2019 ARCA Menards Series

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Christian Eckes, the 2019 ARCA Menards Series champion. Christian Eckes 2019 Madison ARCA.jpg
Christian Eckes, the 2019 ARCA Menards Series champion.
Michael Self finished second behind Eckes in the championship by just 25 points. MichaelSelf2019MadisonARCA.jpg
Michael Self finished second behind Eckes in the championship by just 25 points.
Bret Holmes finished third in the championship. Bret Holmes 2018 ARCA Madison.jpg
Bret Holmes finished third in the championship.

The 2019 ARCA Menards Series was the 67th season of the ARCA Menards Series. Christian Eckes of Venturini Motorsports won the championship over teammate Michael Self. Eckes became the first champion since Tim Steele in 1997 to win the title after missing a race during the season.

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On February 9, 2019, hours before the season-opening Lucas Oil 200, ARCA announced that the series would be renamed to the ARCA Menards Series for at least 2019 and 2020. Menards had previously been a presenting sponsor for ARCA. [1]

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

ManufacturerTeamNo.Driver
Ford Chad Bryant Racing 22 Connor Hall 1
Corey Heim (R)13
Ty Majeski 6
RFMS Racing27 Travis Braden
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Riley Herbst 8
Ty Gibbs 11
Todd Gilliland 1
Venturini Motorsports 15 Christian Eckes (R)19
Harrison Burton 1
20 Harrison Burton 5
Chandler Smith 11
Brandon Lynn 1
Myatt Snider 1
Logan Seavey 2
25 Michael Self
Chevrolet 17
Toyota 3
Bret Holmes Racing 23 Bret Holmes
Ford 17
Chevrolet 3
Chad Bryant Racing 77 Joe Graf Jr.
Toyota 3
Chevrolet 12
Ford 5
Fast Track Racing 1 Chuck Hiers 1
Dick Doheny 13
Ed Pompa 3
Jason Miles 2
Darrell Basham 1
Ford 19
Toyota 1
10 Tommy Vigh Jr. (R)
Chevrolet 2
Ford 7
Toyota 11
11 Jason White 1
Matt Dooley 1
Morgen Baird 3
D. L. Wilson 1
Mike Basham 3
Rick Clifton 3
Jason Miles 1
Dick Doheny 3
Dick Karth 1
Tyler Speer 1
Ed Pompa 2
Toyota 1
Chevrolet 19
KBR Development 28 Brandon McReynolds 4
Carson Hocevar (R)12
Raphaël Lessard 2
Stefan Parsons 1
Sheldon Creed 1
Ford 14
Toyota 6
Kimmel Racing 69 Scott Melton (R)10
Mike Basham 5
Barry Layne 1
Dale Shearer 2
Will Kimmel 2
Chevrolet 4
Dodge 8
Toyota 7
Ford 1
Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Con Nicolopoulos 3
Tim Richmond (R)17

Limited schedule

ManufacturerTeamNo.DriverRounds
Chevrolet Allgaier Motorsports 16 Kelly Kovski 2
Bobby Gerhart Racing 5 Bobby Gerhart 7
Brother-In-Law Racing 57 Bryan Dauzat 2
Connor Okrzesik Racing 14 Connor Okrzesik 2
CR7 Motorsports 7 Codie Rohrbaugh 2
Darrell Basham Racing 34 Darrell Basham 1
Mike Basham 2
Empire Racing 43 Sean Corr 2
Finney Racing Enterprises 80 Brian Finney 1
GMS Racing 21 Sam Mayer 7
Sheldon Creed 1
KBR Development 19 Raphaël Lessard 1
Max Force Racing 9 Thomas Praytor 1
Spraker Racing Enterprises 63 Dave Mader III 1
Win-Tron Racing 32 Gus Dean 4
Cole Glasson 1
Austin Wayne Self 2
Howie DiSavino III 2
Colby Howard 2
Ford Chad Bryant Racing 7 Connor Hall 1
Clubb Racing 03 Alex Clubb 2
Dale Shearer Racing [N 1] 68 Dale Shearer 1
Kaden Honeycutt Racing 38 Kaden Honeycutt 3
Mullins Racing 3 Willie Mullins 3
Rette Jones Racing 30 Grant Quinlan 2
Toyota DGR-Crosley 4 Todd Gilliland 2
Drew Dollar 2
54 Natalie Decker 2
Tanner Gray 8
Hendren Motorsports 24 Ryan Unzicker 2
J. J. Pack Racing 61 J. J. Pack 1
On Point Motorsports 29 Derrick Lancaster 1
Rick Ware Racing 51 Carson Ware 1
Venturini Motorsports 55 Leilani Munter 1
Hailie Deegan 6
Gavin Harlien 3
Vizion Motorsports 35 Brenden Queen (R)1
Devin Dodson 1
36 Paul Williamson 1
Chevrolet 10
Ford 9
Brad Smith Motorsports 48 Brad Smith 19
Ford 1
Dodge 2
CCM Racing 2 Eric Caudell 3
Toyota 5
Dodge 2
77
Chevrolet 1
Ford 1
Empire Racing 44 John Ferrier 1
Lexi Gay 1
Chevrolet 5
Ford 2
46 Thad Moffitt 7
Ford 1
Toyota 1
Ken Schrader Racing 52 Tyler Dippel 1
Ken Schrader 1
Chevrolet 2
Ford 1
Our Motorsports 02 Andy Seuss 3
Chevrolet 3
Ford 1
09 C. J. McLaughlin 4
Toyota 1
Chevrolet 3
Dodge 1
Ford 4
Wayne Peterson Racing 0 Wayne Peterson 4
Con Nicolopoulos 1
Alex Clubb 1
Don Thompson 1
Benjamin Peterson 2

