2017 ARCA Racing Series
The 2017 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards is the 65th season of the ARCA Racing Series. The season began on February 18 with the Lucas Oil 200 Driven by General Tire and will be ended on October 20 with the Kansas 150.
Teams and drivers
| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet | Allgaier Motorsports | 16 | Grant Enfinger | 1 |
| Ferrier Racing | John Ferrier | 1 | ||
| Bayird Motorsports | 45 | Peyton Taylor | 1 | |
| Bret Holmes Racing | 23 | Bret Holmes (R) | All | |
| Bryan Dauzat Racing | 11 | Bryan Dauzat | 1 | |
| 57 | 2 | |||
| Frankie Kimmel | 1 | |||
| Darrell Basham Motorsports | 34 | Mike Basham | 12 | |
| 94 | Dick Karth | 1 | ||
| Ebert Racing | 19 | David Sear | 1 | |
| Finney Racing Enterprises | 04 | Scott Reeves | 2 | |
| Finley Racing | 51 | Chad Finley | 4 | |
| Hixson Motorsports | 31 | Mike Senica | 1 | |
| MacZink Racing | 65 | Jeffery MacZink | 1 | |
| Mason Mitchell Motorsports | 28 | Michael Self | 2 | |
| 88 | Kaz Grala | 1 | ||
| Brandon Lynn | 1 | |||
| Mason Mitchell | 1 | |||
| Michael Womack | 1 | |||
| 98 | Quin Houff | 1 | ||
| Venturini Motorsports | Leilani Münter | 1 | ||
| Our Motorsports | 02 | Andy Seuss | 2 | |
| Reese Motorsports | 62 | Chris Reese | 1 | |
| Wayne Peterson Racing | 88 | Con Nicolopoulos | 2 | |
| Wayne Peterson | 1 | |||
| Dodge | Derrick Lancaster Racing | 83 | Derrick Lancaster | 1 |
| ESP Motorsports | 71 | Gene Paul | 1 | |
| Ford | Braden Racing | 01 | Travis Braden | 1 |
| Brian Kaltreider Racing | 07 | Dan Bainey | 1 | |
| Brian Kaltreider | 1 | |||
| 96 | Bobby Dale Earnhardt | 1 | ||
| Kevin Kromer | 1 | |||
| Ciccarelli Racing | 38 | Ray Ciccarelli | 1 | |
| Clubb Racing | 97 | Alex Clubb | 1 | |
| Cunningham Motorsports | 22 | Shane Lee | All | |
| 77 | Dalton Sargeant | All | ||
| 99 | Ty Majeski | 5 | ||
| Austin Cindric | 2 | |||
| Dale Shearer Racing | 94 | Dale Shearer | 3 | |
| Empire Racing | 43 | Sean Corr | 1 | |
| 46 | 2 | |||
| Thad Moffitt | 3 | |||
| John Ferrier | 2 | |||
| James Hylton Motorsports | 48 | Brad Smith | All | |
| Josh Williams Motorsports | 6 | Michael Lira | 2 | |
| Kimmel Racing | 08 | Ricky Sanders | 1 | |
| Kevin Hinckle | 2 | |||
| Lira Motorsports | 58 | Clint King | 1 | |
| Max Force Racing | 9 | Thomas Praytor | All | |
| MBM Motorsports | 66 | Mark Thompson | 2 | |
| Mullins Racing | 34 | Willie Mullins | 4 | |
| 28 | Robert Bruce | 1 | ||
| Norm Hutton Racing | 37 | David LeBeau | 2 | |
| RFMS Racing | 27 | A. J. Fike | 18 | |
| Travis Braden | 1 | |||
| P. J. Jones | 1 | |||
| Toyota | Hendren Motorsports | 24 | Ryan Unzicker | 2 |
| Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Matt Tifft | 1 | |
| Riley Herbst (R) | 19 | |||
| 81 | 1 | |||
| MDM Motorsports | 12 | Sheldon Creed | 3 | |
| Venturini Motorsports | 15 | Leilani Münter | 1 | |
| Christian Eckes | 10 | |||
| Spencer Davis | 2 | |||
| Kyle Benjamin | 1 | |||
| Noah Gragson | 3 | |||
| Tanner Thorson | 1 | |||
| 20 | Zane Smith | 2 | ||
| Tom Berte | 1 | |||
| 25 | Tom Hessert | 5 | ||
| Raphaël Lessard | 3 | |||
| Natalie Decker | 5 | |||
| Spencer Davis | 5 | |||
| Tanner Thorson | 1 | |||
| Christopher Bell | 1 | |||
| 55 | Noah Gragson | 2 | ||
| Zane Smith (R) | 11 | |||
| Frankie Kimmel | 2 | |||
| Bo LeMastus | 1 | |||
| Win-Tron Racing | 32 | Gus Dean | All | |
| 33 | Justin Fontaine (R) | 9 | ||
| Mason Mingus | 2 | |||
| Austin Wayne Self | 1 | |||
| Rette-Jones Racing | Terry Jones | 1 | ||
| Tyler Dippel | 3 | |||
| 30 | Terry Jones | 1 | ||
| Chevrolet | Bob Schacht Motorsports | 75 | Benny Chastain | 1 |
| Toyota | A. J. Henriksen | 1 | ||
| Chevrolet 8 Ford 1 |
Bobby Gerhart Racing | 5 | Bobby Gerhart | 9 |
| Dodge 2 Toyota 2 |
Crosley Sports Group | 42 | Bo LeMastus | 4 |
| Dodge 1 Chevrolet 2 |
Dream Team of Pasco | 67 | Cody Lane | 3 |
| Chevrolet 2 Dodge 1 Ford 1 |
Finney Racing Enterprises | 80 | Caesar Bacarella | 2 |
| Bryan Finney | 2 | |||
| Toyota | Ken Schrader Racing | 10 | Tony Mrakovich | 1 |
