2026 CARS Tour

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Landen Lewis, the previous Late Model Stock Car champion. Landen Lewis Sonoma 2023.jpg
Landen Lewis, the previous Late Model Stock Car champion.

The 2026 CARS Tour is the 30th season of the zMAX CARS Tour, a stock car racing series. It began at Southern National Motorsports Park on February 28, and will end at South Boston Speedway on October 15. [1]

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. [2] [3] Both Lewis and Maier will not run a full season to defend their titles, as Lewis would compete part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for Niece Motorsports in 2026, [4] while Maier ran part-time in the same series. [5]

Schedule & results

Source: [6]

DateTrackLocationLMSC WinnerPLM 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 25 Caraway Speedway Asheboro, North Carolina
May 9 Ace Speedway Altamahaw, North Carolina
May 30 Langley Speedway Hampton, Virginia N/A
June 13 Dominion Raceway Thornburg, Virginia N/A
July 17 North Wilkesboro Speedway North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
August 8 Hickory Motor Speedway Hickory, North Carolina
August 22Anderson Motor Speedway Williamston, South Carolina
September 4 Florence Motor Speedway Timmonsville, South Carolina
September 12Tri-County Speedway Hudson, North Carolina
October 3Newport Speedway Newport, Tennessee
October 17 South Boston Speedway South Boston, Virginia

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.

PosDriver SNM WCS NSV CRW ACE LGY DOM NWS HCY AND FLC TCM NPS SBO Points
1 Caden Kvapil 18181
2 Sam Butler 1221371
3 Conner Jones 171470
4 Treyten Lapcevich 96669
5 Clay Jones 7969
6 Doug Barnes Jr. 3151867
7 Chase Burrow 163965
8 Landon Huffman 1471764
9 Carson Loftin 5181461
10 Carson Brown 1013761
11 Chad McCumbee 4221059
12 Jared Fryar 6202458
13 Mason Diaz 18121554
14 Aiden King 23102351
15 Parker Eatmon 22142*48
16 Brandon Lopez 20161648
17 Tate Fogleman 2711Wth46
18 Lee Pulliam 2*44
19 Brandon Pierce DNQ52542
20 Ronnie Bassett Jr. 25192640
21 Jake Bollman 28172139
22 Landen Lewis 4538
23 Mason Bailey 11DNQ2236
24 Landon S. Huffman 82934
25 Donovan Strauss 13DNQ1934
26 Ryan Millington 15DNQ32
27 Jace Hale 30243130
28 Riley Gentry 19DNQ2728
29 Mini Tyrrell 21*25
30 Austin Somero 24DNQ23
31 London McKenzie 26DNQ821
32 Jamey Caudill 2121
33 Carson Haislip 2321
34 Carter Langley 2517
35Daniel Vuncannon2616
36Brady Penny2913
37Kaeden BallosDNQ5
38Brandon DeanDNQ5
39Phoenyx KimballDNQ5
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 12
Kade Brown 28
Landon Pembelton 11
Matt Craig 20
Thomas Beane 30
Dylan Fetcho 3
Kaden Honeycutt
Matt Gould
Michael Bumgarner
Brian Blevins
PosDriver 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.

PosDriver SNM NSV CRW ACE NWS HCY AND FLC TCM NPS SBO Points
1 Mason Walters 1746
2 Keelan Harvick 2*42
3 Max Reaves 440
4 London McKenzie 32339
5 Treyten Lapcevich 51238
6Case James61736
7Evan McKnight7835
8 Carson Ware 82034
9Cole Robie933
10Jayden Johnson1033
11Colton Hale112731
12James Seeright121530
13Rodney Dowless131829
14Chase Burgeson141328
15 Brody Monahan 15627
16 Dylan Garner 162226
17Brody Gunter1725
18Taylor Hull182524
19Jeff Batten1923
20Dusty Garus20DNQ22
21 Landon Huffman 213621
22 Ashton Higgins 2220
23 Tony Cosentino 232919
24 Conner Jones 241118
25 Logan Jones 2517
Cody MartellWth
Kaden Honeycutt 2
Dawson Sutton 1*
Ben Maier 9
Brandon Lopez 3
Daniel Bolden35
Blake RobersonDNQ
Brett Robinson4
Jackson Boone5
Mark Day Wth
Ben Mack30
Corey Deuser14
Davey Coble31
Trey Craig24
Zach Johnson33
Conner Popplewell 21
Chase JohnsonDNQ
Taylor Corum28
Cody Dempster 10
Hunter Wright 19
John Bradley34
Cole Williams 32
Anthony Bello 26
Aidan Potter16
Michael BoldenDNQ
Daniel Hemric
Dylan Cappello
Joel Smith
PosDriver SNM NSV CRW ACE NWS HCY AND FLC TCM NPS SBO Points

See also

References

  1. "2026 CARS Tour schedule released; includes Nashville". Short Track Scene. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
  2. "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.
  3. "Harvick wins Wilkesboro; Maier and RWR claim championships". Short Track Scene. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
  4. "Landen Lewis signed to Truck Series opportunity with Niece Motorsports". nascar.com . Niece Motorsports. October 23, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  5. "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.
  6. "Nashville Fairgrounds, Newport, South Boston finale highlight 2026 CARS Tour schedule". CARS Tour. NASCAR Digital Network. October 28, 2025. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
  7. "CARS Tour opener shifts to Kenly after Jacksonville cancelation". Short Track Scene. Retrieved February 6, 2026.