2026 ARCA Menards Series

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Gio Ruggiero, the current points leader. Gio Ruggiero at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (cropped) (cropped).jpg
Gio Ruggiero, the current points leader.

The 2026 ARCA Menards Series is the 74th season of the ARCA Menards Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the General Tire 200 on February 14 and will end with the Reese's 150 at Kansas Speedway on September 25.

Contents

Brenden Queen entered the season as the defending champion, [1] but did not return to defend his title as he moved up to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series full-time in 2026, driving for Kaulig Racing. [2]

Teams and drivers

Note: If a driver is listed as their own crew chief for a particular race, that means that their entry in that race was a start and park.

Full schedule

ManufacturerTeamNo.DriverCrew chiefRef
Chevrolet CR7 Motorsports 97 Jason Kitzmiller Frank Kimmel [3]
Maples Motorsports 99 Michael Maples Chris Vanscoy [3]
Pinnacle Racing Group 28 Jack Wood 3Steven Dawson [4]
Carson Brown 15
Connor Mosack 2
77 Taylor Reimer 6Kevin Reed Jr.
Tristan McKee 10
Lanie Buice 4
Rise Racing with
Earnhardt-Shearer Racing
89 Bobby Dale Earnhardt Matthew Wright [5] [6] [7] [8]
Ford Clubb Racing Inc. 03 Alex Clubb Brian Clubb [9]
86 Logan Misuraca 1 [N 1] Ryan Bell 1
Jonathan Clubb 1
TBA 18
[10] [11] [9]
[ citation needed ]
[12]
Jeff Maconi 15
Chris Golden 1
Brayton Laster 2
TBA 1
Toyota Fast Track Racing 12 Takuma Koga Andrew Kierman 2
TBA 18
[13]
Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Gio Ruggiero 2Matt Ross [3] [14] [15]
Max Reaves 13
TBA 5
Nitro Motorsports 15 Jake Finch 1Danny Johnson 1
Ryan London 1
TBA 18
[3] [16] [17]
Mia Lovell 1 [18]
Leland Honeyman TBA [19]
TBA 18 [16]
20 Jake Bollman (R) Doug George [3] [20] [18]
25 Gus Dean 1 Shane Wilson 1
Danny Johnson 1
TBA 18
[21] [18]
Julian DaCosta 1 [18]
Gavan Boschele 15 [22]
TBA 3 [16]
55 Isabella Robusto Glenn Parker [23] [18]
70 Thomas Annunziata Shannon Rursch [3] [24] [25] [26]
Ford 2
TBA 18
Fast Track Racing 9 Presley Sorah 1Joseth Carabantes 1
Nate Moeller 1
TBA 18
[14] [27] [28]
Nate Moeller 1
TBA 18
Chevrolet 1
Ford 1
TBA 18
10 Ed Pompa 1Mike Sroufe 2
TBA 18
[14] [28]
Brad Perez 1
TBA 18
Toyota 2
TBA 18
11 Bryce Haugeberg 1 Dick Doheny 1
Jeremy Petty 1
TBA 18
[14] [28]
Dustin Hillenburg 1
TBA 18
Ford 2
TBA 19
Brad Smith Motorsports 48 Brad Smith Terry Strange 1
Rand Bitter 1
TBA 18
[29]
Ford 1
Chevrolet 1
TBA 18
Maples Motorsports 1 Tony Cosentino Jay Shaffer 1
Kenna Long 1
TBA 18
[30] [31]
Ford 2
TBA 18
91 Ryan Vargas 2Kyle Totman [30]
TBA 18

