Isabella Robusto at Talladega – Motorsport America Photo
TEMPERANCE, Mich. – (October 13, 2026) – The ARCA Menards Series has
released the schedule for its historic 75th season in 2027, opening at
Daytona International Speedway in February and closing at Kansas
Speedway for the second consecutive year in October.
The 20-race slate will kick off, as it has every season since 1987,
with the 63rd annual Daytona ARCA 200 at The World Center of Racing. The
series will traverse the country, from the start of the season in the
southeast to a visit to the southwest at Phoenix Raceway, the
traditional short track stops in the Midwest, and a return to the
northeast with visits to Watkins Glen International and Lime Rock Park.
The 20 races will be contested at 19 different tracks in 11 states.
* The series will race at Daytona International Speedway for the 63rd
consecutive year dating to 1964; as it has for the last seven years the
race will be the opener of a same-day doubleheader with the NASCAR
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series the day before the DAYTONA 500.
* The traditional visits to the Midwestern short tracks populate the
late spring and summer slate, with stops at Ohio’s Toledo Speedway in
May, Michigan’s Berlin Raceway and Minnesota’s Elko Speedway in
June, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in July for a doubleheader
with the NASCAR FedEx Freight Truck Series, a trip to cheese country
just outside the capital of Wisconsin at Madison International Speedway
in August, and the second Indiana stop at Salem Speedway in September.
* Kansas Speedway continues to be the only track on the schedule twice,
with races scheduled in conjunction with the NASCAR national series in
May and September.
* Additional conjunction races with the NASCAR Cup Series will also
take place at Phoenix Raceway in March, Talladega Superspeedway in
April, Michigan International Speedway and Chicagoland Speedway in June,
Iowa Speedway over the Fourth of July weekend, Bristol Motor Speedway in
August, and Watkins Glen International in September.
* The state of Illinois will host four races, including the return to
the 1.25-mile World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, just across the
Mississippi River from St. Louis, which will host the series on August
20. The two dirt miles at the Illinois State Fair and DuQuoin State Fair
both return, with a new Aug. 8 date for Springfield to go along with the
traditional Labor Day Sunday night race at DuQuoin.
The race at Phoenix Raceway in March will be a combination race with
the ARCA Menards West Series; the full slate of combination races with
the ARCA Menards Series East will be announced when the East and West
schedules are released in the coming weeks.
The complete 20-race 2027 ARCA Menards Series schedule:
Date, Track, Location
Sat., Feb. 20
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Fri., March 12
Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Ariz.
Sat., April 24
Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala.
Sat., May 8
Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan.
Sat., May 15
Toledo Speedway, Toledo, Oh.
Sat., June 5
Berlin Raceway, Marne, Mich.
Sat., June 12
Elko Raceway, Elko, Minn.
Fri., June 18
Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Mich.
Fri., June 25
Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Ill.
Fri., July 2
Iowa Speedway, Newton, Ia.
Sat., July 10
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Conn.
Fri., July 23
Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Brownsburg, Ind.
Sun., Aug. 8
Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Ill.
Thur., Aug. 12
Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tenn.
Fri., Aug. 20
Worldwide Technology Raceway, Madison, Ill.
Fri., Aug. 27
Madison International Speedway, Oregon, Wis.
Sun., Sept. 5
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin, Ill.
Fri., Sept. 17
Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY
Sat., Sept. 25
Salem Speedway, Salem, Ind.
Fri., Oct. 1
Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan.
All dates are tentative and subject to change.
“Just as we have since John and Mildred Marcum founded ARCA in 1953,
the ARCA Menards Series will compete at a widely diverse group of the
country’s best racetracks for our 75th season,” said ARCA president
Ron Drager. “Our series has established itself as a valuable bridge
from grassroots weekly, regional and international racing to the NASCAR
National Series over decades, while also serving as a destination for
career professional racers. The 2027 schedule lines up well to continue
in that capacity.”
The complete broadcast schedule, including television networks and race
start times, will be released soon.
For further information please visit ARCARacing.com; for
up-to-the-minute updates follow @ARCA_Racing on Twitter.
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