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Gus Dean Joins Nitro Motorsports for Return to ARCA Menards Series

by MikeJanuary 22, 2026

CONCORD, N.C.: After setting the fastest lap in preseason ARCA Menards Series practice at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway last weekend, Nitro Motorsports confirmed that three-time ARCA race winner Gus Dean will join the organization for the 2026 season-opening General Tire 200 at the “World Center of Racing” on February 14.

Dean, a Bluffton, S.C., native, will return to the ARCA Menards Series for the first time since Michigan International Speedway in 2024 and will look to extend his streak of Daytona International Speedway victories after capturing an emotional win in February 2024.

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General Tire Extends Partnership with the ARCA Menards Series for the 2026 Season

by MikeJanuary 19, 2026

Fort Mill, S.C. — January 15, 2026 — General Tire announced today that it will extend its long-standing partnership with the ARCA Menards Series for the 2026 season, continuing a successful relationship that began in 2016. As a proud supporter of the series for a decade, General Tire remains committed to empowering rising talent, elevating competition, and bringing fans closer to the action on some of the nation’s most iconic tracks.

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Lime Rock Park – ARCA at the 2026 Historic Festival

by Lou ModestinoJanuary 17, 2026

Dear Historic Festival Competitors, Collectors, and Friends of Lime Rock Park,

As we look ahead to Historic Festival 44, we are proud to extend a special invitation—one Skip Barber has been eager to make—to owners and caretakers of Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) cars.

Our featured marque for HF44 is Alfa Romeo, and it is fitting that this story begins there. The final ARCA race, run in 1940, was won by Frank Griswold driving an Alfa Romeo Grand Prix car. Eight years later, as American road racing re-emerged after World War II, it was Griswold once again—this time winning the inaugural SCCA-sanctioned Watkins Glen Grand Prix in 1948 in a different pre-war Alfa Romeo, an 8C 2900. Few moments illustrate the continuity of American sports car racing more clearly.

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Hoosier Named Tire Supplier For ARCA Menards Series

by MikeDecember 30, 2025

TEMPERANCE, MICH. (Dec. 23, 2025) – Hoosier Racing Tire has furthered its commitment to the ARCA Menards Series and will continue as the series’ exclusive tire supplier in 2026. The agreement, which runs for multiple years, will also extend to the ARCA Menards Series East and West.

Through the supplier agreement, the tires will continue to carry General Tire branding.

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The Comeback with a Backbone: Single-Mom Alli Owens Charges Into ARCA to Champion Blue-Collar America and Empower the Next Generation of Women

by MikeDecember 22, 2025

As a sole-custody single mother of three, a lifelong racer, and a woman carved from the blue-collar foundation of grassroots America, Alli Owens is officially announcing her return to the ARCA Menards Series — and she’s coming back with purpose, conviction, and a message the sport needs to hear.

The Daytona Beach, Fla. native will make her official return in next month’s open practice session at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, before arriving for her return to series competition at the “World Center of Racing” for the season-opening race on Saturday, February 14, 2026.

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2026 Schedule of Events Released for Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway

by MikeDecember 17, 2025

(Nashville, TN) Continuing the momentum of a year that brought some of the best racing and local rivalries at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, 2026 will continue to bring marquee events to the Music City.

America’s Favorite Short track will host premier series from March through November, showcasing the best drivers across the south region. Featuring the local heroes in Pro Late Models, Street Stocks, Limited Late Models, Pure Stock and Front Runners. Also, the up-and-coming stars in the Legends and Bandolero cars. The historic 122nd year of auto racing will begin on Saturday, March 28th.

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Good Ranchers Named Title Sponsor of NTT INDYCAR SERIES Race at Phoenix Raceway

by MikeDecember 4, 2025

The Fastest-Growing Meat Delivery Company in the U.S. Partners with the Fastest Racing On Earth For Exhilarating Return to Historic Phoenix Track

AVONDALE, Ariz. (Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025) – Good Ranchers, an American meat company, INDYCAR and Phoenix Raceway announced a new title partnership for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES’ race scheduled for Saturday, March 7, 2026. The Good Ranchers 250 at Phoenix Raceway marks INDYCAR’s return to the thrilling and high-speed one-mile oval for the first time since 2018.

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ARCA Menards Series West 2026 Schedule Announced; 13 Races Set at 11 Tracks

by MikeDecember 3, 2025

TEMPERANCE, Mich. – (December 2, 2025) – The ARCA Menards Series West schedule has been announced, with 13 races set at 11 tracks spread across six states.

The ARCA Menards Series West calendar will expand from 12 races in 2025 to 13 in 2026, the most since 2019.

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Sigma Performance Services Racing Acquires AM Racing, Expands National Footprint with Ford Racing Support

by MikeNovember 25, 2025

STATESVILLE, N.C. (NOVEMBER 24, 2025) — Sigma Performance Services Racing (SPS Racing) today announced the acquisition of AM Racing, uniting two successful motorsports organizations under a single banner with the support of Ford Racing.

Beginning with the 2026 season, SPS will field entries in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series (Xfinity Series), the ARCA Menards Series and an expanded late model program designed to accelerate driver development and engineering innovation across the team’s racing platforms.

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Three Time NASCAR Modified Champion John Beatty Jr. To Lead Riverhead Raceway 2025 Parade Of Champions At Awards Celebration

by Bob FinanNovember 21, 2025

On any level of racing winning consecutive championships is a difficult task, earning three in a row while not impossible is as impressive as it is rare. During the 75th Anniversary season at Riverhead Raceway in 2025, John Beatty Jr. of Merrick accomplished something that had not been done in thirty years, and just twice over 75-years when he earned his third straight NASCAR Modified championship. Beatty will be feted along with eleven other Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series divisional champions at the Riverhead Raceway awards celebration Friday January 23rd at Giorgio’s Premier Caterers of Baiting Hollow.

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