December 10th 2025

2026 ARCA Menards Series East schedule announced

The 2026 ARCA Menards Series East schedule has been announced with an eight-race slate that features a new event at Hickory Motor Speedway and a return to Toledo Speedway for the first time since 2020.

The East Series schedule will once again feature four standalone races and four combination races with the ARCA Menards Series. The season will open with a standalone race at Hickory on March 28 and will conclude with the traditional finale at Bristol Motor Speedway, a combination race with the ARCA Menards Series.

“The eight races that make up the ARCA Menards Series East schedule include tracks that will be very familiar to the series but will also see the addition of the first-ever ARCA race at Hickory Motor Speedway, and a return to Toledo Speedway for the first time since 2020,” said ARCA president Ron Drager. “The race at Hickory, one of the most legendary and tradition-rich tracks in stock-car racing, already has a lot of energy and excitement around it, and we’ll follow with a much-anticipated return to Rockingham Speedway for the second consecutive year the very next weekend.

“We look forward to another competitive season and the championship coming down to the final laps of the final race of the year at Bristol Motor Speedway in September.”

The highlights:

The 2026 ARCA Menards Series East schedule features four standalone races, including the series’ first visit to Hickory Motor Speedway and a return to Rockingham Speedway for the second consecutive year.
Other standalone races include Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in May and an August stop at Flat Rock Speedway, which coincides with Flat Rock’s 75th anniversary celebration.
There are four combination races for the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East with a return to Toledo Speedway for the first time since 2020, plus traditional events at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Iowa Speedway and the finale at Bristol Motor Speedway.
The ARCA Menards Series East will race in conjunction with the NASCAR’s national series at Rockingham Speedway, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Iowa Speedway and Bristol Motor Speedway. The race at Flat Rock Speedway will be the only national-level stock car race held on the national series’ only summertime off weekend.
All four stand-alone races for the East Series will be streamed live on FloRacing; the combination races with the ARCA Menards Series will be televised live on FS1.

2026 ARCA Menards Series East schedule