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  • Seven Drivers Heading to the Beach on ARCA’s Road to Daytona

    Seven Drivers Heading to the Beach on ARCA’s Road to Daytona

    TEMPERANCE, Mich. (January 8, 2024) – As has been the case for more than a dozen years, select short track champions across the NASCAR Roots platform have been invited to participate in the annual ARCA Menards Series Pre-race Practice as a part of the series’ Road to Daytona program.

    Seven drivers encompassing the two regional series that are a part of the ARCA Menards Series platform, the three ASA-branded touring super late model series, the ground-pounding open wheel cars of the Whelen Modified Tour, and the Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series have all received their invitations to spend a half day on the high banks at Daytona International Speedway on January 12 and 13.

    The drivers will make laps in cars prepared by 1995 ARCA Menards Series national champion Andy Hillenburg’s Fast Track High Performance Racing Team with support from Ilmor, General Tire, Sunoco, Eibach Springs, and JRI Shocks.

    The seven Road to Daytona drivers for 2023 are as follows:

    Tyler Reif, Henderson, Nevada
    ARCA Menards Series West

    Then-15-year-old Tyler Reif kicked off the 2023 ARCA Menards Series West season with an improbable victory at Phoenix Raceway, a combination race with the ARCA Menards Series. Reif came back from a two-lap deficit to take the lead on an overtime restart, only to lose it to just as the caution came out again setting up yet another overtime restart. Reif outdueled fellow young gun Landen Lewis on the final restart to score the upset victory. He ended the 2023 ARCA Menards Series West season second in the final standings with one win, five top-five finishes, eight top-ten finishes, and two General Tire Pole Awards.

    Sean Hingorani, Newport Beach, California
    ARCA Menards Series East

    Sixteen-year-old Sean Hingorani had a storybook season in 2023, competing in all three series across the ARCA Menards Series platform. Hingorani claimed the ARCA Menards Series West championship with four wins at Irwindale Speedway, Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway, Shasta Speedway, and Evergreen Speedway, and nine total top-five finishes. Despite missing one of the series’ eight races, Hingorani finished seventh in the ARCA Menards Series East standings with five top-five finishes, including four third-place finishes at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, Flat Rock Speedway, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, and the Milwaukee Mile. In nine ARCA Menards Series starts, Hingorani scored five top-five finishes – all third-place finishes – and one General Tire Pole Award.

    Justin Bonsignore, Holtsville, New York
    NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

    The three-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion came up just short in 2023, coming home second to now two-time champion Ron Silk by just nine points after a tense battle at Martinsville Speedway. Bonsignore, 35, is a prolific winner in Mod Tour competition, collecting 40 checkered flags in 210 career starts. When he’s not winning, his car is still near the front of the field as he’s finished in the top-five in over half of his starts and finishing in the top ten 154 times.

    Jacob Goede, Carver, Minnesota
    NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series

    The 38-year-old 2019 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series champion, Goede has won ten consecutive Super Late Model championships at Elko Speedway, and closed the 2023 season with five wins and 22 top-five finishes between Elko, where he won four times, and Lacrosse Speedway.

    Chase Burda, Lapeer, Michigan
    ASA CRA Super Series

    Nineteen-year-old Chase Burda quickly advanced from quarter midgets, to street stocks, to full-size late models. The 2019 CRA Jr. Late Model champion advanced to the Jeg’s/CRA All-stars Tour in 2020, claiming the series rookie of the year award and finishing in the top five in series points and taking the series championship in 2023 with four victories, including the finale at the legendary Winchester Speedway. Burda finished second in the ASA CRA Super Series standings, 124 markers out of the lead.

    Bryan Syer-Keske, Lakeville, Minnesota
    ASA Midwest Tour

    The 28-year-old capped off his first full season racing in the ASA Midwest Tour with a runner-up finish in the series’ cornerstone event, the Oktoberfest 200 at Lacrosse Speedway. Syer-Keske scored three top-ten finishes in eleven Midwest Tour starts, but the hallmark of his season was consistency. He never finished lower than 14th throughout the season, pushing him to the 2023 Midwest Tour rookie of the year award.

    Michael Hinde, Hernando, Florida
    ASA Southern Super Series

    Hinde grabbed headlines in 2022, winning the Pro Late Model feature at SpeedFest and again at the World Series of Asphalt Racing at New Smyrna with a pair of Pro Late Model wins. He backed it up with a win in the Red Eye 50 at New Smyrna in January 2023 before making a splash in the Super Late Model. He competed for the ASA Southern Super Series championship, finishing fourth in the series standings with one top-five and four top-ten finishes in nine starts.

