2026 ARCA Menards Series East

The 2026 ARCA Menards Series East is the 40th 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 28 at Hickory Motor Speedway and will end on September 17 with the Bush's Beans 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Isaac Kitzmiller entered as the defending champion.^[1]

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Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Crew chief	Ref
Chevrolet	ACR Motorsports^{[N 1]}	79	Isaac Kitzmiller	Doug Howe 2 Frank Kimmel 1 TBA 5	^[2]
	Maples Motorsports	99	Michael Maples	Chris Vanscoy	^[2]^[3]
	Pinnacle Racing Group	28	Derek Kneeland 1	Steven Dawson	^[4]
		28	Carson Brown (R) 7	Steven Dawson	^[5]
		77	Tristan McKee (R)	Kevin Reed Jr.	^[5]
Ford	City Garage Motorsports	85	Quinn Davis (R)	Ryan Bell	^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Ford	Maples Motorsports^{[N 2]}	19	Austin Vaughn	Kyle Totman	^[10]
Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Max Reaves (R)	Matt Ross	^[2]
Toyota 2 TBA 6	Fast Track Racing	10	Craig Pellegrini Jr. (R)	Mike Sroufe	^[11]
Ford 3 TBA 5		11	Matt Kemp 1	Unknown 1 Andrew Kierman 2 TBA 5	^[12]
			Mike Basham 1
			Chase Buscaglia 1
			TBA 5
Ford 3 Toyota 4 TBA 1		12	Dustin Hillenburg 3	Andrew Kierman 1 Joseth Carabantes 1 TBA 6	^[13]
			Takuma Koga 4
			TBA 1

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Crew chief	Races	Ref
Chevrolet	Brother-In-Law Racing	57	Hunter Deshautelle	Bob Rahilly	1	^[12]
	Cook Racing Technologies	17	Cory Roper	Sean Samuels	1	^[14]
	CR7 Motorsports	9	Landon S. Huffman	Frank Kimmel	2	^[15]
	CR7 Motorsports	97	Jason Kitzmiller	Frank Kimmel	4	^[2]
	Jet Daddy Racing	00	Toby Blanton	John Kennedy	3	^[12]
	MBM Motorsports	66	Dystany Spurlock	Jason Miller	2	^[16]^[17]^[18]
	Rise Racing with Earnhardt-Shearer Racing	89	Bobby Dale Earnhardt	TBA	4	^[19]^[20]
	SPS Racing	24	Connor Hall	Blake Bainbridge	2	^[12]
Ford	Brad Smith Motorsports	48	Brad Smith	Terry Strange	4	^[21]
	Clubb Racing Inc.	03	Brian Clubb	Jon Clubb 1 TBA 4	1	^[22]
		03	Alex Clubb	Jon Clubb 1 TBA 4	4	^[23]
		86	Jeff Maconi	Alex Clubb	1	^[22]
		86	Brian Clubb	Alex Clubb	1	^{[citation needed]}
	Kimmel Racing	69	Landon Brown	Bill Kimmel	1	^[24]
	Rette Jones Racing	0	George Siciliano	Mark Rette 1 Logan Yiengst 1	2	^[25]^[26]
	Rette Jones Racing	30	Garrett Mitchell	Mark Rette	1	^[14]
	Tim Monroe Racing	14	Tim Monroe	Tim Monroe	1	^[12]
Toyota	Intergrity Autosports	13	Brian Weber	John Sutton 2 Joe McDonald 1	2	^[27]^[28]
	Intergrity Autosports	13	Rita Goulet	John Sutton 2 Joe McDonald 1	1	^[27]^[28]
	MAN Motorsports	95	Hunter Wright	David Noble 2 Mark Noble 1	1	^[29]
		95	Jackson McLerran	David Noble 2 Mark Noble 1	2	^[30]
		96	Jackson McLerran	David Noble	1	^[30]
	MCM Racing Development	38	Toro Rodríguez	Max Calles	2	^[12]
	Nitro Motorsports	15	TBA	TBA	4	^[31]
		20	Jake Bollman	Doug George	4	^[2]^[32]
		25	Gavan Boschele	Shane Wilson	5	^[2]^[32]
		55	Isabella Robusto	Glenn Parker	4	^[33]^[32]
		70	Nick Tucker	Shannon Rursch 5 Glenn Parker 1	1	^[34]
			Wesley Slimp		1	^[32]
			Thomas Annunziata		4	^[35]^[36]^[37]
	Ryan Huff Motorsports	36	Ryan Huff	James Huff	1	^[14]^[38]
	Tim Richmond Racing	27	Tim Richmond	Adam Murphy	2	^[39]
	WAV Racing	34	Brian Barbarow	Brad Elter	2	^[12]
			T. J. Harris		1	^[38]
			Ivis Earley		1	^[22]
	Wayne Peterson Motorsports	0	Brayton Laster	Nate Moeller	1	^[22]
	Wayne Peterson Motorsports	06	Nate Moeller	Unknown 1 Wayne Peterson 1 Michael Peterson 1	2	^[12]
TBA	Maples Motorsports	1	TBA	TBA	4	^[40]^[41]
TBA	TBA	TBA	Brayton Laster	TBA	1	^[42]

