2026 ARCA Menards Series

2026 ARCA Menards Series

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Brenden Queen, driving the Pinnacle Racing Group No. 28 car in 2025, the previous ARCA Menards Series champion.

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

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

Teams and drivers

Full schedule

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Crew chief	Ref
Chevrolet	CR7 Motorsports	97	Jason Kitzmiller	Frank Kimmel	[3]
	Maples Motorsports	99	Michael Maples	TBA	[3]
	Pinnacle Racing Group	28	TBA	TBA	[3]
		82	TBA	TBA
	Sigma Performance Services	23	TBA	TBA	[4]
Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Max Reaves 13	TBA	[3]
			TBA 7
	Nitro Motorsports	20	Leland Honeyman	TBA	[5]
		25	TBA	TBA	[3]
		55	TBA	TBA
		70	TBA	TBA
TBA	TBA	TBA	Thomas Annunziata	TBA	[3]

Limited schedule

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Crew chief	Races	Ref
Chevrolet	ACR Motorsports	79	Isaac Kitzmiller	TBA	3	[3]
Ford	City Garage Motorsports	5	Quinn Davis	TBA	3	[6] [7]
		85	Becca Monopoli	TBA	3
	Clubb Racing Inc.	86	Jeff Maconi	TBA	1	[ citation needed ]
	Rette Jones Racing	30	Garrett Mitchell	Mark Rette	1	[8]
Toyota	Nitro Motorsports	15	TBA	TBA	TBA	[3]
TBA	KLAS Motorsports	73	Andy Jankowiak	TBA	10	[3]

Schedule

The entire schedule was released on October 4, 2025. ^[9]

No	Race title	Track	Location	Date	TV	Time (ET) [10]	Live Stream
1	Ride the ‘Dente 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 18		12:30 PM
4	General Tire 200	O  Talladega Superspeedway	Lincoln, Alabama	April 25		12:30 PM
5	General Tire 100 at The Glen	R  Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	May 8	FS2	2 PM
6	Owens Corning 200	O  Toledo Speedway	Toledo, Ohio	May 16	FS1	4 PM
7	Henry Ford Health 200	O  Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	June 5	FS2	5 PM
8	Pocono ARCA 150	O  Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	June 12	FS1	3 PM
9	Berlin ARCA 200	O  Berlin Raceway	Marne, Michigan	June 20	FS2	7 PM
10	Shore Lunch 250 presented by Dutch Boy	O  Elko Speedway	Elko New Market, Minnesota	June 27		9 PM
11	Chicagoland ARCA 150	O  Chicagoland Speedway	Joliet, Illinois	July 3	FS1	8 PM
12	Lime Rock Park 100	R  Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	July 11	FS2	4 PM
13	LiUNA! 150 presented by Dutch Boy	O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park	Brownsburg, Indiana	July 24	FS1	5 PM
14	Atlas 150	O  Iowa Speedway	Newton, Iowa	August 7		7 PM
15	Allen Crowe 100	D  Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack	Springfield, Illinois	August 23		2 PM
16	Badger 200	O  Madison International Speedway	Rutland, Wisconsin	August 28		9 PM
17	Southern Illinois 100	D  DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack	Du Quoin, Illinois	September 6		8:30 PM
18	Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA 200	O  Salem Speedway	Salem, Indiana	September 12	FS2	6 PM
19	Bush's Beans 200	O  Bristol Motor Speedway	Bristol, Tennessee	September 17	FS1	5:30 PM
20	Reese's 150	O  Kansas Speedway	Kansas City, Kansas	September 25		8 PM

Notes

• Chicagoland Speedway and Pocono Raceway will return the schedule for the first time since 2019 and 2023, respectively. ^{[11] [12]}
• Charlotte and Dover were removed from the schedule.

See also

• 2026 NASCAR Cup Series
• 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series
• 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
• 2026 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
• 2026 CARS Tour

References

1. "All hail Butterbean: Brenden Queen crowned 2025 ARCA Menards Series champion". ARCA Racing. October 4, 2025.
2. "Brenden "Butterbean" Queen named first RAM driver for Kaulig Racing". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media. October 16, 2025. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
3. "What We Know About the 2026 ARCA Silly Season". Frontstretch. 26 September 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
4. Kristl, Mark (2025-10-09). "Tyler Reif Leaving SPS After 2025". Frontstretch. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
5. "Leland Honeyman Running ARCA Full Time for Nitro". Frontstretch. 28 October 2025. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
6. "City Garage Motorsports names Becca Monopoli, Quinn Davis as drivers for 2026 East Series season". ARCA Racing. September 19, 2025.
7. "Becca Monopoli, Quinn Davis Contesting Full ARCA East Season for CGM". Frontstretch. September 19, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
8. "Cleetus McFarland Confirms Return to ARCA Competition in 2026". Frontstretch. 11 September 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
9. "ARCA Menards Series schedule for 2026 announced". ARCARacing.com. October 4, 2025. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
10. "2026 ARCA Menards Series Broadcast Schedule". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
11. "ARCA Menards Series returning to Chicagoland Speedway on July 3, 2026". ARCARacing.com. August 20, 2025. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
12. "Pocono Raceway welcoming back ARCA Menards Series on June 12, 2026". ARCARacing.com. August 20, 2025. Retrieved August 20, 2025.