2026 General Tire 200

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2026 General Tire 200
Race details [1] [2] [3] [4]
Race 1 of 20 in the 2026 ARCA Menards Series
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Date February 14, 2026 (2026-02-14)
Location Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.5 miles (4.0 km)
Scheduled distance 80 laps, 200 mi (321 km)
Television in the United States
Network FOX
Announcers Eric Brennan, Phil Parsons, and Austin Cindric
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth announcers Alex Hayden and Mike Bagley
Turn announcers Dave Moody (1 & 2), Kyle Rickey (Backstretch), and Tim Catalfamo (3 & 4)

The 2026 General Tire 200 is an upcoming ARCA Menards Series race that will be held on Saturday, February 14, 2026, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 80 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) superspeedway, it will be the first race of the 2026 ARCA Menards Series season, and the 63rd running of the event.

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Background

Daytona International Speedway, the track where the race will be held. Daytona Speedway Grandstand and Suites.jpg
Daytona International Speedway, the track where the race will be held.

Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Atlanta Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. [5] The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. [6] The track's turns are banked at 31  degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees. [6]

Entry list

  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
#DriverTeamMake
1 Tony Cosentino Maples Motorsports Ford
03 Alex Clubb Clubb Racing Inc. Ford
3 Willie Mullins Mullins Racing Ford
06 Con Nicolopoulos Wayne Peterson Motorsports Chevrolet
07 Glen Reen KLAS Motorsports Chevrolet
7 Eric Caudell CCM Racing Toyota
8 Sean Corr Empire Racing Chevrolet
9 Presley Sorah Fast Track Racing Ford
10 Ed Pompa Fast Track Racing Chevrolet
11 Bryce Haugeberg Fast Track Racing Toyota
12 Takuma Koga Fast Track Racing Toyota
15 Jake Finch Nitro Motorsports Toyota
17 Mini Tyrrell Cook Racing Technologies Chevrolet
18 Gio Ruggiero Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
19 Greg Van Alst Maples Motorsports Chevrolet
20 Jake Bollman (R) Nitro Motorsports Toyota
22 Nick White White Motorsports Chevrolet
24 Daniel Dye SPS Racing Ford
25 Gus Dean Nitro Motorsports Toyota
26 Ron Vandermeir Jr. Vanco Racing TBA
27 Tim Richmond Tim Richmond Racing Toyota
28 Jack Wood Pinnacle Racing Group Chevrolet
30 Garrett Mitchell Rette Jones Racing Ford
32Charles Weslowski Jr.Weslowski Racing Chevrolet
34 Bryce Applegate Mullins Racing Chevrolet
36 Ryan Huff Ryan Huff Motorsports Ford
40 Andrew Patterson Andrew Patterson Racing Chevrolet
41 Robbie Kennealy Jan's Towing Racing Ford
48 Brad Smith Brad Smith Motorsports Ford
52Robert MartinMartin Racing Toyota
55 Isabella Robusto Nitro Motorsports Toyota
57 Hunter Deshautelle Brother-In-Law Racing Chevrolet
62 Steve Lewis Jr. Steve Lewis Racing Chevrolet
66 Derek White MBM Motorsports Ford
68 Alli Owens Kimmel Racing Ford
69Nolan Wilson Kimmel Racing Chevrolet
70 Thomas Annunziata Nitro Motorsports Toyota
71 Andy Jankowiak KLAS Motorsports Chevrolet
75 Bryan Dauzat Brother-In-Law Racing Chevrolet
76 Kole Raz Rette Jones Racing Ford
77 Taylor Reimer Pinnacle Racing Group Chevrolet
86 Logan Misuraca City Garage Motorsports Ford
88 A. J. Moyer Moyer–Petroniro Racing Chevrolet
89 Bobby Dale Earnhardt Rise Racing Chevrolet
90 Wesley Slimp Nitro Motorsports Toyota
91 Ryan Vargas Maples Motorsports Ford
93 Caleb Costner Costner Motorsports Chevrolet
97 Jason Kitzmiller CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet
98 Dale Shearer Shearer Speed Racing Toyota
99 Michael Maples Maples Motorsports Chevrolet
Official entry list

Practice

The first and only practice session will be held on Thursday, February 12, at 4:00 PM EST, and will last for 55 minutes. [7]

Practice results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
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2
3
Full practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying will be held on Friday, February 13, at 1:30 PM EST. [7] The qualifying procedure used is a multi-car, multi-lap group-based system. Drivers will be split into different groups of seven to eight drivers. Each group will have four minutes to set a lap time, and the driver who sets the overall fastest lap between the groups will win the pole. The fastest 34 drivers will lock in, with the final 6 spots being reserved for provisional starters. [8]

Qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
1

Race

Race results

Laps: 80

FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts
1

References

  1. "ARCA Menards Series announces 2026 schedule; All 20 races to air live on FOX Sports". NASCAR . October 4, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
  2. "Daytona International Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group. Archived from the original on July 4, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
  3. "General Tire 200 at Daytona International Speedway". ARCA . November 24, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
  4. "Entry list: General Tire 200 at Daytona International Speedway". ARCA . February 6, 2026. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
  5. "NASCAR Race Tracks". NASCAR. NASCAR Media Group. Archived from the original on August 11, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2010.
  6. 1 2 "NASCAR Tracks — The Daytona International Speedway". Speedway Guide. Archived from the original on August 30, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  7. 1 2 "Schedule of events: General Tire 200 at Daytona International Speedway". ARCA . December 2, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
  8. "The Daytona ARCA 200 qualifying format explained". ARCA . February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 4, 2026.