford development program, sets 2020 plans . Zack . Albert . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . December 17, 2019 . December 21, 2019.
Web site: Scott . Page . Gray set to run full Truck series schedule in 2020 . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . December 16, 2019 . December 18, 2019.
Web site: Joy . Tomlinson . Taylor Gray Running Full ARCA Schedule for DGR-Crosley . Frontstretch . December 18, 2019.
Web site: Dylan Lupton returns to DGR-Crosley starting at Las Vegas Motor Speedway . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . September 21, 2020.
Web site: Jason . Christley . Ty Gibbs Aiming For Second Straight Phoenix Win . ARCARacing.com . February 28, 2020 . March 1, 2020.
Web site: Drew Dollar and Venturini Motorsports Join Forces for 2020 ARCA Menards Series Season . Speedway Digest . December 18, 2019.
Web site: Charles . Krall . Ryan Repko Teams with Venturini Motorsports for Five Races in No. 20 in 2020 . ARCARacing.com . December 20, 2019 . December 21, 2019.
Web site: Chandler Smith Returns to Venturini Motorsports for Partial ARCA Menards Series Season . . December 19, 2019.
Web site: Ryan Huff aims to earn respect in ARCA Menards Series debut . Speedway Digest . February 6, 2020 . March 1, 2020.
Web site: June 18, 2020. Help From The ARCA Family Gets Willie Mullins Back On Track. June 19, 2020. ThePitLane.
Entries were fielded in a collaboration with GMS Racing.
Web site: Bret Holmes Racing Announces 2020 Plans . ARCARacing.com . January 31, 2020.
Web site: Charles . Krall . Solid Rookie Season by Tim Richmond Results in Tenth-Place in Owners Standings for Wayne Peterson . ARCARacing.com . December 23, 2019.
Web site: Peterson Motorsports withdraws entry from Pocono; Tim Richmond will not race . ThePitLane . June 26, 2020 . June 29, 2020.
Entries was fielded in a collaboration with RSS Racing.
Web site: Mark . Kristl . Sam Mayer to Run in ARCA & Trucks in 2020 . Frontstretch . October 6, 2019 . October 10, 2019.
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Web site: KBR Relocating, Hires Kimmel As General Manager . Speed Sport . December 20, 2019.
Web site: Gravel tagged to run select Gander Trucks and ARCA Series events under GMS Racing and KBR development banners . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . January 10, 2020.
Web site: Praytor(s) Ready for Daytona. January 29, 2020. January 29, 2020. The Pit Lane.
Web site: New XFINITY team to complete in 2020 with Andy Seuss . Scott . Page . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . October 30, 2019 . October 31, 2019.
Web site: Richmond native DiSavino to drive for Win-Tron Racing in Truck Series . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . January 21, 2020 . January 31, 2020.
Web site: Chad Bryant Racing sets sights on Daytona ARCA test . . ChrisOwens62 . January 10, 2020.
Web site: Brandon Lynn to drive for Chad Bryant Racing at Talladega Superspeedway . Chad Bryant Racing. ChrisOwens62 . January 10, 2020.
Web site: Charles . Krall . Natalie Decker teams with Ken Schrader for Lucas Oil 200 at Daytona . ARCARacing.com . January 23, 2020.
Web site: NASCAR, Rev Racing Announce 2020 Drive for Diversity Driver Development Team . Motor Racing Network . November 20, 2019 . November 21, 2019.
Web site: Eric Caudell planning on a partial schedule; looking at two cars . ThePitLane.org . January 18, 2020 . January 19, 2020.
Web site: Scott Melton entering Daytona with Kimmel Racing; scaling back . ThePitLane.org . January 18, 2020 . January 19, 2020.
Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Finney Racing Enterprises.
Entry was fielded in a collaboration with CCM Racing.
Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Empire Racing and using Empire Racing's owner points.
Web site: Knight . Chris . KBR Development to cease operations . Catchfence . May 10, 2020 . May 9, 2020.
Web site: Scott . Page . Christian Eckes to drive the No. 18 Safelite AutoGlass Toyota for Kyle Busch Motorsports . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . November 14, 2019 . January 3, 2020.
Web site: Brooks . Amanda . Ty Majeski joins Niece Motorsports full time in 2020 . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . December 10, 2019 . January 3, 2020.
Web site: Deegan to DGR; switch to Ford? UPDATE . Amanda . Brooks . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . December 12, 2019 . January 3, 2020 . December 13, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191213004430/https://www.jayski.com/2019/12/12/deegan-to-dgr-switch-to-ford/ . dead .
Web site: Charles . Krall . 2020 a Season of Change for Bobby Gerhart . ARCARacing.com . January 2, 2020 . January 3, 2020 . January 3, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200103193332/https://www.arcaracing.com/articles/2013315-2020-a-season-of-change-for-bobby-gerhart . dead .
Web site: Flatley . Jake . Wheeling native Travis Braden racing towards NASCAR dreams in 2020 . WV MetroNews . January 5, 2020 . January 14, 2020.
Web site: Christley . Jason . Thad Moffitt Eyes Making Family History at Kentucky . ARCA Menards Series . October 22, 2020 . July 9, 2020.
Web site: Charles . Krall . Corey Heim Joins Venturini Motorsports for Seven-race ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East/West Run . ARCARacing.com . January 16, 2020.
Web site: Charles . Krall . Michael Self Returns to Venturini Motorsports Full-time in 2020 . ARCARacing.com . January 23, 2020 . January 23, 2020 . January 26, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200126053328/https://www.arcaracing.com/articles/2013389-michael-self-returns-to-venturini-motorsports-full-time-in-2020 . dead .
Web site: DGR-Crosley, Ford Performance announce partnership . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. . December 11, 2019 . January 3, 2020.
Web site: ARCA Menards Series Changes Points System . . January 24, 2020 . July 4, 2020.
Web site: ARCA To Transition To All Composite Bodies In 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200706235451/https://www.performanceracing.com/news/arca-transition-all-composite-bodies-2020 . Performance Racing Industry . July 6, 2020.
Web site: September 24, 2019 . Dodge Says Goodbye to ARCA Menards Series after 30 Years at Lucas Oil Raceway . www.arcaracing.com.
Web site: Gillispie . Zach . NASCAR Reveals 2020 ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Showdown Schedules . Frontstretch . October 10, 2019.
Web site: After NASCAR merger, ARCA to crown four champions in 2020 . Motorsport . October 10, 2019.
The two races at Toledo replaced the races at Mid-Ohio and Elko, the Mid-Ohio 50 and the Elko 250, respectively.
Web site: ARCA Menards Series Revises Schedule Through End of August . ARCARacing.com . July 14, 2020.
Web site: Toledo, Winchester Announce Race Sponsors . ARCARacing.com . September 10, 2020 . September 12, 2020.
Web site: Statement From ARCA Racing . ARCARacing.com . March 16, 2020 . March 25, 2020.
Web site: October 2, 2019. NASCAR, ARCA announce framework for four championship series in 2020. October 4, 2019. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media Group, LLC.