    Notable Road to Daytona participants over the years include four-time ASA Midwest Tour champion and current NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship contender Ty Majeski (2014), former ARCA Menards Series race winner and current mechanic for Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 48 Chevrolet Travis Braden (2013), NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series rookie of the year candidate Layne Riggs (2022), and defending Daytona ARCA 200 winner Greg Van Alst (2020).

    A total of 63 drivers spread across 35 cars are currently entered for the two days of practice at Daytona International Speedway, which is set for Friday and Saturday, January 12 and 13, with Sunday, January 14 reserved in case of inclement weather.

    The 2024 ARCA Menards Series season kicks off at Daytona with practice on Thursday, February 15, General Tire Pole Qualifying on Friday, February 16, and the 61st Annual Daytona ARCA 200 set for 1:30 pm ET on Saturday, February 17. The race will be televised live on FS1 and broadcast nationwide on select affiliates of the MRN Radio Network. Live timing & scoring for all on track sessions is available at ARCARacing.com.

    About ARCA

    The Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA), founded in 1953 by John and Mildred Marcum in Toledo, Ohio, and acquired by NASCAR in April 2018, is the leading grassroots stock car sanctioning body in the United States. Bridging the gap between NASCAR’s top three national touring series and weekly racing all across the country, the organization administers more than 100 events annually, including the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, ARCA Menards Series West, plus weekly racing at Toledo and Flat Rock Speedways. For more information about ARCA visit www.arcaracing.com, or follow ARCA on Facebook (@ARCARacing) and Twitter (@ARCA_Racing).

  • Van Gisbergen, Andretti Lead ARCA Menards Series Daytona Pre-race Practice Entry List

    Van Gisbergen, Andretti Lead ARCA Menards Series Daytona Pre-race Practice Entry List

    TEMPERANCE, Mich. (January 5, 2024) – Two drivers with experience across the international motorsports spectrum are among the drivers who have filed entries to participate in the ARCA Menards Series pre-race practice session at Daytona International Speedway.

    Shane Van Gisbergen shocked the motorsports world when he won the inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup Series street course race in Chicago last year. The improbable victory, in his series debut driving a part-time third entry for Trackhouse Racing, led the three-time Australian V8 Supercar Series champion to a full-season opportunity with Kaulig Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

    Van Gisbergen’s statistics in Australia speak for themselves. In 508 career Supercar races, he’s collected 81 checkered flags – fourth all time – and has finished in the top three 176 times. He’s also started from pole position 48 times.

    Van Gisbergen will drive a Chevrolet prepared by team owner Mark Webb’s Pinnacle Racing Group in the pre-race practice and the ARCA Menards Series season-opener at Daytona. He’ll race a same-day double-header in February, competing in the ARCA race first before closing the day in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race. Crew chief Shane Huffman, who led Bret Holmes to the 2020 ARCA Menards Series championship, will oversee Van Gisbergen’s effort.

    Marco Andretti is the grandson of 1967 Daytona 500 and 1969 Indianapolis 500 winner Mario Andretti, and the son of 1991 CART Indycar World Series champion Michael Andretti. The third-generation racer has made a name for himself in open wheel racing, picking up a pair of IndyCar victories driving for his father’s organization. He finished second in the 2006 Indianapolis 500, just 0.064 seconds behind winner Sam Hornish.

    In recent years, Andretti has cut his open wheel racing schedule to just the Indianapolis 500 but he has branched out to other forms of racing, including stock cars. He’s participated in the Superstar Racing Experience each of the last two years, winning the championship in 2022. He’s also made one start in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in the 2022 race at the Charlotte ROVAL driving for team owner Scott Borchetta, and three starts in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for Spire Motorsports.

    Andretti will participate in the pre-race practice for the team that won the 2023 ARCA Menards Series West owner’s championship, Cook Racing Technologies, led by co-owner Steve McGowan and Bruce Cook, who also serves as crew chief.

    A total of 63 drivers spread across 35 cars are currently entered for the two days of practice at Daytona International Speedway, which is set for Friday and Saturday, January 12 and 13, with Sunday, January 14 reserved in case of inclement weather.

    The 2024 ARCA Menards Series season kicks off at Daytona with practice on Thursday, February 15, General Tire Pole Qualifying on Friday, February 16, and the 61st Annual Daytona ARCA 200 set for 1:30 pm ET on Saturday, February 17. The race will be televised live on FS1 and broadcast nationwide on select affiliates of the MRN Radio Network. Live timing & scoring for all on track sessions is available at ARCARacing.com.

