2026 ARCA Menards Series West

The 2026 ARCA Menards Series West will be the 73rd season of the ARCA Menards Series West, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season will begin on February 28 at Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway with the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 and will end with the NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame at the same track on October 31.

Trevor Huddleston entered the season as the defending series champion.[1]

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Ref
Toyota Jerry Pitts Racing 5 Eric Johnson Jr. TBA [2]

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

Limited schedule

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Races Ref
Chevrolet CR7 Motorsports 97 Jason Kitzmiller Frank Kimmel 1 [3]
Maples Motorsports 99 Michael Maples TBA 1 [3]
Pinnacle Racing Group 28 Carson Brown TBA 1 [4]
77 Tristan McKee TBA 1
Ford SPS Racing 23 TBA TBA 1 [5][6]
Toyota Fast Track Racing 12 Takuma Koga TBA 1 [7]
Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Max Reaves TBA 1 [3]
Nitro Motorsports 20 Leland Honeyman TBA 1 [8]
25 TBA TBA 1 [3]
55 Isabella Robusto TBA 1 [9]
70 TBA TBA 1 [3]
TBA Thomas Annunziata TBA 1 [10]
TBA Sam Corry TBA 1 [11]
TBA Julian DaCosta TBA TBA [12][13]
TBA Mia Lovell TBA TBA [14]
TBA Rise Motorsports TBA Bobby Dale Earnhardt TBA 1 [15][16]

Schedule

The full schedule was announced on December 2, 2025.[17] Some race dates were announced before then as part of the announcement of the main ARCA Series schedule on October 4.[18]

Notes:

  • The race at Phoenix in March is a combination race with the ARCA Menards Series (highlighted in gold).
  • Race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Not all title sponsors/names of races have been announced for 2026. For the races where a 2026 name and title sponsor has yet to be announced, the title sponsors/names of those races in 2025 are listed.
No Race title Track Location Date
1 West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway Bakersfield, California February 28
2 General Tire 150 Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona March 7
3 ARCA Menards Series West 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame Tucson Speedway Tucson, Arizona April 11
4 Shasta 150 Shasta Speedway Anderson, California May 2
5 Colorado 150 Colorado National Speedway Dacono, Colorado May 24
6 NAPA Auto Care 150 Tri-City Raceway West Richland, Washington June 6
7 General Tire 200 Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California June 26
8 Portland 112 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon August 8
9 NAPA Auto Parts 150 All American Speedway Roseville, California September 5
10 Madera 150 presented by Madera Ford and the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame Madera Speedway Madera, California September 26
11 Star Nursery 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring Las Vegas, Nevada October 2
12 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona October 19
13 NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway Bakersfield, California October 31

See also

References

  1. ^ "Trevor Huddleston becomes an ARCA Menards Series West champion after nearly a decade of trying". ARCA Racing. October 31, 2025.
  2. ^ "Eric Johnson Jr. Back for 2026 ARCA West Season". Frontstretch. December 9, 2025. Retrieved December 9, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e "What We Know About the 2026 ARCA Silly Season". Frontstretch. September 26, 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  4. ^ "PRG Reveals Lineups for ARCA, East Schedules". Frontstretch. December 17, 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
  5. ^ Kristl, Mark (October 9, 2025). "Tyler Reif Leaving SPS After 2025". Frontstretch. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
  6. ^ Rutherford, Kevin (November 24, 2025). "Sigma Acquires AM, Will Field O'Reilly, ARCA Teams". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
  7. ^ Kristl, Mark (December 10, 2025). "Takuma Koga Running ARCA Full Time with Fast Track". Frontstretch. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
  8. ^ "Leland Honeyman Running ARCA Full Time for Nitro". Frontstretch. October 28, 2025. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
  9. ^ "Isabella Robusto joins Nitro Motorsports for sophomore ARCA Menards Series season". ARCA Racing. December 10, 2025.
  10. ^ "Thomas Annunziata Running ARCA Full Time for Nitro". Frontstretch. November 1, 2025. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  11. ^ "Sam Corry Back With Nitro for 2 ARCA Races". Frontstretch. December 12, 2025. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
  12. ^ "Julian DaCosta Competing in ARCA West for Nitro". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  13. ^ "Julian DaCosta joins Nitro Motorsports for 2026 ARCA Menards Series West program". ARCA Racing.com. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  14. ^ "Nitro Motorsports adds Mia Lovell to ARCA Menards Series West program". ARCA Racing.com. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  15. ^ "Bobby Dale Earnhardt Running Full ARCA Season With Rise". Frontstretch. November 19, 2025. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  16. ^ "Bobby Earnhardt and Rise Motorsports unite for 2026 ARCA Menards Series campaign". ARCA Racing. November 19, 2025.
  17. ^ "2026 ARCA Menards Series West schedule announced; 13 races set for 11 tracks". ARCARacing.com. December 2, 2025. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  18. ^ "ARCA Menards Series schedule for 2026 announced". ARCARacing.com. October 4, 2025. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
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