2026 CARS Tour

Last updated October 14, 2026

Landen Lewis entered the season as the defending Late Model Stock Tour champion, while Ben Maier entered as the defending Pro Late Model Tour championship.^[3]^[4] Both Lewis and Maier will not run a full season to defend their titles, as Lewis competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for Niece Motorsports in 2026,^[5] while Maier runs part-time in the same series.^[6]

Schedule & results

Source:^[7]

Date	Track	Location	LMSC Winner	PLM Winner
February 28	Southern National Motorsports Park	Kenly, North Carolina	Caden Kvapil	Mason Walters
March 28	Wake County Speedway	Raleigh, North Carolina	Conner Jones	N/A
April 11	Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway	Nashville, Tennessee	Caden Kvapil	Dawson Sutton
April 26	Caraway Speedway	Asheboro, North Carolina	Landen Lewis	Kaden Honeycutt
May 9	Ace Speedway	Altamahaw, North Carolina	Kaden Honeycutt	Kaden Honeycutt
May 30	Langley Speedway	Hampton, Virginia	Connor Hall	N/A
June 13	Dominion Raceway	Thornburg, Virginia	Mini Tyrrell	N/A
July 17	North Wilkesboro Speedway	North Wilkesboro, North Carolina	Kaden Honeycutt	Kaden Honeycutt
August 8-9	Hickory Motor Speedway	Hickory, North Carolina	Matt Gould	T. J. DeCaire
August 22	Anderson Motor Speedway	Williamston, South Carolina	Carson Loftin	Brody Monahan
September 4	Florence Motor Speedway	Timmonsville, South Carolina	Caden Kvapil	Kaden Honeycutt
September 13	Tri-County Speedway	Hudson, North Carolina	Conner Jones	Brody Monahan
October 2	Newport Speedway	Newport, Tennessee	Caden Kvapil	Mason Walters
October 17	South Boston Speedway	South Boston, Virginia

The race at Coastal Plains Speedway on February 21 was cancelled due to the effects of Winter Storm Gianna.^[8]

