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2020 Star Nursery 150

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2020 Star Nursery 150
Race details
Race 1 of 11 of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series West
Date February 20, 2020
Official name 3rd Annual Star Nursery 150
Location Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring, North Las Vegas, Nevada
Course Permanent racing facility
0.375 mi (0.604 km)
Distance 150 laps, 56.25 mi (90.53 km)
Scheduled Distance 150 laps, 56.25 mi (90.53 km)
Average speed 70.508 miles per hour (113.472 km/h)
Pole position
Driver GMS Racing
Time 14.611
Most laps led
Driver Sam Mayer GMS Racing
Laps 138
Winner
No. 21 Sam Mayer GMS Racing
Television in the United States
Network TrackPass
Announcers Charles Krall
Radio in the United States
Radio ARCA Racing Network

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 0.375 miles (0.604 km) 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

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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

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# Driver Team Make Sponsor
0 Bobby Hillis Jr. Hillis Racing Toyota Tucson Speedway, Hinkley's Lighting Factory
6 Trevor Huddleston Sunrise Ford Racing Ford Sunrise Ford
7 Austin Reed JP Racing Ford Approved Memory
08 Travis Milburn* Kart Idaho Racing Chevrolet Kart Idaho, Mitchell Industrial Park
9 Blaine Perkins Sunrise Ford Racing Ford Sunrise Ford
11 Chris Lowden Kart Idaho Racing Chevrolet Just Ledook It
12 Lawless Alan Bill McAnally Racing Toyota AUTOParkIt
13 Todd Souza Central Coast Racing Toyota Central Coast Cabinets
16 Gio Scelzi Bill McAnally Racing Toyota NAPA Auto Parts
17 Zach Telford Zach Telford Racing Chevrolet Builders FirstSource
19 Jesse Love Bill McAnally Racing Toyota NAPA Power Premium Plus
21 Sam Mayer GMS Racing Chevrolet Spencer Clark Foundation
38 ?* Kart Idaho Racing Toyota
50 Holley Hollan Bill McAnally Racing Toyota JBL
54 Joey Iest Naake-Klauer Motorsports Toyota Richmond Meat Company, The Ag Center
77 Takuma Koga Performance P-1 Motorsports Toyota Koshi no Kanbai Brewery
78 Jack Wood Velocity Racing Toyota Velocity Racing
88 Bridget Burgess BMI Racing Chevrolet Gear Off Road
99 Gracie Trotter Bill McAnally Racing Toyota Eneos
Official entry list

*Withdrew.

Practice

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First practice

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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 89.904 miles per hour (144.686 km/h).[2]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 21 Sam Mayer GMS Racing Chevrolet 15.016 89.904
2 16 Gio Scelzi Bill McAnally Racing Toyota 15.030 89.820
3 19 Jesse Love Bill McAnally Racing Toyota 15.062 89.630
Full first practice results

Second practice

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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 91.643 miles per hour (147.485 km/h).[2]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 21 Sam Mayer GMS Racing Chevrolet 14.731 91.643
2 19 Jesse Love Bill McAnally Racing Toyota 14.988 90.072
3 16 Gio Scelzi Bill McAnally Racing Toyota 15.037 89.779
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

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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 92.396 miles per hour (148.697 km/h).[3]

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 21 Sam Mayer GMS Racing Chevrolet 14.611 92.396
2 19 Jesse Love Bill McAnally Racing Toyota 14.740 91.588
3 54 Joey Iest Naake-Klauer Motorsports Toyota 15.034 89.796
4 99 Gracie Trotter Bill McAnally Racing Toyota 15.052 89.689
5 9 Blaine Perkins Sunrise Ford Racing Ford 15.102 89.392
6 6 Trevor Huddleston Sunrise Ford Racing Ford 15.123 89.268
7 78 Jack Wood Velocity Racing Toyota 15.140 89.168
8 13 Todd Souza Central Coast Racing Toyota 15.143 89.150
9 16 Gio Scelzi Bill McAnally Racing Toyota 15.145 89.138
10 12 Lawless Alan Bill McAnally Racing Toyota 15.176 88.956
11 7 Austin Reed JP Racing Ford 15.290 88.293
12 17 Zach Telford Zach Telford Racing Chevrolet 15.437 87.452
13 77 Takuma Koga Performance P-1 Motorsports Toyota 15.513 87.024
14 50 Holley Hollan Bill McAnally Racing Toyota 15.597 86.555
15 11 Chris Lowden Kart Idaho Racing Chevrolet 15.763 85.644
16 88 Bridget Burgess BMI Racing Chevrolet 17.142 78.754
17 0 Bobby Hillis Jr. Hillis Racing Toyota 17.585 76.770
Withdrew
WD 08 Travis Milburn Kart Idaho Racing Chevrolet
WD 38 ? Kart Idaho Racing Toyota
Official qualifying results

Race results

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Fin[4] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 1 21 Sam Mayer GMS Racing Chevrolet 150 138 running 49
2 2 19 Jesse Love Bill McAnally Racing Toyota 150 12 running 43
3 5 9 Blaine Perkins Sunrise Ford Racing Ford 150 0 running 41
4 4 99 Gracie Trotter Bill McAnally Racing Toyota 150 0 running 40
5 6 6 Trevor Huddleston Sunrise Ford Racing Ford 150 0 running 39
6 10 12 Lawless Alan Bill McAnally Racing Toyota 150 0 running 38
7 7 78 Jack Wood Velocity Racing Toyota 150 0 running 37
8 8 13 Todd Souza Central Coast Racing Toyota 150 0 running 36
9 11 7 Austin Reed JP Racing Ford 149 0 running 35
10 9 16 Gio Scelzi Bill McAnally Racing Toyota 148 0 running 34
11 13 77 Takuma Koga Performance P-1 Motorsports Toyota 147 0 running 33
12 14 50 Holley Hollan Bill McAnally Racing Toyota 147 0 running 32
13 17 0 Bobby Hillis Jr. Hillis Racing Toyota 137 0 running 31
14 3 54 Joey Iest Naake-Klauer Motorsports Toyota 105 0 running 30
15 15 11 Chris Lowden Kart Idaho Racing Chevrolet 98 0 brakes 29
16 12 17 Zach Telford Zach Telford Racing Chevrolet 79 0 brakes 28
17 16 88 Bridget Burgess BMI Racing Chevrolet 40 0 rear gear 27
Withdrew
WD 08 Travis Milburn Kart Idaho Racing Chevrolet
WD 38 ? Kart Idaho Racing Toyota
Official race results

References

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  1. ^ Segal, Davey (2020-02-21). "Sam Mayer Dominates The Bullring For Second Win of 2020". ARCA. Archived from the original on 2020-02-21. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  2. ^ a b Segal, Davey (2020-02-20). "PRACTICE: Sam Mayer Quickest at The Bullring". ARCA. Archived from the original on 2020-03-01. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  3. ^ Christley, Jason (2020-02-21). "QUALIFYING: Sam Mayer Races To General Tire Pole At Vegas". ARCA. Archived from the original on 2020-03-01. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  4. ^ "2020 Star Nursery 150 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
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