No	Race title	Track	Location	Date
1	Cook Out 200	Hickory Motor Speedway	Hickory, North Carolina	March 28
2	Rockingham ARCA Menards Series East 125	Rockingham Speedway	Rockingham, North Carolina	April 4
3	Cook Out Music City 150	Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway	Nashville, Tennessee	May 2
4	Owens Corning 200	Toledo Speedway	Toledo, Ohio	May 16
5	LiUNA! 150*	Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park	Brownsburg, Indiana	July 24
6	Sunbelt Rentals 150	Flat Rock Speedway	Ash Township, Michigan	August 1
7	Atlas 150*	Iowa Speedway	Newton, Iowa	August 7
8	Bush's Beans 200*	Bristol Motor Speedway	Bristol, Tennessee	September 17

No.	Race	Pole position	Most laps led	Winning driver	Manufacturer	No.	Winning team	Report
1	Cook Out 200	Max Reaves	Max Reaves	Tristan McKee	Chevrolet	77	Pinnacle Racing Group	Report
2	Rockingham ARCA Menards Series East 125	Tristan McKee	Tristan McKee	Tristan McKee	Chevrolet	77	Pinnacle Racing Group	Report
3	Cook Out Music City 150							Report
Reference:^[46]

Pos	Driver	HCY	CAR	NSV	Points
1	Tristan McKee (R)	1	1**		96
2	Isaac Kitzmiller	3	3		82
3	Max Reaves (R)	2*	8		81
4	Jackson McLerran	8	6		74
5	Dystany Spurlock	7	12		69
6	Craig Pellegrini Jr. (R)	9	10		69
7	George Siciliano	13	9		66
8	Austin Vaughn	10	14		64
9	Nate Moeller	14	16		58
10	Brian Weber	20	11		57
11	Connor Hall	15	17		56
12	Michael Maples	17	19		52
13	Dustin Hillenburg	22	15		51
14	Quinn Davis (R)	16	21		51
15	Toby Blanton	19	18		51
16	Carson Brown (R)		2		42
17	Derek Kneeland	4			40
18	Garrett Mitchell		4		40
19	Nick Tucker	5			39
20	Wesley Slimp		5		39
21	Landon S. Huffman	6			39
22	Cory Roper		7		37
23	Esteban Rodríguez	11			33
24	Hunter Deshautelle	12			32
25	T. J. Harris		13		31
26	Brian Barbarow	18			26
27	Gavan Boschele		20		24
28	Matt Kemp	21			23
29	Mike Basham		22		22
30	Tim Monroe	23			21
	Hunter Wright
	Landon Brown
	Chase Buscagilla
	Rita Goulet
	Jeff Maconi
	Brian Clubb
	Brayton Laster
	Ivis Earley
	Brad Smith	Wth	Wth
	Ryan Huff		Wth
	Marty McLendon			Wth
Reference:^[48]

2026 ARCA Menards Series East

Complete schedule

Limited schedule

Schedule

Schedule changes

Results and standings

Race results

Drivers' championship

See also

References

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