The 2019 ARCA Menards Series was the 67th season of the ARCA Menards Series. Christian Eckes of Venturini Motorsports won the championship over teammate Michael Self. Eckes became the first champion since Tim Steele in 1997 to win the title after missing a race during the season.
On February 9, 2019, hours before the season-opening Lucas Oil 200, ARCA announced that the series would be renamed to the ARCA Menards Series for at least 2019 and 2020. Menards had previously been a presenting sponsor for ARCA.
Teams and drivers Complete schedule Manufacturer Team Driver Ford Chad Bryant Racing 22 Connor Hall Corey Heim (R) Ty Majeski RFMS Racing 27 Travis Braden Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Riley Herbst Ty Gibbs Todd Gilliland Venturini Motorsports 15 Christian Eckes (R) Harrison Burton 20 Harrison Burton Chandler Smith Brandon Lynn Myatt Snider Logan Seavey 25 Michael Self Chevrolet Toyota Bret Holmes Racing 23 Bret Holmes Ford Chevrolet Chad Bryant Racing 77 Joe Graf Jr. Toyota Chevrolet Ford Fast Track Racing 1 Chuck Hiers Dick Doheny Ed Pompa Jason Miles Darrell Basham Ford Toyota 10 Tommy Vigh Jr. (R) Chevrolet Ford Toyota 11 Jason White Matt Dooley Morgen Baird D. L. Wilson Mike Basham Rick Clifton Jason Miles Dick Doheny Dick Karth Tyler Speer Ed Pompa Toyota Chevrolet KBR Development 28 Brandon McReynolds Carson Hocevar (R) Raphaël Lessard Stefan Parsons Sheldon Creed Ford Toyota Kimmel Racing 69 Scott Melton (R) Mike Basham Barry Layne Dale Shearer Will Kimmel Chevrolet Dodge Toyota Ford Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Con Nicolopoulos Tim Richmond (R)
Limited schedule Manufacturer Team Driver Rounds Chevrolet Allgaier Motorsports 16 Kelly Kovski Bobby Gerhart Racing 5 Bobby Gerhart Brother-In-Law Racing 57 Bryan Dauzat Connor Okrzesik Racing 14 Connor Okrzesik CR7 Motorsports 7 Codie Rohrbaugh Darrell Basham Racing 34 Darrell Basham Mike Basham Empire Racing 43 Sean Corr Finney Racing Enterprises 80 Brian Finney GMS Racing 21 Sam Mayer Sheldon Creed KBR Development 19 Raphaël Lessard Max Force Racing 9 Thomas Praytor Spraker Racing Enterprises 63 Dave Mader III Win-Tron Racing 32 Gus Dean Cole Glasson Austin Wayne Self Howie DiSavino III Colby Howard Ford Chad Bryant Racing 7 Connor Hall Clubb Racing 03 Alex Clubb Dale Shearer Racing 68 Dale Shearer Kaden Honeycutt Racing 38 Kaden Honeycutt Mullins Racing 3 Willie Mullins Rette Jones Racing 30 Grant Quinlan Toyota DGR-Crosley 4 Todd Gilliland Drew Dollar 54 Natalie Decker Tanner Gray Hendren Motorsports 24 Ryan Unzicker J. J. Pack Racing 61 J. J. Pack On Point Motorsports 29 Derrick Lancaster Rick Ware Racing 51 Carson Ware Venturini Motorsports 55 Leilani Munter Hailie Deegan Gavin Harlien Vizion Motorsports 35 Brenden Queen (R) Devin Dodson 36 Paul Williamson Chevrolet Ford Brad Smith Motorsports 48 Brad Smith Ford Dodge CCM Racing 2 Eric Caudell Toyota Dodge 7 Chevrolet Ford Empire Racing 44 John Ferrier Lexi Gay Chevrolet Ford 46 Thad Moffitt Ford Toyota Ken Schrader Racing 52 Tyler Dippel Ken Schrader Chevrolet Ford Our Motorsports 02 Andy Seuss Chevrolet Ford 09 C. J. McLaughlin Toyota Chevrolet Dodge Ford Wayne Peterson Racing 0 Wayne Peterson Con Nicolopoulos Alex Clubb Don Thompson Benjamin Peterson
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Changes Teams On Point Motorsports has announced plans to enter the series part-time in 2019. GMS Racing announced a re-entry into ARCA for 2019 with Sam Mayer as driver. KBR Development announced a full schedule for 2019 with technical support from GMS, up from a three-race venture in 2018 with a renumbered 28 car. To help the effort, KBR purchased some assets of MDM Motorsports.
Drivers On October 24, 2018, it was announced that Christian Eckes will run full-time for Venturini Motorsports in 2019. Eckes had run part-time with VMS in 2016, 2017 and 2018. On October 26, 2018, Corey Heim announced a schedule of thirteen events for the 2019 season in the No. 22 for Chad Bryant Racing. On November 2, 2018, it was announced that Chandler Smith would return to Venturini Motorsports for the 2019 season for 11 races. Smith will run mostly short track events due to age restrictions. On November 24, 2018, it was announced that Carson Hocevar and KBR Development will run the Sioux Chief Short Track Challenge in 2019. On November 30, 2018, it was announced that Natalie Decker will run a partial schedule with DGR-Crosley in 2019. She ran full-time for Venturini Motorsports in 2018. On December 6, 2018, Sam Mayer and GMS Racing announced a seven-race partnership. On January 10, 2019, it was announced that Harrison Burton will drive the Venturini Motorsports No. 20 Toyota for five races in 2019. Burton drove for MDM Motorsports in 2018. On January 11, 2019, Michael Self announced a full-season schedule with Venturini Motorsports in the organization's No. 25 entry. Self ran half the 2018 schedule with Venturini. Connor Okrzesik announced that he will make his ARCA debut in the race at Five Flags Speedway on March 9. On March 1, 2019, it was announced that Hailie Deegan signed a six-race deal to drive for Venturini Motorsports in the 2019 season. On March 22, 2019, Chad Bryant Racing announced that Ty Majeski would be in their No. 22 car for 5 races. Majeski ran a part-time season with Roush-Fenway Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2018. Majeski would later add Talladega to his schedule. On March 26, 2019, Venturini Motorsports and Gavin Harlien confirmed a 3 race deal in the No. 55 entry. In April 2019, it was revealed that Tommy Vigh Jr. would run the full season with Fast Track Racing in the No. 10 car and run for Rookie of the Year after running a partial schedule with the team in 2018.