Limited schedule

ManufacturerTeamNo.DriverCrew chiefRacesRef
Chevrolet ACR Motorsports [N 2] 79 Isaac Kitzmiller Doug Howe5 [3]
Andrew Patterson Racing 40 Andrew Patterson Patrick Torbett1 [32]
Bill McAnally Racing 16 Hailie Deegan Mario Isola1 [33]
81 Mason Massey Ty Joiner1 [34]
Brother-In-Law Racing 57 Hunter Deshautelle Todd Cooper1 [32]
75 Bryan Dauzat Bob Rahilly1 [32]
Cook Racing Technologies 42 Jaiden Reyna Travis Sharpe1 [28]
Costner Motorsports 93 Caleb Costner Unknown1 [32]
Empire Racing 8 Sean Corr Dan Lorz1 [32]
Kimmel Racing 69Nolan WilsonBill Kimmel1 [35]
Moyer–Petroniro Racing 88 A. J. Moyer Kevin Ingram1 [32]
Mullins Racing 34 Bryce Applegate [N 3] Tony Furr1 [36]
Steve Lewis Racing 62 Steve Lewis Jr. Steve Lewis Sr.1 [32]
Strike Mamba Racing 51 Tyler Tomassi John Reaume1 [28]
72 Cody Dennison Al Lebert1 [28]
Wayne Peterson Motorsports 06 Con Nicolopoulos Michael Peterson 1
Tony Huffman 1
1 [32]
Bobby Hillis Jr. [N 4] 1 [28]
Brayton Laster 1 [12]
Weslowski Racing32Charles Weslowski Jr.Tim Silva1 [32]
White Motorsports 22 Nick White Unknown1 [32]
Ford City Garage Motorsports 85 Quinn Davis TBA4 [37] [38]
Direct Driver Development 50Ryan PawloskiTBA3[ citation needed ]
60TBATBA1
High Point Racing50 Trevor Huddleston Jeff Schrader1 [39]
56Andrew ChapmanTravis Thirkettle1 [28]
Jan's Towing Racing
with Kennealy Keller Motorsports
01 Cole Denton Chris Greaney1 [40] [41]
41 Robbie Kennealy [N 5] Tim Monroe 1
Brian Kizer 1
2 [41]
Kimmel Racing 68 Alli Owens Will Kimmel TBA [42] [43]
KLAS Motorsports 07 Glen Reen Justin Link2 [44] [14]
MBM Motorsports 66 Derek White Jeremy Petty 1 [45]
Mullins Racing 3 Willie Mullins Alex Quarterley 1 [36]
Rette Jones Racing 30 Garrett Mitchell Mark Rette5 [46]
George Siciliano1[ citation needed ]
76 Kole Raz Greg Zipadelli 1 [32]
Ryan Huff Motorsports 36 Ryan Huff James Huff1 [14]
SPS Racing 24 Daniel Dye Blake Bainbridge 1 [47] [48] [32]
Toyota CCM Racing 7 Eric Caudell Andy Jirik1 [32]
Central Coast Racing 13 Taylor Reimer Michael Muñoz 1 [28]
Jerry Pitts Racing 5 Eric Johnson Jr. Dustin Ash 1 [49]
7 Gavin Ray R. J. Johnson1 [28]
Martin Racing52Robert Martin Jeff Spraker 1 [32]
Nascimento Motorsports 4 Monty Tipton Mike Nascimento1 [28]
Nitro Motorsports 90 Wesley Slimp Jeff McClure 1
Shane Wilson 1
5 [50] [51] [16] [18]
Jade Avedisian 1 [18] [52]
TBA Jake Finch TBA1 [17]
Gus Dean 1 [21]
Sam Corry 1 [53]
Jade Avedisian 1 [52]
Shearer Speed Racing 98 Dale Shearer Vincenzo Valentin1 [32]
Shockwave Motorsports 05 David Smith Brandon Carlson1 [28]
Tim Richmond Racing 27 Tim Richmond Adam Murphy4 [32] [54]
Vanco Racing 26 Ron Vandermeir Jr. Unknown1 [32]
Chevrolet 1
Toyota 1
Cook Racing Technologies 17 Mini Tyrrell Sean Samuels1 [55] [32]
Taylor Mayhew 1 [28]
Chevrolet 2
TBA TBA
KLAS Motorsports 71 Andy Jankowiak Mike Dayton10 [3]
Chevrolet 2
Ford 4
Maples Motorsports 19 Greg Van Alst Jim Long 1
Nigel Bannister 1
TBA 4
1 [30] [56] [57]
Zachary Tinkle 1 [28]
Austin Vaughn [N 6] 4 [58]
TBA Fast Track Racing TBACraig Pellegrini Jr.TBA4 [59]
KLAS Motorsports 73TBATBATBA [60]
TBA00Laci FernoTBA1 [42] [61]
TBATBA Brayton Laster TBA6 [12]

Notes

  1. Entry at Daytona was fielded in a collaboration with City Garage Motorsports.
  2. Entries are fielded in a collaboration with CR7 Motorsports.
  3. Entry was fielded in a collaboration with VWV Racing.
  4. Entry at Phoenix was fielded in a collaboration with Fierce Creature Racing.
  5. Entry at Daytona was fielded in a collaboration with Fast Track Racing.
  6. Entries are fielded in a collaboration with VWV Racing.

