# 2020 Star Nursery 150

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. 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

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

* (R) denotes rookie driver.
| # | 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 (R) | Bill McAnally Racing | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts |
| 17 | Zach Telford | Zach Telford Racing | Chevrolet | Builders FirstSource |
| 19 | Jesse Love (R) | 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 (R) | Bill McAnally Racing | Toyota | Eneos |
| Official entry list |||||
*Withdrew.

## Practice
### First practice

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).
| 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

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).
| 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

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).

### Full qualifying results

| 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

| Fin | 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 (R) | 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 (R) | 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 (R) | 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 ||||||||||