| Chevrolet 2 Toyota 7 Dodge 1 Ford 5 |
Fast Track Racing | Ed Pompa | 5 | |
| Rick Clifton | 1 | |||
| Austin Nemire | 1 | |||
| James Swanson | 1 | |||
| Morgen Baird | 1 | |||
| Richard Doheny | 1 | |||
| Zach Ralston | 2 | |||
| A. J. Fike | 1 | |||
| Tyler Speer | 2 | |||
| Toyota | 11 | Tony Mrakovich | 1 | |
| Ken Schrader Racing | 1 | |||
| Brandon Grosso | 1 | |||
| Chevrolet 2 Ford 14 Toyota 4 |
52 | Austin Theriault (R) | All | |
| Dodge 2 Chevrolet 3 |
Grant County Mulch Racing | 7 | Codie Rohrbaugh | 5 |
| Chevrolet 6 Ford 10 |
Hixson Motorsports | 2 | Eric Caudell (R) | All |
| Chevrolet | 3 | Mike Senica | 4 | |
| Steve Fox | 3 | |||
| Bobby Dale Earnhardt | 2 | |||
| Ricky Tackman | 3 | |||
| Steve Cox | 1 | |||
| Ford | Joe Cooksey | 2 | ||
| Ciccarelli Racing | Ray Ciccarelli | 1 | ||
| Ford 8 Chevrolet 1 |
Kimmel Racing | 69 | Ricky Sanders | 2 |
| Will Kimmel | 7 | |||
| Toyota | Nick Higdon | 6 | ||
| Bo LeMastus | 1 | |||
| Chevrolet | Mason Mitchell Motorsports | 78 | Kyle Weatherman | 10 |
| Tyler Roahrig | 1 | |||
| Cole Anderson | 1 | |||
| Ryan Repko | 1 | |||
| Trevor Noles | 1 | |||
| Justin Haley | 1 | |||
| Chase Purdy | 1 | |||
| Sheldon Creed | 2 | |||
| Ford | Cole Custer | 1 | ||
| Toyota | MDM Motorsports | 8 | Vinnie Miller | 1 |
| Chevrolet | Brandon Jones | 2 | ||
| Toyota 9 Chevrolet 1 |
28 | Michael Self | 3 | |
| Sheldon Creed | 3 | |||
| Travis Miller | 1 | |||
| Justin Haley | 1 | |||
| Harrison Burton | 1 | |||
| Kyle Benjamin | 1 | |||
| Matt Tifft | 1 | |||
| Toyota 5 Chevrolet 1 |
41 | Vinnie Miller | 4 | |
| Kaz Grala | 1 | |||
| Brian Wong | 1 | |||
| Chevrolet 4 Dodge 12 |
Wayne Peterson Racing | 0 | Con Nicolopoulos | 13 |
| Don Thompson | 2 | |||
| Mark Meunier | 1 | |||
| Chevrolet 15 Ford 1 |
06 | Scott Edwards | 1 | |
| Mark Blasingim | 1 | |||
| Mark Meunier | 10 | |||
| Don Thompson | 1 | |||
| Dale Matchett | 2 | |||
| Con Nicolopoulos | 1 |
Changes
Teams
- Joe Gibbs Racing will return in the ARCA series with Riley Herbst in the No. 18 Toyota Camry full-time. Herbst is ineligible to race at Daytona, which will be raced instead by Matt Tifft[1]
Drivers
- Zane Smith will drive in 18 races for Venturini Motorsports in the No. 55 Toyota Camry. Smith is ineligible to race at Daytona and Talladega, which will be raced instead by Noah Gragson in addition to the June Pocono race and Chicagoland in the No. 15.[2]
- Gus Dean will drive for Win-Tron Racing full-time in the No. 32 GREE Toyota Camry.[3] Dean drove for Mason Mitchell Motorsports in 5 races last year and won at Talladega in only his 2nd start.
- Dalton Sargeant will drive for Cunningham Motorsports full-time in the No. 77 Ford Fusion, replacing champion Chase Briscoe, who moved to Brad Keselowski Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Sargeant drove 15 races for Venturini Motorsports in the No. 55 and won the Berlin race last year.[4]
- Quin Houff will race the No. 98 at Daytona for Mason Mitchell Motorsports in his ARCA debut.[5]
- Shane Lee will drive full-time for Cunningham Motorsports in 2017.[6]
Schedule
Results
Races
References
- ^ "Rookie Riley Herbst joins Joe Gibbs Racing for ARCA ride in 2017". ARCA Racing. December 15, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
- ^ "Venturini Motorsports signs Zane Smith for 2017 season". ARCA Racing. November 18, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
- ^ "Gus Dean, GREE join Win-Tron Racing for full '17 ARCA season". ARCA Racing. December 8, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
- ^ "Ford Performance names Cunningham Mtrsprts driver development partner for '17". ARCA Racing. December 10, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
- ^ "Rookie Quin Houff, Mason Mitchell Motorsports partner for Daytona". ARCA Racing. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
- ^ http://www.arcaracing.com/articles/2004870-shane-lee-joins-cunningham-motorsports-for-17-season
- ^ "2017 ARCA Racing Series Schedule". The Pit Lane. Retrieved December 23, 2016.