Toledo Speedway

Jesse Love has a chance to make history this weekend in Toledo.

The young Californian recently came to Toledo on September 16th, winning the 35th Running of the Hearn Industrial Glass City 200. Only one driver in Toledo Speedway’s history has ever won an ARCA Menards Series race at Toledo in addition to the Glass City 200 - Joy Fair, who won in ARCA competition in 1972, after taking the first Glass City 200 in 1968. 

No driver has ever won both the Glass City 200 and an ARCA Menards Series race at Toledo in a single year. Love has a chance to break this record on Saturday.

Love clinched the ARCA Menards Series title in Salem last weekend just by starting his #20 Toyota, after a dominant season in which he has taken ten wins in 19 races.

He will be alongside two other Venturini Motorsports teammates - Sean Hingorani is presently entered in the #25 car, and Dylan “Mamba” Smith will be making his second ever start in the ARCA Menards Series - his first time with Venturini Motorsports.

Love will be fighting for multiple trophies on Saturday - the ARCA Menards Series owner’s title will go down to this final race, as the Venturini Motorsports #20 team looks to take the owner’s title over the #18 Joe Gibbs Racing team. 

This is the second consecutive year the owners points title will go down to a battle between these two teams - in 2022, the owner's title would be decided with just two laps to go at Toledo Speedway. Sammy Smith in the Joe Gibbs Racing #18 Toyota would pass Love in the Venturini Motorsports #20 car to take both the win, and the owner's title, in the most dramatic of fashions.

For Love, this weekend could be both personal retribution from a dramatic finish in 2022, and a new height as a potential all-time record breaker at a historic race track.

The ARCA Menards Series crowns a champion on Saturday, October 7th with the Shore Lunch 200 at Toledo Speedway. This historic race has created many memorable moments over the years as a season finale, with big finishes and a high amount of action. Tickets for this event are available now at local Menards stores! You can click here to learn more about where to pick up your tickets for this championship event. You can also follow along with Toledo Speedway on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 

There will be a full day of on-track activity for the ARCA Menards Series, with practice at 11:45 am, General Tire Pole Qualifying at 12:30 pm, the Hearn Industrial on-track autograph session at 2:15 pm, and the green flag for the Shore Lunch 200 presented by CGS Imaging at 4:00 pm ET. There will also be a special Valley Truck Centers 50-lap ARCA Outlaw Super Late Model feature race on the card, scheduled for 1:30 pm. For complete event information please click below! 

Fans can purchase their advance discount general admission tickets to the Shore Lunch 200 for just $20 at Menards locations in Toledo, Oregon, Holland, Findlay, Defiance, and Sandusky in Ohio, and Belleville, Taylor, Ann Arbor, and Livonia in Michigan.

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