The 2026 ARCA Menards Series West will be the 73rd season of the ARCA Menards Series West, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season will begin on February 28 at Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway with the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 and will end with the NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame at the same track on October 31.
Trevor Huddleston entered the season as the defending series champion. [1]
| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Crew chief | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota | Jerry Pitts Racing | 5 | Eric Johnson Jr. | TBA | [2] |
All other teams that ran full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West in 2025 have yet to announce their 2026 plans.
| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Crew chief | Races | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet | CR7 Motorsports | 97 | Jason Kitzmiller | Frank Kimmel | 1 | [3] |
| Maples Motorsports | 99 | Michael Maples | TBA | 1 | [3] | |
| Pinnacle Racing Group | 28 | Carson Brown | TBA | 1 | [4] | |
| 77 | Tristan McKee | TBA | 1 | |||
| Ford | SPS Racing | 23 | TBA | TBA | 1 | [5] [6] |
| Toyota | Fast Track Racing | 12 | Takuma Koga | TBA | 1 | [7] |
| Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Max Reaves | TBA | 1 | [3] | |
| Nitro Motorsports | 20 | Leland Honeyman | TBA | 1 | [8] | |
| 25 | TBA | TBA | 1 | [3] | ||
| 55 | Isabella Robusto | TBA | 1 | [9] | ||
| 70 | Thomas Annunziata | TBA | 1 | [10] [11] | ||
| TBA | Sam Corry | TBA | 1 | [12] | ||
| TBA | Julian DaCosta | TBA | TBA | [13] [14] | ||
| TBA | Mia Lovell | TBA | TBA | [15] | ||
| TBA | Rise Motorsports | TBA | Bobby Dale Earnhardt | TBA | 1 | [16] [17] |
The full schedule was announced on December 2, 2025. [18] Some race dates were announced before then as part of the announcement of the main ARCA Series schedule on October 4. [19]
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