2025 ARCA Menards Series

The 2025 ARCA Menards Series will be the 73rd 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 Hard Rock Bet 200 on February 15 and will end with the Owens Corning 200 at Toledo Speedway on October 4.

Andrés Pérez de Lara, the defending ARCA Menards Series champion.

Andrés Pérez de Lara will enter the season as the defending champion.

On September 25, 2024, ARCA signed a multi year contract with Fox Sports, which is a four-season deal that will last until 2028. The new contract puts races on Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, and puts the Hard Rock Bet 200 at Daytona on the Fox broadcast network, marking four different NASCAR-sanctioned series that will be on broadcast network television.

Teams and drivers

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Complete schedule

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Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew Chief Ref
Chevrolet Pinnacle Racing Group 28 Brenden Queen (R) Steven Dawson [1]
Rise Motorsports 31 TBA TBA [citation needed]
TBA Brad Smith Motorsports 48 Brad Smith TBA [citation needed]
Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Brayton Laster (R) Nate Moeller [2][3][4]

Limited schedule

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Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Races Ref
Chevrolet Rise Motorsports 37 TBA TBA TBA [citation needed]
Ford Kimmel Racing 68 Scott Melton TBA 1 [5]
69 Nolan Wilson TBA 1 [5]
Toyota MAN Motorsports 95 Jackson McLerran TBA TBA [6]
Hunter Wright TBA [6]
Nitro Motorsports TBA TBA TBA TBA [7]
TBA TBA Michael Klein TBA 1 [citation needed]
TBA City Garage Motorsports 85 Becca Monopoli TBA TBA [8]
KLAS Motorsports 73 Andy Jankowiak TBA TBA [9][10]
TBA TBA TBA TBA [9][10]

Schedule

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The entire schedule was released on September 27, 2024. The TV coverage for all races will be on FS1 except for the races at Michigan, Elko, Lime Rock, Watkins Glen, Salem, and Toledo, which will be on FS2 and Daytona, which will be aired on FOX.[11]

No Race title Track Location Date TV Live Stream
1 Hard Rock Bet 200 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida February 15 FOX Fox Sports app
2 General Tire 150 Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona March 7 FS1
3 General Tire 200 Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama April 26
4 Tide 150 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas May 9
5 General Tire 150 Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina May 23
6 Henry Ford Health 200 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan June 6 FS2
7 Berlin ARCA 200 Berlin Raceway Marne, Michigan June 14 FS1
8 Shore Lunch 250 Elko Speedway Elko New Market, Minnesota June 21 FS2
9 TBA Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut June 28
10 General Tire 150 Dover Motor Speedway Dover, Delaware July 18 FS1
11 Circle City 200 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana July 25
12 Atlas 150 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa August 1
13 General Tire 100 at The Glen Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York August 8 FS2 Fox Sports app
14 Springfield ARCA 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack Springfield, Illinois August 17 FS1
15 TBA Madison International Speedway Rutland, Wisconsin August 22
16 Southern Illinois 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack Du Quoin, Illinois August 31 Fox Sports app
17 Bush's Beans 200 Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee September 11
18 Salem ARCA 200 Salem Speedway Salem, Indiana September 20 FS2
19 Reese's 150 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas September 26 FS1
20 Owens Corning 200 Toledo Speedway Toledo, Ohio October 4 FS2 Fox Sports app/FloRacing

Notes

  • Lime Rock Park will join the schedule for the first time, the 181st different track at which the ARCA Menards Series has raced. It will mark the first time the series has raced in Connecticut, the 32nd different state in series history.
  • Madison International Speedway will return the schedule for the first time in 5 years.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Srigley, Joseph (December 4, 2024). "Brenden Queen to Run Full ARCA Schedule with Pinnacle Racing Group". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  2. ^ Christie, Toby (October 30, 2024). "Brayton Laster Running Full-Time 2025 ARCA Season with Wayne Peterson Motorsports". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "Brayton 'The Pizza Man' Laster joins Wayne Peterson Motorsports for full 2025 ARCA Menards Series season". ARCA Racing.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "Brayton Laster Running Full 2025 ARCA Schedule". Frontstretch. 30 October 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Christie, Toby (November 19, 2024). "Nolan Wilson Partners with Kimmel Racing, Jerry Nadeau for 2025 ARCA Daytona Run". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "MAN Motorsports Wants Lead-Lap Finishes in Limited 2025 ARCA Schedule". Frontstretch. 6 November 2024. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  7. ^ Christie, Toby (November 27, 2024). "Nitro Motorsports Joins ARCA in Technical Alliance with Venturini". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  8. ^ Kristl, Mark (October 31, 2024). "Becca Monopoli Wants to Improve in Increased 2025 ARCA Schedule". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "KLAS Motorsports planning to expand to second car during 2025 season". ARCA Racing.com. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  10. ^ a b "KLAS Plans 2nd Car in 2025". Frontstretch. 5 November 2024. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  11. ^ "ARCA Menards Series schedule for 2025 announced". ARCARacing.com. September 25, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.