    About ARCA

    The Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA), founded in 1953 by John and Mildred Marcum in Toledo, Ohio, and acquired by NASCAR in April 2018, is the leading grassroots stock car sanctioning body in the United States. Bridging the gap between NASCAR’s top three national touring series and weekly racing all across the country, the organization administers more than 100 events annually, including the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, ARCA Menards Series West, plus weekly racing at Toledo and Flat Rock Speedways. For more information about ARCA visit www.arcaracing.com, or follow ARCA on Facebook (@ARCARacing) and Twitter (@ARCA_Racing).

  • Shane van Gisbergen joins Pinnacle Racing Group for the 2024 ARCA opener at Daytona

    Shane van Gisbergen joins Pinnacle Racing Group for the 2024 ARCA opener at Daytona

    Shane van Gisbergen will be joining forces with Pinnacle Racing Group for the 2024 ARCA Menards Series’ season-opening event at Daytona International Speedway in February.

    The news comes nearly a month after the three-time Supercars champion from Auckland, New Zealand was announced to compete in the ARCA opener at Daytona as a required procedure to gain approval for a full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series campaign, which van Gisbergen is set to embark with Kaulig Racing in 2024. His car number and sponsorship details with Pinnacle Racing Group remain to be determined.

    The 34-year-old van Gisbergen is coming off a historic debut season in NASCAR, where he piloted Trackhouse Racing’s Project 91 entry to his first Cup Series career victory in his series debut at the Chicago Street Course last July. In doing so, he became the first competitor to win in a Cup Series debut since Johnny Rutherford made the last accomplishment at Daytona International Speedway in 1963. He also became the first New Zealander to win in NASCAR’s premier series.

    Following his victory at Chicago, van Gisbergen would make his Craftsman Truck Series debut with Niece Motorsports at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in August, where he finished 19th before finishing 10th in his second Cup career start at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course two days later.

    For the 2024 season, van Gisbergen is set to campaign in his first full-time stint in the Xfinity Series, where he will be driving the No. 97 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing in an alliance with Trackhouse Racing. He will also make seven Cup Series starts with Trackhouse Racing this season, beginning at Circuit of the Americas in March and including both Talladega Superspeedway events (April & October), the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May, Chicago Street Course in July, Watkins Glen International in September and at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in October.

    Shane van Gisbergen’s first career start in the ARCA Menards Series with Pinnacle Racing Group at Daytona International Speedway is scheduled to occur on February 17 and air at 1:30 p.m. ET on FS1. His first full-time season in the Xfinity Series with Kaulig Racing will follow suit on the same day as the event’s coverage is set to air at 5 p.m. ET on FS1.

  • William Sawalich Expands TRICON Truck Slate in 2024

    William Sawalich Expands TRICON Truck Slate in 2024

    Reigning ARCA East Champion Returns to No. 1 Tundra

    MOORESVILLE, N.C. (December 21, 2023) — TRICON Garage (TRICON) announced today that William Sawalich will return to its NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) lineup behind the wheel of the No. 1 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro in 2024.

    The 17-year-old Toyota development driver had a banner year in 2023, capturing seven victories across the ARCA Menards Series platform and claiming the ARCA East crown. In his Truck Series debut at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, Sawalich became the third-youngest driver to score a top-10 in series history at 16 years, 6 months and 12 days. Competing in a total of six NCTS races, he tallied three top-10 finishes including a best finish of sixth at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park (IRP).

    “I am excited to be back with the No. 1 team in 2024,” said Sawalich. “We were super consistent this past season and I am looking forward to repeating that with my group of guys. I am confident it will be another successful year with TRICON.”

    Sawalich will expand his schedule to feature nine NCTS events in 2024 with his first pair of races at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway and Martinsville Speedway. He will take an eight-race stretch away from the Truck Series and rejoin the team for an ambitious second half of the season running seven of the final nine scheduled races including IRP, Richmond (Va.) Raceway, the Milwaukee Mile, return trips to Bristol and Martinsville, Homestead-Miami Speedway and Phoenix Raceway.

    The No. 1 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro will feature Starkey and its SoundGear line of products for the Minnesota native’s races. Starkey, a global leader in hearing technology, engineers and manufactures SoundGear products to provide digital sound enhancement that delivers superior environmental awareness while placing a premium on hearing protection.

    About TRICON Garage

    TRICON Garage is Toyota Racing Development’s flagship NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series organization fielding five full-time Toyota Tundra TRD Pros. Under ownership by former NASCAR driver David Gilliland, businessman Johnny Gray and industry veteran Kevin Ray, TRICON is actively involved in three different industries – racing, fabrication and transportation. The team operates out of three buildings totaling 60,000 square feet in Mooresville, North Carolina.

