2020 Star Nursery 150 Explained

Type:CUST
Pole Driver:Sam Mayer
Race Name:Star Nursery 150
Date:February 20
Course Km:0.604
Scheduled Km:90.53
Distance Km:90.53
Scheduled Mi:56.25
Course Mi:0.375
Description:Race 1 of 11 of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series West
Distance Laps:150
Scheduled Laps:150
Avg:70.508mph
Most Driver:Sam Mayer
Location:Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring, North Las Vegas, Nevada
First Driver:Sam Mayer
Pole Team:GMS Racing
Most Team:GMS Racing
First Team:GMS Racing
Most Laps:138
Car:21
Network:TrackPass
Announcers:Charles Krall
Radio:ARCA Racing Network
Pole Time:14.611
Year:2020
Distance Mi:56.25
Official Name:3rd Annual Star Nursery 150

The 2020 Star Nursery 150 was the first stock car race of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series West season and the third iteration of the event. The race was held on Thursday, February 20, 2020, in North Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring, a 0.375miles low-banked permanent racetrack. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. At race's end, Sam Mayer of GMS Racing would dominate the race to win his first and to date, final career ARCA Menards Series West win and his first and only win of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Jesse Love of Bill McAnally Racing and Blaine Perkins of Sunrise Ford Racing would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Entry list

DriverTeamMakeSponsor
0Bobby Hillis Jr.Hillis RacingToyotaTucson Speedway, Hinkley's Lighting Factory
6Trevor HuddlestonSunrise Ford RacingFordSunrise Ford
7Austin ReedJP RacingFordApproved Memory
08Travis MilburnKart Idaho RacingChevroletKart Idaho, Mitchell Industrial Park
9Blaine PerkinsSunrise Ford RacingFordSunrise Ford
11Chris LowdenKart Idaho RacingChevroletJust Ledook It
12Lawless AlanBill McAnally RacingToyotaAUTOParkIt
13Todd SouzaCentral Coast RacingToyotaCentral Coast Cabinets
16Gio ScelziBill McAnally RacingToyotaNAPA Auto Parts
17Zach TelfordZach Telford RacingChevroletBuilders FirstSource
19Jesse LoveBill McAnally RacingToyotaNAPA Power Premium Plus
21Sam MayerGMS RacingChevroletSpencer Clark Foundation
38?*Kart Idaho RacingToyota
50Holley HollanBill McAnally RacingToyotaJBL
54Joey IestNaake-Klauer MotorsportsToyotaRichmond Meat Company, The Ag Center
77Takuma KogaPerformance P-1 MotorsportsToyotaKoshi no Kanbai Brewery
78Jack WoodVelocity RacingToyotaVelocity Racing
88Bridget BurgessBMI RacingChevroletGear Off Road
99Gracie TrotterBill McAnally RacingToyotaEneos
Official entry list
*Withdrew.

Practice

First practice

The first practice session was held on Thursday, February 20, and would last for 45 minutes. Sam Mayer of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a time of 15.016 and an average speed of 89.904mph.[2]

Pos.DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
121Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet15.01689.904
216Gio ScelziBill McAnally RacingToyota15.03089.820
319Jesse LoveBill McAnally RacingToyota15.06289.630
Full first practice results

Second practice

The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, February 20, and would last for 45 minutes. Sam Mayer of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a time of 14.731 and an average speed of 91.643mph.[2]

Pos.DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
121Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet14.73191.643
219Jesse LoveBill McAnally RacingToyota14.98890.072
316Gio ScelziBill McAnally RacingToyota15.03789.779
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Thursday, February 20, at 5:00 PM PST. 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 14.611 and an average speed of 92.396mph.[3]

Full qualifying results

Pos.DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
121Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet14.61192.396
219Jesse LoveBill McAnally RacingToyota14.74091.588
354Joey IestNaake-Klauer MotorsportsToyota15.03489.796
499Gracie TrotterBill McAnally RacingToyota15.05289.689
59Blaine PerkinsSunrise Ford RacingFord15.10289.392
66Trevor HuddlestonSunrise Ford RacingFord15.12389.268
778Jack WoodVelocity RacingToyota15.14089.168
813Todd SouzaCentral Coast RacingToyota15.14389.150
916Gio ScelziBill McAnally RacingToyota15.14589.138
1012Lawless AlanBill McAnally RacingToyota15.17688.956
117Austin ReedJP RacingFord15.29088.293
1217Zach TelfordZach Telford RacingChevrolet15.43787.452
1377Takuma KogaPerformance P-1 MotorsportsToyota15.51387.024
1450Holley HollanBill McAnally RacingToyota15.59786.555
1511Chris LowdenKart Idaho RacingChevrolet15.76385.644
1688Bridget BurgessBMI RacingChevrolet17.14278.754
170Bobby Hillis Jr.Hillis RacingToyota17.58576.770
Withdrew
WD08Travis MilburnKart Idaho RacingChevrolet——
WD38?Kart Idaho RacingToyota——
Official qualifying results

Race results

Fin[4] StDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts
1121Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet150138running49
2219Jesse LoveBill McAnally RacingToyota15012running43
359Blaine PerkinsSunrise Ford RacingFord1500running41
4499Gracie TrotterBill McAnally RacingToyota1500running40
566Trevor HuddlestonSunrise Ford RacingFord1500running39
61012Lawless AlanBill McAnally RacingToyota1500running38
7778Jack WoodVelocity RacingToyota1500running37
8813Todd SouzaCentral Coast RacingToyota1500running36
9117Austin ReedJP RacingFord1490running35
10916Gio ScelziBill McAnally RacingToyota1480running34
111377Takuma KogaPerformance P-1 MotorsportsToyota1470running33
121450Holley HollanBill McAnally RacingToyota1470running32
13170Bobby Hillis Jr.Hillis RacingToyota1370running31
14354Joey IestNaake-Klauer MotorsportsToyota1050running30
151511Chris LowdenKart Idaho RacingChevrolet980brakes29
161217Zach TelfordZach Telford RacingChevrolet790brakes28
171688Bridget BurgessBMI RacingChevrolet400rear gear27
Withdrew
WD08Travis MilburnKart Idaho RacingChevrolet
WD38?Kart Idaho RacingToyota
Official race results

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Segal. Davey. 2020-02-21. Sam Mayer Dominates The Bullring For Second Win of 2020. live. 2022-01-19. ARCA. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20200221150732/https://www.arcaracing.com/2020/02/21/sam-mayer-dominates-the-bullring-for-second-win-of-2020/ . 2020-02-21 .
  2. Web site: Segal. Davey. 2020-02-20. PRACTICE: Sam Mayer Quickest at The Bullring. live. 2022-01-19. ARCA. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20200301084727/https://www.arcaracing.com/2020/02/20/practice-sam-mayer-quickest-at-the-bullring/ . 2020-03-01 .
  3. Web site: Christley. Jason. 2020-02-21. QUALIFYING: Sam Mayer Races To General Tire Pole At Vegas. live. 2022-01-19. ARCA. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20200301084733/https://www.arcaracing.com/2020/02/21/qualifying-sam-mayer-races-to-general-tire-pole-at-vegas/ . 2020-03-01 .
  4. Web site: 2020 Star Nursery 150 - The Third Turn. 2022-01-19. www.thethirdturn.com. en.

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