The ARCA Menards Series has finalized its 2021 schedule, which opens Saturday, Feb. 13 at Daytona International Speedway and concludes at Kansas Speedway in October. The 20-race schedule will be contested at 19 different venues and will once again include the Sioux Chief Showdown, a series within the series designed to bring together top […]
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. – The last race of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series season was all about firsts. Bret Holmes, who said he entered the season not knowing he would run a full season let alone contend for a title, did more than enough with his second-place finish Friday at Kansas Speedway to clinch […]
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Toledo, OH — ARCA has finalized the remainder of the 2020 schedule, with 11 events spread out over the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West over the next seven weeks. There are six events on the ARCA Menards Series calendar, two of which are combination races with the ARCA […]
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KANSAS CITY, Ks. — Finally. Following a string of strong runs, Bret Holmes finally got to experience the emotions of standing in Victory Lane in the ARCA Menards Series. He earned that with a dominating performance Friday night in the Dawn 150 at Kansas Speedway. The 23-year-old Munford, Alabama, driver put the family-owned No. 23 […]
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In a do or die night at Kansas Speedway, Christian Eckes out-duled fellow Venturini Motorsports driver Michael Self and took home the 2019 ARCA Menards Series Title. The 2016 Snowball Derby winner started in the rear of the field after an engine change earlier in the day, took the lead just before the halfway […]
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Everyone remembers their favorite fairy tales when they were younger. The best ones, it seemed, were the ones that were the most improbable but still somehow managed to have that magical ending in which the hero or heroine somehow triumphed against all odds. After a 2018 season fraught full of struggle and disappointment, it’s perhaps […]
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After a disheartening season in 2018, the 2019 ARCA Menards Series season has been one of resurgence for Munford, Alabama’s Bret Holmes. A full-time college student who also spends time working with his father’s excavation business that helps fund the family-owned race team he drives for, Holmes (No. 23 Holmes II Excavation Chevrolet) went from […]
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He spent the summer stretch of races being hunted. Now, second in points heading into the ARCA Menards Series season finale at Kansas Speedway, Michael Self (No. 25 Sinclair Lubricants Toyota) is the hunter. He’d much rather be out front. But if he has to come from behind, he’s confident he can do it […]
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Last year’s ARCA Menards Series finale at Kansas Speedway had little championship drama, as Sheldon Creed needed to only present his car for practice to become the 35th driver to become the series champion in ARCA’s then 67-year history. This year, it’s a vastly different story. Christian Eckes (No. 15 JBL Audio Toyota) […]
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On Saturday, Christian Eckes assumed the points lead in the ARCA Menards Series with a runner-up finish to Chandler Smith. While the finish secured the Sioux Chief Short Track Challenge title for Eckes, the 19-year-old now sets his sights on finishing the year with the ARCA championship on October 18 at Kansas Speedway (KS). […]
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