  • ARCA Menards Series East and West 2024 Schedules Set

    ARCA Menards Series East and West 2024 Schedules Set

    Toledo, Ohio (Dec. 6, 2023) – The 2024 ARCA Menards Series East and West schedules include a combined total of 20 races, eight for the East and 12 for the West. The West season opener is set for Friday, March 8 at Phoenix Raceway, a combination race with the ARCA Menards Series, while the East season kicks off on Saturday, March 23 at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida. 

    The East will have five combination races with the ARCA Menards Series while the West will have one.  

    The Highlights: 

    • Stand-alone races for the East include stops at Five Flags Speedway, Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, and for the second year in a row, Flat Rock Speedway. The race at Five Flags Speedway will run in conjunction with the ASA STARS National Tour. 
    • The combination races for the East include Dover Motor Speedway, Iowa Speedway, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, The Milwaukee Mile, and Bristol Motor Speedway. 
    • Tri-City Raceway in West Richland, Washington returns to the West schedule for the first time in 20 years; the 0.555-mile paved oval hosted nine races from 1968 through the most recent in 2003. 
    • Three venues will host a pair of West races, with Irwindale Speedway and Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway joining Phoenix Raceway, which will once again host the season opener in March and the championship round in November. The season-opener at Phoenix will be a combination race with the ARCA Menards Series. 
    • Back-to-back road course races are slated at Portland International Raceway and Sonoma Raceway 
    • Three tight California bullrings, Shasta Speedway, Madera Speedway, and All American Speedway, return to the West schedule. 

    The complete ARCA Menards Series East schedule: 

    March 23 Five Flags Speedway, Pensacola, Fla. FloRacing 
    April 26 Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, Del. FS1 
    May 11 Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, Nashville, Tenn. FloRacing 
    May 18 Flat Rock Speedway, Flat Rock, Mich. FloRacing 
    June 14 Iowa Speedway, Newton, Ia. FS1 
    July 19 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Brownsburg, Ind. FS1 
    Aug. 25 The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wis. FS1 
    Sept. 19 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tenn. FS1 

    The complete ARCA Menards Series West schedule: 

    March 8 Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Ariz. FS1 
    March 30 Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, Calif. FloRacing 
    April 20 Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway, Bakersfield, Calif. FloRacing 
    May 31 Portland International Raceway, Portland, Ore. FloRacing 
    June 7 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, Calif. FloRacing 
    July 4 Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, Calif. FloRacing 
    July 27 Shasta Speedway, Shasta, Calif. FloRacing 
    Aug. 10 Tri-City Raceway, West Richland, Wash. FloRacing 
    Sept. 21 Madera Speedway, Madera, Calif. FloRacing 
    Oct. 5 All American Speedway, Roseville, Calif. FloRacing 
    Oct. 26 Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway, Bakersfield, Calif. FloRacing 
    Nov. 8 Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Ariz. FloRacing 

    All dates are tentative and are subject to change. 

    Combination races for both East and West will be televised live on FS1. All stand-alone races will be streamed live on FloRacing. 

    For further information please visit ARCARacing.com; for up-to-the-minute updates follow @ARCA_Racing on Twitter. 

    About ARCA 

    The Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA), founded in 1953 by John and Mildred Marcum in Toledo, Ohio, and acquired by NASCAR in April 2018, is the leading grassroots stock car sanctioning body in the United States. Bridging the gap between NASCAR’s top three national touring series and weekly racing all across the country, the organization administers more than 100 events annually, including the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, ARCA Menards Series West, plus weekly racing at Toledo and Flat Rock Speedways.  For more information about ARCA visit www.arcaracing.com, or follow ARCA on Facebook (@ARCARacing) and Twitter (@ARCA_Racing). 

  • Jack Wood inks full-time ARCA West, part-time Truck schedule with McAnally-Hilgemann Racing in 2024

    Jack Wood inks full-time ARCA West, part-time Truck schedule with McAnally-Hilgemann Racing in 2024

    Jack Wood will be joining McAnally-Hilgemann Racing in a double-duty role for the 2024 NASCAR season. The double-duty effort will feature Wood piloting the No. 16 NAPA Auto Care/Bill McAnally Racing Chevrolet SS on a full-time basis in the ARCA Menards Series West, where he will compete for the series’ championship, and the No. 91 MHR Chevrolet Silverado RST in 14 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Serise events.