Notes

  1. It was a Dale Shearer Racing entry using Kimmel Racing's owner points.

Changes

Teams

Drivers

Crew chiefs

Schedule

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Field at Madison
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Cars at Elko

The full schedule was released on November 21, 2018. [20] The schedule remains largely unchanged from 2018. Although some tracks swapped dates throughout the season, the only track from 2018 to be excluded in 2019 was Berlin Raceway. In turn, the only track to be added to the schedule was Five Flags Speedway. For the first time in series history, every race was aired live. [21] 12 races were broadcast on MAVTV, while 6 were covered by FS1 and the last 2 was covered by FS2. [22] [23] [24]

No.Race titleTrackDateTime (EST)Broadcaster
1 Lucas Oil 200 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach February 94:45 p.m. FS1
2 Pensacola 200 Five Flags Speedway, Pensacola March 97:00 p.m. MAVTV
3 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Salem Speedway, Salem April 142:15 p.m.
4 General Tire 200 Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega April 266:00 p.m. FS1
5Music City 200 Fairgrounds Speedway, Nashville May 52:00 p.m. MAVTV
6 Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 Toledo Speedway, Toledo May 19
7 General Tire 150 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord May 239:00 p.m. FS1
8 General Tire #AnywhereIsPossible 200 Pocono Raceway, Long Pond May 315:45 p.m. FS2
9 VizCom 200 Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn June 76:00 p.m. FS1
10Shore Lunch 200 Madison International Speedway, Oregon June 149:00 p.m. MAVTV
11Day to Day Coffee 150 World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison June 226:00 p.m.
12 Bounty 150 Chicagoland Speedway, Joilet June 278:00 p.m. FS1
13 Menards 250 Elko Speedway, Elko July 139:00 p.m. MAVTV
14 Fans With Benefits 150 Iowa Speedway, Newton July 19
15FORTS USA 150 Pocono Raceway, Long Pond July 264:00 p.m. FS1
16 Allen Crowe 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Springfield August 182:30 p.m. MAVTV
17 Southern Illinois 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Du Quoin August 319:00 p.m.
18 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers Fall Classic 200 Salem Speedway, Salem September 147:15 p.m.
19 Herr's Potato Chips 200 Lucas Oil Raceway, Brownsburg October 58:00 p.m.
20 Kansas ARCA 150 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City October 188:30 p.m.
The Music City 200 Presented by Inspectra Thermal Solutions was postponed from May 4 to May 5 due to rain.

Results and standings

Races

No.Race Pole Position Most laps ledWinning driverManufacturerNo.Winning team
1 Lucas Oil 200 Christian Eckes Harrison Burton Harrison Burton Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports
2 Pensacola 200 Chandler Smith Raphaël Lessard Michael Self Toyota 25 Venturini Motorsports
3 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Carson Hocevar Michael Self Michael Self Toyota 25 Venturini Motorsports
4 General Tire 200 Brandon Lynn Sean Corr Todd Gilliland Toyota 4 DGR-Crosley
5Music City 200 Chandler Smith Christian Eckes Christian Eckes Toyota 15 Venturini Motorsports
6 Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 Michael Self Chandler Smith Chandler Smith Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports
7 General Tire 150 Michael Self Michael Self Ty Majeski Ford 22 Chad Bryant Racing
8 General Tire#AnywhereIsPossible 200 Harrison Burton Riley Herbst Ty Majeski Ford 22 Chad Bryant Racing
9 VizCom 200 Michael Self Michael Self Michael Self Toyota 25 Venturini Motorsports
10 Shore Lunch 200 Chandler Smith Chandler Smith Chandler Smith Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports
11Day to Day Coffee 150 Michael Self Michael Self Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
12 Bounty 150 Michael Self Ty Majeski Ty Majeski Ford 22 Chad Bryant Racing
13 Menards 250 Christian Eckes Chandler Smith Chandler Smith Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports
14 Fans With Benefits 150 Chandler Smith Chandler Smith Chandler Smith Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports
15FORTS USA 150 Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Christian Eckes Toyota 15 Venturini Motorsports
16 Allen Crowe 100 Logan Seavey Michael Self Michael Self Toyota 25 Venturini Motorsports
17 Southern Illinois 100 Ken Schrader Christian Eckes Christian Eckes Toyota 15 Venturini Motorsports
18 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers Fall Classic 200 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
19Herr's Potato Chips 200 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Chandler Smith Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports
20 ARCA Kansas 150 Tanner Gray Michael Self Christian Eckes Toyota 15 Venturini Motorsports