Schedule

The entire schedule was released on October 4, 2025. [62]

NoRace title Track LocationDateTVTime (ET) [63] Live Stream
1 General Tire 200  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida February 14 FOX Noon Fox Sports app
2 General Tire 150  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona March 5 FS1 6 PM
3 Tide 150  O  Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas April 1812:30 PM
4 Manufactured Housing 200  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama April 25
5 General Tire 100 at The Glen  R  Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York May 8 FS2 1:30 PM
6 Owens Corning 200  O  Toledo Speedway Toledo, Ohio May 16FS17 PM
7 Henry Ford Health 200  O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan June 5FS25 PM
8 Pocono ARCA 150  O  Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania June 12FS13 PM
9 Berlin ARCA 200  O  Berlin Raceway Marne, Michigan June 20FS27 PM
10 Shore Lunch 250 presented by Dutch Boy  O  Elko Speedway Elko New Market, Minnesota June 279 PM
11 Chicagoland ARCA 150  O  Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, Illinois July 3FS18 PM
12 Lime Rock Park 100  R  Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut July 10FS24 PM
13 LiUNA! 150 presented by Dutch Boy  O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana July 24FS15 PM
14 Atlas 150  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa August 77 PM
15 Allen Crowe 100  D  Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack Springfield, Illinois August 232 PM
16 Badger 200  O  Madison International Speedway Rutland, Wisconsin August 289 PM
17 Southern Illinois 100  D  DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack Du Quoin, Illinois September 68:30 PM
18 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA 200  O  Salem Speedway Salem, Indiana September 12FS26 PM
19 Bush's Beans 200  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee September 17FS15:30 PM
20 Reese's 150  O  Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas September 258 PM

Notes

Results and standings

Race results

No.Race Pole position Most laps ledWinning driverManufacturerNo.Winning teamReport
1 General Tire 200 Gus Dean Jake Finch Gio Ruggiero Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Report
2 General Tire 150 Carson Brown Carson Brown Report
Reference: [66]

Drivers' championship

Notes:

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

PosDriver DAY PHO KAN TAL GLN TOL MCH POC BER ELK CHI LRP IRP IOW ISF MAD DSF SLM BRI KAN Points
1 Gio Ruggiero 147
2 Daniel Dye 441
3 Glen Reen 539
4 Jack Wood 638
5 Jason Kitzmiller 737
6 Ryan Vargas 837
7 Jake Bollman (R)236
8 Bobby Dale Earnhardt 93735
9 Andy Jankowiak 1034
10 Garrett Mitchell 1133
11 Michael Maples 1232
12 Bryce Applegate 1331
13 A. J. Moyer 1430
14 Kole Raz 329
15 Robbie Kennealy 1529
16 Takuma Koga 1628
17 Willie Mullins 1727
18 Bryce Haugeberg 1826
19 Jake Finch 20*26
20 Hunter Deshautelle 1925
21 Ed Pompa 2123
22 Eric Caudell 2222
23 Tim Richmond 2321
24Charles Weslowski Jr.2420
25 Brad Smith 253919
26 Thomas Annunziata 2618
27 Presley Sorah 2717
28 Gus Dean 2917
29 Bryan Dauzat 2816
30 Taylor Reimer 303214
31 Con Nicolopoulos 3113
32 Caleb Costner 3212
33 Sean Corr 3311
34 Alli Owens 3410
35 Wesley Slimp 359
36 Alex Clubb 368
37 Isabella Robusto 378
38 Mini Tyrrell 386
39 Derek White 395
40 Ryan Huff 404
Max Reaves
Tristan McKee
Carson Brown *
Isaac Kitzmiller
Trevor Huddleston
Hailie Deegan
Mason Massey
Jade Avedisian
Mia Lovell 30
Julian DaCosta31
Eric Johnson Jr.
Gavin Ray 29
Cole Denton
Andrew Chapman
Zachary Tinkle 35
Taylor Mayhew
Jaiden Reyna
Monty Tipton
Cody Dennison
Jeff Maconi 40
Bobby Hillis Jr. 38
Tyler Tomassi 33
David Smith
Brad Perez 34
Dustin Hillenburg
Nate Moeller 36
Tony Cosentino DNQ
Greg Van Alst DNQ
Nick White DNQ
Ron Vandermeir Jr. DNQ
Andrew Patterson DNQ
Robert MartinDNQ
Steve Lewis Jr. DNQ
Nolan WilsonDNQ
Logan Misuraca DNQ
Dale Shearer DNQ
Austin Vaughn Wth
Reference: [68]

See also

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