    As part of Wood’s double-duty effort, Kevin Bellicourt will serve as his crew chief in both series and Eric Holmes, a three-time ARCA West champion, will serve as both his spotter and driver coach. Wood’s first Truck Series start with MHR in 2024 is set to occur at Daytona International Speedway on February 16 followed by Atlanta Motor Speedway on February 24 as the rest of his schedule remains to be determined. His first ARCA Menards Series West start of the 2024 season also remains to be determined with the series’ schedule not yet revealed.

    The news comes as the 23-year-old Wood from Loomis, California, is coming off a part-time Truck campaign with Kyle Busch Motorsports, where he competed in 13 of the 23-race schedule and recorded two top-10 results.

    “The opportunity to race for a championship with BMR and NAPA Auto Care is definitely exciting,” Wood said. “It’s a great chance to reestablish myself in the West series, focus on racing for a title and continuing to compete on the Truck side also. Having Kevin [Bellicourt] with me in both series is going to be a huge help to build consistency and I’m looking forward to balancing both programs next season.”

    Prior to the Truck Series, Wood formely competed in the ARCA Menards Series West, where he has tallied four top-five results and 11 top-10 results in 19 starts (2019-23). He has also made three career starts in the ARCA East region and 17 career starts in the ARCA Menards Series, where he has collected three top-five results and 10 top-10 results in 17 starts (2021-23).

    During the 2021 season, Wood made his Truck Series debut at Circuit of the Americas, where he finished 28th while piloting GMS Racing’s No. 24 Chevrolet entry. The Californian would compete in 11 additional events before competing on a full-time basis in the Truck circuit with GMS in 2022. Despite finishing no higher than 13th on the track in a season where he recorded an average-finishing result of 25.2 and a 24th-place result in the final standings, Wood was selected to anchor Kyle Busch Motorsports’ No. 51 Chevrolet entry for the majority of the 2023 season, where he shared the ride with team owner Kyle Busch, William Byron and Matt Mills.

    Through 48 career starts in the Truck Series, Wood has achieved three top-10 results, five laps led and an average-finishing result of 24.4. Currently, his best on-track result is a ninth-place run at Texas Motor Speedway in April as he continues his pursuit for his first series’ victory.

    Wood’s 2024 plans reunites himself with Bill McAnally Racing, which he competed for at Sonoma Raceway in the ARCA West and at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in the ARCA Menards Series during the 2022 season. It will also mark his first full-time campaign in the ARCA West region as he replaces Tanner Reif in the No. 16 BMR entry, an entry that last won the ARCA West title in 2021 with Jesse Love. Over on the Truck Series region, Wood will compete alongside Christian Eckes and Daniel Dye, both of whom will compete for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing on a full-time basis.

    “Having Jack join our Truck Series program is a big addition, and I’m excited to see him compete for a championship in the NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet out west,” Bill McAnally, team owner of McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, said. “We want to get back to victory lane in the ARCA West Series and Jack will give us a great chance to chase our 12th championship. He never got to compete for a regional title, and I think the opportunity for him to do that will help him gain confidence and experience. It will also help grow the No. 91 team with Kevin [Bellicourt] into a contender in the Truck Series.”

    With his plans for next season set, Wood’s part-time 2024 Craftsman Truck Series campaign with McAnally-Hilgemann Racing is scheduled to commence at Daytona International Speedway for the Fresh From Florida 250. The event is scheduled to occur on February 16 at 7:30 p.m. ET on FS1.

  • KRIS WRIGHT JOINS VENTURINI MOTORSPORTS FOR 2024 SEASON

    KRIS WRIGHT JOINS VENTURINI MOTORSPORTS FOR 2024 SEASON

    CONCORD, N.C. (November 14, 2023)—Venturini Motorsports has announced Kris Wright will join its team for the full 2024 ARCA Menards Series season, aiming for the championship title.

    The 29-year-old Wright will pilot the No. 15 F.N.B. Corporation Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports in his second season with the team. He made two starts with the organization in the ARCA Menards Series and one start in the ARCA Menards Series West during the 2023 season.

    “Kris Wright has shown impressive speed across a wide range of tracks since joining Venturini Motorsports,” said Billy Venturini, general manager and owner of Venturini Motorsports. “I believe he has a strong chance to contend consistently throughout next season’s entire schedule.”

    Wright, who resides in Charlotte, N.C., debuted in the ARCA Menards Series West in 2020, earning consecutive podium finishes. He has since competed in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) and the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS), amassing 45 starts in the former and 16 in the latter.

    Over four years in the ARCA Menards Series, Wright has secured nine top-ten finishes in 15 starts. He also has one start in the ARCA Menards Series East and four in the ARCA Menards Series West. In 2023, Wright competed in 11 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races and two ARCA Menards Series events.

