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