Draft:2020 Arizona Lottery 100

The 2020 Arizona Lottery 100 was an ARCA Menards Series West held on November 7, 2020. It was contested over 100 laps on the 1.00-mile (1.61 km) oval. It was the eleventh and final race of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series West season. David Gilliland won the race in his only start of the season, driving for his own team. Jesse Love would officially be the champion, beating Blaine Perkins by 25 points. This would make Love the youngest champion in NASCAR history.

Background
Phoenix Raceway – also known as PIR – is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.

The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 mi (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 mi (2.43 km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend.

Phoenix Raceway is home to two annual NASCAR race weekends, one of 13 facilities on the NASCAR schedule to host more than one race weekend a year. The track is both the first and last stop in the western United States, as well as the fourth and the last track on the schedule.


 * (R) denotes rookie driver.

Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Saturday, November 7. The qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with only one round. Whoever sets the fastest time in that round will win the pole. David Gilliland, driving for DGR-Crosley, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 27.452 seconds, and an average speed of 131.138 mph (211.046 km/h).

Standings after the race

 * Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.