    Based in Pittsburgh, F.N.B. Corporation returns to NASCAR with Wright for its fifth consecutive season.

    The company will be the primary partner of Wright’s No. 15 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports throughout the season.

    For more information, news, and updates, visit KrisWrightMotorsports.com or follow Kris Wright on Facebook (/KrisWrightRacing), X (@KrisOnNASCAR), or Instagram (@krisonnascar).

  • Twenty Races at 19 Tracks for the ARCA Menards Series in 2024

    Twenty Races at 19 Tracks for the ARCA Menards Series in 2024

    Toledo, Oh. (Nov. 8, 2023) – The ARCA Menards Series schedule is comprised of 20 races at 19 different tracks in 2024, with the season opener at Daytona International Speedway and, for the third consecutive year, the season finale at the series’ home track Toledo Speedway.  

    Eighteen racetracks from 2023 return to the schedule, with the addition of an event at Dover Motor Speedway in April as the only new venue on the calendar.  

    The highlights: 

    • The series will race at Daytona for the 61st consecutive year dating to 1964; the race will be a same-day doubleheader with the NASCAR Xfinity Series the day before the Daytona 500. 
    • Kansas Speedway is the only track on the schedule twice, with races scheduled in May and September. 
    • Conjunction races with the NASCAR Cup Series will also take place at Phoenix Raceway in March, Talladega Superspeedway and Dover Motor Speedway in April, Charlotte Motor Speedway in May, Iowa Speedway in June, Michigan International Speedway in August, and Watkins Glen and Bristol Motor Speedway both in September. 
    • Same-day doubleheaders with the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in July and The Milwaukee Mile in August both return. 
    • The busy summer starts with the popular road course stop at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on June 21 followed by short track clashes at Berlin Raceway, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park and a new summer date at Salem Speedway, while the race at Elko Speedway moves to Saturday, August 3. 
    • The Illinois State Fairgrounds returns on its traditional August date alongside the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds on Labor Day weekend as dirt races continue on the series schedule. 

    The race at Phoenix Raceway in March will be a combination race with the ARCA Menards Series West, while races at Dover Motor Speedway, Iowa Speedway, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, The Milwaukee Mile, and Bristol Motor Speedway will be combination races with the ARCA Menards Series East. 

    The complete 2024 ARCA Menards Series schedule (all times are Eastern): 

    Date Track, Location Time (ET) PLATFORM 
    Feb. 17 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla. 1:30 p.m. FS1 
    March 8 Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Ariz. 8:00 p.m. FS1 
    April 20 Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala. 12:30 p.m. FS1 
    April 26 Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, Del. 5:00 p.m. FS1 
    May 4 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan. 2:00 p.m. FS1 
    May 24 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C. 6:00 p.m. FS1 
    June 14 Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa 8:00 p.m. FS1 
    June 21 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Oh. 6:00 p.m. FS2 / FloRacing 
    June 29 Berlin Raceway, Marne, Mich. 8:00 p.m.* FS1 / FloRacing 
    July 19 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Brownsburg, Ind. 5:30 p.m. FS1 / FloRacing 
    July 27 Salem Speedway, Salem, Ind. 8:00 p.m. FS1 / FloRacing 
    Aug. 3 Elko Speedway, Elko, Minn. 9:00 p.m. FS2 / FloRacing 
    Aug. 16 Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Mich. 6:00 p.m. FS1 / FloRacing 
    Aug. 18 Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Ill. 2:00 p.m. FS1 / FloRacing 
    Aug. 25 The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wis. 1:00 p.m. FS1 / FloRacing 
    Sept. 1 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin, Ill. 8:30 p.m. FS1 / FloRacing 
    Sept. 13 Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, N.Y. 6:00 p.m. FS1 
    Sept. 19 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tenn. 5:00 p.m. FS1 
    Sept. 27 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan. 5:30 p.m. FS1 
    Oct. 5 Toledo Speedway, Toledo, Oh. 4:00 p.m. FS2 / FloRacing 

    * Airs on delay at 9:30 p.m. ET on FS1 
    All dates are tentative and subject to change. 

    Seventeen races will be televised on FS1, with the other three scheduled for FS2. Nine consecutive races starting at Mid-Ohio in June through DuQuoin in September, plus the season finale at Toledo, will also be streamed live on FloRacing. 

    Schedules for the ARCA Menards Series East and West will be released at a later date. 

    For further information please visit ARCARacing.com; for up-to-the-minute updates follow @ARCA_Racing on Twitter. 