Standings

Late Model Stock Car championship

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

Pos	Driver	SNM	WCS	NSV	CRW	ACE	LGY	DOM	NWS	HCY	AND	FLC	TCM	NPS	SBO	Points
1	Caden Kvapil	1	8	1	3	3	3	6	12	8	5	1*	3	1		511
2	Conner Jones	17	1	4	2*	15	15	18	7	6	2	14	1*	13		445
3	Treyten Lapcevich	9	6	6	7	2	5	7	17	2	4	15	17	8		445
4	Chad McCumbee	4	22	10	10	16	18	5	8	9	6	17	6	10		408
5	Chase Burrow	16	3	9	11	8	9	14	27	7	16	10	4	21		396
6	Carson Loftin	5	18	14	23	28	6	16	9	19	1*	18	2	5		389
7	Carson Brown	10	13	7	8	26	4	4*	10		11	2		3		367
8	Parker Eatmon	22	14	2*	14	13	7	2	20	15		25	16	6		351
9	Landon Huffman	14	7	17	16	11	12	20	16	12	20	24	20	14		345
10	London McKenzie	26	DNQ	8	9	6	22	8	13	16	13	26	24	11		330
11	Ronnie Bassett Jr.	25	19	26	25	9	29		22	5	7	7	12	2*		322
12	Doug Barnes Jr.	3	15	18	27	12	20	9	Wth			8	18	22		278
13	Landen Lewis		4	5	1	4	2	22	31	3						271
14	Jace Hale	30	24	31	24	17	13	21	24	22	22	28	15	16		259
15	Landon S. Huffman	8		29	12	14	21		15	13		22				202
16	Mini Tyrrell		21*		13			1	21	10			5			189
17	Jared Fryar	6	20	24	6		Wth	19			26		8			186
18	Sam Butler	12	2	13	18	18							21			169
19	Jake Bollman	28	17	21		Wth	10		3	26		23		Wth		168
20	Brandon Pierce	DNQ	5	25	20	22	19	13	29							166
21	Matt Gould				28		27	10		1		21	9			161
22	Dylan Fetcho			3	5	7			30				7			161
23	Kaden Honeycutt				4	1			1*	20						158
24	Brandon Lopez	20	16	16	19	24			25	23						151
25	Mason Diaz	18	12	15	22	25		11								149
26	Aiden King	23	10	23	17	20	16									143
27	Mason Bailey	11	DNQ	22	21	21	23	24								135
28	Keelan Harvick										8	11	11	4		134
29	Lee Pulliam	2*				10				21			13			126
30	Donovan Strauss	13	DNQ	19	26		8	23								126
31	Chase Robertson									29	12	16	14	15		124
32	Brenden Queen							3	5			5				115
33	Connor Hall						1*	25	4							101
34	Thomas Beane			30							9		19	12		98
35	Corey Heim					5			2	25*						97
36	Riley Gentry	19	DNQ	27	DNQ						14		23			95
37	Chase Burgeson						11				3		25			88
38	Kade Brown			28	DNQ				32	17	24	27	Wth			87
39	Ryan Millington	15	DNQ			27				4						86
40	Brandon Dean	DNQ			Wth	23				28	19	29				79
41	Clay Jones	7	9													69
42	Michael Bumgarner				15				33	11						67
43	Cody Kelley										15	3				66
44	Casey Kelley										10	9				65
45	Dale Earnhardt Jr.			12										9		63
46	Tyler Reif										21	4				60
47	Helio Meza							12		14						58
48	Derek Kraus						26							7		52
49	Tate Fogleman	27	11	Wth					DNQ							51
50	Brady Penny	29					Wth	15								40
51	Taylor Satterfield										23			25		37
52	Carson Kvapil								6							36
53	Connor Zilisch											6				36
54	Austin Somero	24	DNQ		30											35
55	Hudson Sharp												10			32
56	Landon Pembelton			11												32
57	Max Reaves								11			Wth				31
58	Ryan Glenski											12				30
59	Shane van Gisbergen											13				29
60	Matt Waltz						14									28
61	Chase Elliott								14							28
62	Ayden Millette						17									25
63	Brian Henderson							17								25
64	Ralph Carnes										17					25
65	Rodney Dowless													17		25
66	Andrés Pérez de Lara								18							24
67	Dylan Newsome									18						24
68	Brandon Hanks										18					24
69	Darrick Coomer													18		24
70	Blake Stallings					19										23
71	Kyle Campbell								19							23
72	Owen Zacharias											19				23
73	Lance Gatlin													19		23
74	Matt Craig			20												22
75	Matt Cox											20				22
76	Tyler Worley													20		22
77	Jamey Caudill	21														21
78	Carson Haislip		23													21
79	Billy Snodgrass												22			20
80	Ty Fredrickson								23							19
81	Nik Williams													23		19
82	Ryan Matthews						24									18
83	Landon Rapp									24						18
84	Josh Goble													24		18
85	Carter Langley		25													17
86	Trey Crews						25									17
87	David Roberts										25					17
88	Daniel Vuncannon		26													16
89	Jesse Love								26							16
90	Brandon Rogers													26		16
91	Matt Leicht									27						15
92	Gary Greenwood										27					15
93	Ryley Music						28									14
94	Kasey Kleyn								28							14
95	Brian Blevins				29											13
96	Chris Horton Jr.						30									12
97	Kaeden Ballos	DNQ														5
98	Phoenyx Kimball		DNQ													5
99	Dylan Ward				DNQ											5
100	Atley Weise						DNQ									5
	Peyton Sellers
	Conner Weddell
Pos	Driver	SNM	WCS	NSV	CRW	ACE	LGY	DOM	NWS	HCY	AND	FLC	TCM	NPS	SBO	Points

