2021 Herr's Potato Chips 200

2021 Herr's Potato Chips 200

Race details
Race 5 of 20 of the 2021 ARCA Menards Series
Date	May 22, 2021
Official name	Herr's Potato Chips 200
Location	Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 0.5 mi (0.804 km)
Distance	200 laps, 100 mi (160.934 km)
Scheduled Distance	200 laps, 100 mi (160.934 km)
Average speed	78.142 miles per hour (125.757 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing
Time	15.979
Most laps led
Driver	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	153
Winner
No. 18	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	MAVTV
Announcers	Bob Dillner, Jim Trebow
Radio in the United States
Radio	ARCA Racing

The 2021 Herr's Potato Chips 200 was the fifth stock car race of the 2021 ARCA Menards Series season and the first race of the 2021 Sioux Chief Showdown. The race was held on Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Toledo, Ohio, at Toledo Speedway, a 0.5 miles (0.80 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would dominate the race and win his 11th career ARCA Menards Series win, his third of the season, and his second straight win.^[1] To fill out the podium, Corey Heim of Venturini Motorsports and Nick Sanchez of Rev Racing would finish second and third, respectively.

Toledo Speedway opened in 1960 and was paved in 1964. In 1978 it was sold to Thomas "Sonny" Adams Sr. The speedway was reacquired by ARCA in 1999. The track also features the weekly racing divisions of sportsman on the half-mile and Figure 8, factory stock, and four cylinders on a quarter-mile track inside the big track. They also have a series of races with outlaw-bodied late models that includes four 100-lap races and ends with Glass City 200. The track hosts the “Fastest short track show in the world” which features winged sprints and winged Super Modifieds on the half mile.^[2] Toledo also used to host a 200-lap late model race until its sale to ARCA in 1999.

Toledo is known for the foam blocks that line the race track, different than the concrete walls that line many short tracks throughout America. The crumbling walls can make track cleanup a tedious task for workers.^[3]

The only practice session would take place on Saturday, May 22, at 4:15 PM EST. Corey Heim of Venturini Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 16.109 and an average speed of 111.739 miles per hour (179.826 km/h).^[4]

Qualifying would take place on Saturday, May 22, at 6:00 PM EST. Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole with a lap of 15.979 and an average speed of 112.648 miles per hour (181.289 km/h).^[5]