2026 Music City 150
ARCA Menards Series East race at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway
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The 2026 Music City 150, known as the 2026 Cook Out Music City 150 for the sponsorship reasons, was an ARCA Menards Series East race held on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee. Contested over 150 laps on the 0.596 mile (0.959 km) short track, it was the third race of the 2026 ARCA Menards Series East season, and the sixth running of the event.
| Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6] | |||
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| Race 3 of 8 in the 2026 ARCA Menards Series East | |||
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| Date | May 2, 2026 | ||
| Location | Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 0.596 miles (0.959 km) | ||
| Distance | 150 laps, 89.400 mi (143.875 km) | ||
| Average speed | 79.624 miles per hour (128.142 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Time | 19.181 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Max Reaves | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 150 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Max Reaves | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Time | 19.646 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 18 | Max Reaves | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network |
FloRacing NASCAR Channel | ||
| Announcers | Charles Krall lap by lap, Nathan Prouty analyst, & Jonathan Ramos reporter | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | ARN | ||
Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, pulled off a dominating performance, leading every lap from the pole position to earn his fourth career ARCA Menards Series East win, and his first of the season.[7] Landon S. Huffman finished second, and Tristan McKee finished third. Hunter Wright and Isaac Kitzmiller rounded out the top five, while Craig Pellegrini Jr., Toro Rodríguez, Jackson McLerran, Carson Brown, and Ivis Earley rounded out the top ten.
This was the first race of "ARCA Night in America", a doubleheader feature with the ARCA Menards Series West race on the same day, both being streamed on the NASCAR Channel and FloRacing.[8]
Report
Background
Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway is a motorsport racetrack located at the Nashville Fairgrounds near downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The track is the second oldest continually operating track in the United States. The track held NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup (now NASCAR Cup Series) races from 1958 to 1984.
The speedway is currently an 18-degree banked paved oval. The track is 0.596 mi (0.959 km) long. Inside the larger oval is a 1⁄4 mi (0.40 km) paved oval.
The track was converted to a 1⁄2 mi (0.80 km) paved oval in 1957, when it began to be a NASCAR series track. The speedway was lengthened between the 1969 and 1970 seasons. The corners were cut down from 35 degrees to their present 18 degrees in 1972. The track was repaved between the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Practice
The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, May 2, at 2:00 PM CST, and lasted for 45 minutes.[9]
Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 19.405 seconds, and a speed of 110.569 miles per hour (177.944 km/h).[10]
Practice results
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
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| 1 | 18 | Max Reaves (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 19.405 | 110.569 |
| 2 | 28 | Carson Brown (R) | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | 19.577 | 109.598 |
| 3 | 77 | Tristan McKee (R) | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | 19.835 | 108.172 |
| Full practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Saturday, May 2, at 4:00 PM CST.[9] The qualifying procedure used was a single-car, two-lap based system. Drivers were on track by themselves and had two laps to post a qualifying time, and whoever set the fastest time won the pole.[11]
Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, qualified on pole position with a lap of 19.181 seconds, and a speed of 111.861 miles per hour (180.023 km/h).[12]
Qualifying results
Race
Race results
Laps: 150
| Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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| 1 | 1 | 18 | Max Reaves (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 150 | 150 | Running | 49 |
| 2 | 5 | 9 | Landon S. Huffman | CR7 Motorsports | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Running | 42 |
| 3 | 4 | 77 | Tristan McKee (R) | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Running | 41 |
| 4 | 8 | 95 | Hunter Wright | MAN Motorsports | Toyota | 150 | 0 | Running | 40 |
| 5 | 3 | 79 | Isaac Kitzmiller | ACR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Running | 39 |
| 6 | 11 | 10 | Craig Pellegrini Jr. (R) | Fast Track Racing | Toyota | 150 | 0 | Running | 38 |
| 7 | 9 | 38 | Toro Rodríguez | MCM Racing Development | Toyota | 149 | 0 | Running | 37 |
| 8 | 10 | 96 | Jackson McLerran | MAN Motorsports | Toyota | 149 | 0 | Running | 36 |
| 9 | 2 | 28 | Carson Brown (R) | Pinnacle Racing Group | Chevrolet | 148 | 0 | Running | 35 |
| 10 | 17 | 34 | Ivis Earley | VWV Racing | Toyota | 141 | 0 | Running | 34 |
| 11 | 13 | 11 | Chase Buscaglia | Fast Track Racing | Ford | 140 | 0 | Running | 33 |
| 12 | 18 | 06 | Nate Moeller | Wayne Peterson Motorsports | Toyota | 139 | 0 | Running | 32 |
| 13 | 14 | 13 | Rita Goulet | Integrity Autosports | Toyota | 139 | 0 | Running | 31 |
| 14 | 12 | 19 | Austin Vaughn | Maples Motorsports | Ford | 137 | 0 | Running | 30 |
| 15 | 20 | 00 | Toby Blanton | Jet Daddy Racing | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 29 |
| 16 | 7 | 85 | Quinn Davis (R) | City Garage Motorsports | Ford | 120 | 0 | Accident | 28 |
| 17 | 6 | 69 | Landon Brown | Kimmel Racing | Ford | 78 | 0 | Mechanical | 27 |
| 18 | 15 | 99 | Michael Maples | Maples Motorsports | Chevrolet | 41 | 0 | Accident | 26 |
| 19 | 19 | 03 | Jeff Maconi | Clubb Racing Inc. | Ford | 41 | 0 | Accident | 25 |
| 20 | 16 | 12 | Dustin Hillenburg | Fast Track Racing | Ford | 40 | 0 | Accident | 24 |
| 21 | 21 | 0 | Brayton Laster | Wayne Peterson Motorsports | Toyota | 2 | 0 | Quit | 23 |
| 22 | 22 | 86 | Alex Clubb | Clubb Racing Inc. | Ford | 0 | 0 | Did Not Start | 22 |
| Official race results | |||||||||
Race statistics
- Lead changes: 1 among 1 different driver
- Cautions/Laps: 4 for 31 laps
- Red flags: 0
- Time of race: 1 hour, 7 minutes and 2 seconds
- Average speed: 79.624 miles per hour (128.142 km/h)
Standings after the race
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