    About ARCA 

    The Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA), founded in 1953 by John and Mildred Marcum in Toledo, Ohio, and acquired by NASCAR in April 2018, is the leading grassroots stock car sanctioning body in the United States. Bridging the gap between NASCAR’s top three national touring series and weekly racing all across the country, the organization administers more than 100 events annually, including the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, ARCA Menards Series West, plus weekly racing at Toledo and Flat Rock Speedways.  For more information about ARCA visit www.arcaracing.com, or follow ARCA on Facebook (@ARCARacing) and Twitter (@ARCA_Racing). 

  • Sean Hingorani earns first ARCA championship in a Toyota Camry

    Sean Hingorani earns first ARCA championship in a Toyota Camry

    AVONDALE, Ariz. (November 3, 2023) – Camry driver, Sean Hingorani, captured the 2023 ARCA Menards Series West title after a third-place finish at Phoenix Raceway Friday afternoon. Hingorani’s first-career series title completes a Toyota sweep of the national ARCA Menards Series championships, showcasing the premier performance of Toyota drivers and their Camrys. Jesse Love won the ARCA Menards Series title, while William Sawalich was the victor in the ARCA Menards Series East, helping Toyota claim the manufacturer’s crown for the season.

    The Venturini Motorsports driver delivered all season long enroute to a championship, posting four victories, seven top-fives and eight top-10s to go along with a pole at Irwindale Speedway. The 16-year-old Californian also competed in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East in 2023, claiming two additional poles and several top-fives and top-10s. With this title, Hingorani becomes the first driver of Indian descent to win a championship.

    “We couldn’t be more excited for Sean, his team and family in capturing the ARCA Menards Series West championship this season,” said Paul Doleshal, Group Manager, Motorsports, Toyota Motor North America (TMNA). “At just 16-years-old, Sean showcased incredible growth in his racing craft throughout the season and achieved much success, which resulted in a much-deserved championship. We look forward to seeing where this championship takes Sean in the future.”

    Along with his impressive season across ARCA, Hingorani made his debut in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series at the Milwaukee Mile in August. Piloting the No. 61 Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota Tundra TRD Pro, Hingorani finished 23rd after starting 27th.

    Hingorani’s ARCA Menards West title marks the first for Venturini Motorsports in the category, adding another championship to the famed-team’s mark in ARCA competition. This championship is also the fourth in five years for Toyota drivers in the ARCA Menards Series West, joining Jesse Love (2021 and 2020) and Derek Kraus (2019).

    About Toyota

    Toyota (NYSE:TM), creator of the Prius hybrid and the Mirai fuel cell vehicle, is committed to building vehicles for the way people live through our Toyota and Lexus brands, and directly employs more than 63,000 people in North America (more than 49,000 in the U.S.).

    Over the past 65 years, Toyota has assembled nearly 45 million cars and trucks in North America at the company’s 13 manufacturing plants. By 2025, the company’s 14th plant in North Carolina will begin to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles.

    Through our more than 1,800 North American dealerships (nearly 1,500 in the U.S.), Toyota sold more than 2.4 million cars and trucks (more than 2.1 million in the U.S.) in 2022, of which, nearly one quarter were electrified vehicles (full battery, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell).

  • Jack Wood | Pinnacle Racing Group Phoenix Raceway ARCA West Race Preview

    Jack Wood | Pinnacle Racing Group Phoenix Raceway ARCA West Race Preview

    Pinnacle Racing Group (PRG) | ARCA Menards Series West
    Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway | Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100

    Fast Facts
    No. 28 Pinnacle Racing Group Team:
    Driver: Jack Wood
    Primary Partner(s): Chevrolet
    Manufacturer: Chevrolet
    Crew Chief: Shane Huffman
    Spotter: Derek Kneeland
    Chassis Intel: PRG Chassis No. 408
    Engine: Ilmor Engineering
    Driver Championship Point Standings: N/A
    Team Championship Point Standings: N/A

    Notes of Interest:

    Season Finale: Pinnacle Racing Group (PRG) will take the checkered flag in their inaugural ARCA Menards Series season by competing in Friday morning’s Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 at Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway.

    With their participation in Friday’s ARCA West season finale, PRG will have competed in all three of ARCA’s series in 2023, including the premier ARCA Menards Series division, as well as the eight-race ARCA Menards Series East.

    Welcome Aboard: For Friday’s 100-lap race, Pinnacle Racing Group welcomes NASCAR CRAFTSMAN® Truck Series veteran Jack Wood behind the wheel.

