2024 ARCA Menards Series East

The 2024 ARCA Menards Series East was the 38th season of the ARCA Menards Series East, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season began on March 23 with the Pensacola 150 at Five Flags Speedway and ended on September 19 with the Bush's Beans 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
file:Connor zilisch .jpg|thumb|Connor Zilisch finished second in the championship by twelve points.
At the conclusion of the season, William Sawalich of Joe Gibbs Racing claimed his second consecutive championship.

Teams and drivers

Note: If a driver is listed as their own crew chief for a particular race, that means that their entry in that race was a start and park.

Schedule

The full schedule was announced on December 6, 2023. Some race dates were announced before then as part of the announcement of the main ARCA Series schedule on November 28.
Note: Races highlighted in gold are combination events with the ARCA Menards Series.

No	Race title	Track	Location	Date
1	Pensacola 150	Five Flags Speedway	Pensacola, Florida	March 23
2	General Tire 150	Dover Motor Speedway	Dover, Delaware	April 26
3	Music City 150	Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway	Nashville, Tennessee	May 11
4	Dutch Boy 150	Flat Rock Speedway	Ash Township, Michigan	May 18
5	Atlas 150	Iowa Speedway	Newton, Iowa	June 14
6	Circle City 200	Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park	Brownsburg, Indiana	July 19
7	Sprecher 150	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	August 25
8	Bush's Beans 200	Bristol Motor Speedway	Bristol, Tennessee	September 19

Schedule changes

Although the schedule remains at eight races at the exact same tracks in the exact same order as in 2023, there are some minor changes to some races.

The race at Five Flags Speedway is shortened from 200 miles to 150 miles.
The race at Dover Motor Speedway becomes a combination race with the main ARCA Series after previously being a standalone race for the East Series.
The race at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway is shortened from 200 laps to 150 laps.
The combination race at Iowa Speedway was moved from July to June in order for it to be on the same weekend as the track's new Cup Series race and its returning Xfinity Series race.
The combination race at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park moves from August to July along with the track's Truck Series race and the Cup and Xfinity Series races at the nearby Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

Notes:

The pole winner also receives one bonus point, similar to the previous ARCA points system used until 2019 and unlike NASCAR.
Additionally, after groups of five races of the season, drivers that compete in all five races receive fifty additional points. This points bonus will be given after the race at Iowa.
* Connor Zilisch, William Sawalich, Gio Ruggiero, Zachary Tinkle, D. L. Wilson, Cody Dennison, Michael Maples, and Rita Goulet received this points bonus for having competed in the first five races of the season.

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