2026 ARCA Menards Series

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Brenden Queen, the previous ARCA Menards Series champion. Brenden Queen, 2025 Fall Phoenix (cropped).jpg
Brenden Queen, 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 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 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

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
TBA 19		 [10] [11] [9]
[ citation needed ]
Jeff Maconi 15
Chris Golden 1
TBA 3
SPS Racing 24 Daniel Dye 1 Blake Bainbridge [12] [13] [14]
TBA 19
Toyota Fast Track Racing 12 Takuma Koga Andrew Kierman 1
TBA 19		 [15]
Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Gio Ruggiero 6Matt Ross [3] [16] [17]
Max Reaves 13
TBA TBA
Nitro Motorsports 15 Jake Finch 1Danny Johnson [3] [18] [19]
Mia Lovell 1 [20]
Leland Honeyman TBA [21]
TBA 18 [18]
20 Jake Bollman (R) Doug George [3] [22] [20]
25 Gus Dean 1Shane Wilson [23] [20]
Julian DaCosta 1 [20]
Gavan Boschele 15 [24]
TBA 3 [18]
55 Isabella Robusto Glenn Parker [25] [20]
70 Thomas Annunziata Shannon Rursch [3] [26] [27] [28]
Ford 1
TBA 19		 Fast Track Racing 9 Presley Sorah 1Joseth Carabantes 1
TBA 19		 [16] [29]
TBA 19
Chevrolet 1
TBA 19		10 Ed Pompa 1Mike Sroufe 1
TBA 19		 [16]
TBA 19
Toyota 1
TBA 19		11 Bryce Haugeberg 1 Dick Doheny 1
TBA 19		 [16]
TBA 19
Ford 1
TBA 19		 Brad Smith Motorsports 48 Brad Smith Terry Strange 1
TBA 19		 [30]
Ford 1
TBA 19		 Maples Motorsports 1 Tony Cosentino Jay Shaffer [31] [32]
Ford 1
TBA 19		91 Ryan Vargas TBAKyle Totman [31]
TBA TBA

Limited schedule

ManufacturerTeamNo.DriverCrew chiefRacesRef
Chevrolet ACR Motorsports [N 2] 79 Isaac Kitzmiller TBA4 [3]
Andrew Patterson Racing 40 Andrew Patterson Patrick Torbett1 [14]
Bill McAnally Racing 16 Hailie Deegan TBA1 [33]
19 Mason Massey TBA1 [34]
Brother-In-Law Racing 57 Hunter Deshautelle Todd Cooper1 [14]
75 Bryan Dauzat Bob Rahilly1 [14]
Cook Racing Technologies 17 Mini Tyrrell Sean Samuels1 [35] [14]
Costner Motorsports 93 Caleb Costner TBA1 [14]
Empire Racing 8 Sean Corr Dan Lorz1 [14]
Kimmel Racing 69Nolan WilsonBill Kimmel1 [36]
Maples Motorsports 19 Greg Van Alst Jim Long1 [31] [37] [38]
Moyer–Petroniro Racing 88 A. J. Moyer Kevin Ingram1 [14]
Mullins Racing 34 Bryce Applegate [N 3] Tony Furr1 [39]
Steve Lewis Racing 62 Steve Lewis Jr. Steve Lewis Sr.1 [14]
Wayne Peterson Motorsports 06 Con Nicolopoulos Michael Peterson1 [14]
Weslowski Racing32Charles Weslowski Jr.Tim Silva1 [14]
White Motorsports 22 Nick White TBA1 [14]
Ford City Garage Motorsports 5 Quinn Davis TBA4 [40] [41]
85 Becca Monopoli TBA4
Direct Driver Development 50Ryan PawloskiTBA3[ citation needed ]
60TBATBA1
High Point Racing50 Trevor Huddleston TBA1 [42]
Jan's Towing Racing
with Kennealy Keller Motorsports 		1 Robbie Kennealy [N 4] TBA1 [43]
41 Tim Monroe 1
71Cole DentonTBA1 [44] [43]
Kimmel Racing 68 Alli Owens Will Kimmel TBA [45] [46]
KLAS Motorsports 07 Glen Reen Justin Link2 [47] [16]
MBM Motorsports 66 Derek White Jeremy Petty 1 [48]
Mullins Racing 3 Willie Mullins Alex Quarterley 1 [39]
Rette Jones Racing 30 Garrett Mitchell Mark Rette5 [49]
76 Kole Raz [N 5] Greg Zipadelli 1 [14]
Ryan Huff Motorsports 36 Ryan Huff James Huff1 [16]
Toyota CCM Racing 7 Eric Caudell Andy Jirik1 [14]
Jerry Pitts Racing 5 Eric Johnson Jr. TBA1 [50]
7Gavin RayTBA1[ citation needed ]
Martin Racing52Robert Martin Jeff Spraker 1 [14]
Nitro Motorsports 90 Wesley Slimp Jeff McClure 5 [51] [52] [18] [20]
TBA1 [20]
TBA Jake Finch TBA1 [19]
Gus Dean 1 [23]
Sam Corry 1 [53]
Jade Avedisian TBA [54]
Shearer Speed Racing 98 Dale Shearer Vincenzo Valentin1 [14]
Tim Richmond Racing 27 Tim Richmond Adam Murphy1 [14]
Vanco Racing 26 Ron Vandermeir Jr. TBA1 [14]
Chevrolet 1
TBA TBA		 KLAS Motorsports 71 Andy Jankowiak Mike Dayton10 [3]
TBA Fast Track Racing TBACraig Pellegrini Jr.TBA4 [55]
KLAS Motorsports 73TBATBATBA [56]
TBA00Laci FernoTBA1 [45] [57]

