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Jesse Love, the defending ARCA Menards Series champion.
The 2024 ARCA Menards Series will be the 72nd 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 BRANDT 200 on February 17 and end with the Shore Lunch 200 at Toledo Speedway on October 5.
Jesse Love, the 2023 series champion, will not return to run full-time in the ARCA Menards Series in 2023 and defend his title as he joined Richard Childress Racing to run full-time for them in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2024.[1]
Confirmed teams and drivers
Complete schedule
| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet | Rev Racing | 2 | Andrés Pérez de Lara | Pérez de Lara will return to Rev to run another full season in the series.[2] |
| 6 | Lavar Scott (R) | Scott, who drove full-time for Rev in the East Series in 2023, will continue to drive for the team in 2024 and run full-time in the main ARCA Series for the first time.[2] | ||
| Ford | AM Racing | 32 | Christian Rose | Rose will run full-time for AMR again in 2024. It will be his second year with the team.[3] |
| Clubb Racing Inc. | 03 | Alex Clubb | Clubb will run the full season for his own team in 2024. It will be his first year running full-time in the series as a driver.[4] | |
| Toyota | Venturini Motorsports | 15 | Kris Wright | Wright, who started the 2023 season driving full-time for Young's Motorsports in the Truck Series before leaving the team midway through the year, will drive the Venturini No. 15 car full-time in the main ARCA Series in 2024. He ran part-time for the team in the main ARCA Series and the West Series in the second half of 2023.[5] |
Limited schedule
| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Races | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet | Rise Motorsports | 31 | Rita Goulet | 5 | Rita Goulet will run full-time for her and her husband Tim's team in the East Series in 2024, which means she will run the five combination races the main ARCA Series has with the East Series.[6] |
| Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | William Sawalich | 5 | Sawalich, the 2023 ARCA Menards Series East champion, will run full-time for JGR in the East Series again in 2024 and therefore will be in the five combination races the main ARCA Series has with the East Series.[7] |
| TBA | Kennealy Keller Motorsports | TBA | Robbie Kennealy | 1 | This new team will field two full-time cars in the West Series in 2024 and will therefore be in the combination race the series has with the main ARCA Series at Phoenix.[8] |
| TBA | Kyle Keller | 1 |
Other confirmed changes
Drivers
- On October 25, 2023, it was announced that 2023 series champion Jesse Love would move up to the Xfinity Series full-time in 2024, driving the Richard Childress Racing No. 2 car. His replacement in the Venturini Motorsports No. 20 car has yet to be announced.[1]
Schedule
The entire schedule was released on November 8, 2023. The TV coverage for all races will be on Fox Sports 1 except for the races at Mid-Ohio, Elko and Toledo which will be on Fox Sports 2.[9]
Schedule changes
- The race at Pocono Raceway was removed from the schedule and replaced by a race at Dover Motor Speedway. The East Series has had a race at Dover since 2004 and this will be the first year since NASCAR's acquisition of ARCA in 2020 that it has been a combination race with the main ARCA Series. It will also be the first time the main ARCA Series has ever had a race at Dover. This is the first time since 1986 that the main ARCA Series will not have a race at Pocono, ending a 37 year run.[10]
- The combination race at Iowa Speedway was moved from July to June in order for it to be on the same weekend as the track's new Cup Series race and its returning Xfinity Series race. This is the weekend the race at Berlin was on in 2023.
- The race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course moves from July to June. This is the weekend the race at Elko was on in 2023. The track lost its Truck Series race that had been on the same weekend as its ARCA race.
- The race at Berlin Raceway moves two weeks later in June.
- The combination race at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park moves from August to July along with the track's Truck Series race and the Cup and Xfinity Series races at the nearby Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
- The race at Salem Speedway moves from September to July.
- The race at Elko Speedway moves from June to August to the weekend where the race at Michigan was in 2023.
- The race at Michigan International Speedway moves two weeks later in August along with the track's Cup and Xfinity Series races to the weekend where all three series raced at Watkins Glen in 2023.
- The race at Watkins Glen International moves from August to September along with the track's Cup and Xfinity Series races.
- The September race at Kansas Speedway moves three weeks later in the month to the weekend where the race at Salem was on in 2023.
See also
References
- 1 2 Srigley, Joseph (October 25, 2023). "Jesse Love Going Xfinity Series Racing with Richard Childress Racing in 2024". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- 1 2 "Rev Racing confirms Andrés Pérez and Lavar Scott for 2024 ARCA Menards Series season". ARCARacing.com. November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ↑ Damcott, Anthony (October 7, 2023). "Christian Rose Returning to AM Racing's ARCA Seat in 2024". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ↑ Kristl, Mark (November 17, 2023). "Alex Clubb Running Full ARCA Schedule in 2024". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ↑ Branscum, Benjamine (November 14, 2023). "Kris Wright Announces Full-Time Deal With Venturini Motorsports In 2024". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ↑ Kristl, Mark (October 15, 2023). "Rita Goulet Running Full ARCA East in 2024". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ↑ Kristl, Mark (July 13, 2023). "William Sawalich Expanding Racing Schedule in 2024". Fronstretch. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ↑ Branscum, Benjamine (September 1, 2023). "Kennealy Keller Motorsports Announces Launch of ARCA West Development Team for 2024". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ↑ "ARCA Menards Series schedule for 2024 announced". ARCARacing.com. November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ↑ "Racing-Reference tracks: Pocono Raceway". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
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