Pro Late Model Tour championship

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

Pos	Driver	SNM	NSV	CRW	ACE	NWS	HCY	AND	FLC	TCM	NPS	SBO	Points
1	Mason Walters	1	7	5	7	5	15	4	7	4	1**		379
2	Conner Jones	24	11	3	6	3	2	2	5	2	2		366
3	Brody Monahan	15	6	4	21	8	6	1**	6	1	3		361
4	Treyten Lapcevich	5	12	20	3	18	3	12	3*	6	4		342
5	Evan McKnight	7	8	14	10	30	5	6	9	5	6		323
6	Rodney Dowless	13	18	2	8	22	16	7	12	10	10		303
7	Case James	6	17	7	12	9	22	11	19	8	9		301
8	Kaden Honeycutt		2	1*	1*	1	4		1	12	Wth		293
9	Dylan Garner	16	22	6	14	16	11	10	10	17	13		286
10	T. J. DeCaire					2	1**	3	4	3*	5		244
11	Jack Baldwin			22		15	14	9	13	20	8		193
12	Brandon Lopez		3	18		11				7	11		160
13	James Seeright	12	15	15	18	28	8						156
14	Carson Ware	8	20	8	11	12							152
15	Keelan Harvick	2*			5	7	7						150
16	Jeff Batten	19		21	15		12		15	Wth			129
17	London McKenzie	3	23	16	Wth	20							112
18	Chase Burgeson	14	13	10	20								111
19	Colton Hale	11	27		22		19			21	12		110
20	Luke Baldwin				9	4*	10						107
21	Ben Maier		9	9	4								104
22	Taylor Hull	18	25	Wth	24			8					93
23	Ben Mack		30	17	17		13						91
24	Vito Cancilla						18		8	15			85
25	Tony Cosentino	23	29	23	16								77
26	Palmer Haag				23		20			11			72
27	Tristan Pena			13	19		24						70
28	Jake Johnson				2					19			63
29	Jimmy Renfrew Jr.							5	16				63
30	Joel Smith			12	13								59
31	Bayley Currey						9		18				57
32	Dusty Garus	20	DNQ		DNQ				17				57
33	Brody Gunter	17					17						50
34	Dawson Sutton		1*										47
35	Max Reaves	4				Wth					Wth		40
36	Dale Earnhardt Jr.								2				40
37	Brett Robinson		4										38
38	Dylan Cappello			19		27							38
39	Jackson Boone		5										37
40	Kasey Kleyn					6							37
41	Kevin Harvick										7		35
42	Cole Robie	9									Wth		33
43	Jayden Johnson	10											33
44	Parker Eatmon									9			33
45	Cody Dempster		10										32
46	Albert Francis					10							32
47	Daniel Hemric			11									31
48	Donovan Strauss								11	Wth			31
49	Gio Ruggiero					13							29
50	Kole Raz									13			29
51	Corey Deuser		14										28
52	Chase Elliott					14							28
53	Chad Kearney								14				28
54	Carter Whalen									14			28
55	Lee Tissot										14		28
56	Landon Huffman	21	36										27
57	Aidan Potter		16										26
58	Josh Horniman									16			26
59	Seth Christensen					17							25
60	Austin Thompson									18			24
61	Mini Tyrrell					19							23
62	Hunter Wright		19										22
63	Conner Popplewell		21										21
64	Hudson Halder					21							21
65	Jacob Bradley						21						21
66	Ashton Higgins	22											20
67	T. J. Duke					23							19
68	Nick Loden						23						19
69	Trey Craig		24										18
70	Mike Scorzelli					24							18
71	Logan Jones	25											17
72	Brandon Marhefka					25							17
73	Anthony Bello		26										16
74	Corey Heim					26							16
75	Taylor Corum		28										14
76	Joe Maruca					29							13
77	Daniel Bolden		35										12
78	Davey Coble		31										11
79	Cole Williams		32										10
80	Zach Johnson		33										9
81	John Bradley		34										8
82	Colton Ingerick					DNQ							5
83	Blake Roberson		DNQ										5
84	Tyler Church				DNQ								5
85	Chris Hettinger								DNQ				5
86	E. J. Tamayo									DNQ			5
87	Graham Doyle									DNQ			5
88	Michael Bolden		DNQ										5
	Cody Martell	Wth
	Mark Day		Wth
	Chase Johnson		Wth
	Trevor Ward
	Landon Pembelton
	Ryan Moore
	Sylas Ripley
Pos	Driver	SNM	NSV	CRW	ACE	NWS	HCY	AND	FLC	TCM	NPS	SBO	Points

References

↑ "2026 CARS Tour schedule released; includes Nashville". Short Track Scene. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
↑ "Caden Kvapil clinches LMSC Tour title with Newport victory, Mason Walters prevails in PLM Tour". CARS Tour. Retrieved October 2, 2026.
↑ "Landen Lewis, Ben Maier crowned CARS Tour champions; Caden Kvapil, Keelan Harvick take season-ending wins at North Wilkesboro". CARS Tour. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
↑ "Harvick wins Wilkesboro; Maier and RWR claim championships". Short Track Scene. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
↑ "Landen Lewis signed to Truck Series opportunity with Niece Motorsports". nascar.com . Niece Motorsports. October 23, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
↑ "Ben Maier joins Niece Motorsports for the streets of St. Petersburg". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media. February 20, 2026. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
↑ "Nashville Fairgrounds, Newport, South Boston finale highlight 2026 CARS Tour schedule". CARS Tour. NASCAR Digital Network. October 28, 2025. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
↑ "CARS Tour opener shifts to Kenly after Jacksonville cancelation". Short Track Scene. Retrieved February 6, 2026.

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[1] "2026 CARS Tour schedule released; includes Nashville". Short Track Scene. Retrieved October 18, 2025.

[2] "Caden Kvapil clinches LMSC Tour title with Newport victory, Mason Walters prevails in PLM Tour". CARS Tour. Retrieved October 2, 2026.

[3] "Landen Lewis, Ben Maier crowned CARS Tour champions; Caden Kvapil, Keelan Harvick take season-ending wins at North Wilkesboro". CARS Tour. Retrieved October 18, 2025.

[4] "Harvick wins Wilkesboro; Maier and RWR claim championships". Short Track Scene. Retrieved October 18, 2025.

[5] "Landen Lewis signed to Truck Series opportunity with Niece Motorsports". nascar.com . Niece Motorsports. October 23, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.

[6] "Ben Maier joins Niece Motorsports for the streets of St. Petersburg". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media. February 20, 2026. Retrieved February 20, 2026.

[7] "Nashville Fairgrounds, Newport, South Boston finale highlight 2026 CARS Tour schedule". CARS Tour. NASCAR Digital Network. October 28, 2025. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

[8] "CARS Tour opener shifts to Kenly after Jacksonville cancelation". Short Track Scene. Retrieved February 6, 2026.

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