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The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three national touring series of NASCAR, and hosts events at a variety of track types including superspeedways, road courses, and dirt tracks. The series has a longstanding relationship with NASCAR, including using former NASCAR Cup Series cars, hosting events in the same race weekend such as Daytona Speedweeks, and naming an award after NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr. The series was not officially affiliated with NASCAR until its buyout on April 27, 2018.
Alex Michael Bowman is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Hendrick Motorsports. He owns a Dirt Midget team named Alex Bowman Racing.
Ryan Reed is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently is without a ride for the 2020 season in any NASCAR series. While he is in that situation, Reed is working as a driver coach for fellow Californian driver Jack Wood and the Velocity Racing No. 78 team in the ARCA Menards Series West. As a driver, he last competed part-time in 2019 in both the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 17 Toyota Tundra for DGR-Crosley, and in the ARCA/CRA Super Series, driving the No. 5 Toyota Camry for Wauters Motorsports. Prior to that, he competed full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with Roush Fenway Racing for five years, driving the No. 16 Ford Mustang, which was highlighted by two wins at the season-opening Daytona race.
Austin L. Cindric is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 22 Ford Mustang for Team Penske, and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 33 Mustang for Penske.
Austin Theriault is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 52 for Rick Ware Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 92 Ford F-150 for RBR Enterprises. He won the ARCA Racing Series championship in 2017, driving for Ken Schrader Racing.
Tyler B. Majeski is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 45 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports.
Kaz Edward Grala is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 16 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Kaulig Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado for Young's Motorsports. The Boston native is the youngest NASCAR winner in the history of Daytona International Speedway with his win in the 2017 Truck Series season-opener and the youngest person to ever compete in an International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) event.
Natalie Marie Decker is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 23 Chevrolet Camaro for RSS Racing/Reaume Brothers Racing. She has also competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the ARCA Menards Series in the past. Decker was a 2016 Alan Kulwicki Driver Development competitor and 2015 Drive for Diversity participant.
Garrett K. Smithley is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 13 Ford Mustang for MBM Motorsports, as well as in multiple cars for Rick Ware Racing. Smithley has also competed in the NASCAR Xfinity and Truck, and the ARCA Racing Series in the past.
Quin W. Houff is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 00 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for StarCom Racing.
Vance Matthew "Vinnie" Miller is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 99 Chevrolet Camaro/Toyota Supra for B. J. McLeod Motorsports.
Robert Lyons is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 61 Toyota Supra for MBM Motorsports. He has also competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in the past.
Riley D. Herbst is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 98 Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing.
Zane M. Smith is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 21 Chevrolet Silverado for GMS Racing. He is also a current member of NASCAR Next and Drivers Edge Development.
Bobby Reuse is an American professional sports car racing and stock car racing driver. He has raced in the Trans-Am Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
Sam A. Mayer is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports, a team in which he is also a development driver for through their Drivers Edge Development program, and part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 75 Chevrolet Silverado for Henderson Motorsports as well as the No. 32 Chevrolet Silverado for Bret Holmes Racing.
Tyler Randal Gibbs is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, as well as part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East and ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing in each series. He also competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving JGR's No. 54 Toyota Supra. He is the son of Coy Gibbs and the grandson of Joe Gibbs.
Preston J. Pardus is an American professional racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 91 and 90 Chevrolet Camaros for DGM Racing. Also a sports car racer, Pardus won the Spec Miata class at the 2017 and SCCA National Championship Runoffs and claimed the 2020 Super Sweep in the Spec Miata division.
Kristofer Cole Wright is an American racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado for Young's Motorsports, and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 26 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. He has also competed in sports car, open-wheel, Euroformula Open Championship, and the ARCA Menards Series.
The 2021 ARCA Menards Series season is the 69th season of the ARCA Menards Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the Lucas Oil 200 on February 13 and will end with the Speediatrics 150 at Kansas Speedway on either October 23 or 24.
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- ↑ Walters, Shane (January 13, 2020). "ARCA Testing Results: January 10-11, 2020 (Daytona)". RacingNews.co. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ↑ Beard, Brock (August 15, 2020). "XFINITY: Justin Haley catches air in first last-place finish, but results say suspension was to blame". LASTCAR. Blogger . Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Harold Crooms – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
