2026 ARCA Menards Series


The 2026 ARCA Menards Series will be the 74th season of the ARCA Menards Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season will begin at Daytona International Speedway with the General Tire 200 on February 14 and will end with the Reese's 150 at Kansas Speedway on September 25.
Brenden Queen entered the season as the defending champion, but will not return to defend his title as he will move up to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series full-time in 2026, driving for Kaulig Racing.

Teams and drivers

Full schedule

''All other teams that ran full-time in the ARCA Menards Series in 2025 have yet to announce their 2026 plans.''

Limited schedule

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Schedule

The entire schedule was released on October 4, 2025.
NoRace titleTrackLocationDateTVTime Live Stream
1General Tire 200 Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach, FloridaFebruary 14FOXNoonFox Sports app
2General Tire 150 Phoenix RacewayAvondale, ArizonaMarch 5FS16 PMFox Sports app
3Tide 150 Kansas SpeedwayKansas City, KansasApril 18FS112:30 PMFox Sports app
4Manufactured Housing 200 Talladega SuperspeedwayLincoln, AlabamaApril 25FS112:30 PMFox Sports app
5General Tire 100 at The Glen Watkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, New YorkMay 8FS21:30 PMFox Sports app
6Owens Corning 200 Toledo SpeedwayToledo, OhioMay 16FS17 PMFox Sports app
7Henry Ford Health 200 Michigan International SpeedwayBrooklyn, MichiganJune 5FS25 PMFox Sports app
8Pocono ARCA 150 Pocono RacewayLong Pond, PennsylvaniaJune 12FS13 PMFox Sports app
9Berlin ARCA 200 Berlin RacewayMarne, MichiganJune 20FS27 PMFox Sports app
10Shore Lunch 250 presented by Dutch Boy Elko SpeedwayElko New Market, MinnesotaJune 27FS29 PMFox Sports app
11Chicagoland ARCA 150 Chicagoland SpeedwayJoliet, IllinoisJuly 3FS18 PMFox Sports app
12Lime Rock Park 100 Lime Rock ParkLakeville, ConnecticutJuly 10FS24 PMFox Sports app
13LiUNA! 150 presented by Dutch Boy Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway ParkBrownsburg, IndianaJuly 24FS15 PMFox Sports app
14Atlas 150 Iowa SpeedwayNewton, IowaAugust 7FS17 PMFox Sports app
15Allen Crowe 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds RacetrackSpringfield, IllinoisAugust 23FS12 PMFox Sports app
16Badger 200 Madison International SpeedwayRutland, WisconsinAugust 28FS19 PMFox Sports app
17Southern Illinois 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds RacetrackDu Quoin, IllinoisSeptember 6FS18:30 PMFox Sports app
18Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA 200 Salem SpeedwaySalem, IndianaSeptember 12FS26 PMFox Sports app
19Bush's Beans 200 Bristol Motor SpeedwayBristol, TennesseeSeptember 17FS15:30 PMFox Sports app
20Reese's 150 Kansas SpeedwayKansas City, KansasSeptember 25FS18 PMFox Sports app

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