The 2020 General Tire 125 was the third stock car race of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series East season and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, August 21, 2020, in Dover, Delaware at Dover International Speedway, a 1 mile (1.6 km) oval-shaped permanent racetrack. The race took the scheduled 125 laps to complete. At race's end, Sam Mayer of GMS Racing would hold off the field after he performed a bump and run on race dominator Ty Gibbs, earning his sixth career ARCA Menards Series East win and his second of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, David Gilliland of DGR-Crosley and Mason Diaz of Venturini Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 3 of 6 of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series East | |||
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| Date | August 21, 2020 | ||
| Official name | 20th Annual General Tire 125 | ||
| Location | Dover, Delaware, Dover International Speedway | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km) | ||
| Distance | 125 laps, 125 mi (201.168 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 125 laps, 125 mi (201.168 km) | ||
| Average speed | 116.219 miles per hour (187.036 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Time | 23.709 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 104 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 21 | Sam Mayer | GMS Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TrackPass | ||
| Announcers | Charles Krall | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Motor Racing Network | ||
Background
editDover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.
Entry list
editQualifying
editQualifying was held on Friday, August 21, at 11:30 AM EST. Each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap.[2]
Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole, setting a time of 23.709 and an average speed of 151.841 miles per hour (244.364 km/h).[3]
Full qualifying results
editRace results
editReferences
edit- ^ "Sam Mayer Conquers Monster Mile. Again". ARCA. 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
- ^ "2020 ARCA Menards East Dover Media Guide" (PDF). ARCA Menards Series. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-05. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
- ^ "QUALIFYING: Late Run Nets Ty Gibbs General Tire Pole At Dover". ARCA. 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
- ^ "2020 General Tire 125 - The Third Turn". thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2022-01-05.