2026 ARCA Menards Series West

The 2026 ARCA Menards Series West is the 73rd season of the ARCA Menards Series West, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season began on February 28 at Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway with the Oil Workers 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 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]

Complete schedule

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Crew chief	Ref
Chevrolet	Bill McAnally Racing	16	Hailie Deegan	Mario Isola	^[2]
19	Mason Massey	Ty Joiner	^[3]
Ford	High Point Racing	50	Trevor Huddleston	Jeff Schrader	^[4]
Jan's Towing Racing with Kennealy Keller Motorsports	1	Robbie Kennealy	Brian Kizer	^[5]^[6]
71	Cole Denton (R)	Chris Greaney
Toyota	Central Coast Racing	13	Sean Hingorani 1	Michael Muñoz	^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
Taylor Reimer 1
Jade Avedisian 1
Kenna Mitchell 3
TBA 7
Jerry Pitts Racing	5	Eric Johnson Jr.	Dustin Ash	^[11]
7	Gavin Ray (R)	R. J. Johnson	^[12]
Nitro Motorsports	15	Mia Lovell (R)	Ryan London	^[13]^[14]
25	Julian DaCosta (R)	Danny Johnson	^[15]^[16]^[14]

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Crew chief	Races	Ref
Chevrolet	66 Rhead Racing	66	Eric Rhead	Chris Bray	2	^[12]
ACR Motorsports	79	Isaac Kitzmiller	Doug Howe	1	^[17]
Cook Racing Technologies	42	Jaiden Reyna	Travis Sharpe	2	^[18]
CR7 Motorsports	97	Jason Kitzmiller	Frank Kimmel	1	^[19]
Fierce Creature Racing	27	Bobby Hillis Jr.^{[N 1]}	Tony Huffman	5	^[17]
Jet Daddy Racing	00	Toby Blanton	John Kennedy	1	^[12]
KLAS Motorsports	71	Andy Jankowiak	Mike Dayton	1	^[17]
Maples Motorsports	1	Tony Cosentino	Kenna Long	1	^[20]
19	Zachary Tinkle	Nigel Bannister	1	^[17]
99	Michael Maples	Chris Vanscoy	1	^[19]
Pinnacle Racing Group	28	Carson Brown	Steven Dawson	1	^[21]
77	Tristan McKee	Kevin Reed Jr.	1
Rise Racing with Earnhardt-Shearer Racing	89	Bobby Dale Earnhardt	Matthew Wright	1	^[22]^[23]
Strike Mamba Racing	51	Austin Varco	John Reaume	1	^[12]
Tyler Tomassi	3	^[17]
72	Cody Dennison	Al Lebert 3 Jonathan Reaume 1	2	^[12]
Memphis Villarreal	1	^[24]
Josiah Reaume	1	^[25]
Ford	Brad Smith Motorsports	48	Brad Smith	Rand Bitter	1	^[26]
Clubb Racing Inc.	03	Alex Clubb	Brian Clubb	1	^[27]
86	Jeff Maconi	Jonathan Clubb	1
Fast Track Racing	9	Nate Moeller	Nate Moeller	1	^[17]
10	Brad Perez	Mike Sroufe	1	^[17]
High Point Racing	55	Andrew Chapman	Travis Thirkettle	3	^[12]
56	1	^[17]
Maples Motorsports	91	Ryan Vargas	Kyle Totman	1	^[17]
Naake-Klauer Motorsports	88	Joey Iest	Mike Naake	2	^[12]
Toyota	Cook Racing Technologies	17	Taylor Mayhew	Sean Samuels	2	^[12]
Fast Track Racing	11	Dustin Hillenburg	Jeremy Petty	1	^[17]
12	Takuma Koga	Andrew Kierman	1	^[28]
Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Max Reaves	Matt Ross	2	^[19]
Nitro Motorsports	20	Jake Bollman	Doug George	1	^[19]^[14]
55	Isabella Robusto	Glenn Parker	1	^[29]^[14]
70	Thomas Annunziata	Shannon Rursch 2 Jerry Pitts 1	1	^[30]^[31]^[32]
Jade Avedisian	1	^[12]
Will Robinson^{[N 2]}	1	^[24]
90	Jade Avedisian	Shane Wilson	1	^[14]
TBA	Sam Corry	TBA	1	^[33]
Performance P-1 Motorsports	77	Alonso Salinas	Roger Bracken	2	^[34]
Quinn Davis	1	^[24]
RAFA Racing Team	TBA	Isabella Robusto	TBA	1	^[35]
Shockwave Motorsports	05	David Smith	Brandon Carlson	3	^[12]
TBA	Keller Motorsports	12	TBA	TBA	TBA	^{[citation needed]}
Chevrolet 1 Toyota 1	Nascimento Motorsports	4	Eric Nascimento	Mike Nascimento	1	^[12]
Monty Tipton	1	^[17]

Schedule

The full schedule was announced on December 2, 2025.^[36] Some race dates were announced before then as part of the announcement of the main ARCA Series schedule on October 4.^[37]

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	Oil Workers 150	Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway	Bakersfield, California	February 28
2	General Tire 150	Phoenix Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	March 5
3	Tucson ARCA Menards West 150	Tucson Speedway	Tucson, Arizona	April 11
4	Bill Schmitt Memorial 173 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame	Shasta Speedway	Anderson, California	May 2
5	Legendary Billy Green 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts	Colorado National Speedway	Dacono, Colorado	May 24
6	NAPA Auto Care 150*	Tri-City Raceway	West Richland, Washington	June 6
7	General Tire 150	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

2026 ARCA Menards Series West

Complete schedule

Limited schedule

Schedule

Results and standings

Race results

Drivers' championship

See also

References

Related Articles

No.	Race	Pole position	Most laps led	Winning driver	Manufacturer	No.	Winning team	Report
1	Oil Workers 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame	Jade Avedisian	Sean Hingorani	Mason Massey	Chevrolet	19	Bill McAnally Racing	Report
2	General Tire 150	Carson Brown	Carson Brown	Carson Brown	Chevrolet	28	Pinnacle Racing Group	Report
3	Tucson ARCA Menards West 150	Cole Denton	Cole Denton	Cole Denton	Ford	71	Jan's Towing Racing	Report
4	Bill Schmitt Memorial 173 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame							Report
Reference:^[38]