The ARCA Menards Series raced on dirt Sunday at Springfield Mile at the Illinois State Fairgrounds for the Illinois Truck & Equipment Allen Crowe 100. Ryan Unzicker won the pole Sunday morning with a lap time of 34.047 seconds at 105.736 mph. Ty Gibbs qualified second with a lap time of 34.617 seconds at 103.995 mph. Seventeen cars were competing in the race.
We are 🟢 at The Springfield Mile 📺 @MAVTV 💻 @_TrackPass #ARCAMenards pic.twitter.com/7lCoY7TEOq — ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) October 4, 2020
The race began with a bang as Ty Gibbs spun on the first lap at turn four and was hit by Taylor Gray, who had nowhere to go bringing out the first caution. Both cars suffered damage but were able to continue the race.
"Hold on @TyGibbs_ goes around. A big melee in Turn number 4!" 😱#ARCAMenards | @springfieldmile pic.twitter.com/D7eb4tuSBH — ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) October 4, 2020
The race resumed on the fifth lap and lasted just five laps before a spin at turn four by Tim Richmond, bringing out the second caution. Unzicker lead at the restart on lap 14. Once again, this restart lasted only four laps before Corey Heim spun at turn three to bring out the third caution. The race resumed on lap 21 and only lasted three laps as Will Kimmel spun and hit the inside wall exiting turn four. He was running tenth at the time of the spin.
Trouble for @willkimmel, who was running fifth.#ARCAMenards | @MAVTV pic.twitter.com/Oo0SOogoP7 — ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) October 4, 2020
Unzicker had led every lap so far in the race when it resumed on lap 27. Bret Holmes was sitting in second-place only .980 seconds behind him. The fifth caution came out on lap 36 for the first break. Teams had five minutes to change tires, add fuel, and make adjustments to their cars.
First race break at Springfield 1. @unzicker24 2. @bretholmes_2 3. @KKovski 4. @HailieDeegan 5. @CoreyHeim3#ARCAMenards | @MAVTV — ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) October 4, 2020
The race got back underway on lap 39. Bret Holmes and Michael Self were running fourth and fifth when Self spun at turn four to bring out the sixth caution.
Championship implications 👀@michaelself spins in Turn 4. #ARCAMenards | @MAVTV pic.twitter.com/1IFvLKZ8wR — ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) October 4, 2020
Unzicker continued his dominance, having led all 56 laps as the race resumed. Unzicker had Bret Holmes chasing him, only trailing him by .386 seconds. Taylor Gray spun at turn four to bring the caution out for the seventh time and the second race break. Turn four was a hot spot for accidents all race long.
Second race break at Springfield 1. @unzicker24 2. @bretholmes_2 3. @KKovski 4. @HailieDeegan 5. @CoreyHeim3 Lap 68/100#ARCAMenards | @MAVTV — ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) October 4, 2020
The race was back underway with 30 laps to go. Holmes was doing everything he could to get the lead away from Unzicker, but his car was too strong. Michael Self made contact with Kelly Kovski to take the fourth spot. With 13 laps to go, Corey Heim took the second spot away from Holmes on the inside of turn one.
💪 @michaelself #ARCAMenards | @MAVTV pic.twitter.com/T7gT1q5Ic0 — ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) October 4, 2020
Corey Heim takes second … and a point away from Bret Holmes. It's not over yet.#ARCAMenards | @SpringfieldMile pic.twitter.com/8VBWdRJ605 — ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) October 4, 2020
Heim was slowly catching Unzicker until Kelly Kovski spun at turn four to bring out the eighth caution with five laps to go. The race resumed on lap 98 when Bret Holmes made contact with Corey Heim. This caused him to spin, then Michael Self hit him, bringing out the day’s ninth caution. The race would go to a green/white/checker on lap 102. Unzicker dominated this race leading 102 laps to win the race by .662 seconds over Hailie Deegan, who was the only other driver to lead a lap.
Chaos with 3 laps to go!@michaelself and @CoreyHeim3 into the wall. @bretholmes_2 involved, as well.#ARCAMenards | @MAVTV pic.twitter.com/fTpZE3mspM — ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) October 4, 2020
🏁 out at Springfield for @unzicker24! Pure domination on the dirt.#ARCAMenards pic.twitter.com/ynbOhZQ6VV — ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) October 4, 2020
Six cars finished on the lead lap. The rest of the finishers were Bret Holmes third, Taylor Gray fourth, Kelly Kovski fifth, Mike Basham sixth, and Drew Dollar seventh one-lap down. From positions, eighth on were out of the race except for Ty Gibbs finishing tenth down ten laps. There were nine cautions for 32 laps and two lead changes.
Bret Holmes increased his points lead to eight over Michael Self with one race remaining and will take place at Kansas Speedway on October 16th for the Kansas 150 at 8:43 pm on FS1.
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