    He has two top-five and six top-10 finishes with an average result of 10.4 across eight ARCA Menards Series starts this season. Across 17 career ARCA Menards Series starts he has recorded three top-five and 10 top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 12.2.

    He also has two prior ARCA Starts at Phoenix, including earlier this year when he qualified second and was running inside the top-five when he got turned from behind by another competitor and was relegated to a 28th-place finish.

    In addition to Friday afternoon’s Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100, Wood will also participate in the Truck Series season finale Friday night in the CRAFTSMAN® 150, the final Truck Series race for Kyle Busch Motorsports.

    Inaugural Chapter: Pinnacle Racing Group (PRG), a new Motorsports team, concludes its inaugural journey with this week’s ARCA West season finale Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 at Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway.

    PRG has built a solid foundation to compete in the ARCA Menards Series in its first season of competition.

    Jack Wood will become the team’s fourth ARCA driver this season alongside mainstay driver Luke Fenhaus and rookies Connor Zilisch (Watkins Glen International) and Carson Kvapil (Kansas Speedway).

    Zilisch (second) and Kvapil (second) delivered top-five ARCA Menards Series finishes for PRG in their respective premier ARCA Menards Series debuts, respectively.

    The PRG Brand: Headquartered in Mooresville, N.C., Pinnacle Racing Group (PRG) is a professional multifaceted Motorsports team specializing in providing productive and fulfilling careers for team members while also being a leader in on-track performance and driver development primarily in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series (NAAPWS) and the ARCA Menards Series (AMS).

    2023 Recap: Pinnacle Racing Group closed the curtain on its 2023 ARCA Menards Series East season with rookie Luke Fenhaus at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in September.

    In eight races, the team delivered two wins (Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville and Iowa Speedway), six top-five, seven top-10 finishes, and an average finish of 6.1.

    Fenhaus and the No. 28 Pinnacle Racing Group team also finished second in the ARCA Menards Series East championship standings.

    PRG Minute: In addition to their full-time ARCA Menards Series East program, PRG also fielded an entry in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series at Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway for teenager Landon S. Huffman.

    Huffman scored his first career NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series earlier in the season – rewarding the first-year team with a checkered flag in every division it has participated in 2023.

    Sponsor Intel: Chevrolet will serve as the primary marketing partner on Wood’s No. 28 Chevrolet this weekend in the Sun of the Valley.

    Founded in 1911 in Detroit, Chevrolet models include electric and fuel-efficient vehicles that feature engaging performance, design that makes the heart beat, passive and active safety features and easy-to-use technology, all at a value.

    More information on Chevrolet models can be found at chevrolet.com.

    Calling The Shots: Guiding Wood as crew chief of the No. 28 Pinnacle Racing Group Chevrolet is veteran Shane Huffman.

    Huffman joined Pinnacle Racing Group at the end of the 2022 racing season after an instrumental tenure at Bret Holmes Racing.

    With over 98 combined starts as crew chief in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN® Truck Series and Xfinity Series, Huffman has two wins, 24 top-five and 44 top-10 finishes, including a third-place finish most recently at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway with Bret Holmes in October 2022.

    In addition to NASCAR, Huffman is the 2020 premier ARCA Menards Series championship crew chief.

    Phoenix will officially mark Huffman’s first career race under the ARCA West banner.

    Follow on Social Media: For more on Jack Wood, please visit jackwoodracing.com, like him on Facebook (DriverJackWoodOfficial) and follow him on Instagram (@driverjackwood) and X | Twitter (@DriverJackWood).

    For more on Pinnacle Racing Group, please like them on Facebook (Pinnacle Racing Group) and follow them on Instagram (@RacePRG) and Twitter (@RacePRG).

    Jack Wood Quoteboard:

    On Phoenix Raceway: “I’m looking forward to Phoenix Raceway this weekend. I will end up with around 100 minutes of practice. When I’ve ran the ARCA car before a truck race it has helped knock the rust off and helps me fire off better on the short run in the truck.

    “I’m lucky to be able to get in the No. 28 ARCA car for Pinnacle Racing Group, I think we will have a good shot at it there and hopefully, it will be a good confidence builder going into the truck race that night.”

    Race Information:

    The Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 (100 laps | 100 miles) is the 12th of 12 races on the 2023 ARCA Menards Series West schedule. Practice begins Thursday, November 2 from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. General Tire pole qualifying in a timed session will begin a short time later at 7:10 p.m. The race is set to take the green flag on Friday, November 3, 2023, shortly after 11:30 a.m. MT (2:30 p.m. ET). The event will be streamed on FloRacing. ARCARacing.com will also stream live timing and scoring throughout the entire weekend festivities.