Crew chiefs On December 6, 2018, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Mark McFarland had been hired as the crew chief of their ARCA team. On January 15, 2019, it was confirmed that former Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series crew chief Frank Kerr had signed with DGR-Crosley to become the crew chief for Natalie Decker in 2019. Matt Weber and Todd Myers both joined Chad Bryant Racing for 2019. On January 15, 2019, it was announced that Tony Furr, who served as crew chief of the StarCom Racing No. 00 team in the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, moved to Mullins Racing in the same capacity.
Schedule
The full schedule was released on November 21, 2018. The schedule remains largely unchanged from 2018. Although some tracks swapped dates throughout the season, the only track from 2018 to be excluded in 2019 was Berlin Raceway. In turn, the only track to be added to the schedule was Five Flags Speedway. For the first time in series history, every race was aired live. 12 races were broadcast on MAVTV, while 6 were covered by FS1 and the last 2 was covered by FS2.
No. Race title Track Date Time (EST) Broadcaster 1 Lucas Oil 200 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach February 9 4:45 p.m. FS1 2 Pensacola 200 Five Flags Speedway, Pensacola March 9 7:00 p.m. MAVTV 3 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Salem Speedway, Salem April 14 2:15 p.m. 4 General Tire 200 Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega April 26 6:00 p.m. FS1 5 Music City 200 Fairgrounds Speedway, Nashville May 5† 2:00 p.m. MAVTV 6 Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 Toledo Speedway, Toledo May 19 7 General Tire 150 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord May 23 9:00 p.m. FS1 8 General Tire #AnywhereIsPossible 200 Pocono Raceway, Long Pond May 31 5:45 p.m. FS2 9 VizCom 200 Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn June 7 6:00 p.m. FS1 10 Shore Lunch 200 Madison International Speedway, Oregon June 14 9:00 p.m. MAVTV 11 Day to Day Coffee 150 World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison June 22 6:00 p.m. 12 Bounty 150 Chicagoland Speedway, Joilet June 27 8:00 p.m. FS1 13 Menards 250 Elko Speedway, Elko July 13 9:00 p.m. MAVTV 14 Fans With Benefits 150 Iowa Speedway, Newton July 19 15 FORTS USA 150 Pocono Raceway, Long Pond July 26 4:00 p.m. FS1 16 Allen Crowe 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Springfield August 18 2:30 p.m. MAVTV 17 Southern Illinois 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Du Quoin August 31 9:00 p.m. 18 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers Fall Classic 200 Salem Speedway, Salem September 14 7:15 p.m. 19 Herr's Potato Chips 200 Lucas Oil Raceway, Brownsburg October 5 8:00 p.m. 20 Kansas ARCA 150 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City October 18 8:30 p.m. †The Music City 200 Presented by Inspectra Thermal Solutions was postponed from May 4 to May 5 due to rain.
Results and standings Races No. Race Pole Position Most laps led Winning driver No. Winning team 1 Lucas Oil 200 Christian Eckes Harrison Burton Harrison Burton Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports 2 Pensacola 200 Chandler Smith Raphaël Lessard Michael Self Toyota 25 Venturini Motorsports 3 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Carson Hocevar Michael Self Michael Self Toyota 25 Venturini Motorsports 4 General Tire 200 Brandon Lynn Sean Corr Todd Gilliland Toyota 4 DGR-Crosley 5 Music City 200 Chandler Smith Christian Eckes Christian Eckes Toyota 15 Venturini Motorsports 6 Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 Michael Self Chandler Smith Chandler Smith Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports 7 General Tire 150 Michael Self Michael Self Ty Majeski Ford 22 Chad Bryant Racing 8 General Tire#AnywhereIsPossible 200 Harrison Burton Riley Herbst Ty Majeski Ford 22 Chad Bryant Racing 9 VizCom 200 Michael Self Michael Self Michael Self Toyota 25 Venturini Motorsports 10 Shore Lunch 200 Chandler Smith Chandler Smith Chandler Smith Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports 11 Day to Day Coffee 150 Michael Self Michael Self Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 12 Bounty 150 Michael Self Ty Majeski Ty Majeski Ford 22 Chad Bryant Racing 13 Menards 250 Christian Eckes Chandler Smith Chandler Smith Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports 14 Fans With Benefits 150 Chandler Smith Chandler Smith Chandler Smith Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports 15 FORTS USA 150 Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Christian Eckes Toyota 15 Venturini Motorsports 16 Allen Crowe 100 Logan Seavey Michael Self Michael Self Toyota 25 Venturini Motorsports 17 Southern Illinois 100 Ken Schrader Christian Eckes Christian Eckes Toyota 15 Venturini Motorsports 18 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers Fall Classic 200 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Herr's Potato Chips 200 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Chandler Smith Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports 20 ARCA Kansas 150 Tanner Gray Michael Self Christian Eckes Toyota 15 Venturini Motorsports
Drivers' championship (key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.