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.

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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 TBA [3]
Pinnacle Racing Group 28 Jack Wood 3TBA [4]
Carson Brown 15
Connor Mosack 2
77 Taylor Reimer 6TBA
Tristan McKee 10
Lanie Buice 4
Ford Clubb Racing, Inc. 03 Alex Clubb TBA
SPS Racing 23TBATBA [5] [6]
Toyota Fast Track Racing 12 Takuma Koga TBA [7]
Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Max Reaves 13TBA [3]
TBA 7
Nitro Motorsports 20 Leland Honeyman TBA [8]
25TBATBA [3]
55 Isabella Robusto TBA [9]
70 Thomas Annunziata TBA [3] [10] [11]
TBA Rise Motorsports TBA Bobby Dale Earnhardt TBA [12] [13]

All other teams that ran full-time in the ARCA Menards Series in 2025 have yet to announce their 2026 plans.

Limited schedule

ManufacturerTeamNo.DriverCrew chiefRacesRef
Chevrolet ACR Motorsports [N 1] 79 Isaac Kitzmiller TBA4 [3]
Kimmel Racing 69Nolan WilsonTBA1 [14]
Weslowski Racing32Charles Weslowski Jr.TBA1[ citation needed ]
Ford City Garage Motorsports 5 Quinn Davis TBA4 [15] [16] [17]
85 Logan Misuraca TBA1
Becca Monopoli 4
Clubb Racing Inc. 86 Jeff Maconi TBA1[ citation needed ]
Chris Golden TBA1[ citation needed ]
Direct Driver Development50Ryan PawloskiTBA5[ citation needed ]
60TBATBA1
Kimmel Racing 68 Alli Owens TBATBA [18]
Rette Jones Racing 30 Garrett Mitchell Mark Rette8 [19]
Toyota Jerry Pitts Racing 5 Eric Johnson Jr. TBA1 [20]
Nitro Motorsports 15TBATBATBA [3]
TBA Gavan Boschele TBA15 [21]
Sam Corry 1 [22]
Jade Avedisian TBA [23]
TBA KLAS Motorsports 71 Andy Jankowiak TBA10 [3]
73TBATBATBA[ citation needed ]
TBA00Laci FernoTBA1 [18] [24]

Notes

  1. ↑ Entries are fielded in a collaboration with CR7 Motorsports.

Schedule

The entire schedule was released on October 4, 2025. [25]

NoRace title Track LocationDateTVTime (ET) [26] 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 General Tire 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 11FS24 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

See also

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "What We Know About the 2026 ARCA Silly Season". Frontstretch. 26 September 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  4. ↑ "PRG Reveals Lineups for ARCA, East Schedules". Frontstretch. 17 December 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
  5. ↑ Kristl, Mark (2025-10-09). "Tyler Reif Leaving SPS After 2025". Frontstretch. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
  6. ↑ Rutherford, Kevin (2025-11-24). "Sigma Acquires AM, Will Field O'Reilly, ARCA Teams". Frontstretch. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  7. ↑ Kristl, Mark (2025-12-10). "Takuma Koga Running ARCA Full Time with Fast Track". Frontstretch. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  8. ↑ "Leland Honeyman Running ARCA Full Time for Nitro". Frontstretch. 28 October 2025. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Isabella Robusto joins Nitro Motorsports for sophomore ARCA Menards Series season". ARCA Racing. December 10, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Thomas Annunziata Running ARCA Full Time for Nitro". Frontstretch. 1 November 2025. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Thomas Annunziata to chase ARCA Menards Series title with Nitro Motorsports". ARCA Racing. December 22, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Bobby Dale Earnhardt Running Full ARCA Season With Rise". Frontstretch. 19 November 2025. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Bobby Earnhardt and Rise Motorsports unite for 2026 ARCA Menards Series campaign". ARCA Racing. November 19, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Nolan Wilson and Kimmel Racing back together again for ARCA opener at Daytona". ARCA Racing. December 4, 2025.
  15. ↑ "City Garage Motorsports names Becca Monopoli, Quinn Davis as drivers for 2026 East Series season". ARCA Racing. September 19, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Becca Monopoli, Quinn Davis Contesting Full ARCA East Season for CGM". Frontstretch. September 19, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Logan Misuraca joins City Garage Motorsports for ARCA opener at Daytona". ARCA Racing. December 8, 2025.
  18. 1 2 Sonchhatra, Jahnavi (November 9, 2025). "Alli Owens Ends 10-Year NASCAR Hiatus With Fresh ARCA Opportunity at Daytona". EssentiallySports. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Cleetus McFarland Confirms Return to ARCA Competition in 2026". Frontstretch. 11 September 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  20. ↑ "Eric Johnson Jr. Back for 2026 ARCA West Season". Frontstretch. 9 December 2025. Retrieved December 9, 2025.
  21. ↑ "Gavan Boschele joins Nitro Motorsports for 2026 ARCA Menards Series campaign". ARCA Racing. December 2, 2025.
  22. ↑ "Sam Corry Back With Nitro for 2 ARCA Races". Frontstretch. 12 December 2025. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
  23. ↑ "Jade Avedisian and Nitro Motorsports unite for partial ARCA Menards Series schedule". ARCA Racing. December 16, 2025.
  24. ↑ "WIMSY TOYS x LACI FERNO". Laci Ferno Racing. December 12, 2025.
  25. ↑ "ARCA Menards Series schedule for 2026 announced". ARCARacing.com. October 4, 2025. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  26. ↑ "2026 ARCA Menards Series Broadcast Schedule". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  27. ↑ "ARCA Menards Series returning to Chicagoland Speedway on July 3, 2026". ARCARacing.com. August 20, 2025. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
  28. ↑ "Pocono Raceway welcoming back ARCA Menards Series on June 12, 2026". ARCARacing.com. August 20, 2025. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
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