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2020 ARCA Menards Series Race Recap
RACE RECAP
SAM MAYER EARNS SECOND STRAIGHT TRIUMPH AT DOVER
DOVER, Del. (Aug. 21, 2020) – Coming off last year’s visit to Dover when he celebrated a race victory and a series championship, Sam Mayer had confidence entering the Monster Mile on Friday.
A couple of hours later, Mayer fulfilled those expectations by winning the “General Tire 125” ARCA Menards Series East race for his second straight win at Dover.
“I had a really good feeling walking over the bridge today,” Mayer said. “I like race tracks where you can go hard in the paint.”
Mayer, driver of the No. 21 Chevrolet for GMS Racing, topped veteran David Gilliland by 2.330 seconds at the checkered flag for his second ARCA Menards Series East victory of the season, following a season-opening win at New Smyrna in February.
“We were really, really good all day long,” Mayer said. “The crew brought a great car here. Toward the end I was able to make it work and make it stick and it got us to Victory Lane.
“Now I have a regular Monster Trophy to go with the Golden Monster [from last year].”
Gilliland was second, followed by Mason Diaz in third, Max McLaughlin in fourth and Drew Dollar in fifth.
“It’s been a while since I’ve driven a race,” said Gilliland, who has 333 career NASCAR Cup Series starts. “This is a tough track. I have a lot of respect for this place. We were trying to play smart and be there at the end. We learned a lot and we’ll get better.”
Ty Gibbs, who started from the pole position and led a race-high 105 laps, was looking at a top finish until he suffered a hard crash exiting Turn 2 on Lap 110 while running second. Gibbs finished 12th in the 17-car field.
Mayer, 17, remains the points leader in the ARCA Menards Series East standings with a 13-point advantage over secondplace Gibbs.
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ARCA Menards East Series race number 3 of 3 Friday, August 21, 2020 at Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE 125 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (125.0 miles)
Time of race: 1 Average speed: 116.219 mph Pole speed: 151.841 mph Cautions: 3 for 11 laps Margin of victory: 2.33 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 1
Glossary 2020 ARCA Menards East Series results / 2020 standings Fin St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Status Led Pts
1 2 21 Sam Mayer Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation (Maury Gallagher) Chevrolet 125 running 21 47
2 3 54 David Gilliland Frontline Enterprise Inc. (Bo LeMastus) Ford 125 running 0 42 3 8 25 Mason Diaz * Drydene / Craftsman (Cathy Venturini) Toyota 125 running 0 41 4 6 1 Max McLaughlin Mohawk Northeast (Shigeaki Hattori) Toyota 125 running 0 40 5 7 15 Drew Dollar Sunbelt Rentals (Bill Venturini) Toyota 125 running 0 39 6 4 20 Corey Heim Craftsman (Billy Venturini) Toyota 125 running 0 38 7 11 42 Parker Retzlaff * Ponsse (Bruce Cook) Toyota 125 running 0 37 8 9 4 Chase Cabre Eibach Springs / Max Siegel Inc (Max Siegel) Toyota 125 running 0 36 9 5 17 Taylor Gray * Ford Performance (David Gilliland) Ford 125 running 0 35 10 16 87 Chuck Buchanan, Jr. Spring Drug (Charles Buchanon) Ford 116 running 0 34 11 13 41 Kyle Sieg * Independent Strapping (Bruce Cook) Chevrolet 116 running 0 33 12 1 18 Ty Gibbs * Monster / Terrible Herbst / ORCA (Coy Gibbs) Toyota 110 crash 104 35 13 18 11 Ed Pompa Green Renewable Inc / Double H Ranch Hillenburg) (Andy Toyota 66 running 0 31 14 12 91 Justin S. Carroll * Carroll Automotive (Terry Carroll) Toyota 26 mechanical 0 30
15 17 10 Jr. Tommy Vigh,
Fast Track High Performance Racing (Andy Hillenburg) 16 10 6 Nick Sanchez * UTI / NTI (Max Siegel) Ford 19 electrical 0 29
Toyota 13 mechanical 0 28
17 14 74 Joe Graf, Jr. Bucked Up Energy Drink / EventTone Wireless / (Marie Visconti) Ford 12 mechanical 0 27