Drivers' championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

PosDriver DAY FFL SLM TAL NSH TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI ELK IOW POC ISF DSF SLM IRP KAN Points
1 Christian Eckes (R)43INQ26137377271121212215045
2 Michael Self 31115154511121344331414625020
3 Bret Holmes 1861014578535103987394844880
4 Travis Braden 810127813910647512791179754780
5 Joe Graf Jr. 21119106171284911117910101161094610
6 Tommy Vigh Jr. (R)2313112412915171711191715191719131712173995
7 Brad Smith 1916191620Wth23151315151619171616161819203480
8 Tim Richmond (R)14141311141514181216161513121517173170
9 Dick Doheny 19181715241818171418QL1812192018212750
10 Corey Heim (R)55111010456473342615
11 Chandler Smith 4431116118812420
12 Carson Hocevar 173466564815792320
13 Ty Gibbs 26228125151152315
14 Sam Mayer 1525333531650
15 Scott Melton 32181413910151214141645
16 Riley Herbst 10221266161485
17 Mike Basham 201716162017191813131455
18 Eric Caudell 331413121413132020181450
19 Tanner Gray 127865171561440
20 Ty Majeski 4112131375
21 Harrison Burton 18462121240
22 Bobby Gerhart 131316121412111155
23 Thad Moffitt 272591099111110
24 Hailie Deegan 187128581090
25 Gus Dean 266310705
26 Ed Pompa 2112131115635
27 Raphaël Lessard 845615
28 Todd Gilliland 212595
29 Kaden Honeycutt 9714560
30 Andy Seuss 9811550
31 Brandon McReynolds 25192014530
32 Gavin Harlien 81216510
33 Con Nicolopoulos 22222218500
34 Wayne Peterson 22212022495
35 Morgen Baird 161113490
36 C. J. McLaughlin 2411Wth10490
37 Alex Clubb 151220455
38 Dale Shearer 181417445
39 Rick Clifton 142114445
40 Logan Seavey 42440
41 Jason Miles 181918415
42 Kelly Kovski 65410
43 Sheldon Creed 211395
44 Drew Dollar 67395
45 Austin Wayne Self 86395
46 Connor Okrzesik 710375
47 Sean Corr 515370
48 Ryan Unzicker 910365
49 Colby Howard 1010360
50 Willie Mullins 351714360
51 Will Kimmel 518345
52 Codie Rohrbaugh 716345
53 Bryan Dauzat 1213335
54 Howie DiSavino III 1016330
55 Connor Hall 1116325
56 Natalie Decker 623315
57 Grant Quinlan 39300
58 Darrell Basham 1321290
59 Benjamin Peterson 21DNS245
60 Brandon Lynn 3220
61 Ken Schrader 8200
62 Myatt Snider 8190
63 Cole Glasson 9185
64 Tyler Dippel 12170
65 Carson Ware 13165
66 Chuck Hiers 14160
67 Leilani Münter 15155
68 Dick Karth 16150
69 Jason White 16150
70 Brian Finney 17145
71 Tyler Speer 17145
72 D. L. Wilson 17145
73 Derrick Lancaster 17145
74 Matt Dooley 18140
75 Barry Layne 18140
76 Lexi Gay 19135
77 Stefan Parsons 20130
78 Thomas Praytor 20130
79 Dave Mader III 20130
80 Devin Dodson 21125
81 J. J. Pack 2890
82 Brenden Queen (R)2985
83 Paul Williamson 3080
84 John Ferrier 3460
85 Don Thompson Wth25
Christian Eckes, C. J. McLaughlin, and Don Thompson all received 25 points for attempting practices. However, they didn't compete in the race; Eckes due to illness, and
McLaughlin and Thompson due to crashing their primary cars and not having backups for the race.
Benjamin Peterson received the points of a 22nd-place finish; however, he didn't start the race due to crashing his primary car in qualifying and not having a backup for the race.

See also

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