This track is filled with character as it was built in 1914. Today, the ARCA Menards Series returns to the track for the first time in four years.
Ty Gibbs and Michael Self set the front row. 200 laps of stock car racing are up next…
Winchester Race Report
Green flag, Ty Gibbs leads on the outside into turn one. Self and Holmes tuck in behind him.
Lap 10, Bret Holmes is all over the bumper of Michael Self for 2nd.
Lap 38, Michael Self has run down the rear bumper of Ty Gibbs for the race lead.
Lap 43, Gibbs is held up by lap traffic. Self has a run off turn two and he looks to the inside. Gibbs holds him off and opens the gap.
Lap 56, Ty Gibbs has just put Hailie Deegan a lap down. She’s running 7th, more than half the field is a lap down to the leader.
Lap 60, Hailie Deegan is around off turn two and the caution is out.
Green, Ty Gibbs leads into turn one. Self trails by a car length off turn two. Jesse Love takes 3rd away from Holmes.
Race break 1
Lap 75, the caution is out for the first of two race breaks.
Green, Self drives it deep to the bottom in turn one. He pulls slightly ahead. Self is nearly clear off turn two but Gibbs hangs on his right rear. Self is forced to lift. Gibbs has momentum into turn three and holds the lead.
Lap 100, Gibbs leads Self by 0.5 seconds.
Lap 112, Hailie Deegan is in the wall and the caution is out! Deegan is out of the race.
Green, Gibbs and Self run inches apart into turn one. Self noses ahead in the center of turns 1-2 but Gibbs fights back on the outside off turn two and holds the lead into turn three.
Race break 2
Lap 150, the caution is out for the final race break.
Green, Gibbs and Self run even into turn one. Once again, Gibbs holds the lead on the outside lane.
40 to go, Holmes looks on the inside of Self in turn three. They rub doors, Self gets sideways but hangs onto it and the 2nd position.
20 to go, Gibbs leads Self by 1 second.
Ty Gibbs wins at Winchester Speedway!
View full ARCA Racing Series results from Winchester Speedway below.
Winchester Speedway Race Results September 19, 2020 ARCA Menards Series
Pos | Driver
1. Ty Gibbs 2. Michael Self 3. Bret Holmes 4. Jesse Love 5. Taylor Gray 6. Drew Dollar 7. Mike Basham 8. Eric Caudell 9. Brad Smith 10. Con Nicolopoulos 11. Rick Clifton 12. Hailie Deegan 13. Owen Smith 14. Wayne Peterson