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 Daytona was fielded in a collaboration with Fast Track Racing.
  5. ↑ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Wayne Peterson Motorsports.

Schedule

The entire schedule was released on October 4, 2025. [58]

NoRace title Track LocationDateTVTime (ET) [59] 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 2512:30 PM
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 Report

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
Tony Cosentino
Willie Mullins
Eric Caudell
Sean Corr
Presley Sorah
Ed Pompa
Bryce Haugeberg
Takuma Koga
Jake Finch
Mini Tyrrell
Gio Ruggiero
Greg Van Alst
Jake Bollman (R)
Nick White
Daniel Dye
Gus Dean
Ron Vandermeir Jr.
Tim Richmond
Jack Wood
Garrett Mitchell
Charles Weslowski Jr.
Bryce Applegate
Ryan Huff
Andrew Patterson
Robbie Kennealy
Brad Smith
Robert Martin
Isabella Robusto
Hunter Deshautelle
Steve Lewis Jr.
Derek White
Alli Owens
Nolan Wilson
Thomas Annunziata
Andy Jankowiak
Bryan Dauzat
Kole Raz
Taylor Reimer
Logan Misuraca
A. J. Moyer
Bobby Dale Earnhardt
Wesley Slimp
Ryan Vargas
Caleb Costner
Jason Kitzmiller
Dale Shearer
Michael Maples
Alex Clubb
Con Nicolopoulos
Glen Reen
Reference: [63]

See also

References

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  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.
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  5. ↑ "Bobby Dale Earnhardt Running Full ARCA Season With Rise". Frontstretch. 19 November 2025. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Bobby Earnhardt and Rise Motorsports unite for 2026 ARCA Menards Series campaign". ARCA Racing. November 19, 2025.
  7. ↑ "(Twitter post)". Twitter . Declan Wayman. January 6, 2026. Retrieved January 6, 2026. NEWS: @risemotorsports has shut down and will now operate as "Rise Racing" in the ARCA Menards Series in 2026, still fielding a full-time entry for Bobby Dale Earnhardt(@BobbyEarnhardt). They will switch numbers and manufacturers from the No. 31 to the No. 89. They will also switch from Toyota to Chevrolet.
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  34. ↑ "Mason Massey and Bill McAnally Racing to chase West Series championship in 2026". ARCA Racing. January 13, 2026.
  35. ↑ "(Twitter post)". Twitter . Joseph Srigley. January 3, 2026. Retrieved January 4, 2026. #ARCA… @MiniTyrrell has joined Cook Racing Technologies (@CookRacingTech) for the ARCA Menards Series season-opener at Daytona, driving the No. 17. Tyrrell will also join CRT for the pre-season practice session at Daytona in January.
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  39. 1 2 "Bryce Applegate joins Mullins Racing for ARCA debut at Daytona International Speedway". ARCA Racing. February 3, 2026.
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  41. ↑ "Becca Monopoli, Quinn Davis Contesting Full ARCA East Season for CGM". Frontstretch. September 19, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
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  55. ↑ "Fast Track Racing adds Craig Pellegrini Jr. for full ARCA Menards Series East schedule". ARCA Racing. February 11, 2026.
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  57. ↑ "WIMSY TOYS x LACI FERNO". Laci Ferno Racing. December 12, 2025.
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